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I was able to get in game several hours ago on a ranger. I’m not to the point where I have skills yet (something came up and I had to log) but even at level 4, it does feel WAY steadier than anything else I’ve tried. I enjoy both long bow and axe/axe and the pet does a good job of keeping mobs off me. Even if I do happen to pull a lot, I can hold my own, probably because I gemmed every piece of gear, even my trinkets, with +Toughness. I’m starting to realize that gems make a huge difference. I can handle 3 mobs at once that are one level higher, and I’m not sure if it will stay that way—but it is nice. When I get traits I’m probably going to go for a defensive or Beastmastery build.
It seems like the ranger is going to be a good choice for leveling and farming resources on, which I can use to help out with the other classes to a limited degree.
With respect to hardware, there’s probably not a lot I can do. I probably should have been more specific and said I have cerebral palsy, which means I’m in a wheelchair and too short for foot pedals (although they have been suggested several times). The thread does have some helpful bits, but:
—Voice commands would ordinarily be helpful, but it’s not great for movement, and the lack of reliable support in OS X would mean having to use something like Dragon, which is outside my means. Add to that the fact that I usually have Skype or some form of VOIP running…
—I tend not to be able to move my thumb down far enough to the 7-12 buttons on the naga, because my hands are small—and I have the DPI set extremely high after so many years of clicking, which causes the mouse to move when I hit those buttons.
I’d probably have the same issue with a G13 as I do with a Nostromo and even a regular keyboard: I can’t tell keys (eg, Q and R or 1 and 3) apart very well, especially since I really only use one finger on my left hand. My previous post referred to two: I can use my middle finger with the Nostromo to press down the button I lay it on, but I can’t really move it side to side fast enough. Moving it down to access the keys on the lower 2 rows is even worse (and slightly painful, because the joints in my fingers will suddenly pop and get “kinks” in them.) The thumbstick on the Nostromo is nice in theory—but it’s 8 way and at a strange angle, and I can’t move my left thumb delicately enough to differentiate between diagonals. If I turn diagonals off, the strokes won’t fire half the time. If I map them twice, the keys stutter.
It’s hard to describe my hands—I have all five fingers on both, but they always tend to curl up, and I cannot move or raise anything but my index fingers independently (they will all move). It is too bad that this game does not natively support gamepads, as I’d just plug in my PS3 controller to my Mac and use that. Analog movement, which would REALLY help me dodge, seems to be missing from most games. Using a controller would resolve the issue with differentiating keys, even if I had to use the triggers as a modifier.
Thanks for the input, everyone.
I have one slot free so I’ll try a ranger when I wake up from going back to sleep. Getting my necro back will mean deleting my warrior or someone else and then remaking them when I get another slot (Gems market doesn’t take Discover any more, and given money at low levels and the total coin price for 1000 gems, it will be a while)
I do have a Razer Nostromo keypad but I don’t use it very much—I can hit maybe 4-6 keys on it and I’d have to figure out how to map swap, motion and space to it as well, which almost totally negates its usefulness since that’s 6 keys by itself.
I derive most of my fun in MMOs from being an alt hoarder, but given the way that leveling is in this game, and the fact that any class can do any role, I might as well just focus on one to two characters.
I’ll take a look at that build, too.
I don’t usually post on forums, but the ones for Guild Wars 2 seem to be very helpful, so I thought I would make a topic for my specific needs.
I’ve had the game since it came out, but haven’t played a lot at all (on and off every few months.) I avoided playing when the game came out because of the chaos of having 20+ players in an area. (Now that seems like a bad idea because of the difficulties I’m having.)
I’ve come from games like WoW and EverQuest 2, and when GW2 came out I really wanted to like it, but recently I’ve hit a wall. I can’t seem to get anything past level 10-20 (even hitting 10 is a battle because the difficulty seems to ramp up at 5.)
I have issues with my hands that prevent me from using more than 2 fingers on my left hand. Usually it is only my index finger that stays on the keyboard, while I use my right hand for the mouse (I have a Naga mouse and can hit the 1-5 buttons on its numpad, but hardly anything past that.) So I wind up mouse turning, using my right thumb for 1-5, dodging with my left index finger, and just clicking my utilities and f1-f4. You can see how problematic this can be for something like an elementalist—apparently they’re supposed to stance dance.
I’m not sure if it’s my class choices that are making this game so frustrating for me, or something else. I understand how the game thrives on having people cluster together and help each other out—and most of the time people are too busy killing mobs to talk, which is good—but I’d really like to be able to play by myself if no one’s around. I don’t have a group of friends to play with and I’m not used to group play in itself.
Since playing a warrior I have learned how to recognize when to dodge (although I still do die a lot, even if I avoid those attacks.) Although I enjoyed all classes in the other games I played, my preferred play style was survival focused, burst damage, and, if possible, self-healing/health stealing. I also liked pet classes.
Here’s my impressions of each class, even if I was only able to play them for a bit.
Warrior: Not bad, but as far as mains go I’d prefer something else. Can dodge, still do die a lot. I like the great sword.
Guardian: Could be better than warrior, although I’m not big on support. Haven’t played this much and hear that the healing’s not enough to stop me dying.
Engineer: Weapon kits confuse me (am I supposed to use those or my actual weapon skills?) Seems like it’s kind of hard to level, probably not a good choice for my main—but correct me if I’m wrong. Eng. is my second most played class going by levels.
Ranger: Could be very good for me due to the pet and when I played one, it was easy for me to stay away from mobs generally. I like the idea of having the pet tank.
Thief: I haven’t played this at all, except for the start sequence, where they did a LOT of damage. My sole friend who used to play had a thief as his main, and constantly died at mid-high levels, almost being one-shot. Because the class seems to have a lot of mobility/positioning requirements, he advised me not to roll one.
Elementalist: Above friend rolled this recently and likes it much more. I liked it until level 7, where I began to die chronically. Stance dancing is going to make it unplayable (unless I remap the keys to say, ZXCV, which is still going to be very hard.) I can survive with the conjured fire axe, but it doesn’t last forever.
Mesmer: The class mechanics confuse me, and I doubt the clones could act as tanks (although they might work as deterrents, like the necro below.) I doubt it’s as hard as I think it is, but I’m unsure on it.
Necro: This is what I originally wanted to roll as my main. When I had one, I did not fully understand how to play, so it might be easier for me now. It seems to have everything: interesting from a lore perspective, pets, health stealing, and death shroud. I am still not sure if it would serve me at a high level though.
Even with the above information, things like kiting and so on might still be a problem. Too much moving during combat and having to move out of fire while still DPSing was one big reason I stopped playing WoW. I’ve heard only a little about dungeons, but based on the above I’ll probably never try them. I have no interest in PVP or WvWvW
I’m sorry for the fact that this post is all over the place, but I would appreciate any information people could give about what profession would be best to start with, or any builds/traits that will help a profession fit my needs. I suppose I also could use some advice on how to level between hearts (ie, did one heart and the two over there are 2 levels higher and result in me dying fast.) I’d really like to enjoy this game.