What are your Best Experiences with Heroes?

Perkunas

Perkunas

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Aug 2006

In my own little world, looking at yours

Only Us[NotU]

E/

There have been many threads complaining about Heroes and their skill usage. Want to hear if anyone has had any better than average experinces with their Heroes. I had an interesting time with a PuG in the Riverside Province the other night.

I am taking my warrior thru all of the Prophesies missions on my second account to open up Hard Mode. I hadn't completed anything beyond Ventari's Refuge, so I went back to finish the Southern Kryta missions. There was only 6 or 7 people in Riverside Province, no Monks, when I got there at 2 am Tuesday morning. I asked if anyone was up for the M&B. Got 3 yes responces, 2 warriors and a ranger. I invited them to group. The Ranger had Ele for her 2nd prof, one warrior used a hammer, the other warrior used a sword like I do. They were levels 15 to 18. I added Dunkoro, healer with res chant, and Jin, an interupter with rebirth.

I tried to explain how we do the bonus and mission, how to avoid too much aggro, etc. We started the mission and got wiped at the tower behind the gate. It turns out, the hammer warrior had only had the game a couple of weeks, 14 hours of play time, didn't understand the aggro bubble. After explaining and a few questions and answers, we restarted.

We cleared all the towers up to the last 2 near the bridge. We targeted the one on the right first. Some how during the fight, the group from the other tower was aggroed. It quickly became very onesided, against us. I turned to run and flagged my heroes way out of harm's way. Jin was our only survivor and flagged way back up the road. One of the warriors asked "Now what?" The ranger asked, "How smart are those heroes?" I said, "Watch" Ranger: " I am, she is just standing there." Since Dunk was closest to Jin, I highlighted him and clicked rebirth. When he was ressed, I heard 3 wows. I flagged them a little closer so she could reach more of us, and ressed each of us. We regrouped and finished the M&B.

I will no longer complain about Jin and her sometimes "Rambo" behavior.

Bryant Again

Bryant Again

Hall Hero

Join Date: Feb 2006

I love it when I give them that one build that they use and work perfectly. Makes me proud that they can kick so much ass : )

Stolen Souls

Stolen Souls

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Feb 2006

-the multiple times my Morgahn prevented a total wipe in our party. His durability astounds me. xD
-Doing Eternal Grove, me and my 3 heros had the left side. Entire right side wiped, and resigned. I started to die as well, 2 of my heros going down (MM and ele). SOMEHOW, Pyre managed to pick off the mob of afflicted 1 by one, while I healed him. Cleared them out, went to the right side, ressed them, continued.
-The time Zhed ran halfway across the map and got pwnz0rd

{IceFire}

{IceFire}

Forge Runner

Join Date: Oct 2005

W/

FoW clear 2man w/ heroes...

We've almost cleared UW 2man with heroes as well...

I pretty much do everything with h/h or 2man + heroes.

Coridan

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

I have to admit that i really like my heros....I am a married man...father of 3 and have very few hours to spend in the game trying to find groups etc...so i can log on...load up with H/H and do whatever it is that i need to do... One of my most memorable Hero moments was during Hell's Precipe HM and had a party wipe except for the charr archer....and he had rebirth.... rez and finished the mission........Go, go Power....wait.... Go heros!

tmr819

tmr819

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

W/Mo

The Heroes have taught me a lot about classes that I didn't want to play personally--such as assassin, for example, or necromancer.

Anton and Zenmai have really impressed me by their ability to both dish out damage and stay alive. (I still don't want to play an assassin, tho. )

And I seldom venture anywhere without one Necro Hero -- another class I am not interested in playing myself but that has tremendous possibilities.

I still need to check into using the paragon and ritualist Heroes more. I confess I almost never bring them along.

TheRaven

TheRaven

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2006

Virginia

Spirit of Elisha

W/

SAB's wonder necros. I've vanquished all the 4-man areas and most of the missions HM with these 3 in tow.

It's hilarious watching the naysayers gripe that "you can't take 3 Necros, NOOOOOB!! BRING A MONK AND AN ELE OR I'M LEAVING!!!!!!" Usually about halfway thru the mission they are apologizing.


I have to say the best experience I have had with a henchie was in Zen Daijun mission HM. We had made it as far as the final bosses, the Afflicted farmer and Afflicted Tijo. That dang Rit wiped us. His attacks hit and hit hard. I was the only human in the team and we were all dead in one hit....except for Sister Tai. Tai managed to avoid any more damage and she rezzed the rest of us one by one. We completed the mission and scored Masters.
She accomplished all this without any flagging from me. I'll never say again bad about Sister Tai again.

tmr819

tmr819

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

W/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRaven
SAB's wonder necros. I've vanquished all the 4-man areas and most of the missions HM with these 3 in tow.
The three-necro build is indeed awesome; I have to resist the urge to use them because it's such a coast for most areas. I have been trying to get away from using those three and mix things up a bit, Hero-wise, for more of a challenge.

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRaven
I have to say the best experience I have had with a henchie was in Zen Daijun mission HM. We had made it as far as the final bosses, the Afflicted farmer and Afflicted Tijo.
Heh. I have had numerous occasions where my henches went on to win the day without me, usually by carrying on fighting over my dead body. At least with Heroes you can force them to rezz you if necessary.

Vinraith

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheRaven
SAB's wonder necros. I've vanquished all the 4-man areas and most of the missions HM with these 3 in tow.
But the timer nerf made necros useless, didn't it?

Seriously though, the 3 necro build is preposterously good, and has given rise to a number of other custom builds built around similar principles. Sab, if you're reading this, we owe you one.

Aerian_Skybane

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

When then hench wipe, then I wipe, and all thats left are Koss, Stonehealer, and Vekk. They proceed to kill the vast amounts of enemies that killed most of my H/H team and then res me. Only time this doesnt work is when Jora randomly tries to res me instead of the other monks in the middle of combat. Only she does that for me, soooo Koss took her place back lol.

I love sitting there watching that trio own. They seem to do better without me, which makes me paranoid that they are trying to kill me. Dreams of Anet removing PCs and we all just direct our heroes where to go. ZOMG!

The Riven

The Riven

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

None worth mentioning

P/

Vizunah Square Hard Mode for masters..
Part pug part hero team in local quater, right at start of the mission the monks go afk, needless to say its a party wipe, almost.

Olias(as a mm) being a fine upstanding gentleman, not only survives till the cut scene but single handedly kills everything in sight. I have never been so proud as when everyone asked "wow, whose is that olias?"

Still makes me smile thinking about it.

Seraphic Divinity

Seraphic Divinity

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2006

Heroes Ascent

Mo/

I was minding my own business vanquishing with my heroes and all the sudden 10 mobs pop up with about 60 emenies total.

Immediately tahlkora switches to her 40/40 prot sec, insta-casts aegis and procceeds to pre-prot squishies with her enchanting staff while switching to her shield set between casts corresponding to the most threatening damage.

Meanwhile Gwen locates crucial casters, and times her Cry of Frustration well enough to prevent a sleugh of hell-fire from raining down upon us, then procceeds to put migraine on monks, and train them with interrupts on important spells.

Sousuke jumps into action, switching to his 40/40 earth set and slaps down wards in key places, while tahlkora and gwen kite through them evading enemies and preventing damage. Sousuke then re-attunes with his enchanting set and saves his SandStorm for when the enemy monsters all localize on my Koss, due to his lower health. Sousuke then waits a second after casting sandstorm to follow up with dragon-stomp to prevent the from running.

Meanwhile, Koss has been building up and saving adrenaline for this moment, when he switches to his vampiric axe and follows up with sousuke combo with a cyclone axe and triple chop to finish off lucky enemies.


It was an epic match, I love my heroes. Yes, I'm special, I have 4 heroes at a time in my fantasies.

Coridan

Coridan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jun 2006

US

Old Married Gamers {OMG}

W/

^^can i be one of your heros...they sound like the greatest

Aerian_Skybane

Aerian_Skybane

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2006

House of Caeruleous [HoC]

R/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Seraphic Divinity
It was an epic match, I love my heroes. Yes, I'm special, I have 4 heroes at a time in my fantasies.
And they can apparently switch weapons automatically...

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

In the 7 heroes thread I were beaten down cos I use 3 necro heroes and its noob apparantly :-(

I use the SS with PWK instead of rip enchantment, the MM with prot spirit and aegis, and the healer has SV for his elite. I go SF with aegis and breath of the great dwarf in my spare slots. So overall we have:

2x aegis
2x PWK
Life
Breath of the great dwarf
SS/barbs/mop/SV
Jagged bomber
Healer with infinate energy

Uber pizownage +1.

~ Dan ~

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2006

D/

No particular fight, just a general thing:

Steamrolling cantha in HM.

<3 sabway

Chicken Ftw

Chicken Ftw

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2006

Everything. I didn't ever PuG before, but now instead of bad AI with bad bars that're still somehow better than 98% of the playerbase, I can use bad AI with good bars that're miles better than 99%.

Dev121

Dev121

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

When they werent in game.

SNAP.

Kahlindra

Kahlindra

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2006

England

Anthems to the Welkin at [Dusk]. 2 man guilds are king.

N/Me

Sab's necros ARE orgasmic.

However I think it was just doing GWEN in two days with my partner- first time we got to play together due to various internet issues, and we could just play in our own little (highly coordinated) bubble. Yay for heroes.

Vinraith

Vinraith

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Dec 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kahlindra

However I think it was just doing GWEN in two days with my partner- first time we got to play together due to various internet issues, and we could just play in our own little (highly coordinated) bubble. Yay for heroes.
Yup, any time I can manage to coordinate schedules with a friend and play 2 humans and 6 heroes it's just the absolute best this game can be. Beats PUGing, beats soloing. I'm sure if I could coordinate with 3 or 4 friends it'd be even better, but real life is what it is.

ValaOfTheFens

ValaOfTheFens

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Sep 2006

Warrior Nation[WN]

I did the Eternal Grove and beat it on the first try. I was an MM(GuildWiki assured me there'd be exploitable corpses) and had Master of Whispers as an MM. We held our gates easily and I only missed Masters because I'd never done Eternal Grove before and underestimated the power of the siege turtles.

bhavv

bhavv

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2006

2 man 6 heroes on HM eternal grove was awesome. I tried 2 pugs that failed, then I joined a guild group that had healing breeze and mending monk, and they kicked me for complaining instead of their guild monk o.O

Tyla

Emo Goth Italics

Join Date: Sep 2006

when they got released, heroes>all

You can't see me

You can't see me

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

USA

P/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by tyla salanari
when they got released, heroes>all

Yes, I agree. Heros have been a godsend to me. There's really no best moment that I've had.

Lord Natural

Lord Natural

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Canada

Black Crescent [BC]

W/

HA 6v6 heroway was the shit. Sure it was lame to face and pretty much killed HA at the time, but it was still fun as hell to play. Not that anyone outside of ToA cared about favor, but there was something amusing about grabbing a friend and taking it.

In pve, it was always somewhat fun failing something miserably with a pug and then finishing it quickly and easily with h&h. The only specific incident which comes to mind was way back in 2005 when THK was "impossible". Like most people, tried pugging it a half dozen times, with no luck. Henched it, camped the king, and ended up flawlessing it easily. With heroes, Eternal Grove was pretty fun, flagging a hero split ftw.

visitor

visitor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Apr 2006

Kronos HQ

W/

H/H THK with a derv

genofreek

genofreek

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

USA

Jenova's Apocolyptic Remains [JAR]

D/

My favorite thing of all is when I'm H/Hing, need to pull, and forgot to bring a longbow. I call it Koss Fishin'. Stand safely back, flag Koss within aggro range of something, then flag him back and watch the good times roll. He's only died once that way from a nasty spiker I didn't see, but it was well away from bringing the mob on my head. All I had to do was jog over and Rebirth.

Koss reels 'em in so nicely for me. It's not efficient at all, but it sure is fun.

onerabbit

onerabbit

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Thanks to all the guru [mods]

i was Vanquishing one day, i used consumables and all..

accidently aggroed 3 groups, thought i was dead, 2 heros fell to the floor in seconds, i got pissed off, minimized and browsed guru, thinking il try again in a bit.

later open gw bk up, all hero/hench are alive and the 3 mobs are dead.
gg :P

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

Quote:
Originally Posted by onerabbit
i was Vanquishing one day, i used consumables and all..

accidently aggroed 3 groups, thought i was dead, 2 heros fell to the floor in seconds, i got pissed off, minimized and browsed guru, thinking il try again in a bit.

later open gw bk up, all hero/hench are alive and the 3 mobs are dead.
gg :P
Rage quitting FTW!


I actually don't remember a single precious moment with heroes. They are just some bastards that take my abuse when I am too proud to admit I screwed up!

Mavrik

Mavrik

Forge Runner

Join Date: May 2005

Alaska

I love my heroes. I took my Dervish through Prophecies with them and beat the game without having to PUG even once.

Drop of Fear

Drop of Fear

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2006

W/

I was vanquishing gyala hatchery with 2 minion master heroes... a guy was afk at the shrine because he gave me money to vanquish few maps for him... he had a vamp weapon on him but the luxon priest kept healing, so basicly if i die it's game over, we wouldnt rez at any shrine
i wanted to earn as many luxon points as i could so when i saw jaqui aggroing whyk and start fighting i was like "OMG don't die jaqui my friend here i come" i aggroed jaqui, whyk and their pals, with reefclaw still chasing me and attacking my minions behind, more outcasts came from behind aswell as 3 additional leviathans + 1 scuttle fish. we literaly had 20-25 foes + 3 bosses on us.
it was pretty much a deathmatch, jaqui fighting reefclaw, outcasts fighting leviathans, those jellyfish spamming binding chain on anyone, scuttle fishes doing loads of dmg to whoever in their ways with balthazar aura... and ofc me and all h/h in the middle... really a disaster
thanks to heroes, and "save yourself!" i guess, i managed to take them all down and earn the full 250x3 points for killing the 3 bosses myself. loved that moment

best gw moment ever to me

upier

upier

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Done.

[JUNK]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Drop of Fear
I was vanquishing gyala hatchery with 2 minion master heroes... i wanted to earn as many luxon points as i could so when i saw jaqui aggroing whyk and start fighting i was like "OMG don't die jaqui my friend here i come" i aggroed jaqui, whyk and their pals, with reefclaw still chasing me and attacking my minions behind, more outcasts came from behind aswell as 3 additional leviathans + 1 scuttle fish.
That's the best part of any post I've read in ages!
I have seriously laughed myself to tears just now!

/hats off

Balan Makki

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Nov 2007

Where to start . . . I love when I can tap two keys on my keyboard and Jin runs halfway across the map to pull a group to me. I love the fact that Heroes actually know how to HEAL, I love the fact that Heroes listen. I love the fact that they don't have to answer the phone, or take a piss, or or . . .I really love the fact that compared to real players their AI is flawless.

Though General Morgan does this weird posturing thing, like he's still in charge or something. . . and Jora keeps bumping me in the head with her steel clad triple Ds.

Rexion

Rexion

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Aug 2007

[Luck]

E/

never have i ever had a good experience...

Arkantos

Arkantos

The Greatest

Join Date: Feb 2006

W/

With heroes I succeed where most pugs and even some organized teams fail. That's some pretty good experience imo.

ensoriki

ensoriki

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Canada bro.

A/D

Best experience is, when they don't steal my drops.

Also Heros> players
Even the players that use them.

Xue Fang

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2007

Vekk and Sousuke and Zhed chain interupted a boss Monk's WoH + Orison + other skill.


I laughed.

Xue Fang

Banned

Join Date: Nov 2007

Also, one time we were HAing and we needed a Monk, so we pugged Bowser (r13 Monk), he failed hard and we kicked him, replaced him with Odgen and held halls thrice, our secondary healer dropping out after the first hold.

dont feel no pain

dont feel no pain

Forge Runner

Join Date: Sep 2005

Uk,Wales

me and my mate running 6 heroes for dungeon rushing

4 smiters
1 healer
1 prot

+ Ranger (me)
+ Warrior

Navaros

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2005

Mo/Me

While Heroes are not perfect, are are always at least 100 000 000 000 billion times better than PUGs will ever be.

When compared to PUGs, there is no comparison at all. Best experience with Heroes is all of them that don't have any PUG players in them.