Curse

Vilaptca · Aug 26, 2005, 05:34 AM // 05:34

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Originally Posted by Legendary Battousai

1, Faction for sup monk runes. 2, its not an exploit. 3, I didnt know dogs played guild wars. Maybe we should have GuildWarsChewbones instead of guru? Not.

LOL! Nobody is buying their Superior Monk runes to unlock for PvP! Faction doesn't have anything to do with this.

Maiyn · Aug 26, 2005, 09:48 AM // 09:48

Very well said.

I agree with you completely.

Wolvenbear · Aug 26, 2005, 11:49 AM // 11:49

Thank you Blue Steel for your inciteful and well written post.

I would love to see some special dungeons for solo or small teams. I think it would be rather easy to set these up. One way would be to set up areas similar to the ones already in existance. Relatively static amounts of monsters all in a certain level range. After exploring a few times you'll figure out you want to partner with an interrupt mesmer because there are many casters in the area, or your healing monk really needs a tank to take all that melee damage. Another way A.Net could provide this would be to set up a formula for an instanced dungeon. For example: Monk is lvl 20. Warrior is lvl 16. 20+16=36 lvls worth of players. 36 lvls / 2 players = 18 average. Most of the monsters should spawn around level 18 for a decent challenge. Also since there are only two players, monsters should only appear in groups of two to four. More then that could prove overkill (too deadly and probably not worth farming).

As far as certain zones where one class outshines the rest... I'm not too sure about that. I like the idea; really I do. Right now areas full of casters should be a warrior's dream -- low HP + low AL = quick kills. Just have to make sure Mr. Warrior stays alive long enough to complete the kills. Likewise, areas full of melee monsters make elementalists happy. Just have a tank out front absorbing the damage and feel free to Firestorm/Chain/etc everything to death. Special zones set up with one class in mind seems like a good idea as long as they all have the same drops. Otherwise all the warriors will complain "Hey the monk area has more ecto drops NERF IT!!!". And we don't need more of that....

As far as the runes carrying an offset of -energy, I must disagree. Yes, I play a warrior/monk. Yes, I'm wearing major vig/abs until I save up for the sup runes. But as a W/Mo I know my job... take all the damage and keep the monks alive so they can concentrate on the rest of the party. Part of my survival depends on my ability to self heal when necessary. (Yep... I carry around Mending or Live Vic all the time.) Also, I play a Necro and an E/Mo. I surely want the tanks in the group to have as much AL, absorption, and HP as they possibly can. Again, if the tank takes all the hits and can survive, the monk can concentrate healing where it is needed, and I can concentrate on keeping the monk happy or nuking. That makes for a more effecient party. I don't think the warrior runes are overpowering. Any good necro/mesmer can tell you that degen will ruin any warrior's day.

Again, thanks for your post. I hope some of the devs will take this to heart and give us some nice, small-party dungeons.