Defend towers, keeps in WvW bugged?

[jahaan.1405]

For almost two weeks now the timer has not started when one of our towers or keeps is being attacked. I Tried to defend a tower this morning, killed 16 enemies and didn't get defend. Has something changed??? Is there a bug??? It's hard enough to get defend 8 towers already. Oh, and I tried to send in a bug report, it wasn't sent and a message popped up saying you can't do that here!

[Chaba.5410]

The defense event appears when a structure is contested.  Anet changed how structures get contested a few weeks ago.  The attackers have to either have done at least 2% damage to a wall or gate or be attacking the lord.  If they are just running around inside and not hitting those things, the event may not appear.

[Sylvyn.4750]

7 hours ago, Chaba.5410 said:

The defense event appears when a structure is contested.  Anet changed how structures get contested a few weeks ago.  The attackers have to either have done at least 2% damage to a wall or gate or be attacking the lord.  If they are just running around inside and not hitting those things, the event may not appear.

Because of the change, there have been plenty of times where a keep goes uncontested even while a long fight is occurring in inner, and the waypoint becomes available to the defenders.  Perhaps if someone gets involved after the keep is no longer contested, it won't count as a defense...they really need to bump down the number of defenses required for the Weekly Vault reward with these changes.  There is also a certain siege item that can slowly burn down outer and inner walls without having a structure show as being contested...not sure if that was intended or not, but when they go changing everything, certain things go unnoticed in the process...

[Chaba.5410]

2 minutes ago, Sylvyn.4750 said:

Because of the change, there have been plenty of times where a keep goes uncontested even while a long fight is occurring in inner, and the waypoint becomes available to the defenders.  Perhaps if someone gets involved after the keep is no longer contested, it won't count as a defense...they really need to bump down the number of defenses required for the Weekly Vault reward with these changes.  There is also a certain siege item that can slowly burn down outer and inner walls without having a structure show as being contested...not sure if that was intended or not, but when they go changing everything, certain things go unnoticed in the process...

Agreed.  Definitely some tweaks need to occur on the mechanics for it.  I like having the waypoint open for defenders though.