Guild Wars 2

What is the most ironic in AoE 5 targets limit is that the more outnumbered you are, the more you have to pay attention to AoE.

If 7 people face 70, not only they are grossly outnumbered but also they do have to watch out for AoE while the zerg can just shrug through.

Area Effect in Guildwars2 actually favors big groups packed up together. Amazing.

And yet another “ANet, remove the AoE limit” thread.. :/

Obviously zergs tend to beat “small’ish” groups, but no matter how many people, if the smaller group is experienced enough, don’t underestimate them.

what you do try to suggest " increase AOE limit " do not promote skill /tactics at all , only skill spam.
70 ppls attack hills
30 ppls defend hills, by spamming aoe at lord room entrance, (20 are staff elementalists and will do 1500 aoe /25 targets) they sit behind wall so you cannot target them , you cannot spam aoe unless you enter on the range. You enter on range you take 40k damage instant , cause they are pro. the other 10 are hammer warriors who will stun your entire 70 ppls zerg for 2.3 seconds each. cool
Skillz that killz
situation 2 .
zerg vs zerg 100vs 100. i am warrior and i use crpling wave-hammer i cripple 40 ppls (600 range in front of me) i stun 20 more with hammer , and i use whirlwind attack. I just tagged 50-70 enemy’s out of 100 . Any dead enemy will rally me, i am pro

Rayya.2591:

stuff

Rally is the most stupid mecanism I saw in a PvP game. They WILL have to get rid of it at some point.
But that wasnt my point.

As for AoEs and strategy, DAoC wasnt the best game ever and had many flaws. However with smart use of Crowd Control, AoE damage and structure 8 men could take down a 80 men zerg pack. GW2 lacks that completely, even if at low scale its a tightly balanced and skill based game.

Rayya.2591:

what you do try to suggest " increase AOE limit " do not promote skill /tactics at all , only skill spam.
70 ppls attack hills
30 ppls defend hills, by spamming aoe at lord room entrance, (20 are staff elementalists and will do 1500 aoe /25 targets) they sit behind wall so you cannot target them , you cannot spam aoe unless you enter on the range. You enter on range you take 40k damage instant , cause they are pro. the other 10 are hammer warriors who will stun your entire 70 ppls zerg for 2.3 seconds each. cool
Skillz that killz
situation 2 .
zerg vs zerg 100vs 100. i am warrior and i use crpling wave-hammer i cripple 40 ppls (600 range in front of me) i stun 20 more with hammer , and i use whirlwind attack. I just tagged 50-70 enemy’s out of 100 . Any dead enemy will rally me, i am pro

Ummm, lol, it’s L2P..

This is the only game I have played where the AoEs have been limited to 5 people. And people in the other games just played smarter than balling up into zergs. The zerg is what is not skilled, not AoEs.

Was the guy said is mostly bollocks, he has a point about Rally however but the feat itself has to go away.