A Build Better Than Ursan?! (Gasp!)

Nude Nira

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CoP spike is FTW!!!!
I'm pretty sure it can clear Urgoz/FoW faster than Ursan can...

Tyla

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Join Date: Sep 2006

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Originally Posted by fenix
[Cry of Pain]

Shame it's bugged so it gives the damage all the time. Nerf imo, Mesmers are overpowered in PvE.
It can be used by any profession. Moar imbalancez!

fenix

fenix

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nude Nira
CoP spike is FTW!!!!
I'm pretty sure it can clear Urgoz/FoW faster than Ursan can...
It can't, people tried. It's weakness is the complete lack of defense, so it just explodes unless you carefully aggro. Ursan doesn't, you can aggro the whole world...

Sir Pandra Pierva

Sir Pandra Pierva

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Join Date: Apr 2007

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but so can ursan oh the imba

Stormlord Alex

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So a crappy DSlasher without DSlash and SY! is better than Ursan?

'kay

/agree with pretty much everyone else in this thread

Magikarp

Magikarp

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Join Date: Nov 2007

[HAWK]

Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
It can't, people tried. It's weakness is the complete lack of defense, so it just explodes unless you carefully aggro. Ursan doesn't, you can aggro the whole world...
how do you figure? it's untied, independent, and works entirely on its own regardless of profession.

for all it's worth, 8 monks could run it so long as one packs the lead hex.

beat THAT URSAN!

Antheus

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

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Ursan doesn't, you can aggro the whole world...
Ironically, Ursan is overpowered since mesmer is "useless" in PvE.

Just add a mesmer with, say, Diversion to every group of mobs. Then we can talk how overpowered it is.

If Ursan is the greatest, why do people need a terra tank for UW?

I would really really love to have Ursan in PvP. The mesmers would be grinning ear to ear.

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how do you figure? it's untied, independent, and works entirely on its own regardless of profession.

for all it's worth, 8 monks could run it so long as one packs the lead hex.

beat THAT URSAN
This build is great. I has only one problem: Skill bar has 7 skills too many.

Abedeus

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Antheus
Just add a mesmer with, say, Diversion to every group of mobs. Then we can talk how overpowered it is.
Mesmer mobs = overpowered (Wind Raiders)
Mesmer players = underpowered (e-denial vs players is badass, e-denial vs mobs is craphole).

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Originally Posted by Antheus
If Ursan is the greatest, why do people need a terra tank for UW?
Because they fail. Why do people need a terra tank or ursans for UW anyway?

Magikarp

Magikarp

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Join Date: Nov 2007

[HAWK]

mesmers will almost always hold that bad rep of "not as good in pve as the other classes", but i'll take my FC over SR and Energy Storage any day

zwei2stein

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Antheus
If Ursan is the greatest, why do people need a terra tank for UW?
They dont *Need* terras, terras are there purely to speed run up. You are aware that main ursan group operates independently over terras, right? They are basically 6-maning most of UW in HM. Must be weak skill they use.

Besides, something tells me that if somone compromises only *one* build to do seccond hardest quest in HM, it does not exactly mean that whatever other thing they use is really weak.

Carboplatin

Carboplatin

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Join Date: Jul 2005

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a snared ursan is useless.

its just because FoW and UW mobs are too weak to do anything. the occasional SS is the only thing that hurt them a little due to the spamming of skils.

Skyy High

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Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
There is LOTS better than Ursan Skyy High, this just isn't it...
I didn't say there weren't, I was just comparing the OP's build to Ursan.

And while one DSlasher-er may be better than 1 Ursan, 6 Ursans are better than 6 DSlashers. Chaining SY! is rather useless when 6 people are shouting it at once, and though the DPS may be greater, you are shut down easily by most high-end mobs, and you have less health and armor than an ursan.

Is it possible to put together a team build that works better than ursanway? Yes, definitely, but the time you spend putting it together and the skill required to run such builds is inordinately greater than the time spent organizing ursanway, and the skill required to run an ursan....which is the main reason why people say it's OP-ed.

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Also, shout-range weakness is fail compared to Enfeebling Blood :P
No, it really isn't. Shout range > nearby range. Instant cast, zero cost > 1 second cast, 1 energy and 10% hp cost. Built-in orders buff for all teammates > no other effects. Enfeebling Blood is just not comparable to Ursan roar, provided of course that you have a team chaining roar, which really isn't that hard to do.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Antheus
If Ursan is the greatest, why do people need a terra tank for UW?
Please have a clue before talking about something, thanks.

angmar_nite

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Skyy High
Is it possible to put together a team build that works better than ursanway? Yes, definitely, but the time you spend putting it together and the skill required to run such builds is inordinately greater than the time spent organizing ursanway, and the skill required to run an ursan....which is the main reason why people say it's OP-ed.
I dunno. My guild doesn't take long to get the supports, imbagons, godmodes, monks, orders etc. sorted out. Faster than most ursan teams spend squabbling bout cons.

Snow Bunny

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Join Date: Jul 2007

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That build sucks shit.

Why is there even a thread on this?

Tab

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I've been lead to believe that the OP is a Strong McEuro.

Airstu

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BC, eh

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OP = fail

/closethread

Cathode_Reborn

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Join Date: Sep 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by fenix
It can't, people tried. It's weakness is the complete lack of defense, so it just explodes unless you carefully aggro. Ursan doesn't, you can aggro the whole world...
That really sounds like a case of bad monks. And seeing how anyone can go x/Me and use Cry of Pain without even using any attribute points, it also sounds like people think they can just slap CoP on their bar and score easy wins.

Ele/Me can bring wards/blind, P/Me can bring "TNTF", N/Me brings antimelee junk, Mo/Me heals/prots of course, Rt/Me helps with the partywide heals. Doesn't have to be exacly like that of course, but the point is if plenty of people have some kind of defense, stuff should be easy.

CoP changes your 2ndary (if not a Mes) and takes up only 1 skill on your bar. Now the 1-skill thing is good, right? Of course it is but, that's bad for average pug'er - they need someone to hold their hand and fill in the blanks because they don't know how. Ursan does that for them. It gives them damage/defense with 1 elite skill so they don't have to do any thinking.

Still, I really doubt Ursan could outdo a good CoP team - You just can't argue with a 1/4cast area-wide 100dmg skill.

Nightmares Hammer

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Join Date: Dec 2007

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Yes you can out-damage Ursan. Yes that is a shitty build.

Magikarp

Magikarp

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Join Date: Nov 2007

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out of everything that could come from this thread, please stop the excessive flaming guys. personally attacks on the OP are pointless and immature, no matter how awful the build is (which it is, im not defending that aspect lol).

i think the mods should probably come and close this anyhow

Aba

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Join Date: Dec 2006

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Quote:
OP = fail

/closethread
I second the motion!

Tyla

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Join Date: Sep 2006

I summon Avarre the Mighty to close this thread.

Or even Arkantos!

Please guys!

Red Sand

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This thread is ridiculous. It is also amusing.

Skyy High

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Quote:
Originally Posted by angmar_nite
I dunno. My guild doesn't take long to get the supports, imbagons, godmodes, monks, orders etc. sorted out. Faster than most ursan teams spend squabbling bout cons.
The "time" aspect was more referring to PUGs. Also, note that I included the disparity in skill required in my statement.

Whirlwind

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If ursan wasn't "overall" the most useful single skill, why would people need multi page threads to try and bring it down? Furthermore, why would it need to be brought down?

blooQkazoo

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Originally Posted by Owik Gall

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THIS is exactly why I hesitate letting wammos into any of my groups.
WoH?!?! Seriously?
You might as well be Lindsay Lohan because you are FAIL, my friend.

I hope this thread keeps going because I want to see all the flame from the other posters turn into a raging fire of funny.

Savio

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This is Riverside Inn, not the build forum. And we close bad build threads in the build forum, so closed.