Guild Wars - Third Edition

[Kassiopeia]

Monks using Resurrect in a pvp arena situation deserve to get it interrupted.

[DaShi]

I can't interrupt them. But the bane signet will pretty much instantly kill whoever they brought back. I've had quite some success with Resurrect myself. But you have to know when to use it. It can turn the tide if things are fairly even.

[Jamski]

Res Signet or MAYBE a fast-cast Me/Rit with Flesh of my Flesh. Using Resurrect (or even worse Rebirth) on the team's primary healer WILL get people killed.

[conmcb25]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph


You forget that pretty much the main purpose of the game is PvP fights. It has a strong competitive component. Fighting in the Ascalon arena or in Lion's Arch in armor from Droknar's Forge has nothing to do with enjoying, it's cheating. So this running crap puts you in a vast advantage and to remain competitive you enforce me to do it also. Thanks but no.

Well thats your opinion, but I agree that taking droks armor and caps from RoF to the Ascalon Arena are pushing the envelope.

If that bothers you jut stay out of the low end arenas

I dont really PvP though so it doesn't bother me

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Jamski
Res Signet or MAYBE a fast-cast Me/Rit with Flesh of my Flesh. Using Resurrect (or even worse Rebirth) on the team's primary healer WILL get people killed.

I'm still playing in the low level arenas. Oddly, there are many instances where my monk is simply ignored. Maybe because she was killed early, rezzed, and forgotten. This gives a chance to use Resurrect and then toss on a quick Healing Breeze and Orison of Healing. Often by the time they notice, I'm finished and can Sprint away to recover energy. But I agree, I've been finding that I use it so rarely that it might not be worth carrying.

Played with a great team last night. We had my monk, 2 rangers, and a necro. The necro was built specifically to take out warriors. The rangers were also monks, so they were able to take care of themselves, if I was distracted. We had a 60+ win record until the necro left. If they attacked me, the necro would get them. If they didn't attack me, I'd never let my allies' health drop below 50%.

[DaShi]

Well, I ditch resurrect for live vicariously. Now my monk can tank most warriors rather easily. By the time he is finished hopelessly hacking away at me, while I'm still healing my allies, he turns around only to discover all his allies dead. But I'm about to finish the Ascalon arena.

[DaShi]

Yay! That seems to have made a huge difference for my monk. She's even earned a bit of a reputation in the Ascalon Arena. I've had people glad to be on her team specifically and other worried that they're not. It's a bit exaggerated, as the team is only as good as all its members. I've lost plenty of times to being on a bad team or going against a better one. But it's nice to be noticed.

[DinoDoc]

Out of curiosity, if I were to get into this game would I be perfectly happy with Factions or would I need both games to have the best experience?

[Jamski]

Depends on how much of a completist you are. I personally wouldn't like to be denied the chapter-one-only skills.

[Harovan]

Is Factions a standalone game or merely an expansion which needs the original?

[Kassiopeia]

Doesn't need the original.

My copy is going to arrive tomorrow. Just in time to let me bomb my exam!

[DrSpike]

It's a standalone, but (for DinoDoc) the true GW experience is Prophecies. Factions is still GW (and thus great), but disappointing in comparison.

[DaShi]

I just have Prophecies atm and find plenty of other players and am thoroughly enjoying it.

[Kassiopeia]

/me wails

My copy isn't here yet! My friend's package left at the same time and he lives in the same town, yet his game arrived yesterday, whilst mine didn't arrive even today.

[DrSpike]

Hehe, same happened to me, and I caved and went to the game store. I was rewarded by paying £10 more.