Guild Wars 2

Just made a Necro, and man, I love it!
I have tried every class in the game (see sig – I have a Warrior on my NA account but I never play it because it’s boring), and I am surprised that, among all the classes I played, I am finding the Necro to be the funniest of all.

That said, I am mainly playing it in PvP (soloQ, teamQ and Hotjoin), and it’s really a blast! Chainfearing people is so funny. Of course, when they get to me I most likely die, and I am usually am the first to be targeted when I forget about my position and jump inside the fight (I still have to get used to lacking an “oh crap!” button), but when this happens it’s so fast that it’s not even painful to watch :P

Well enjoy it for what its worth i guess XD

You’ll also have to get used to bugs that won’t get fixed.

Chain fearing will be your only friend unless you go mm

You’ll eventually get annoyed at other people using their “oh crap!” buttons and then you can’t.

You can only spam your staff from now on XD but try not to get used to that

You cant siphon as we ll as your guard just in case you were wondering

Get used to about 2-3 viable builds.

And have fun! XD

OH! And look forward to future nerfs not fixes. But other than that its great!

TheDevice.2751:

Well enjoy it for what its worth i guess XD

You’ll also have to get used to bugs that won’t get fixed.

Chain fearing will be your only friend unless you go mm

You’ll eventually get annoyed at other people using their “oh crap!” buttons and then you can’t.

You can only spam your staff from now on XD but try not to get used to that

You cant siphon as we ll as your guard just in case you were wondering

Get used to about 2-3 viable builds.

And have fun! XD

OH! And look forward to future nerfs not fixes. But other than that its great!

It’s just that I love Doom.
I’ve spent a lot of time dueling and roaming with my other classes, so I can easily predict when someone is going to use his heal. However, most times I can’t interrupt it reliably. But with the Necro, it’s always there! Instant cast, no travel time, low cooldown… so lovely <3

What a sight for sore eyes. Positiv attitude and praise for the necro on this forum?
That’s like seeing a unicorn! Don’t scare him away, TheDevice :P

flow.6043:

What a sight for sore eyes. Positiv attitude and praise for the necro on this forum?
That’s like seeing a unicorn! Don’t scare him away, TheDevice :P

To be honest, I have always liked necros. My “main” roaming classes are Mesmer (not PU) and Thief (I use Ele and Guard for Raids, Ranger for some PvP and Engi I used it mostly because I wanted to learn something about how to counter it). T
That said, dueling Necros as a thief or Mesmer has always revealed to be extremely fun, because no matter what, both sides had the means to kill the opponent. It’s not something like “Condi Engi vs Necro”, in which one side is completely screwed.
That’s why fighting them has always been enjoyable: it was not an easy win, and those few necros who were bold enough to roam in WvW were really good.
I have always praised this class, but I have been reluctant to level one because I was afraid (and, mind me, I still am) that I would not use it so much in WvW roaming, since I have better classes for doing so and I am not really a fan of getting ganked.
Still, even if I will most likely only use it in PvP, I am having a lot of fun for now. I have only played it for 6 hours, but they were kitten good!

uhh I think deathshroud counts as the best oh crap button…
but yea overall good attitude keep it up. to do that avoid the forums :o

Stand The Wall.6987:

uhh I think deathshroud counts as the best oh crap button…
but yea overall good attitude keep it up. to do that avoid the forums :o

I think you’re confusing OUR best with THE best. It is certainly our best oh crap button. As for THE best… no.

And yes keep up the good attitude. I will say that the class itself, if anyone, will do all convincing necessary. I don’t really need to scare anyone away :P

But it does have its moments ^^

Its the best imo.

Err DS is in no way the best. It’s a short period (that can be bursted down even sooner) of being locked out of all healing/mobility etc skills.

Other classes “OS” buttons can make them completely invincible AND allow them to heal, use mobility skills to escape, or use any/all of their normal dps skills.

It’s not even in same league.

Edit: However, it’s definitely the coolest. And despite our classes failings I also love Necro

Its the best imo.

i love my necro in wvw. after maining a mesmer for 3.5k hours i was soo frustrated with the veilbot duty and made a necro. it was soo much funt that i leveled it in 4 days andgot back hooked to the game.its a lot of fun and i am always happy when i can play it when running with my guild.

wtb escape possibility for necro! sick of loosing stacks in wvw…

flesh wurm can work as an escape if well placed.

Is this a public declaration of Necrophilism?

PandaOp.8017:

Pwent.2639:

flesh wurm can work as an escape if well placed.

This. Flesh Wurm never leaves my utility bar, I use it for both my condition & power build. It is the Necro’s best stunbreak/“OS” button in my opinion. Keep in mind, my view is entirely from a tPvP perspective. There are various “vanish” spots (always seems to be one or more on mid points) that will teleport you through the ground (mid Kyhlo) or up to unreachable spots (mid temple) making you untouchable unless your opponent/s really goes out of their way.

Knowing where you can place Flesh Wurm to get the teleport is key, as well depending on where you are positioned can affect it.

Well, that’s interesting. But at the moment I am having a lot of fun with Signet of Spite, Spectral Wall and Corrupt Boon as utilities. Chainfearing Guardians for 8 seconds is something incredibly kewl xD

Pwent.2639:

flesh wurm can work as an escape if well placed.

yeah in spvp. in wvw zerg and guild runs is lotto

Luke.4562:

Is this a public declaration of Necrophilism?

Naughty, bad! Bad Luke! Necromancers already have enough stereotypes

Yesterday I hit lv80 and geared her with exotics (75%Rabid, 25%Dire with Traveler Runes). Then I hopped in WvW. Man, it was hilarious. Warriors there only carry on source of Stability at best, and chain fearing them was sooooo fun!
Also, I have already met some cheesy PU Condi mesmers… Man, you had to see how they melted. Just came out of stealth with a lot of boons and are using confusing images and illusionary block on me? No problem: corrupt boon+doom+Signet of spite+locust swarm, good luck cleansing that kitten.
Plus, using Reaper Mark to throw bad thieves out of Shadow Refuge or interrupting their BP>HS combo with doom is so fun!
Love this class!

hope u get those results by not using duumbfire, cos it will be moved to DS1 skill

Rapier.3675:

hope u get those results by not using duumbfire, cos it will be moved to DS1 skill

Actually I do, but I don’t mind actually. All it takes is popping in DS every 10s to use the #1 skill… sure, it will be less effective, but overall I’d like a change like this one as it improves active play

as others have said necro in its own rights , is fun as hell , but there are so many issues with it and devs do not give one flying f*** about the class that they disregard and complaints and shut down and threads that try to point out these issues (whethere the thread was clean and not filled with nerd rage or otherwise) , they dont care about class balance for necros , they care only about their “vision” for necro , which is all well and good but their vision isnt what everyone else cares to play. so try to enjoy it as best as you can , its only going to keep seeing nerfs left and right XD cause a DECENT warrior will destroy you , hell a decent anything can just about destroy a necro if theyh apply some CC on ya , weve got nothing to counter heavy dmg/CC compared to alot of otherclasses , like invuln , vigor , etc. which makes me sad at how its turned out that way , cause before the DS nerf we could arguably be that attrition class they said we were XD

I don’t know, so far I’ve yet to lose a 1v1 with a warrior. Even with zerker stance on, they won’t kill me in those 8-10s (the Golem KB helps) and after it expires it’s steamroll with corrupt boon+fears/chill. Maybe a Hambow with triple stability+lassa could do something, I don’t know know… But in WvW they are quite rare…

Still loving it though. Sometimes I make some silly mistakes like going out of DS randomly, and I’ve yet to fully understand the true utility of the DS spells aside from Doom, but still I love this class xD

Good on you, hihey. Glad to see someone doesn’t let all of the doomsaying on forums keep them from enjoying their class.

You can always think of it this way: while many people seem to be complaining about how underwhelming Necros are and how all of the bugs ruin their experience, you can be out there ruining people. You get both the joy of taking something people don’t expect and ending them with it (except for Condi Necros, every other class in the game despises Condi Necro), and you also get to think back at the people who try to excuse their own failings on the forum and laugh at their inability to adapt and succeed.