Players who are carrying the Orbs should not be allowed to use the Mesmer portals. It’s already hard enough to catch the Orb carrier when he is surrounded by 30+ allies. It just becomes impossible to catch him when he can portal jump. Just saying.
If we get rid of every single situation that portal is useful for, then what is the point of the skill?
Basically, no one has an issue with portal, until it’s actually useful. And then all of a sudden, OMG OP. I’m waiting for the next post about how you shouldn’t be able to portal siege golems.
Portal is in the game, ANet obviously intended people to use it for useful purposes, and not just be a fluff skill. Those useful purposes would include:
1. Using it to keep an agent hidden in a keep to sneak in a strike force.
2. Using it to speed up the movement of a critical player.
3. Using it to speed up siege golems.
4. Using it to recover from falls in puzzles.
5. Using it to move armies around quickly.
Every single one of those can be countered, they are not “I win” buttons. If you just sweep the keep for enemy players after you take it…no more “hacker” army invading your keep.
Agreed.
I find it very frustrating when mesmers use it against me, or when they use it to steal our orb.
However, it is part of the game and creative people will come up with creative ways to use it.
Don’t touch the mechanics, they are there for a reason.
The worst thing Anet can do is get rid of anything that gives one class, skill, trait etc etc anadvantage.
Every class has something., Identify it, perfect it, use it.
If we get rid of every single situation that portal is useful for, then what is the point of the skill?
Basically, no one has an issue with portal, until it’s actually useful. And then all of a sudden, OMG OP. I’m waiting for the next post about how you shouldn’t be able to portal siege golems.
Portal is in the game, ANet obviously intended people to use it for useful purposes, and not just be a fluff skill. Those useful purposes would include:
1. Using it to keep an agent hidden in a keep to sneak in a strike force.
2. Using it to speed up the movement of a critical player.
3. Using it to speed up siege golems.
4. Using it to recover from falls in puzzles.
5. Using it to move armies around quickly.
Every single one of those can be countered, they are not “I win” buttons. If you just sweep the keep for enemy players after you take it…no more “hacker” army invading your keep.
Allowing the Orb carrier to portal jump is a little too much. Everything else is fine, but make it so the Orb carrier can’t portal jump.
