Guild Wars 2

I mained a mesmer in GW1 and really can’t bear to play the GW2 mesmer. I only briefly played the GW1 necro but I really love the GW2 necro. Maybe if I had played the GW1 necro (or necro in some other game) then I would not like the GW2 necro because I would be constantly comparing them and seeing that they are different. And of course people’s rose-colored glasses immediately transform different into worse.

But instead I played necro in beta and loved it. Pressing the death shroud button and getting another life bar was really fun. It let me do things that would have been suicidal on the mesmer I was also playing (and not liking.)

I think that they managed to get a real nice profession out of the GW2 necro. I really don’t understand all of the people who say they have played a necro to 80 and hate death shroud. Really? Are you stupid or something? It is the core mechanic. You got it immediately. If it took you that long to realize you didn’t like the core mechanic, why were you still playing? Masochism?

For example, if I played an elementalist and disliked the ability to switch elements (not real example, just theoretical) then I would just let it lie and do something else. For a non-theoretical example, I think clones are stupid. Did I play a mesmer to 80 thinking clones were stupid and complaining the whole time about it? Of course not. I played a bit in beta, realized that I didn’t like them, and so naturally am just not playing a mesmer now. It’s not really rocket science folks.

Obviously, necro still has some bugs that need to get worked out. Obviously, if those bugs directly influence your playstyle then they are going to annoy you a lot. But just give it time. I think the profession has a lot of potential and is quite fun.

We have death shroud for an extra lifebar. We have the highest lifebar/health in the game (tied with warrior.) These are good things. Everyone says dagger/ sucks but I am running a well-spec’d dagger/focus build now and I think dagger/ just peels off the health of others. And wells do absolute AOE mayhem.

I guess what I am saying is, give the profession a chance on its own merits and stop comparing it to GW1 or some other MMO or your dream prof. And for god’s sake, if you hate death shroud just play another profession and leave us in peace, because if you hate the core mechanic it is HIGHLY unlikely you are ever going to like the profession and all you are doing is complaining for the sake of complaining…

High health is worthless if you can’t do anything with it, especially when you wear light armor.

I think 236 hours giving the necromancer a chance would have been time better spent on a different class.

It’s not about, “if you don’t like it, don’t play it.” It’s more like the fact that it isn’t balanced and is mediocre overall compared to other classes.

I don’t like the fact that you’re complaining about people complaining about a broken class. It’s the diablo 3 forums all over again. If you like the profession you obviously don’t see the fatal flaws with it, or are willing to ignore them. Most people in an MMO, in a game designed around balance, are not willing to do so and WILL voice concern about it. If so many people hate death shroud then there’s obviously something wrong with it.

So…. whats not balanced? about necros.. Please continue

Tony.2150:

So…. whats not balanced? about necros.. Please continue

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/necromancer/Rerolling-and-this-is-why-constructive-thread/first

This thread may help you.