whats with people hating paragons? ._.

Chik N Nuggets

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

calgary, alberta, canada

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everytime i try and get a group for a mission... all i get is "paragons suck, you should use a _________" ive even seen perma shadowform sins get in groups instead of me..

anyways... whats wrong with people?

street peddler

street peddler

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2007

ignorance, stupidity, etc..

Chilos

Chilos

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Oulu, in magical land called Finland

Paras have weak(?) support skills and attack skills are neither so amazing..

kobey

kobey

GW Retiree

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sg Unknown [KATE]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chik N Nuggets
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everytime i try and get a group for a mission... all i get is "paragons suck, you should use a _________" ive even seen perma shadowform sins get in groups instead of me..

anyways... whats wrong with people? What else do you expect to get from pugs?

Seriously, its not your problem, its them

Mr_Unlucky

Mr_Unlucky

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005

Finland

Seekers of the Aetherian (Void)

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They are propably just homofobics.

Chik N Nuggets

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calgary, alberta, canada

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilos
Paras have weak(?) support skills and attack skills are neither so amazing.. lol.


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[Morkai]

[Morkai]

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Oct 2007

Heroes of Elonia [HE]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilos
Paras have weak(?) support skills and attack skills are neither so amazing.. LOL?

There's nothing to Fear. They're on Fire. Save Yourselves!

Clearly you've NEVER used/played with a PvE paragon.

Paragons = Godmode.

Chik N Nuggets

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Oct 2007

calgary, alberta, canada

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Berek
LOL?

There's nothing to Fear. They're on Fire. Save Yourselves!

Clearly you've NEVER used/played with a PvE paragon.

Paragons = Godmode. what he said..


anyways... i think il just use guild/alliance mates..

theres only been 1 PUG i got into.. and that was chebek village -.-

Ctb

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2006

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I love to bring Sogolon along when I'm doing quests in Nightfall.

Sogolon + primary hench healer + Olias on MM duty = just try and stop me.

In those rare cases when that's not enough, I have Zhed strapped with a bunch of Wards to boot.

Chilos

Chilos

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

Oulu, in magical land called Finland

Note the (?) a.k.a WTF

Ekelon

Ekelon

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rebel Rising [rawr]

A/W

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chilos
Paras have weak(?) support skills and attack skills are neither so amazing.. song of restoration, mending refrain, ballad of restoration + watch yourself = UNLIMITED unremovable MENDING FOR ALL 8 PARTY MEMBERS.

aggresive refrain + go for the eyes + vicious attack + harrier's toss = almost the equivalent DPS of a warrior (except you don't have to run 5 miles to switch a target, you merely do so)...

hmm.

sounds like a pretty familiar gvg build that works in pve.

[skill]Vicious Attack[/skill][skill]Harrier's Toss[/skill][skill]Song Of Restoration[/skill][skill]Ballad of Restoration[/skill][skill]"Go For The Eyes!"[/skill][skill]Mending Refrain[/skill][skill]"Watch Yourself!"[/skill][skill]Aggressive Refrain[/skill]

DA paras are really effective in HM too.
[wiki]Defensive Anthem[/wiki]

Squishy ftw

Squishy ftw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

Your backline

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chik N Nuggets
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everytime i try and get a group for a mission... all i get is "paragons suck, you should use a _________" ive even seen perma shadowform sins get in groups instead of me..

anyways... whats wrong with people? People are dumb.

Paragons are one of the best classes to have with you. Those that don't realise this probably never played (or played with) a para.

Dauthix

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Nov 2007

Somewhere near Atlanta, GA

Great Northern Knights

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I built my Paragon up to lvl 20 and had no trouble getting into groups. The biggest thing that I'd get teased about is the para has "belly shirt" armor. LOL

XiaoTheBlade

XiaoTheBlade

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Apr 2007

Southern England

Reign Of Shadows

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A good pve paragon is godmode

A good pvp paragon is decent

C'mon paragon is easily the best class in the game for allround utility, their DPS is amazing and the support is brill.

Stormlord Alex

Stormlord Alex

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Dec 2005

Beyond the Forest of Doom, past the Cavern of Agony... on Kitten & Puppy Island

Soul of Melandru [sOm]

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"People are retarded" (<3 Savio)

PvEers hate Paragons because they're too stupid to see how strong they are.

Non-PvEers hate Paragons because they're too damn powerful.

Chik N Nuggets

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well on my pve paragon.. i have ALL skills unlocked, i have shields for both motivation and command.... and a few nice spears to boot.

i also ask people if they want a damage dealer or a support/healer.

it just gets annoying @ gate of desolation.

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The edge of reason

I don't play any more.

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I hate Paragons because everyone thinks they're so godly. You never see accomplishment threads for warriors or warrior gatherings, it's just stuff for paragons. Everyone loves the paragons, everyone hates the warriors. The more love for paragons, the more us warriors are cast aside. There's a natural hatred between the two.

Lord Sojar

Lord Sojar

The Fallen One

Join Date: Dec 2005

Oblivion

Irrelevant

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Go find intelligent groups in GW:EN. Good PUG groups will take you in a heartbeat in HM dungeons. If you have SY and TNTF....yeh...ummm... PvE<<Paragons.

Also, note Ekelon's post. Above ^

Chik N Nuggets

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Taurucis
I hate Paragons because everyone thinks they're so godly. You never see accomplishment threads for warriors or warrior gatherings, it's just stuff for paragons. Everyone loves the paragons, everyone hates the warriors. The more love for paragons, the more us warriors are cast aside. There's a natural hatred between the two.
i usually use a P/W

and i also have a warrior with 3 elite sets...

i love paragons and warriors...


your just .... ?

kobey

kobey

GW Retiree

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sg Unknown [KATE]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Taurucis
I hate Paragons because everyone thinks they're so godly. You never see accomplishment threads for warriors or warrior gatherings, it's just stuff for paragons. Everyone loves the paragons, everyone hates the warriors. The more love for paragons, the more us warriors are cast aside. There's a natural hatred between the two. No no no ... Don't forget "Save Yourselves" is a warrior skill. We love warriors too

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

your not a core 6, anything a little from the norm "He burns" "she heals" "He Slashes" "She casts" sort of things tend to go meh in pugs

I think in the pecking order of PuG Discrimnation its a little somthing like this
(1 being least wanted)

5. Dervish
4. Mesmers
3. Ritualists
2. Assassins
1. Paragons

(and odly everyone I know seems to play one of those as their main and , agaisnt popular opinion, We tend to do rater well for ourselves)

Darkobra

Darkobra

Forge Runner

Join Date: Aug 2006

Scotland

Type like an idiot, I'll treat you like an idiot

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The same reason people hate mesmers: They're clueless.

Kattar

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EXCESSIVE FLUTTERCUSSING

Join Date: Mar 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stormlord Alex
PvEers hate Paragons because they're too stupid to see how strong they are.

Non-PvEers hate Paragons because they're too damn powerful.
Took the words right out of my mouth. I'm thinking about rolling one just for those reasons.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Darkobra
The same reason people hate mesmers: They're clueless. And that too.

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The edge of reason

I don't play any more.

W/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by kobey
No no no ... Don't forget "Save Yourselves" is a warrior skill. We love warriors too It's a Luxon/Kurzick skill, actually. Someone in my guild says that Warriors are the worst class, dervishes can outdamage them, paragons can outdefend them, and eles/dervs can outtank them. So if someone prefers someone else to me, naturally I'd hate the competitor.

So according to Stormlord Alex, I'm neither PvE'er or PvP'er.

Mr. G

Mr. G

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jul 2006

S. Wales

Mo/Me

Quote:
It's a Luxon/Kurzick skill, actually Go run it on your Mo/E then, Luxon/kurzick is its attribute, not it's class

Taurucis

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

The edge of reason

I don't play any more.

W/E

Right... I forgot, major brain fart there. My eye's burning and it's hard to think o.-

kobey

kobey

GW Retiree

Join Date: Nov 2005

Sg Unknown [KATE]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Taurucis
Someone in my guild says that Warriors are the worst class, dervishes can outdamage them, paragons can outdefend them, and eles/dervs can outtank them. No one holds an Eternal Blade + Shield Set (or any other weapon sets) like a true warrior does.

JONO51

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

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People who hate para's are idiots who dont know how good they are and what they can do. Godmode>all. (In PvE of course ;p)

cthulhu reborn

cthulhu reborn

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

the Netherlands

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Paragons are a great profession. You can make a paragon that can reduce the damage to the entirely party by 1/3rd continuously for example.

Cautery Signet owns also.

Warriors are actually worse off in PvE specifically. Other than the Obsidian tank for hard area's (which ele's can do as well) there's hardly a need for a warrior.
The main problem is that other classes can do more damage and using a warrior as a tank doesn;t work very well. The reason is that the warrior hasn't got enough defences to stay alive on his own long enough for aggroing the enemies to work very well. You need a good group who really understands how aggro circles and luring work and strangely most people don't get it including a lot of warriors.

Most people will accept a Dervish as melee character and it does better cause a Dervish can still do some damage even when blinded. Blinding and such are the biggest bane to melee characters in that sense. The DPS just goes to crap instantly with that 90% miss chance but the Dervish hits more targets and some attacks do additional damage even when he misses. Warriors don't have that.

Personally I think that in GW2, where they want to limit the amount of professions back, they should combine the warrior and paragon classes into one.

But as always a lot of people don't understand what some classes can really do like the para's and mesmers out there and you get a real life situation of discrimination like you see at schools and other places in the real world. People are stupid is probably the best summary.

Proff

Proff

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jun 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Chik N Nuggets
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everytime i try and get a group for a mission... all i get is "paragons suck, you should use a _________" ive even seen perma shadowform sins get in groups instead of me..

anyways... whats wrong with people? Ignorance or stupidity unless you're trying to be a mm.

Chik N Nuggets

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Join Date: Oct 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by cthulhu reborn
Personally I think that in GW2, where they want to limit the amount of professions back, they should combine the warrior and paragon classes into one.
oh god.

if they do that.. i hope they choose the paragon skin D=


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Originally Posted by Proff
Ignorance or stupidity unless you're trying to be a mm. Lol!!!!!!

Bloody Sacrifice

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jan 2008

I've always thought paras are pretty bleh.. i made one myself when i heard of save yourselves.. but i couldn't keep it up much but come to think about it i was also using spear attacks etc so you won't be doing anything else apart from using 2 skills in your bar to keep that up..

Can anyone here tell me what paras actually have apart from 2 pve skills. (save yourselfs + theres nothing to fear).

Squishy ftw

Squishy ftw

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloody Sacrifice
I've always thought paras are pretty bleh.. i made one myself when i heard of save yourselves.. but i couldn't keep it up much but come to think about it i was also using spear attacks etc so you won't be doing anything else apart from using 2 skills in your bar to keep that up..

Can anyone here tell me what paras actually have apart from 2 pve skills. (save yourselfs + theres nothing to fear). Very high dps, unstrippable ias, great positioning and nice party buffs ?

Oh, and skirts.

Axel Zinfandel

Axel Zinfandel

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2007

Northeastern Ohio

LaZy

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. G
I think in the pecking order of PuG Discrimnation its a little somthing like this
(1 being least wanted)

5. Dervish
4. Mesmers
3. Ritualists
2. Assassins
1. Paragons I think mesmers should be lower and paragons higher. As much as PvE pickup groups hate paragons, most of them would probably admit they have more worth (PvE wise) then a mesmer or assassin.

I don't know what all the hate toward Rits are... in most factions missions, I'd gladly take a Rit with a solid healing if there wassn't a monk available.

But on the topic, People obviously got the same assumtions about PvE Paragons that they did about PvE Assassins. People tried to play them like tanks, found out they were not tanks, and cried about it.

In PvP Paragons are pretty rare. It's hard to believe why though when they own so much.

Loli Krasivaya

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jan 2008

Divine Order of Heroes (DOoH)

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You can always join my pug

IGN: Loli Krasivya

I'm working through all campaigns, and I'd be happy to pug with a Paragon.<3

gizzt

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2007

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chik N Nuggets
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everytime i try and get a group for a mission... all i get is "paragons suck, you should use a _________" ive even seen perma shadowform sins get in groups instead of me..

anyways... whats wrong with people? Heres whats wrong with people, HENCHMEN are better than the average PUG, let alone hero, so i suggest getting a pro friend who realises that to and just use 6 heroes. Everything dies fast.

Daenara

Daenara

Bad Romance

Join Date: May 2006

Aussie Trolling Crew HQ - Grand Matron

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I think Pugs have hate for paragons because the average pug paragon bar that I've seen consists of either 5 attack skills + crap, or they try and use a sword/axe/hammer (No! No hammer for your paragon, no matter how you try and argue it) or they have 7 motivation chants + a res like rebirth. It's really incredible, and I can totally understand why paragons are underestimated by the average nonguru/forum/wiki goer, which is the majority of the gaming population according to Anet.

rick1027

rick1027

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Apr 2006

W/R

i wish they would have included a para henchie with gwen was sad top find out there wasnt one when i first got it

The Meth

The Meth

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2007

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Pugs hate paragons because they are stupid.
Good players hate paragons because paragons are overpowered.

Gaia_Hunter

Academy Page

Join Date: Oct 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Bloody Sacrifice
I've always thought paras are pretty bleh.. i made one myself when i heard of save yourselves.. but i couldn't keep it up much but come to think about it i was also using spear attacks etc so you won't be doing anything else apart from using 2 skills in your bar to keep that up..

Can anyone here tell me what paras actually have apart from 2 pve skills. (save yourselfs + theres nothing to fear). Either the 1st or 2nd best resource engine in the game.

When paragons came out, the 1st thing i checked were their spears attacks. I was, "what the hell they all cost 7+ adren?". Few did I know of how much faster is getting adrenaline when u are ranged. Then turn that int energy...

To sum up: Paras can bring whatever u need as elite, cast whatever support skill that costs shitloads of energy that u need, they do damage, they increase damage, they mitigate damage, they can take damage in a pinch thanks to shield+high armor+centurion's insig. All in the same skill bar in the same character at the same time.

Add TnTF+SY and you can throw a party.

2 Paragons will make your party god, clean
all hexes, kill everything in sight and can be the frontliners if they need to.