What counts as a player kill?

DigiAngel · April 2022

Topic. Sounds easy, doesn't seem to be

So...1 vs 1 sure....you kill um and ya makes sense. However.....over the weekend I played my healer in a group, which is a lot of fun. I recall blasting crystals into mobs...I know I targeted and assisted at least in killing several...but my quest of kill 40 players never went past 0. So...what constitutes a kill...100% damage? 50%?

jaws343 · April 2022

So, I think the Kill 40 players quest is an odd one. The kill 20 players or 20 of a certain class work with group kills.

Not 100% sure on the 40 players one. But it does seem a bit buggy within a group. I know the kill 20 ones will count even if you didn't damage the other player but your group killed them and you are close by. But the 40 will not work that way. The 40 one is definitely better to do solo, where all you need to do at that point is do damage to an enemy and be close to them when they die for it to count.

DigiAngel · April 2022

Helpful..thank you!

Ilsabet · April 2022

jaws343 wrote: »

So, I think the Kill 40 players quest is an odd one. The kill 20 players or 20 of a certain class work with group kills.

Not 100% sure on the 40 players one. But it does seem a bit buggy within a group. I know the kill 20 ones will count even if you didn't damage the other player but your group killed them and you are close by. But the 40 will not work that way. The 40 one is definitely better to do solo, where all you need to do at that point is do damage to an enemy and be close to them when they die for it to count.

I can confirm this. I think if you're in a group you can still advance the 40 kills quest, but only if you get last hit on an enemy. It's definitely much easier to finish that quest if you're not in a group.

DigiAngel · April 2022

Thanks for the feedback all!

Kory · April 2022

If you damage someone, and they eventually die, that will count as a kill in my experience.

I could be on the other side of the map and still get credit for killing a Warden I hit a minute ago.

...and actual killing blows count too lol

EdmondDontes · April 2022

If you are running solo nearly every player you get any damage on will count toward the kill 40 player quest. For a decent solo player they can go to a couple fights and finish this quest in 15 minutes fairly easy.

It functions much differently when you are in a group though. When in a group it's much harder to get credit for your kills, and it seems like you have to do about 50% of the total damage or get the killing blow for it to count toward the quest. I'm not sure the criteria, but I'm sure lag plays a big role in the count.

Gaeliannas · April 2022

DigiAngel wrote: »

Topic. Sounds easy, doesn't seem to be So...1 vs 1 sure....you kill um and ya makes sense. However.....over the weekend I played my healer in a group, which is a lot of fun. I recall blasting crystals into mobs...I know I targeted and assisted at least in killing several...but my quest of kill 40 players never went past 0. So...what constitutes a kill...100% damage? 50%?

If you are in a full group, you need to be the main DPS to progress it with killing blows. It seems in a group of 8 or less though, pretty much tagging any player that dies seems to count. Basically, never take the quest in a full group. Even as a DPS when I wasn't doing as much damage or on executes in a full group, I never progressed it, the harmony bomber guy completed it in mere minutes though, even though I had done a bunch of the damage also, he just gt all the KB's.

WaywardArgonian · April 2022

40 kill seems buggy to me. I've had moments in a group where my KillCounter would show 12 killing blows and I still got 3/40 on my quest. I know KillCounter doesn't always 'agree' with the game on who got the last hit, but when I solo kill someone and the quest doesn't update, I don't know what else to do.