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Originally Posted by Akathrielah
The problem with the Fort Aspenwood map isn't so much with the map itself (or not very much anyway), as it is with the community.
There simply are more people playing offensive characters than defensive ones in the game in general. And being that the Luxon side has NPCs that greatly complement offense, they will get the better deal most of the time. |
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Originally Posted by Esprit
If a turtle gets through the outer gate, it is possible for a Ranger to solo the Turtle. Poison Arrow + Distracting Shot + Kindle Arrows let's any Ranger stop a Turtle dead in its tracks.
Unfortunately stopping the Turtle does not mean you prevent a gate breach, if the warrior NPCs kill all your Gate NPCs then they still get through. As long as you have some people supporting the Ranger it's not too hard. |
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Originally Posted by Symbol
If you can, it's certainly not apparent from your reply.
No shit sherlock, both teams are random, but one team doesn't need certain builds to succeed, or failing that, a much higher standard of play. But it's true. Kurzicks do need a healer to keep NPCs alive (preferably a bonder). Kurzicks do need either an interrupter or a heavy source of armor ignoring damage (whether it come from degen, attack skills, or what have you), to deal with turtles efficiently. Kurzicks do need more coordination (to know when to run amber, when to defend, when to push). I will say that because it's true. That's what they do, and that's how they win. There's no need of any coordination besides "run in with turtle". They don't have to run amber, they don't have to repair gates, they don't have to heal NPCs,they don't have to do any of the things the Kurzicks do. Certainly better teamwork helps them, but fundamentally on a random team, with with random (and usually poor) builds, with little coordination, the Luxons have a big advantage. Why is it that the Kurzicks need smart players who bring the right skills to win, but the Luxons don't need anything of the sort? That is an imbalance, your denials notwithstanding. |
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Originally Posted by generik
Does anyone know the respawn rate of the turtles? I swear there are games when they just keep coming non stop.
At the very least Anet should put a cap on the turtles, like they only respawn three times throughout the whole battle, or once for every 25% of vengence. If the Luxon team can't protect their turtle properly it is their own damned fault and they should not receive a new one. Period. |
| Consistently stopping amber runners also requires coordiantion, as does keeping turtles alive. I've played many a battle defending, with some really disorganized treams, and we still won because A. Luxons could not protect turtles from random assaults and B. Luxons couldn't prevent the random Amber runs. |
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Originally Posted by Eet GnomeSmasher
Imbalanced? Hardly. You're not even considering that Kurzicks WOULD have had an easier job since basically all they have to do is defend their base. And helping them guard the base is a whole slew of NPCs. Not to mention, that Kurzicks are able to heal/bond the NPCs guarding the gate without any harm to themselves.
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Originally Posted by Symbol
I don't see how this shows anything, one way or the other. It could be that the players on the luxon team were just individually bad. Certainly that's been my experience when a disorganized Kurzick team wins.
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Originally Posted by Symbol
Also stopping amber runners does not require any significant degree of coordination. One guy with a snare (hello cripshot ranger!) can do that on his own. Failing that the luxon warriors do fine just spamming coward.
Not for random teams it isn't. |
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Originally Posted by Rhys ap Llysgwr
A good amber runner build, or a bonder to protect Kurzick NPCs, also does not require team coordiantion - just a smart player who enters randomly.
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