Who says dervishes suck?

LoneWolfWinter

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

03 Dec 2006 at 06:55 - 1

Behold our class of unstoppable genius!

part 1:

We stand united at the Gates of Madness, with only Dunkoro to aid us. We are unafraid!

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part 2:

We enter into the desolate wasteland and proceed to crush all those who stand before our glorious advance.

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part 3:

The glorious advance of the dervishes comes across some foul undead magic. We march forth to cleanse it!

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part 4:

We rejoice in knowing that we are indeed totally sweet.

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part 5:

Shiro and the Lich are miserable buggers who hate dervishes. Things get ugly and finally the march of the dervishes comes to a halt.

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Ok so things didn't go quite as well as we would have hoped in the end, but we still weren't doing to bad. We had the lich down to about 1/5th of his HP before we started to get wiped out, and up until that point we were handling all enemies mobs pretty easily (including a few mess ups where we aggroed multiple groups). We didn't really have much of a plan for this either (it was pretty much bring your own build and lets see what happens kinda stuff). So just remember, next time you see a dervish trying to get in a group for half an hour, maybe you send an invite. If you don't, just maybe dervishway will be coming for you next.

Xunlai Master

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

Serenity Temple

03 Dec 2006 at 07:46 - 2

150x128 pixel??

u can't c wats goin on..

Unlucky Slayer

RAGE INCARNATE

Join Date: Apr 2006

Sitting at The Guild Hall 2, being happy.

Nerd Clan [NK]

03 Dec 2006 at 07:51 - 3

There we go, all edited up to work correctly.

The links should be somewhat fine now.

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

03 Dec 2006 at 08:14 - 4

I think your problem was that you all were around the Lich when he used Life Vortex.

noir0

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Oct 2006

03 Dec 2006 at 11:35 - 5

Wait, what? No balthazar or heart of holy flame in any of your skills? that should have wiped mr lich out completely if he was lured properly

. then again he is a bugger to pull when shiro tries to rape you >_>.

Haggard

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

Urmston, Manchester, UK

Greener Pastures [DVDF]

W/Rt

03 Dec 2006 at 12:03 - 6

I think the nature of these bosses makes an pure dervish attempt inherently doomed. But you did excellent to reach them.

Bel

Academy Page

Join Date: Nov 2006

Guildless

03 Dec 2006 at 14:32 - 7

Somehow I wouldn't be surprised even if you would've killed them. I've noticed that my Dervish can kill a lot more things than my Warrior ever could.

Good luck on the second attempt (?)

Witte Was

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

Left GW

Proud Member of : Glob of Ectospasm [GoE]

03 Dec 2006 at 14:53 - 8

Wait Wait, I see the Lich and Shiro and allot of lvl 28 monsters?!
*Grabs sword and shield and prepares for a challenge*

Nice job

uberpwnage

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: May 2006

03 Dec 2006 at 15:15 - 9

I was there with them, from the original group to the "advanced" one with Dunkoro.

Truly, I believe if we had another LoD healer, we could've taken it. Any able-bodied Dervishes around willing to try!?

LoneWolfWinter

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2005

03 Dec 2006 at 17:03 - 10

Quote:

Originally Posted by noir0

Wait, what? No balthazar or heart of holy flame in any of your skills? that should have wiped mr lich out completely if he was lured properly

. then again he is a bugger to pull when shiro tries to rape you >_>. I kinda took on the roll of healing support (alright a paladin with minimal damage) and didn't particularly have a way to fit in holy damage. 3-4 of the other dervishes were running AoB though.

As you can see from the last shot where I died we kinda got into a bad bottleneck (we should have pushed through) and that was probably our downfall as I think EVERYONE got hit by vortex (with dunkoro going down firstt too, go figure) and we were short on rez.

Oh well, next time!

Riken Chrono

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

around the corner and up the block

Hero

03 Dec 2006 at 22:22 - 11

did anyone say dervishes suck? i remember everyone saying their overpowered or something in some thread...but anywasy nice job. Now get rid of that monk

Quid Pro Quo

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

04 Dec 2006 at 00:28 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riken Chrono

did anyone say dervishes suck? i remember everyone saying their overpowered or something in some thread...but anywasy nice job. Now get rid of that monk

People are still saying that? Where?

I've heard people say they are balanced now or that they got nerfed too hard but not that they were overpowered. Atleast not since before the PvE preview event.

I think Dervishes are fairly balanced now. They can do more damage then a warrior but warriors still tank better then them and thats before using tactic and strength skills.

Riken Chrono

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2005

around the corner and up the block

Hero

04 Dec 2006 at 03:48 - 13

before the big update i meant.

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

04 Dec 2006 at 03:57 - 14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Riken Chrono

did anyone say dervishes suck? i remember everyone saying their overpowered or something in some thread...but anywasy nice job. Now get rid of that monk

During the PvP Event, Dervishes were Gods. Then they balanced there skills and nerfed Mysticism.

some guy

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

SPAWN CAMPING YOUR HOUSE

We Speed Clear H O H [ HsC]

04 Dec 2006 at 04:10 - 15

lol, I saw you recruiting a dervish into your group today.

shardfenix

Banned

Join Date: Dec 2005

Il Power Overwhelming Il [HaX]

04 Dec 2006 at 05:39 - 16

Umm..nobody said dervish suck. They're the most powerful profession ATM.

Xunlai Master

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Nov 2005

Serenity Temple

04 Dec 2006 at 07:08 - 17

hehe i made a ranger for new torment area.. maybe i shoulda made a dervish instead. oh well i can always make another one. i just wanna try trapper team there.