Curse

Aegeroth · Dec 22, 2006, 01:37 PM // 13:37

My Usual Henchman Routine, which i use ever day i play:
Me
Whispers
Mhenlo
Khim
Cynn
Herta
Devona
Gehraz

Imo Cynn is perfectly fine, I still manage to wipe out any party {PvE} that comes my way, except mabye a large group of Call to Torment Excited Torments. Or uber bosses. Shiro Lich so on...

lishi · Dec 22, 2006, 01:40 PM // 13:40

still she does more damage then all other hencie

MegaMouse · Dec 22, 2006, 03:21 PM // 15:21

What is one of the first skills an Elementalist gets? FIRESTORM. True it has been turned into a scatter skill (rather good one at that), when used right it can save the day. But the henchies seem to fire it off at the wrong moment. I agree that the henchies need better armor too (Cynn in the FOW armor OOOOO).

Mega Mouse

Antheus · Dec 22, 2006, 04:37 PM // 16:37

But you can't really get mad at Cynn, can you?

Giga Strike · Dec 22, 2006, 04:59 PM // 16:59

the only thing i like about cynn is her additude. she just isnt as hot as she was originally intened and she has no strong damage dealing spells. the only tings i ever see her using are flare, fire attunement, firestorm, and maybe fireball.

Beat_Go_Stick · Dec 22, 2006, 05:44 PM // 17:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by twicky_kid

I still use Cynn. I always have.

I know how to set up my group and use the aoe as a defense. If they are running they are not attacking but they still take dmg.

lol

It was the first spell she fired off for me. I arranged my group, drew aggro to myself, called in Devona, and *BAM* FireSuck! How do you use it defensively when you can't tell her when to cast it?

Look, I'm not saying Fire Storm has no uses at all. I'm not saying the other henchies do better damage. I'm certainly not saying that henchies should have 8 skills...they are henchmen, not heroes.

All I'm saying is that giving a wild card in your group the ability to scatter the enemy but without a brain to govern the use of that ability kind of sucks. I'm fine with defensive AoE so long as it's not used in every single battle, dig?

broodijzer · Dec 22, 2006, 06:23 PM // 18:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by MegaMouse

I agree that the henchies need better armor too (Cynn in the FOW armor OOOOO).

If she'd wore FoW armor there wouldn't be any reason to take her

*ahem*

Vekar · Dec 22, 2006, 07:07 PM // 19:07

I find Eve annoying, dies so fast it is not even funny. I gave up using her because she would charge the enemy lines like a bat out of hell and then get cut down in about two three seconds.
I think we can all agree on this part:
Human players are supirior to hench any day (excluding the usual idiots) and nothing is better than a good ol' human monk who knows who and when to heal and does NOT tank. AI have more bugs than human on level of competence. On stupidity, some humans are worse than the AI... Case in point: getting a monk in team and starting to fight and then finding out he got rid of ALLLLLLLL his healing spells so he could cast E spells.

jayce · Dec 22, 2006, 09:58 PM // 21:58

imo, i dont think cynn and her firestorm skill is the issue. its the fact thats its an aoe skill, that scatters the mob. even if she used sandstorm, the results would be the same, having mobs scatter from the aoe. worst case, one could simply use a different henchmen other than cynn, that does not use any aoe skills, just to keep the mobs together. but as we all know, aoe has its advantages when used properly. i myself use one in particular for the purpose of offense and defense. just last night, this aoe skill allowed me to complete Abaddon's Mouth in Tryia with a party of only four. just me as my assassin, my two hero monks and my hero warrior.

«Ripskin · Dec 22, 2006, 10:13 PM // 22:13

If they run away, 'boohoo' more time for me to shoot them down with my mad skills. lol.

Anyways.... I think we need to make cynn even hotter (previous statements) to make up for her noobiness.

Hand of Ruin · Dec 23, 2006, 01:26 AM // 01:26

cynn has been banned from my party forever for a long time now

shifting shadows · Dec 23, 2006, 03:29 AM // 03:29

I would be jumping with joy to see the henchies updated. Then I can put the charr in Cynn's metaphorical easy bake oven.

Deleet · Dec 23, 2006, 10:18 PM // 22:18

I always use her, at least she does damage, other henchies doesnt.

gamecube187 · Dec 23, 2006, 10:57 PM // 22:57

/signed for being able to adjust henchies skills (though have a limit of only 4 skills or something like they currently have)

/double signed for having 7 heros in a party. We have, what, 12, 13, or maybe 14 heros? (I don't remember how many) Why can we only take 3 with us at once? Why do we have to bring henchies with us? Player groups will still be smarter (though more anoying at times), and we already have a lot of people only using heros and hencies. Heck, we had a lot of people just using henchies before nightfall came out, so why can't people just use heros if they want?

And then if we do eventually get to have 7 heros with us at once, can we please get every single henchie for a campaign when we beat the campaign? (as long as we have Nightfall that is) I really want to at least have the main hencies as heros!

Antheus · Dec 23, 2006, 11:03 PM // 23:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by gamecube187

/signed for being able to adjust henchies skills (though have a limit of only 4 skills or something like they currently have)

/double signed for having 7 heros in a party. We have, what, 12, 13, or maybe 14 heros? (I don't remember how many) Why can we only take 3 with us at once? Why do we have to bring henchies with us? Player groups will still be smarter (though more anoying at times), and we already have a lot of people only using heros and hencies. Heck, we had a lot of people just using henchies before nightfall came out, so why can't people just use heros if they want?

And then if we do eventually get to have 7 heros with us at once, can we please get every single henchie for a campaign when we beat the campaign? (as long as we have Nightfall that is) I really want to at least have the main hencies as heros!

Why not just start a petition for Guild Wars: Single Player Edition.

GW can safely drop the Online part from their name, since apart from GvG, players are extremly undesirable element, and all but extinct from PvE.

Might as well add all the heroes and henchies, and let GW work in offline mode. This also completely solves the problems with disconnects and lag.

Giving access to only 3 heroes has completely eliminated the need for other players everywhere with exception of DoA and GvG. Giving 7 would make entire game completely pointless, since the content would be at least twice too easy, sort of like having a twinked level 20 character in pre-searing.

Arcador · Dec 24, 2006, 12:13 AM // 00:13

Well, Take Cyn if you are really ready for scatter. Most of the times some mob runs out of the Firestorm...but sometimes she just throw it when the last enemy is about to die. Pretty SKILLSOME!!1

I don't usually take her because I bring the Firestorm myself (uber elite skill :P )