Are all the proffessions equal in pve pugs?

Splinter weapon + ancestor's rage > your face.

- And you really need Rit primary for this? Splinter Weapon lasts 20 seconds or 1...5 attacks. Spawning Power increases the duration of weapon spells. Can you guess is Splinter Weapon more limited by number of attacks or by its duration? Also Eles and Dervishes deal much more consistent damage than Ancestor's Rage.

You run primary rit for the runes. A 14 spec splinter weapon is around 30% more effective than a 12 spec splinter thanks to the extra attack.

Anyway, you can very easily fill a very powerful bar with only channeling, restoration, and PvE skills, so there's not much motivation to run it on another primary.

Thats really sad because sins are great in FoW. I had 2 in my groups today and they were tearing up the foes in a matter of seconds

Concerning Ursan, I have never used it and never will... I want it to be removed completely (or nerfed so badly that it is worthless )

Paragons are pretty bad. If I wanted good DPS and defense, I would have brought a Mind Blast warder. Thanks.

Monks are pretty much the only profession that can prot. So, Monk > all.
Be worse at the game.

holy cow..............
i thought i'd never see it...........

another ursanQQway thread.......

the only people who truly want this skill nerfed or removed are leetist jerks who want DOA UW and FOW back to themselves and they will say anything to get it back that way. If you aren't discriminated against over Ursan, you will be over not being one of the holy trinity or not being experienced enough anyway. Plz god let it alone and plz let these QQ threads stop already.

A-Net plz give the leetists back their crutch so whilr they are in their basements wishing for a life, they can at least FEEL Uber for a little while.

lol someone said paragons are bad in pve

There's Nothing to Fear! and Save Yourselves! would like to have a word with you.

There are only two professions that are actually useless in PvE: ranger and mesmer. Ranger because a Rt/R can outdamage and outinterrupt it, and mesmer because secondary mesmers can do their work just as well (usually better) in PvE.

Warrior is near useless, but there is the one Dragon Slash/"Save Yourselves!" build that is still good enough to redeem the class.

O_o You have issues.



Anyway... it's really simple. If you, for some reason, have to pug, then you'll have to accept the fact that you can't always run what you might like. You'll have to adjust. If you do want to run what you want to, then play with guildies/friends etc. Simple, no?

zzZZzzzzz

On the subject of profession equality, here's what I currently see as the PUG balance of desirable classes...

Monk - This one's obvious, it is the most sought out class in most groups.
Elementalist - Nukers are sought out as well and most PuGs think that Elementalist is the only nuker.
Warrior - Most PuGs think that the average PvE area actually needs a tank. IMO only the toughest of elite missions need a tank, and even then an Elementalist works just as well or better.
Necromancer - Minion Master.
Ranger - Interrupts.
Dervish - Seen as similar to Warrior by most PuGs.
Ritualist - Can sometimes get in as a healer.
Assassin - Seems to be only taken when there is a deficit of warriors and dervishes.
Mesmer - Taken when no rangers are in sight and a mission needs an interrupter, even then not always taken.
Paragon - Nobody seems to want them because most PuGs don't have the faintest idea how the class works.

Just some random stuff, take it with a grain of salt.

Oh okay you're bad. A bonder with "Save Yourselves!" is pretty much win.

If 30ish% unconditional damage reduction, party healing, +100 AL for the whole party, and a ton of damage is bad, call me captain scrub.

You don't need anything except "Save Yourselves"; a paragon is a waste of time. "There's Nothing to Fear!" is not worth bringing when you already have "Save Yourselves!", which can be done on any W secondary (bonder).

Paragons do much less damage than other classes. Much, much, much less damage.

Yes, you are captain scrub.

Necros are one of the most powerfull and versitile classes in all of GW.

If someone asks you to run Ursan Blessing just laugh in their face and move onto a good party.

[skill]Spiteful Spirit[/skill][skill]Price of Failure[/skill][skill]Reckless Haste[/skill][skill]Enfeeble[/skill]

I would rather have a necro with that half skill bar than an UB necro any day in any map.

Except a bonder is a waste of a party slot and paragon's have comparable dps to a warrior, but you knew that right?


Irony FTW.

I laughed at that.

It is, though. If you actually need a bonder, chances are your party sucks.

In the history of GW, physicals have been the pinnacle of damage dealers. The Paragon is a physical damage class as well as a class that buffs other physicals. What's not to like?

If anything, than Assassin and Mesmer would probably be worst.

A ward is not going to provide anywhere near as much defense as a paragon, and your damage will not be better unless you're balling large groups of enemies for Rodgort's. At which point I'd rather have a rit for Splinter Weapon since it's better.

You're basically devoting that entire character slot just for defense when you can use a paragon to provide more defense with offense. SY is not going to reduce armour ignoring damage either, TNTF will. Let's also not forget that it gives a party wide heal when the duration expires.

Bonders as a whole are fairly worthless. Devoting skill slots on a monk to reduce the damage done by physicals when you can just chain Aegis or slap Weakness on a mob's face.

I never see Rt/R with Broad Head Arrow, one of the best skills to use in PvE. I don't need to have a lot of damage when one skill completely shuts down a priority target.

Mesmers are really not all that bad. The domination line is very useful for taking out targets that matter. They just don't see play because players value AoE more than anything.

Anyone else find it funny that the "noob group" is now defined as one where people actually play as their own professions, with some modicum of skill required to get through the area?

Also...lol @ bonder with Save Yourselves! How is he gaining 8 adrenaline every ~4 seconds?