(Sea of Sorrows) Distinguished Order of Kryta [DORK] -Family friendly, casual
in Guilds
Posted by: pdg.8462
I think most people are so conditioned to the Trinity mentality to dungeoning from other MMOs that they don’t stop and think about how to approach each battle in a more thoughtful and coordinated way. Everyone is in a rush and impatient and so the zerg is what people do. Let the game spank them for their impatience. After a while they will learn. That is not to say that dungeon encounters cannot be improved but that improvement will likely have to wait until people stop zerging and try other approaches first.
It’s the best weapon warriors have in group fight scenarios really. It’s just most people value damage > control when control really is king. Especially when we’re talking PvP.
The slightly slower swing speed though not terrible also puts people off because they can’t just brainlessly spam it like they would on a greatsword. To get effective use out of it, you gotta combo it so your most devastating skills on hammer aren’t dodged etc.
This is spot on. I love the hammer.
I like using a rifle on my target as I close the distance then switching to melee when in range. Also, during events stuff dies so fast that sometimes the only way to get a hit in is to go ranged.
i like how it is now. you dont have to be in a party to help someone out with a banner. or a conjured weapon if you’re an ele.
That’s a fair point and I agree, assuming people are trying to be helpful. But it just seems most people take the banner and go off and do their own things. Maybe if we could dismiss the banner at will (can we?) that would discourage people from “stealing” the banner.
I have found that when I am in PvE and I put down a banner for my use, someone who is near by and not in my party picks up the banner and runs off with it. This annoys me to no end since the CD for the banner is lengthy. So I propose that picking up a banner in PvE should be restricted to people in the same party as the warrior who placed the banner.
Does anyone else feel this way? I’m sure by now that it’s not just me. How soon before we see changes for the better?
Yes, I feel the same. I got my necro up to level 50 and have put it aside until the necro class gets fixed. I love the warrior skills so I am having fun again this time levelling a warrior.
You know, those little, locked chests that occasionally drop. I have received about 25 of them (I’m only level 50 atm). I’ve received only two keys. I am loathe to buy keys for real money especially since the loot in the chests have been unremarkable (but I’ve only been able to open two so maybe they contain awesome loot and I have just been unlucky). How about increasing the key drop rate? Or the ability to purchase a lock pick set to pick the locks?
I would like an AN response just to confirm that they agree with at least some of our concerns as that would inspire some confidence that the class will be fixed at some point. As it is, I am hanging up my level 50 necro until then and moving to a different class.
I am so glad I found these forums because I’ve been so frustrated with my necro and I see on these forums nearly everyone else is encountering the same problems I have. And I am truly grateful for all the constructive posts people have been making and it gives me hope that ArenaNet will do something about the sorry state of affairs that is the necro class.
I’ve been feeling so under powered on land as a necro and underwater combat is just a horrible, horrible encounter with frustration. It is clear from all the posts in this forum that the necro is either flat out broken or just a poorly designed class. Either way, ArenaNet, as much as I love you guys I have to hang up my level 50 necro until you guys make a serious effort to fix it; it’s just not fun. I’ll give my warrior a try because it has been a lot of fun (but I’m only level 7 or so on my warrior so maybe not enough hands on play with that class to know).
Does anyone else try to avoid water if possible?
Ha ha! Yes! I do. I thought it was just me. But being a necro in an underwater fight is just terrible, the worst. We are broken on land too but underwater it is worse.
I would like to see:
1) A control (like pets have in other MMOs) where I can set the minions’ stance.
2) The ability to tell the minion which target I want it to attack.
3) The ability to unsummon them!!! (they make it really hard to see things around my necro, like when I am trying to climb something for a vista point; also the CD is so long I want to unsommon them when they are nearly dead so that I can summon a new one that will be able to fight)
4) I really want my necro to stop whining each time a minion dies. “Guess I’ll have to make another one”, “NOOOOO! I raised that minion”, etc.
5) Minions (e.g., the flesh golem) that don’t just stand around doing nothing while in a fight.
6) Jagged Horrors that are actually worth akitten They usually degen before they can even attack anything, are easily used by others to rally.
“I have read a few of your topics and opinions across the forums OP, and I know you want to see changes happening to the Necro soon. Give ANet a chance? The game is new and exciting and before they rush into anything give them a chance to get the full picture, as opposed to just changing little things here, there and everywhere and possibly makes the imbalance worse.”
This ^ My necro is level 50 and I feel it is terribly underpowered and ineffectual in PvE. But I have 50 levels under my belt and don’t want to give up. I can only hope that ArenaNet will empower the class at some point.
Yes, bravo to ArenaNet!
I too hate the fact that I cannot salvage karma items. As a result I no longer buy karma items. I am saving my karma for when I am 80 as presumably there will be some nice karma items to buy and I should have a lot of karma.
I say good riddance to the holy trinity, stat stacking, theory crafting, min/maxing.
I use Axe/dagger because 1) I like the skills that come with it and 2) it looks really cool.
I find I never use staff mostly because I don’t like the weapon skills that come along with it. I prefer axe/dagger or scepter/dagger.