That post is full of win.

A question on GW2:

for pve content ('cause I'm thinking of trying out GW2 some more, sadly I didn't get a character higher than lvl 35 last time I was playing)

Elementalist vs. Necromancer

I have a level 5ish necro and a level 20some ele.....I would play my 35 warrior but it is SO DAMN BORING.

I was actually finding the necro to be lots of fun, so some insight on that would be nice

Also that is a hilarious post.

I think most necro stuff is condition, seems that way but I can't swear to it.  They are a huge asset in WvW.

Condition is great if you are solo, you can kite just about anything(champs are a bit different and they do have a timer.)  Group events though with condition you barely do anything if there is one other condition class that can stack the same amounts of your main condition since the game doesn't track the creator of the stack, just how much is there.

This may get changed at some point, this is a major gripe that comes up quite often and the developers are aware of this problem.  Not saying they will change it though.  May not be able to since PvE and WvW use the same rules and are not separated like sPvP is, and in WvW, that change would be harsh.

I think the PvE in this game kind of sucks.  Boss AI is stupid, too much reliance on one shot mechanics, everything is dumb down because every encounter has to be able to be completed by any group profession composition.  It is nice that you don't need to wait for a particular profession, but it makes it very difficult to program encounters that are not anything other than DPS fest.  I do like the open world in general, just not a fan of how the PvE in this game operates.  I do miss DDO for the character building and option to build self sufficient or require some kind of nanny.  I think that gave DDO developers a bit more leeway to create encounters since.  AI still sucked but the PvE in DDO is better than in guild wars 2.

thanks for the tips.....necro does sound like the class for me 'cause i plan to be soloin most of the time I play so no clashing with other condition-mancers

I think I'd pay the initial subscription fee or purchase price of any MMO out there that used that as their descriptor.

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Epoch wrote on Oct 4^th, 2013 at 12:42am:



hmmm thanks, that does sound like fun (and I do love my ddo sorc heh)

This is an epic post from GW2, amazing what they left in it even after scrubbing it for days.  Puts DDO Forum mods to shame.

karatekid wrote on Oct 7^th, 2013 at 4:22pm:


I think there was a previous dev response that wasn't as quite nice and got scrubbed by the mods.  Something along the lines of how WvW was meant to be played.  Any post with a quote of a trashed post gets scrubbed automatically.  Old DDO fourms I don't think they got scrubbed right away, I remember seeing some quoted post but not the original.