I wouldn’t say we have as much reason to be universally joyful. Despite the fact that I am happy they listened to us in many cases, and I think these are overall positive changes for us, they aren’t perfect. I would much rather we constructively go over how we feel about the changes (though I don’t think wetting the blanket and whining is appropriate either) than get on our knees before ANet as though they have bestowed us with perfect changes.
I partially agree but if you really look at the other professions like elementalist, engineer, and mesmer the changes just dont seem to be as balanced. Its like they gave those classes a race car and they upgraded us from horse-n-buggy to ford truck
The build is no way a meta but its the build I enjoy the most. I use the axe for regeneration of life force so I can camp in deathshroud most of the time. It hits really hard and what some might find boring I enjoy it.
Lucky for me I do not care what people say and play what class I like. It might be harder to find a dungeon group as a necro if your hardcore, but I am sure any mild group will invite you.
As far as the class goes make a necro and take it to Heart of the Mist. You will have all the traits and weapons available to try out the mechanics to see if you like it.
One last thing, negative threads have been on here since the game came out and people still play necromancers.
I pretty much tried both in silverwastes. The condition build let me loose on epidemic which enjoy using. The power build allowed me to bring the old trusty axe out of retirement just for kicks of seeing my axe twirl. They both were effective. Condition became a little more boring thou.
The last several weeks I have watched pvp matches and there wasn’t one necro that stood out among the other players in weeks. I can place several rogues, rangers, engineers and warriors that dominate. I do not count wvw since all that is a ball of spam.
I do like playing necro but wish we have some more defensive utilities and more playable builds.
Sure he is accomplishing something. Spam PoP and your putting 1s posion, cripple and weaknesss around an area. Thats big when your being focused on in a 30+ zerg. I do this all the time to JQ.
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Well if my understanding of traits is accurate the Target the Weak can take advantage of dagger5 giving you 10s of 4% damage increase in a power build. Which would mesh well with d/d. If this is not the case then I have failed nemesis classes.
I feel a necro escaping a zerg is like no chance unless they see them at a far distance before hand. Also traiting 30 into SR just for a 3s stability is rather un-rewarding.
Nemesis, I really enjoyed all your videos. Your right what happens with the 1vs1 in wvw. Everything you did in that video has happened to me.
I will be looking forward to your healing build.
I have zero problems with thieves in tier1 wvw. With a pet build my toughness is 3k, buffs from food 28k health, and close to 3.700 power with BIP.
Actually it was kind of funny when I switched to pets in wvw couple days ago. First person that took after me was a thief. I beat the living kittens out of him.
Is fetid consuption suppose to take conditions off of you? Because I re-watched your video halfway through and I really didn’t notice any being taking off before you used your staffs skill to do it.
Who solo caps camps? I get the impression you’ve lost what we’re talking about some where.
I solo camps with my condition necro in a tier 1 server, (jade quarry), it’s not a big deal,
Back on topic…
50% of the classes in this game have no chance to escape from me, and I mean “no chance at all”, (warriors // guardians // necros and engineers),
25% are able to escape sometimes, (rangers with leaps or entangle and mesmers with teleport),
The last 25%, (thief and d/d ele), will likely be able to scape,
All that we need to be a great attrition class is a reliable dark path,
Its pretty easy to get away from a necro with my engineer. I have supply crate which I can drop on your head, blunder, net shot etc… then drop an elixir then run off.
Also add me to the list of necros liking to solo camps.
Why the kittens cant I get fights like that when I find JQ and BG guys roaming. As soon as I try to attack someone there are a gazillion people jumping out of the bushes to kill me.
Well I for one can say I am happy with my deaths on SOR. I have a ton of them and its because of my plays style. One of my duties as an engineer tank/support is to dive into the head of the snake (zerg) and place my big ol bomb and blow the kittens out of the front line for the zerg behind me. The more I take focus off of a few the better for the zerg. It doesnt always work out but when it does no one ever notices but for me and its really fun. I get hardly any drops or kills but I enjoy it.
Being successful in this online game is not the score board but if you are having fun playing. The point system to me just gives me a guide to being competitive.
I have been trying TankCat build and its been very frustrating for me. In tier 1 on SOR I encounter zergs that are really tight and end up dying to endless crowd controls. When I try pull someone to me and crowbar them they just break out and run away. I tried the bomb kit but when I am deep within the zerg I am dead as soon as one of my blocks run out because there is just to many conditions, snares, and people beating on me.
If anyone has any tips on how they approach and work within big zergs I would appreciate it.
good movie , you got nice control on your char. but i fell sorry for those necromancers i was watching then and i was WTF why but why,with that amount off boom’s why no one? carry a’’ corrupt boom ’’ really ,why in 1-1 they are using staff WTF. good movie keep it up
Sometimes corrupt boon doesn’t work even when close to opponent.
I can vouch for Nemesis when he talks about how hard it is to pick people out of a zerg for epidemic. In my tier the zergs are huge and I am very good at using epidemic with a beast of a computer but with people dying so quick and cleansings its not that simple as some might think.
Great video Nemesis, I really enjoyed it once again.
I have been playing condition build the last 3 weeks in wvw and prefer it much more than my power build for team support. There is nothing more satisfying than machine gunning marks on a npc or player on top of a tower then hitting epidemic. The black splat noise and seeing numbers fly is never dull.
One question I have for you. Do you see any reason not to take withering precision over lingering curse?
My opinion is if two people of equal skill meet then yes the necro class is at a disadvantage. But in wvw its all about team work in which this class excels good at.
Well its been awhile now that I have played this build and tinkered with some things. This is what my stats are so far:
Unbuffed:
power – 3200
precision – 23% ( I need to get more invader earrings and rings to get rid of this)
Armor – 2900
Health – 24000
With runes of strength, hoelbrak, and fire I can get BIP 21s duration plus traiting deathsrhroud.
Well of suffering is a 3260.
One thing that I find people do not realize is you can still use staff with this type of build. I cant tell you how many times I push people away by dropping area dots. My mark of blood hits 1470 bleed and chillybains 729 poison plus the regular damage. Putrid mark is a solid 1k+.
I am curious how much more damage you could get out of that build if you placed Hoelbrock, Fire, and Strength runes in the armor. Between those runes, BIP and might from deathshroud you looking at 21s might duration leaving only 8s left for BIP recharge.
Thanks for the video Nemesis I am anxiously waiting for the pvp videos you have upcoming.
