Dastardly Duos Weekly High Score

This event is so badly made. Even not talking about the time sink + time gating completion for toys or achievements:

-choice to play without party so easily made, we think we'll do just that to optimize points, except it's impossible with the damage intakes
-npc tanks are extremely bad, can die, and tank mobs right in front of the x2 circles
-the vehicules have a buggy camera
-very unclear points, sometimes you play and struggle to get more than 300k, the other round you play the same way you get 900k (this happened to me)
-the need to relog to account for achievement progress
-ilvl scaled down, so that players are NOT rewarded by their gearing efforts
-the more weeks passes, the longer the event is because the more boss, the more tedious it is to farm low drop rate collectibles
-items stacks size very low, so plenty of bag used for that
-probably some more

Here's what I’ve learned so far from doing the Dastardly Duos event with an Arcane Mage and getting around 1.2 million score, without really min-maxing.

1. You can use various foods before the event to either help you or handicap yourself for more points. If you want more points, go for the "Challenging" Shrimp. To get it, talk to Wodin the Troll-Servant /way #2200 52.75 51.39 before you queue. Select “I’d like to order food delivery” and then “Challenge me! Handicap me!” After that, queue up for the event. Once inside, you’ll find the Challenging Shrimp on the tables to your left.

Keep in mind that this food will reduce your damage and increase your threat generation. Be careful when pulling large groups, especially if you're not the tank.

At the entrance, on the right, there are shelves with helpful potions. If you need healing, grab a Vial of Healing from there.

2. To quickly gather mobs, use your Dastardly Banner toy. It will pull all nearby enemies toward it, making group pulls much easier.

3. There are also three cherry bombs hidden inside props around the arena. Kill the props to find them—some have bombs, some don’t. When you find a bomb, click it to roll it forward, and try to stack them. Killing mobs inside a cherry bomb’s circle gives extra points, so keeping enemies in the circle is important. Some bosses, like Rattlegore, have knockbacks that can push the tank (therefore all the mobs) out of the circle, which gets annoying fast. If you’re the tank, just reposition inside the circle as needed.

4. One trick to get mobs back into the circle is to use the helicopter on either side of the arena. Its second ability is a magnet that pulls everything into its center. Just make sure the mobs you’re trying to move are inside the green targeting circle.

5. Bosses sometimes drop gears on the ground. These can either add time or summon extra bosses. Be careful—gears with sparkles summon a mob with a lightning circle around it, which can mess up your cherry bomb bonus area. Avoid those.

6. Finally, don’t forget you can click on your own Burner Clock to add time or use your Horn to summon more enemies when you're ready.

Hope this helps!

ADVICE: RUN THIS EVENT WITH A GROUP OF PLAYERS. GARRICK IS A NUTCASE TANK; HIRE A PLAYER INSTEAD! Those X2 circles make a big difference.

Week 1: 0/300000

Personal Score: 310270

Outcome: No credit. Bugged.

EDIT: As mentioned below in response to my post, relogging after you've met the score seems to give you the credit you were hoping for. Still, the bug could still exist for future weeks so bear in mind the solution provided and the potential for bugging!