Getting rid of the downed state or the ability to rez anyone that has been stomped would gut group mechanics completely. There are no dedicated healers in this game to rez the fallen or top off health bars. There is a penalty to stopping to rez a downed player, it makes the rezzer unable to defend himself or attack the enemy this leaves him/her wide open to anything the attacker wants to do.
You as the attacker need to pace the fight so that you have either spike abilities off CD to complete the kill after your opponent gets downed, or utilities off CD to secure a stomp. That is part of the fight this is the mechanic that takes the place of having a pocket healer in other MMO’s.
I play WvW as better part of half of my game time and I run a very, VERY bunker guardian. I hit like a wet noodle and am slower to get to a battle than a snail in the depths of winter. While roaming or if I hook up with a small group or zerg I make certain to pace my stability CD just so I can secure a stomp or if not me my team mates can.
The point of the PvP in this game is to NOT allow instagibs to rule the battle field. You are not supposed to be able to roll up on someone and hit 3 buttons in 2 seconds and they have no chance to react. As it stands now you need to roll up hit 5 buttons in 8 seconds (depending on class you are and class you are facing) while making sure to retain enough resources for the kill, and that kill is the stomp.
This is chess, battle chess, or for you Harry Potter fans Wizards Chess. You and your opponent are meant to engage, feint, draw out your opponent into a mistake and then strike. There are a plethora of videos on youtube showcasing roamers both solo and small groups that put larger odds down and each video shows the same thing tactical use of your resources, proper amount of pressure applied to get the enemy incapacitated (downed) and then the reserves pulled out to secure the kills.
TLDR: L2P the system as it is presented. Do not play the system as you want it.
A. I have no problem with ressing, as in you res someone after the fight, or even abilities can res people in fight.
B. I do have a problem with random mobs rallying baddies, Random Zerging players ressing people, and in general just terrible players being bad, dying because they’re bad…but getting a get out of jail free card because they other baddies near them. I esp dislike any sort of mechanic that doesn’t actually reward doing well in PvP, but just simply outnumbering your opponent and relying on others to do PvP for you.
C. I don’t run an instagib build..I actually don’t think instagib builds should exist, But if you’re getting instagibbed in a fight its probably your fault more times then not…Either you’re glass cannon, or your positioning sucks, and you should die. I understand if you’ve never played DAOC, and know what positioning is, but trust me..Its important.
D. Most videos you see of people taking larger numbers come down to 2 things..The people not actually ressing people downed, or the other..the person is a Thief.
E. This is just a note, Rangers have access to 1 stability….Rampage as One, our elite… and you still won’t be able to stomp fast enough to get by 1 person ressing…So yea.
F. L2P would be what you tell all those people out there who rely on outnumbering their opponent, and then arguing against changing a system that rewards them for being bad at the game..which the downsystem does….Like you said though, you tend to zerg..So nerfing the down system would probably make it kitten you, might actually rely on player skill instead of numbers.
