FA & JQ Week in GW1
Alright! lets play some GW1
Don’t disturb me, I have a cat in me at the moment.
If I can’t play Guild Wars 2 at work, I won’t work in Guild Wars 2 either.
Delayed content is eventually good. Rushed content is eternally bad. ~ Shigeru Miyamoto
Delayed content is eventually good. Rushed content is eternally bad. ~ Shigeru Miyamoto
The table is a fable.
Don’t look at me like that. Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably not true.
Maverick Jr – [AURA] – Aurora Glade
No connection to a certain sparring partner. My dad’s name was Pete Mitchell.
BANZAAAAAAI!
No connection to a certain sparring partner. My dad’s name was Pete Mitchell.
BANZAAAAAAI!
Don’t look at me like that. Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably not true.
Gods, I used to love running Mesmer in JQ.
Wastrel’s Worry / Demise, Empathy, Chaos Storm, Backfire, Diversion, Power Block and Guilt or Shame for energy management.
Huge spike on the actual quarry guards thanks to the Wastrel’s and Chaos Storm, with an interrupt from Guilt / Diversion / Power Block to ensure they had the full effect.
For other players, there was the classic “kitten ed if you do, kitten ed if you don’t” conundrum of the Wastrel’s skills combined with Backfire, Power Block and Guilt/Shame. Many a monk or necro bomber would rage-quit under my tender ministrations.
Finished off with a little Empathy to keep those ever persistent sins and wammos in line.
And people think Mesmer is OP in PvP here. Imagine the crying if they were even half as competent as they were in the original game.
Confusion has nothing on the Wastrel’s / Backfire combo of the original game.
Diversion mixed with Power Block ensured that if you got the right skill, you could end up crippling most gimmick builds completely, insuring they couldn’t fire off any skills, leaving them ripe for the Wastrel’s combo again.
It was truly a thing of beauty.
Unfortunately, while still reasonably effective in PvE, Mesmer didn’t have that same kick behind it when there weren’t real people getting upset at you shutting them down.
It was the ultimate trolling class
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Gods, I used to love running Mesmer in JQ.
Wastrel’s Worry / Demise, Empathy, Chaos Storm, Backfire, Diversion, Power Block and Guilt or Shame for energy management.
Huge spike on the actual quarry guards thanks to the Wastrel’s and Chaos Storm, with an interrupt from Guilt / Diversion / Power Block to ensure they had the full effect.For other players, there was the classic “kitten ed if you do, kitten ed if you don’t” conundrum of the Wastrel’s skills combined with Backfire, Power Block and Guilt/Shame. Many a monk or necro bomber would rage-quit under my tender ministrations.
Finished off with a little Empathy to keep those ever persistent sins and wammos in line.
And people think Mesmer is OP in PvP here. Imagine the crying if they were even half as competent as they were in the original game.
Confusion has nothing on the Wastrel’s / Backfire combo of the original game.
Diversion mixed with Power Block ensured that if you got the right skill, you could end up crippling most gimmick builds completely, insuring they couldn’t fire off any skills, leaving them ripe for the Wastrel’s combo again.It was truly a thing of beauty.
Unfortunately, while still reasonably effective in PvE, Mesmer didn’t have that same kick behind it when there weren’t real people getting upset at you shutting them down.
It was the ultimate trolling class
I ran a very similar build. No empathy, and I swapped in Psychic Instability for shrine capping purposes. Of course, hitting a sin with that on their lead or finisher attack….hehehehehe. (Only funnier if you hit the lead and they still try to finish the combo after they get up and can’t figure out why they aren’t doing any dmg)
Yes, definitely the class I play if I feel like being pure annoyance.
kitten it caster, why are you running away? Come play with me!
Don’t look at me like that. Whatever you’ve heard, it’s probably not true.
Fact: every Thief tells you to “l2p” when the subject is to nerf stealth.
Fact: every Thief tells you to “l2p” when the subject is to nerf stealth.
Oh thanks for the heads up OP! I could do with grinding out some more HoM points too and double rewards on my favourite old pvp haunts is the best way to do it
Seafarer’s Rest – Guild Leader The Deamon Army [TDA]
YES! Spent all my time in gw1 doing nothing but FA and JQ. Would love to see more people come back and breathe some life back into them while this event is running. Come on everyone. The juggernaut and siege turtle are waiting for us. 
I always liked FA a lot due to the asymmetic goals. Made for some extremely interesting mechanics. Unfortunately it was horribly unbalanced as long as Kurzicks had a clue. Still… best casual pvp in GW1.
If the luxons had a good team (lots of damage and support to heal the turtle and keep allies alive), no amount of defense on the kurzick side could stop them. :P I’ve seen good luxon teams beat kurzick teams with 7 monks on multiple occasions. That’s the beauty of FA. Playing as a team was sooo important.
My favorite FA moment was when I played on the luxon side and a derv, fire ele, monk and myself on necro rushed the orange gates at the start, pushed all the way to green, got it down and killed Gunther while all of the kurzick side were still busy at the purple mine. Game ended in 2 minutes. Best part was that the kurzick side had 3 monks who frantically tried to make it back to save Gunther. They were too late
Fact: every Thief tells you to “l2p” when the subject is to nerf stealth.