I just don't get it.
Alot of people start complaining about assasins dieng fast and other things like that. And sicerly i just dont get it.
I never expected an assasin to be a "zomg zomg uber tank wahhhhhh... i killerz them all monsters and goez farm solo cuz i am invincible". Most people should realise that an assasin sint that good "1 vs Many" in close combat back on the starter island.
Did anyone read the stats on the armor? LVL 70, as a ranger. So those who play assasin should open their eyes and read the stats on the armor in the first place. I never see rangers (same base armor lvl) ninja into the huge mobs and succeed. If it would be the case for assasins to tank, then assins wouldn't have the shadow arts skills, like shadow step, vipers defenses, etc...
Just think about it and you`ll realise why shadow arts is an assasin attribute, beside toher things.
Now, someone said assasin + henchies = nightmare. What? So people still don't get the point in how to play the class. Assasin + henchies should teach you many things, what to do and what not to do.
What I think is that many ex whammos switched to assasin, grabed henchies, ran as they could till the first mob leaving henchies miles back, attacked someone in the back line of a mob (like ritalists, mesmer, etc), got wiped, than came here and started whining about the class.
I finished factions in 4 days with my assasin, most quests with henchies and i had no problems at all. Also in the missions i teamed up with other assasins cuz of the lack of real people back then. Some of the last missions require real people and other calsses because of the difficulty lvl (ex: imperial sanctum - finished in 2 min 20 sec with 2 assains on the team), so having a necro, mesmer or ranger tag along is a very good idea.
Oh, and i also went solo farming with my assasin, how about that? As an assasin/mesmer just in case you wondered. There are combos of 5 skills that can make up to 400-450 damage and recharge is like 10-12 at most. The rest can be self defense/heal, evade and shadow step to target things.
The new system should make people more aware of the skills they use. Each time you buy a skill you can/must choose carefully on what you spend your skill points/money. I saw people near the last missions saying that they dont have XXX skill wich i think would be a basic skill to have for many situations/quests along the road. But hey, it's a free world, you play as you wish, no1 can and should tell you what and how to do since you got the game with your own money .
So YES, there are real bad, bad, decent, good, very good and excellent players out there, in equal proportions. the difficulty lelvel of Faction missions/quests will let you know if you have a bad player on your team right at the first fight with a decent mob.
I see the whiners (those who complain about assasin class being useless, impossible to play) just as the people who brag about THK being uterly hard. I have friends who finished THK with their whammo (of course not paladin build, but whatever) in starter armor with 7 henchies.
IMO people just can't read, cant think or have no imagination. Assasin is a great class if you learn how to play it.
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Let's not forget those who are trying to convince themselfs not to make an assasin because X and Y reasons and are happy to point out some extremly casual players who didn't get familiar with the class, yet!
Peace.
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