play how u want...good or bad?!
Hmmm,
I play however I want in Pugs. I play l80 EXP when running non zerk or zerk builds, I also know what to expect from Pugs I expect less from a 1 k AP person then a 5k+ person, but in general with all kinds of people returning it’s safe to say there’s a big difference between a “recent” 5k AP player and a returing 5k AP player.
I do know builds, I carry banners use the to blast if possible. skill 3 and skill 5 are both very usefull, and in some cases the adequate use of skill 2 also benefits the party greatly….
Most people have no clue whatsoever. Also whenthe warrior has a bit of healing power the use of a banner of tactics can give a party perma regen (with 20% boon on might and fury AND 180 adde healing for the regen…) doubt many people ever thought this out. I sometimes run " low AP’s " through dungeons and bring my zealot shout healer with hammer…. It is a great benefit to most noobies to have 170 toughness/ vitaility and healing and 20% boon duration.. And most warriors will carry banner of strength and precision anyways……..
Staf ele in dungeons has 3 blasts (also coinsider arcane wave and arcane brilliance, which are of course utility skills, which also ups the blasts for the other 2 builds by 2…. allowing for way more blasts then you are expecting
I hope you understand there are many choices and many solutions, and not all ways the Meta one is the perfect one. Scholar is nice but I doubt most people know a elementalist Meta build loses 20%+ efficiency when taking ANY dmg whatsoever.. (generally instantly dropping below 90% health) and in maney cases this is significant, and often easilycountered by walls/reflects. Decent ele’stend to be able to place their own walls, but reflects can be difficult, especially when playing Staff (don’t remember if it was dagger or focus but I know ele’s have some reflects/ defence from projectiles……. Magnetic aura, swirling winds…and blind fields as well vs melee, Sandstorm? allowing for great mitigation, unfortunately these will causse problems with the DPS rotations in many cases….
Simply said I ignore most of my defences in the hope my Pug Party does mitigate damage so I can maintain max dmg output if I play ele. In guild groups this is mandatory and in pug parties it tends to kill me regularly…
I expect people to make mistakes, I do so as well… I’m not a machine, nor do I want to be one. I run decent Pugs with generally faster ‘then most expected’ speed, But it really depends on players.
I never kick people for running ranger/mesmer/engineer or necro. I kick people only for leeching, AFK ing and being extremely unknowing, aggressive or rude.
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Been There, Done That & Will do it again…except maybe world completion.
(edited by PaxTheGreatOne.9472)