Is there still a point in leveling paragon?

Alazardragoon

Alazardragoon

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

Currently in National City California.

Wish We were

Rt/E

I see hardly any one levels paragon anymore. I have played most of Nightfall with my dervish now and I did all the missions with groups, Never ran into a paragon..I am wondering why..and if paragon has become a worthless class? Is it still worth leveling? Because I actually want to play a support class once i am done with my Dervish a Buff/DD is actually just what I was looking for in paragon. But If its become useless and no 1 will party with it now due to this new skill ever 1 wants to nerf, then Idk, Im a bit confused, I see so little paragons around now so I am really wondering whats up?

yakuza

yakuza

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jul 2007

It is in the human nature to be self-destructive.
basicaly, ppl don't know what para's r capable of...

wetsparks

wetsparks

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

paragon > pve
most people in the game are idiots, that is why people hate pugs so much on this forum. go ahead and make a paragon, even if you don't use the omg stupidly over powered skills you will breeze through pve.

Warriorsrmint

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2008

W/

They are good if you know how to use them, people just go ugh they can't deal damage (when their DPS is actually higher than a wars without skills) and thus noone wants them.

Ban

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

The Netherlands

[GoE]

Mo/

If you like playing a support class, I don't see anything wrong with a paragon. Play what you like. Don't look at what other like. Just my 2 cents.

Alazardragoon

Alazardragoon

Academy Page

Join Date: Jun 2007

Currently in National City California.

Wish We were

Rt/E

Yeah I guess i will try it out, I personally see nothing wrong with it at all, or any class, Each is just different from the next but they are all good in their own way im sure. Its just a matter of figuring out how to play it properly. I just hope people do team up with me though lol. It would be lame to PvE the entire story alone

-Lotus-

Jungle Guide

Join Date: May 2008

why would you want to join a party anyways?
all the idiots who try to play para fail before they leave istan.
all the people who dont suck dont waste time joining pugs.

Pleikki

Pleikki

WTB q8 15^50 Weapons!

Join Date: Nov 2006

???oo ???ugs ???lan [?????????]

Yeah make para para is good theres point lvl it

duckboy

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2007

Duckboy

E/Me

paragons + pve skills = god mode for team

paragons can make dmg in HM seem laughable when they can reduce dmg down to nothing for the whole party. This includes people under ursans

so i would say, yes there is still a place for paragons in this ursanage future :-)

xxmadmassxx

xxmadmassxx

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jun 2007

W/

paragons with its imbagon build just gives so much support to the team, reducing the dmg to mere nothing is wat a paragon can do best

Woop Shotty

Woop Shotty

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Oct 2006

Ruthless Mafia [RM]

Mo/

imbagon is a force to be reckoned with, that's for sure.

make a para. you will find that people won't let you leave their parties.

Crom The Pale

Crom The Pale

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Nov 2006

Ageis Ascending

W/

Paragons, like all other classes, are only as good as the human playing them.

With the correct builds they are lots of fun and extremely usefull in any party for any mission/quest/dungeon.

They work well in PvE and PvP.

In the end it all comes down to one simple questiong....

Are you having fun playing that profession?

If you answer yes, keep playing if not time for a change.

cosyfiep

cosyfiep

are we there yet?

Join Date: Dec 2005

in a land far far away

guild? I am supposed to have a guild?

Rt/

play what you want to play---dont worry about what everyone else is doing. I still see lots of paragons playing all three chapters. Maybe you just are playing at the off-paragon time

Don Doggy

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Oct 2006

W/

Paragon is the ultimate support class and can breeze through HM PvE. Most PUGs don't know how valuable a paragon is to any party. Play a paragon if you think u'll have fun and enjoy it.

Chris37320

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2007

Soldiers Of Shadowsssssssssssss (ssss)

Mo/

I like paragons they pump out a lot of consistent damage and spears are really cool in my opinion. I would definitely make a pve paragon.

Bowstring Badass

Bowstring Badass

Forge Runner

Join Date: Nov 2005

Character selection screen figuring what I want to play...

Purple Lingerie - :D

Go for it paragons are broken in PvE.

Lady Raenef

Lady Raenef

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Feb 2007

Oregon, USA.

Zero Mercy [zm]

W/

Paragons can be brutal in PvE. Go for it.

Highlander Of Alba

Highlander Of Alba

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jan 2007

Real Rogue Clan

Rt/Mo

Paragons are great in pve..so much so just made another as like both male and female chars lol

This ones just a few k of rank 2 survivor and no i dont box lol.....


breezed through all the way so far...

But as others have said, play what you want and enjoy the game

zelgadissan

zelgadissan

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2008

The Warrior Priests [WP]

Me/Rt

Even without running Imbagon there's no reason not to take a human Paragon. A ranged warrior (80AL) with an unstrippable IAS - not to mention ability to keep up indefinitely - is more than imbalanced enough without getting into the damage reduction skills.

Edit:
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alazardragoon
It would be lame to PvE the entire story alone
That makes me sad, though. I'd much rather H/H than join crappy PUGs.

toastgodsupreme

toastgodsupreme

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: May 2005

United States

Me/

I love my para. It's a great storage character.

buckscrib

buckscrib

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2006

COL

Paragons are great support characters. Not many people are good at them though.


Accursed

Accursed

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

Paragons : PvE Ownage.

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

To sum it up:

Paragons are incrediably overpowered, just a lot of people don't know it.

However, they are also incrediabley boring and repeatitive to play.

Horseman Of War

Horseman Of War

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2006

The Cult of Doom

P/

I have never used the sy imbagon build... and if people ask me to run it, Ill rattle off a bunch of reasons why I wont. Actually thats a lie-- I used to use SY&Spear of Fury on my Anthem of Guidance build when I first started h/h the duncan levels (before ursan went pop)

I have been playing my paragon since NF came out, and she has over 1/5th of my account's hour total. Paragons make fine tanks despite some peoples' opinions. Paragon is my favorite class due to its versatility...

Paragons are sexy, and to each their own. End of discussion.

azizul1975

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2007

GMT+8

The Elite Guard of Tyria (TEGO)

Mo/

i have to agree with OP. when i pug i love to have a para in the team, but nowadays, it seems hard to find people playing para, especially on tyria hard mode (crossing over from nf) . i knew few para character whom i played with and i know how good a para really is. we strolled pass destruction depth and gate of madness HM (among the hardest missions in gw) with breeze.

go para go !!

Alex Morningstar

Alex Morningstar

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

Team Asshat [Hat] leader - [GR] Alliance

Mo/

You never see paragons, because the only people that pug anymore do it because:

1)They don't have heros (Prophecies/Factions only)
2)They don't have the skills unlocked/are too dumb to make decent hero builds.
3)They are getting their rocks off PuGing.

Elder III

Elder III

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jan 2007

Ohio

I Will Never Join Your Guild (NTY)

R/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Alex Morningstar
You never see paragons, because the only people that pug anymore do it because:

1)They don't have heros (Prophecies/Factions only)
2)They don't have the skills unlocked/are too dumb to make decent hero builds.
3)They are getting their rocks off PuGing.
Well said.

Paragon is a versatile Class that should never lack for a group when experienced players get together. Personally I enjoy buffing up my party with chants and then skewering the enemy with a blazing spear. hehe If they just had some better armors they would be one of my favorites for sure.

dilan155

dilan155

Desert Nomad

Join Date: May 2007

living room

N/

paragon is my main char, what more to say. So far i have never had the trouble of finding a good PUG. Paragons got one of the best energy management, faster attack speed than a bow etc. Running SY they can be the best support class in the game, besides the outright healing of a monk