Random Arenas are a joke :)

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

20 Jul 2006 at 03:37 - 1

I decided to get some faction, so I went into RA.

And with this team, we didn't go 10 in a row...

WE FLAWLESSED TEN IN A ROW.

We shoulda got like Extra Glad Points for that...

This is the SS after tenth win:

RA is a joke man..

Our Team:
BoonProt (the other mo)
BlindBot (the ele)
Rit Lord Spammer (The Rt)
And Me (I cant tell you my Leetsauce build, as it PWNS RA

)

EDIT IN: Why Not more? WE coulda stayed all night in TA noone could even THINK about touching us....But in the First TA match, the Rit Lord Spammer had to go GvG.

Lax Stick

Academy Page

Join Date: May 2005

20 Jul 2006 at 04:01 - 2

Nice, I agree that RA is a joke. Any team with a half-decent monk does well.

princessstar

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2006

Chaos Heroes

A/N

20 Jul 2006 at 04:05 - 3

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lax Stick

Nice, I agree that RA is a joke. Any team with a half-decent monk does well. i liek random arenas..the rewards suck tho

Mr D J

Permanently Unbanned

Join Date: Jun 2005

20 Jul 2006 at 04:07 - 4

I'm using Mending on Mr D J!
I'm using Healing Hands on Mr D J!
I'm wielding Fiery Dragon Sword of Warding and Round Shield!

W00t I'm a 1337 RA warrior! Seriously whats with all that whammos?

Kruzing Low

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2006

20 Jul 2006 at 04:10 - 5

you have 2/3 of the 3 guaranteed sources of a glad point in ra (spirit spammer and dual monks)
theyre not meant to be a joke, theyre called "random" arenas for a reason

linh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Mo/

20 Jul 2006 at 04:33 - 6

Monk with Ranger as second proffession and Ele without second proffession. Yeah, RA is a joke.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

20 Jul 2006 at 04:42 - 7

Quote:

Originally Posted by linhlh

Monk with Ranger as second proffession and Ele without second proffession. Yeah, RA is a joke. Ele doesn't NEED a second profession...as all its energy management and spells are self-contained.

People just put secondaries on them to stick a heal party in, which is a useless skill in RA.

I woulda been more scared that it was a noob if they HAD a secondary...

And Don't dis /r on Monk...Especially when you can't see the build. No other secondary woulda worked. People need to unglue themselves from the thought that monks suck unless they take /me energy management...(or /n for OoB like my other monk there)

Covenant

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2005

What Were You Thinking? [WTF]

N/Me

20 Jul 2006 at 04:49 - 8

Most Flawless I've ever gotten is 23.

Beat you!

Dark Tykane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Cult Unseen

N/Me

20 Jul 2006 at 04:54 - 9

Haha grats??
You claim the other people are noobs and while you might have had more skill as a team over them, you being proud of this shows your quite new to the game.
Before the 10 win=TA update I used to have a lot of fun in CA.(competitive arenas thats what it was called before that horrid update) People were often easily able to go for 25 wins+
Me i had fun just watchin that fish in the outpost

Faer

La-Li-Lu-Le-Lo

Join Date: Feb 2006

20 Jul 2006 at 05:57 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr D J

W00t I'm a 1337 RA warrior! Seriously whats with all that whammos? It's quick, it's easy, it's relatively self-sufficient, and it's an appealing build to new players who have to choose a pre-made build because they have nothing unlocked yet.

Like me, on my new account...

"I'm using Mending on Stuporic Faer!"

ThunderStruck

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

The Arctic Marauders [TAM]

20 Jul 2006 at 11:21 - 11

Quote:

Originally Posted by Covenant

Most Flawless I've ever gotten is 23.

Beat you! Dang, that beats me too! my most flawless is 17

Cyan The Archer

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Denmark

20 Jul 2006 at 11:26 - 12

You have alot of defense and healing in your team, and you think flawlessing is nice for your team? A shame there isnt anything lower than RA for lvl 20's..

-Old 3FL-

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2006

Western Australia.

Crystal Mountain [CM]

20 Jul 2006 at 11:36 - 13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Covenant

Most Flawless I've ever gotten is 23.

Beat you! u beat me
mines only 21

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

20 Jul 2006 at 11:57 - 14

Quote:

Our Team:
BoonProt (the other mo)
BlindBot (the ele)
Rit Lord Spammer (The Rt)
And Me (I cant tell you my Leetsauce build, as it PWNS RA

) So one dedicated healer, two support, leaving you as main damage dealer (so you'd better have been an axe warrior or an assassin), and you will have been playing defensively. No wonder you got ten wins.
You lucked out (or sync-entered) and got a decent build, now go back and randomly enter and see what your opposition had - most of them wont have had any healing at all, and completely unbalanced teams.

That said... yeah, RA is a joke. 4 players is much too few for random pairing, it should be 8 vs 8 so that the luck of the draw didn't determine the matches (as much).

Turbobusa

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

By the Luxon Scavenger

The Mentalists [THPK]

20 Jul 2006 at 11:58 - 15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mr D J

I'm using Mending on Mr D J!
I'm using Healing Hands on Mr D J!
I'm wielding Fiery Dragon Sword of Warding and Round Shield!

W00t I'm a 1337 RA warrior! Seriously whats with all that whammos? saw a monk(whammo spirit for sure) casting mending on each mate -___-.
life syphon'd them, haha

^agree. would really like to see battles duration

Stranger The Ranger

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Those Netherlands

Dynasty Warriors [DW]

20 Jul 2006 at 12:44 - 16

Random Arena's:
Where ignorance meets ignorance, to make the smart ones cry

^^

Misa

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jul 2005

Right next to the armor crafter.

Mo/

20 Jul 2006 at 12:47 - 17

once i had 3 boon prot and a me/w in my team....

oppo. team just ragequit when they see us xD

easy con. 10

Leon_Ux-ixen

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

America, how I dispise it...

Order Of The Mystic Phoenix

R/Mo

20 Jul 2006 at 12:59 - 18

Back in ascalon we won 52 times in arow with this party

Mo/Wa-me
R/Mo
R/N
N/Mes
W/E

We meet the same people like 5 times they would always ask. "Have you lost yet?" "Nope, ready to lose again." "AHHHHHH" My Mo/Wa could kill tanks but after I got to Yaks and yup the armor and lack of damage abosrbtion killed my Mo/Wa...*sign with tear*

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

20 Jul 2006 at 14:00 - 19

Yeah, newb-griefing with twinked-out characters was very popular in the low-level arenas.
(For all I know it still is - I wouldn't enter the low-level arenas again if I got paid. It's bad enough in RA.)

Zephyr Jackson

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2005

Kansas

E/Mo

20 Jul 2006 at 14:12 - 20

Quote:

Originally Posted by Numa Pompilius

Mr D J

Permanently Unbanned

Join Date: Jun 2005

20 Jul 2006 at 14:47 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zephyr Jackson

QFT

I ran into multiple people in Ascalon Arena with 15k armor.

That would be me lol

The Muffen Man

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Druery Lane

20 Jul 2006 at 16:29 - 22

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s....php?t=3011504

^ nuff said back to school little boy

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

20 Jul 2006 at 18:06 - 23

I can see you are the smiter, no leetSauce

Ecksor

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2006

kkthnxbai

Knights And Heroes [Beer]

20 Jul 2006 at 19:26 - 24

can you post another pic please? i cant see the accomplishment in that one.

Former Ruling

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Oct 2005

Cedartown, Georgia

20 Jul 2006 at 20:27 - 25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dark Tykane

Nope, not new. My Oldest character is 11 months old (And deleted him once). So I've been playing ~1 year. 1100+ hours played

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To all of yall that said "Think about before the skip to TA update" <- Duh I realize that. It was NOTHING to see daily posts of 50+ consec wins in the low lvl arenas or RA at that time... Still isn't anything much to see that in low lvl arenas.

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Quote: leaving you as main damage dealer (so you'd better have been an axe warrior or an assassin) You can see I'm a Monk in the picture >_> Not a Dmg Dealer either.

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Quote:

I can see you are the smiter, no leetSauce Not a Smiter

Didnt even have any points in smiting... Just a monk..nothing too special.

So Our team had NO primary offensive characters...and we pwnt most teams in under 2 minutes.

The only offensive spells we had for the Offensive Spirits the Ritualist brought, and the Lightning spells of the BlindBot.

only team that lasted awhile was a team we went up against that had 2 Monks on it also, and it was a complete stalemate for like 10 minutes.

In the TA match we were Pwning too, it was at like over 4 minutes and again none of us had even come close to dying, but then the Rit said he had to quit to go GvG. Then me and the other monk decided to just give up this match because the only offensive we had left was a blindbot....We just let ourselves die and went on with life.

waiver

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2006

GAS alliance [2nd rated Luxon, 17mil]

21 Jul 2006 at 01:12 - 26

Ascalon arenas where always the best. Just grab a hammer, 1.5k armor, and an elite = omgwtfbbq.

Amity and Truth

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2006

W/N

21 Jul 2006 at 08:39 - 27

By testing it myself, a good Ritualist is almost a win guarantee in RA. Having a good monk as well IS a 10 win streak. The ritualist cuts the damage down extremely efficient and unless someone brought specific counters towards ritualists there isn't much you can do to stop them from spamming their spirits left and right.

Displacement and Shadowsong take Rangers, Warriors and Assassins out of the game. Shelter points a huge middlefinger at Spikers of all kinds. Union cuts the damage even more down. If the enemy team fails to understand that a ritualist is even more important to take down than the monk, they will lose the match for sure. As it is now, MAAANYYY teams just ignore the ritualist completely and they probably will do so for a long time. After all, you STILL see Wa/Mos with Mending and Healing Hands around...

I got lots and lots of noob comments while i played my Ritualist. That strangely stopped after the second flawless win and went to "wtf" when the 10.th flawless win was cashed in.

Holger

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jun 2006

21 Jul 2006 at 10:06 - 28

speaking of arena wins...

Numa Pompilius

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

At an Insit.. Intis... a house.

Live Forever Or Die Trying [GLHF]

W/Me

21 Jul 2006 at 11:13 - 29

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amity and Truth

By testing it myself, a good Ritualist is almost a win guarantee in RA. Having a good monk as well IS a 10 win streak. QFT. It's a bit cheese that the ritualist summonings aren't spells...
Spirit-spamming rits are clearly very powerful, more so than a boonprot IMO, it's fortunate they're so mind-numbingly boring to play...