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Rancour · Sep 16, 2005, 04:22 PM // 16:22

Loquest, I'm sorry to burst your bubble but taking an 8 man beating for a minute or more really shouldn't prove a problem if you use water magic instead of earth, i.e Mist Form.

If it's all about tanking just use Mist Form and let the poor fellows pound away. The drawback is that you can't attack either. But hey, it's great for tanking!

I use warrior/elementalist with Conjure Frost and Frozen Burst and possibly Armor of Mist (not the same as Mist Form) or Blurred Vision.

Conjure Frost will help increase my DPS and Frozen Burst can deal some quick ice damage and snare the enemy if I need it, even though it has a steep 15 energy cost.
Armor of Mist is useful if I suddenly need to retreat or run, while Blurred Vision is good against melee opponents.

I don't use all of those skills though. I switch around from time to time.

Gwenhywar · Sep 16, 2005, 04:55 PM // 16:55

Personally, I find warrior the most boring class to play, and it's certainly doing less damage than most other classes (less than ele or monk, or a good mesmer, haven't played ranger or necro enough to judge those). The best part about warrior is the good armor + speed skills that allow you to run to places instead of fighting through them ... which was a good thing for my 3rd PvE character.

If you do play a W/Mo just be aware that many people avoid them since people's experience seems to teach them that 95% of wamos are, erm, intellectually challenged

. So you may get some initial discrimination even if you're a cool person and a good player ... but on the bright side, all the other wamos will like you

(scary thought ...).

Balrog1978 · Sep 19, 2005, 07:33 AM // 07:33

Holy Crikey,
All good points dudes. Most of u are right, think adventerous, try different combos, and try to be as original and let the game play you and not the other way around

.

All Hail!!
Balrog

Yukito Kunisaki · Sep 19, 2005, 12:43 PM // 12:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Loquetus

i used to play W/Ele (earth magic)
heck i even played it in tombs

my darling warrior took an 8 man beating for 1 minute before he died from poison
skills i used: obsidian flesh, armour of earth, healing signet
obsidian flesh (elite) +20 armour, can not be target of spells (no hexes, or attack spells), armour of earth = +48 armour
movement speed reduced by 76% so you are really really really slow >>

advantages: you can live long, attack and deal decent dmge (unless they start running)
other warriors do 0-1 dmge to you ^^

Wow... You must be fighting a team of 8 freakin' morons... If you're the last one standing, I'm surprised they didn't Well of the Profane you... If you're not the last one standing, yeah... morons

Shmash Witdaclub · Sep 19, 2005, 03:02 PM // 15:02

grats balrog, thats definately what you should do.

I was sick of playing my air el/dom mes as there are way too many of them so I wanted to be something different. I switched to earth el/death necro and I am loving every minute of it and feeling pretty original in my playstyle in the process.

Only bad thing about it is I am finding that there are not too many teams in tombs that want earth els..... kinda curious about what is up with that.

Shmash

unienaule · Sep 19, 2005, 09:21 PM // 21:21

I have to take issue with the "people ignore W/Me" comment. Shatter Enchant = massive AoE damage and the obvious effect shattering. Its a very good class to play. Shatter Hex FTW!

kawaii_bat · Sep 20, 2005, 05:44 PM // 17:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shmash Witdaclub

I was sick of playing my air el/dom mes as there are way too many of them so I wanted to be something different. I switched to earth el/death necro and I am loving every minute of it and feeling pretty original in my playstyle in the process.

I have a great build for E earth/Curse Necro if you're interested.
http://www.angelfire.com/dragon3/sarikali/builds.html

Please forgive it being so .... everywhere I'll clean the build on that site when I get a chance. Basically it's a Warding Eart elementalist that uses Curses to penalize opponenets *tryin* to hammer away at it.

Sep 16, 2005, 04:22 PM // 16:22	#21
Rancour Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Camp Rancor (Rancour :D) Guild: I'm a free spirit (that's not what the guild is called, I just am) Profession: W/R	Loquest, I'm sorry to burst your bubble but taking an 8 man beating for a minute or more really shouldn't prove a problem if you use water magic instead of earth, i.e Mist Form. If it's all about tanking just use Mist Form and let the poor fellows pound away. The drawback is that you can't attack either. But hey, it's great for tanking! I use warrior/elementalist with Conjure Frost and Frozen Burst and possibly Armor of Mist (not the same as Mist Form) or Blurred Vision. Conjure Frost will help increase my DPS and Frozen Burst can deal some quick ice damage and snare the enemy if I need it, even though it has a steep 15 energy cost. Armor of Mist is useful if I suddenly need to retreat or run, while Blurred Vision is good against melee opponents. I don't use all of those skills though. I switch around from time to time.

Sep 16, 2005, 04:55 PM // 16:55	#22
Gwenhywar Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Shameful Spirits [SsP] Profession: Mo/	Personally, I find warrior the most boring class to play, and it's certainly doing less damage than most other classes (less than ele or monk, or a good mesmer, haven't played ranger or necro enough to judge those). The best part about warrior is the good armor + speed skills that allow you to run to places instead of fighting through them ... which was a good thing for my 3rd PvE character. If you do play a W/Mo just be aware that many people avoid them since people's experience seems to teach them that 95% of wamos are, erm, intellectually challenged . So you may get some initial discrimination even if you're a cool person and a good player ... but on the bright side, all the other wamos will like you (scary thought ...).

Sep 19, 2005, 07:33 AM // 07:33	#23
Balrog1978 Academy Page Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: India Guild: Chi Profession: W/E	Holy Crikey, All good points dudes. Most of u are right, think adventerous, try different combos, and try to be as original and let the game play you and not the other way around . All Hail!! Balrog

Sep 19, 2005, 03:02 PM // 15:02	#25
Shmash Witdaclub Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2005 Profession: W/E	grats balrog, thats definately what you should do. I was sick of playing my air el/dom mes as there are way too many of them so I wanted to be something different. I switched to earth el/death necro and I am loving every minute of it and feeling pretty original in my playstyle in the process. Only bad thing about it is I am finding that there are not too many teams in tombs that want earth els..... kinda curious about what is up with that. Shmash

Sep 19, 2005, 09:21 PM // 21:21	#26
unienaule I dunt even get "Retired" Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: Fifteen Over Fifty [Rare]	I have to take issue with the "people ignore W/Me" comment. Shatter Enchant = massive AoE damage and the obvious effect shattering. Its a very good class to play. Shatter Hex FTW!