Guild Wars 2

Ran into Dreamy Abbadon this evening. I typically solo in most MMORPGS as I’m more into the exploration than anything. So I tend to miss out on several of the “finer points”. Anyway we got into a conversation. Dreamy offered to show me a few tricks, which turned out to be quite the lesson in “how things work in GW2”. I was aware of various control techniques, since my one character (lv 80 Necro) has LOTS of pets. And uses them to knock down or blind enemies while I shoot them up. But watching DA take down creatures so fast, I really thought I’d simply specced mine poorly. After getting a very in-depth demonstration of the power of balancing Control, Support, and Damage I do think I did a bit better. At least was more AWARE of what I needed at a particular time. Oddly, though, DA taught me something even MORE important. As a largely solo player, I sometimes miss part of the basics. Could not figure out how he could run in circles and shoot. I had zero peripheral vision while running in circles. As it turns out, that was because I was ONLY USING THE WASD keys. Q & E are well worth learning to use! Thanks again for all the help Dreamy. It seems you CAN teach an old dog new tricks.