The Dumbest Things You've Seen A Profession Do

Poison Ivy

Poison Ivy

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jan 2006

Toronto

Hopping

Mo/A

Warrior : That thinks Stonekin's can increase knockdown time with Meteor Shower

Ranger : LFP Barrage team ~ Soon finds out he doesn't have Barrage and calls the team noobs for accusing him

Monk : Smiting

Necromancer : With a big sword...

Mesmer : Illusionary in PvE, without bringing any defensive skills at all

Elementalists : Uses Fire Magic in Hells without a Winter Ranger.

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
I use that for running drok/infusion, etc
Sorry Avarre, I posted that before seeing your Forgerunner. It nothing on what I what I said before. Your build is good ( I did it last time with it). What I mean is running with IoH and fail at the beginning of the run (Perdition Runner to RoF.... I got a Mesmer ). That doesn't mean I target you, I target for those who said "EXP runner with IoH" and they're not.

You're not in this list because you know how to use it correctly, same for all who do to, except for those who still fail and say after that "IoH is crap".

Excal

Academy Page

Join Date: Apr 2006

Scotland

Ozone Guild [OzGw]

Mo/E

A monk who thinks being a bonder ment bringing an active prot build with no elites and protective bond...last night.

TeeGee

TeeGee

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Mar 2006

Poland

Uber Pro Gamers [leet]

Me/E

The most hillarious things i saw:

-Wammo in PVP that stopped attacking and started spamming Orison of Healing :/

-Monk in TA that used necro life draining skills. Necro in disguise lol?

Silent Kitty

Silent Kitty

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2006

Netherlands

[TYW] "The Young World"

A/Me

Ascetic monks, who want to be close to the battle

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by Francis Demeules
Sorry Avarre, I posted that before seeing your Forgerunner. It nothing on what I what I said before. Your build is good ( I did it last time with it). What I mean is running with IoH and fail at the beginning of the run (Perdition Runner to RoF.... I got a Mesmer ). That doesn't mean I target you, I target for those who said "EXP runner with IoH" and they're not.

You're not in this list because you know how to use it correctly, same for all who do to, except for those who still fail and say after that "IoH is crap".
You don't have to apologize, I'm aware the uses of IoH are extremely limited and that I wasn't a target.

It IS a really crappy skill otherwise though... mesmers don't need speedboosts much.

Skuld

Skuld

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Sep 2005

Thousend Tigers Apund Ur Head [Ttgr]

A/

uh whats so bad about W/E armour of earth tanks? and rangers with hammers?

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Avarre
You don't have to apologize, I'm aware the uses of IoH are extremely limited and that I wasn't a target.

It IS a really crappy skill otherwise though... mesmers don't need speedboosts much.
Well, good to hear that

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skuld
uh whats so bad about W/E armour of earth tanks? and rangers with hammers?
W/E: Clay Warrior to gain boost in armor against everything. Its not really a bad combo in PvE

Bunny Thumpers: Knock down + Expertise + Poison + Tiger Fury + Pet attack knock down or interrupt.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Phaern Majes
Warrior: W/Mo trying to play monk rather than warrior.
Like I said: Heavy Healer. It funny to see one thought. I still agree its the dumbest thing I see in PUGS XD


I got 2 last night during Dragon's Lair: W/N MM and E/Me with FDS (I saw wards and armors..... no IW or Conjure Flame)

IKNOW

IKNOW

Academy Page

Join Date: Jul 2005

Most of the gems I see occur in RA.
Like the wammo using devine boon.
I kindly pointed out to him to check his attributes :/ I was lucky(?) enough to get him on my team 3 different times and each time I was greeted by the whistling noise of his 5 mana attribute-less enchantment

I think I met his brother a few days later, this time I was lucky enough to get a screen shot

boxcarracers052

boxcarracers052

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Sep 2005

The Cellmates

Mo/Me

In an Ele spike involving glyph of energy, when they use the spike then glyph, then spike the target too early so they don't lose the effect. Easy way to let an infuser know 2 seconds early what's coming.

Metanoia

Metanoia

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by oljomo
Hi

are you sure he brought it, or did he just cap it, i which case it is understandable

oljomo
He used it when we were fighting the very first mob, so it wasn't just capped. It also means they should have known it was all fire-type enemies...

QuixotesGhost

QuixotesGhost

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2005

Both the biggest mistakes I remember are mine.


PvE Monk: In Fissure screwing around with a bonding build that has Watchful Spirit and Unyielding Aura. We get in a tough fight where too many groups are pulled and I have to do some combat ressurection.

Someone is taking some damage and I try to pull off thier Watchful Spirit to give them a quick spike heal. Except I misclick. And pull off thier Unyielding Aura.

I whistle to myself and pretend it was shattered by an enemy mesmer.


PvP Monk: I'm playing prot/boon in TA. I get overwhelmed and end up dying. I'm ressed by Vengance. I throw up Divine Boon and Mantra of Recall, and the enemy mesmer throws Migraine and Conjure Phantasm on me. Ah, let me just Contemplation of Purity.

*Death*

Oh yeah, Vengance.


Quote:
Originally Posted by Poison Ivy
Warrior : That thinks Stonekin's can increase knockdown time with Meteor Shower
Um.... Stonefists do increase KD time with elementalist skills.

Avarre

Avarre

Bubblegum Patrol

Join Date: Dec 2005

Singapore Armed Forces

Quote:
Originally Posted by QuixotesGhost
PvP Monk: I'm playing prot/boon in TA. I get overwhelmed and end up dying. I'm ressed by Vengance. I throw up Divine Boon and Mantra of Recall, and the enemy mesmer throws Migraine and Conjure Phantasm on me. Ah, let me just Contempation of Purity.

*Death*

Oh yeah, Vengance.
You win

Lint

Lint

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2006

In a house....

bleh

Quote:
Originally Posted by Phaern Majes
PvE:
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Monk: A monk who "forgot" to mention they were all smiting.
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Whats wrong with that? did u ask if there was healing? Monks arent only meanty to heal or prot.

Kakumei

Kakumei

Forge Runner

Join Date: Jul 2005

Grind is subjective

learn this please

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lint
Whats wrong with that? did u ask if there was healing? Monks arent only meanty to heal or prot.
They should, however, be sure to specify that they are smiting, and not otherwise.

On topic, I HATE monks who consider spamming Healing Breeze to be adequate healing.

Phaern Majes

Phaern Majes

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Sep 2005

Anywhere but up

The Panserbjorne [ROAR]

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Skuld
uh whats so bad about W/E armour of earth tanks? and rangers with hammers?
All the Ranger hammers I've seen use pretty much only warrior skills. The few ranger skills they use are troll ungeant, antidote signet, and tigers fury. So why go R/W, instead of W/R? If you are using Hammer skills wouldn't it be better to have the runes boost your Hammer skills. I mean Antidote Signet has no attribute. Troll Ungeant you can get up to 8 or 9 regen without runes. Tigers Fury you don't need a ton of points into Beast Mastery for it to be effective. And expertise isn't going to decrease the cost of adrenaline skills, and the rest of the hammer skills that are energy based are like what 5 ene to cast? Not to mention you're melee fighting with a lower armor rating than a Warrior.

All in all, I usually pwn a hammer Ranger with my bow Ranger. Its just ineffective compared to hammer Warrior, which I've found I can't always pwn if they know what they are doing.

@Lint, yeah I never say GLF monks. I always say GLF healers. Sorry should of clarified that :S

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

A warrior can't spam Tiger's fury AND energy attacks.

The Muffen Man

The Muffen Man

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Sep 2005

Druery Lane

W/

Thumper are not stupid Ill tell what is lol, I saw a hammer warrior in ra use shield stance lol I think he was shocked to see all the attacks go through.

El Dirigible

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2006

Mo/N

Quote:
Originally Posted by mega_jamie
I hate that, really really hate it, entering a mission to see your W/R or R/MO or something has a really low level pet. Which dies, and they use no pet skills and dont even res it, personally I dont see the point in the 10 extra damage a hit from it if its gonna die so easily.
Pets gain experience even when dead, so you can just let the little bugger die at the start of Hell's Precipice, and by the time Lich has bit the dust, your pet will have jumped quite a few levels higher.

Lars Wool

Lars Wool

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Apr 2006

France

Guilde des INpactiens

W/E

just saw this in RA, a Mo/R trapper O_o

Angel Develin

Angel Develin

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Lions Arch

Minions of Kronos

N/Me

N/W using sword and frenzy and asking monks to HEAL, HEAL, HEAL FFS
W/R using ranger skills only
Ele/R using Bow with no skill that can do any dmg and call him self a nuker o_O
Mo/W in FoW with groups (55 HP) -_-'

Lord Iowerth

Lord Iowerth

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2005

Atlanta, GA (#guildwarsguru FTW!)

Biscuit Of Dewm [MEEP]

R/Mo

Mesmer in RA putting backfire + empathy + clumsiness on a touch ranger ...

natus

natus

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

Denmark

All of these were from the same fow group... :l

W/ME using backfire and phantom pain...on warriors
E/R using bow, pet and almost all ranger skills
W/Mo using reversal, healing breeze, strength tactics and sword skills

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]

W/E

Let's see, I've seen some stupid stuff in all my time...

Warrior has to be the classic Frenzy and Heal Sig combo. Well, using Frenzy in PvE at any time is pretty damn stupid. I also call whenever a W/Mo is using Mending

For anyone E/ or /E, using Firestorm past Ascalon... Also for eles, being a point-blank fire ele with NO defensive skills WHATSOEVER... it's happened to me 4 times in the past 2 days... When questioned after their inevitable deaths, 3 of the 4 eles replied: "wats earth magic? nevr seen it". The fourth said "omg earth suks its all a bunch of crap fire is all i need". Apparently so apparently so...

I've seen my fair share of 'Minion Masters' spamming nothing but low-level Horrors... The one that cracked me up most was a so-called 'Minion Master' a while back...

*after the 3rd mob*
Ranger dude: 'so mm, r u gonna make some minions now?'
Warrior 1: 'yeah, i thought thats what mm's do'
Warrior 2: 'omg this mm is a wasted space. let's all rezone and ditch this loser'
'MM': 'ok nubs lemme get some energy first spamming swarm is costly'
'MM': I'm using Animate Bone Minions!
*summons level 0 minions*
'MM': I'm using Well of Blood!
*+6 regen well*
Warrior 2:'omg'
Stormlord Alex:'Dot.'
Stormlord Alex:'Dot.'
Stormlord Alex:'Dot.'

Hehe... I still chuckle on that one when I get lonely.

remmeh

remmeh

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Apathy Inc [AI]

R/Mo

frenzy + power spiked mending = 214 some odd damage

Ninetail Trickster

Ninetail Trickster

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

A pleasant place that needs more rain. T_T

The Rose Society

I am guilty of N/Wness. Heck, it's still in my profile. Need to change that.

ExDeity

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Didn't read all the pages, and I'm not sure if this has been said yet, but while playing Mesmer, and carrying quite a few anti-warrior skills, just in spite of being triple wammo'd in the random arenas, I had a warrior swing through ineptitude, empathy, and clumsiness, repeatedly, before eventually succumbing to death in 5 or 6 swings. He was rezzed, I placed the hexes back on him, and he continued to swing himself to death yet again. I've never seen anything like it.

I feel bad for the good Warriors out there. I rarely see you guys.

Murder In China

Murder In China

Banned

Join Date: Sep 2005

/B/Chan

Looking for one

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Lord Iowerth
Mesmer in RA putting backfire + empathy + clumsiness on a touch ranger ...
Well...if that Toucher used Offering of Blood while hexed with Backfire it wouldn't be a pretty sight.

Sagius Truthbarron

Sagius Truthbarron

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jun 2005

Animal Factory [ZoO]

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by Misc Merik
War: Iway war

Ranger: Iway trapper

Necro: Order necro, I dont mind the tainted necros there alright.

Mesmer: Fast cast orders

Elementalist: not waiting for monsters to be setup right for proper nuking
For someone who talks bad about IWAY, it sounds like thats the only build you've ever used in HA. Fast cast orders is for corpse controll, great for Ranger Spike.

Warrior: Orison of Healing. Other healing and prot skills setup to be "monk-like". Fire 'nukes', Diversion+Wastrel's Worry, also Backfire. W/N with Blood and Curse hexes. Using a bow as primary weapon.

Ranger: Heal Area. Overlapping preparations. Putting nothing in expertise or wilderness survival while trapping.

Necromancer: Can't think of any at the moment.

Mesmer: Fastcast healing.

Elementalist: Haven't seen much, probably going full healing.

Monk: Fire Storm, Meteor Shower, no energy managment.

The Purple Pants Guy

Academy Page

Join Date: Sep 2005


Those are two different people.

I guess this is all PvP...
Also I've seen...
-a warrior spamming Heavy Blow
-a ranger spamming blind on me (a warrior) while I kept plague touching it back
-warriors frenzying to attack through ineptitude and clumsiness even when it was on them for like 5 seconds before they attacked
-a warrior using a firestorm that did 2 damage per hit
-me playing a smiting W/Mo powered by a staff and Balthazar's Spirit in RA and doing well
-a ranger using all mesmer spells and Melandru's Arrows (he was holding a wand + focus)
-a necro casting spiteful spirit and faintheardness on the same person
-a 55 monk in PvP who forgot protective spirit
-a W/Me randomly throwing up Physical + Elemental Resistance (PvP)
-beating a blood spike team in Tombs as a shock war playing with on my team a W/Mo, a ranger toucher, and 5 henchies
-that's all I can think of right now

Shusky

Shusky

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jul 2005

Flying Purple Hippos

Paladin pre-built attempting to heal others with Mending.

Who also happened to be myself 2 weeks into Guild Wars

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

E/

Wammo pretending to Be Book Holder in Fow: Using Mending, Shield Of Regenaration And healing Breeze.


More Monk Skills Than warrior ones

oHcHeese

oHcHeese

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Dec 2005

Hells Percipice ID 1

The Brotherhood Of Sleep [zZz]

Monk: 55ing Tombs... quite funny to see.



rolfz0rs, i did that ones, wanted to see rather that would work

how the hell could i know they strip me ^^

nugzta

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2005

MM with SS as an elite but not having Verata's Sacrifice.

xuemin

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2005

E/Mo

doing defend droks and the mes is making minions and using necro skills even though we had 2 necros in the party and continually using rotting flesh even though one of the monks kept telling him not to =/

in FOW and one of the monks is weilding a bow and using barrage T_T it confused the other monk, who was a healer, at first because i saw that healing wasn't great at first till i noticed (me being bonder in group) that barrage was being used when we had no primary rangers

Cymboric Treewalker

Cymboric Treewalker

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2005

Imperial Palace - Cantha

[SFK] Sacred Forge Knights (founder)

Me/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by Theos
As the title implies, simply list the dumbest things you have seen a profession ever do. Use my list and a template if you need too

PvE:
Warrior: Leading large mobs back to squishies.
Ranger: Pulling by running into a mob then running back.
Elementalist: Tanking... without stances/enchants/etc...
Necro: Using Verata's Aura instead of Sacrifice, in an area with no enemy MM.
Mesmer: Super Egos of Doom, flocking like birds to "defend" their godliness.
Monk: 55ing Tombs... quite funny to see.

PvP:
Warrior: Running a tank build.
Ranger: None ~ as of yet.
Elementalist: Running fire nukes.
Necro: None ~ as of yet.
Mesmer: None ~ as of yet.
Monk: 55ing in PvP.

Disclaimer: All is opinion, and its my opinion :P
Well.... Theos posting this thread... that be it.

Cottage Pie

Cottage Pie

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Nov 2005

Birmingham, England

Taking Aegis

Mo/Me

All I can say is frenzy then heal sig.


Just.......



........



eh.

Theos

Theos

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2005

River Dancing

Eternal Treachery [TimE]

Me/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by Cymboric Treewalker
Well.... Theos posting this thread... that be it.
I am having alot of fun reading these. Its a wonder what people can and will do.

Francis Demeules

Francis Demeules

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Jan 2006

Canada, Qc

[Holy]

Me/Mo

For all who have the Guild wars box at home.

Look on it and see the Warrior fighting that Bone Dragon. Maybe it just an example but.... meh.....

Thargor

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Quote:
Originally Posted by Senator Tom
w/r with kindle arrows and he didnt even use a bow
This skill does not require a bow.
It is just as efective on a sword or axe. Same goes for apply poison. Don't be so fast to judge something as being stupid. It may come as a surprise but there may just be someone out there that knows a little something that you dont!