I think that this was very much a high level event. I don't mind dp but I can't say that I enjoyed the frequency with which it accrued, especially with the Kitin in the spawn point. I also wasn't terribly happy with Nookie accusing me of dragging aggro onto his character when I had specifically gone out of my way to drag aggro away from all the homins behind me. The fact that I had ran over his dead body just a few seconds earlier and stopped briefly to consider if I had enough space between myself and the incoming Kitin to throw a heal spell onto him to give him a better chance of getting rezzed by someone else did little for my enjoyment when I was cursed at soon after I died at the hands of Rippa. *grumps*

But that is beside and beyond the point.
Yes, teaming was a way of getting to the Guides. But some of the people at that event, myself included, were not even high enough to last long enough to cast even one heal spell once a patrol had caught the scent of homins. Once again, congratulations to Spadix on winning, it's a wonder that her shiny armour didn't attract more nasty attention than it did. Maybe the kitin were scared of it! And congratulations to all the homins who stuck it out to the end, good persistance in the face of adversity.