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Now going along this lines, we could even go back to the beginning of the game and the describing statements by A-net of how they’re moving away from the holy trinity. With this said, we’re reaching the conclusion that everyone can run the build they want and still solo stuff with enough skill to back that up. The difference would be the amount of time needed and higher risk while running a zerker build.
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Also, and this is my personal opinion here as well, people that are using tanky builds are compensating lack of skill with extra survivability. But that’s merely my opinion and nothing more than that.
I’m not sure I grasped what you were saying in the other parts of your post, so I left those out. For everything else, I agree with what you’re saying. I’m not sure if you thought I approved of Wethospu’s build, but I actually didn’t at any point approve of or give any opinion of Wethospu’s build.
To address the TC, and going off what you were saying about zerkers, I prefer zerkers for solo PvE because it feels more practical. When solo, you’ll want to optimize for one of two options – fighting quickly through easier stuff, or trying to take on a single, difficult mob. Zerkers are great at the former. For the latter, you need a build with staying power, and that’s not an area warriors excel in (compared to other classes, and to the other options warriors have).
I’m not satisfied with my survival build in solo PvE. Average mobs take much longer, yet you still can’t take on meaningful, higher-difficulty content on your own. In the end, it depends on what your goal is with solo PvE. For me, because I would rather roll with friends and guildies when possible, the goal of solo PvE isn’t to take on challenging content; it’s to zoom through regular content.
Well, he claims its “by far the best pve build” and “the best dungeon build”. And used “can solo 6 veterans, zerkers cant” to back up his opinion.
In my opinion it’s quite natural that I pick his only argument. Purpose of my reply was to make him realize that it was a poor argument and that it is not really smart to say that zerkers can’t solo 6 Veterans when a zerker has soloed Lupicus.
If we assume Lupicus is harder to solo than 6 Veterans then naturally soloing Lupicus would also mean that a zerker can solo 6 Veterans. If a zerker can’t solo 6 Veterans then it’s harder than Lupicus which means “6 Veterans are tougher than Lupicus”.
The two quotes you used from his post omitted the “i’ve ever used”, which he said immediately following – see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_picking_ . He wasn’t making an argument or a sweeping statement about others. He believes he is sharing the best build he’s ever used.
“If we assume Lupicus is harder to solo than 6 Veterans then naturally soloing Lupicus would also mean that a zerker can solo 6 Veterans.” Keyword: assume – there’s a lot of assumptions in what you said. In the end, the two scenarios are not comparable. Some builds can kill 6 veterans but not one champion. Some can kill a champion but not 6 veterans. He said “This build beats 6 veterans, zerker can’t.” You said “zerker beats Lupicus, yours can’t”. Your statement has nothing to do with his statement, but you’re using a series of assumptions to try and link them together. Straw man arguments aren’t constructive; if you want to critique his build, do it.
Yeah, who am I kidding? 6 Veterans are definitely much tougher than Lupicus. Also in open-PvE you must all the time be able to kill 6 Veterans or something bad happens.
He never said 6 veterans are tougher than Lupicus.
He never said you must always be able to kill 6 Veterans in open-PvE.
In fact, he didn’t even suggest those things.
I mean really? Really?
This is my Mesmer
OMG, a modestly-dressed female mesmer. What is the world coming to!?