Curse

pve-er · Aug 29, 2006, 01:46 AM // 01:46

I finish Tyria and get the Protector of Cantha title before other charactor I have.

there are less hate of Sin in Tyria. so it is easier to get a group.
regardless where you are, as long as you are not being an Ass then people will be happy to have you arround.
in fact it is wrong to say that Assassin are useless in PvE, there are some mission that Assassin can be extremely usefull.

example 1: Aurora Glade, if you have a Sin with high Shadow art and equipped with Shadow of Haste. the rest of the team can all goes for the bonus because you can tune the portal way faster then the enemy can because you run faster and you teleport back for the seed. it is much easier to achieve with a Sin arround.

example 2:Abbadon's Mouth. there is a place where a monk boss team up with a mesmer boss, if we attack one, the other will heal or interupt us. on that mission , it is my Sin keep distract the monk boos from healing the mesmer in order for the team to kill his and defeat teh monk boss later.

example 3: Eternal Grove. a good Sin can kill turtle without help from any other team mate ( a little from monk maybe) so that rest of the team can focuz on the gate defence. For the last group of Afflicts, tank and MM is busy with the invading afflicted and nuker can walk into the aggro for sure. the backline monk and ritualist of afflicted usually having good time keeping their front line healthy to breach the gate. it is a Sin's job to kill these Ritualist and monk so that the frontline afflict can be killed much easier.

the job of Sin in PvE is to distract / kill the backline supportive char of the aggro to ease up the burden of the tank, mm, nuker .......

it is the bad Assassin and people's perception make Assassin useless, a good Sin is really a boost for the team.

Poison Ivy · Aug 29, 2006, 02:53 AM // 02:53

^Yeah, but it's gonna take a bit more to drill that into other people's heads

silverwyng · Aug 29, 2006, 03:16 AM // 03:16

i'd like to see that dual UW build as well!

in my experience, sins are challenging class to play. that makes me not get tired of my sin. i enjoy pve more than pvp so i make sure i enjoy all the classes i play.

if you want to farm, a monk, a necro or a warrior are your best choices.

pve-er · Aug 29, 2006, 05:21 AM // 05:21

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Originally Posted by silverwyng

i'd like to see that dual UW build as well!

in my experience, sins are challenging class to play. that makes me not get tired of my sin. i enjoy pve more than pvp so i make sure i enjoy all the classes i play.

if you want to farm, a monk, a necro or a warrior are your best choices.

agree with you, solo farm isn't assassin's job (I don't mean it can't) however Sin is more of a group player and group play is more fun (can't chat arround). showing off that one is a Sin not an Ass

I love to play Sin, except getting inot group is harder.

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Originally Posted by Poison Ivy

^Yeah, but it's gonna take a bit more to drill that into other people's heads

that is why my fellow Sins should go out and be more helpful. and we might need to teach noob Sin to be good to reverse our reputation. I still see some Asses arround, that si who need helps

maybe we need a Good PvE Sin to write am article on "Art of Assassination in PvE Ralm"

silverwyng · Aug 29, 2006, 05:43 AM // 05:43

i'm done a bit of artile writing when i posted a build in my guild forums.

and i've been going back to shing jea island and offering free help for the missions there. more than just helping, i guess i want to show people that sins can be an asset to a group, no matter how small.

and it feels good to help out! for me, it's paying it forward. coz i've had people help me out when i was starting as well.

pve-er · Aug 29, 2006, 05:59 AM // 05:59

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Originally Posted by silverwyng

i'm done a bit of artile writing when i posted a build in my guild forums.

and i've been going back to shing jea island and offering free help for the missions there. more than just helping, i guess i want to show people that sins can be an asset to a group, no matter how small.

and it feels good to help out! for me, it's paying it forward. coz i've had people help me out when i was starting as well.

glad to hear someone willing to help in noob island, this will really show people how Assassin can be useful and let noob assassin see how to be a Sins
you are lucky to have people help you, I died 1200+ times so far to just learn how to be Sin in the hard way

now I can even call people from other class NOOB

silverwyng · Aug 29, 2006, 07:52 AM // 07:52

you know, guilds like [GEAR] ban that word [talking about "noob"].

oh, i meant with my other characters. my assassin is my only canthan-born character. when i was starting out with GW, people helped me out. i had to learn what being an assassin is all about the hard way as well. tasted my first death in zen daijun for being reckless lol.

if you want a challenge and don't give up easily, then play the assassin.

* just want to reinforce the point on not giving up on a challenge: i played vizunah square 3-4 times before i got it right the 5th time. it wasn't me though, it was because the tyrian party gets mhenlo killed all the time! the only time i was able to finish the mission [and around a minute away from masters, no less], was when i was lucky enough to have ALL HENCHIES in my group, both canthan and tyrian people.

Yanman.be · Aug 29, 2006, 08:06 AM // 08:06

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Originally Posted by pve-er

example 1: Aurora Glade, if you have a Sin with high Shadow art and equipped with Shadow of Haste. the rest of the team can all goes for the bonus because you can tune the portal way faster then the enemy can because you run faster and you teleport back for the seed. it is much easier to achieve with a Sin arround.

Actually I did the bonus myself and ganked that boss really hard

easyg · Aug 29, 2006, 09:30 AM // 09:30

I wouldn't delete the character even if it does kinda suck. I have an assassin that I never play too. Fortunately, Anet now allows players to purchase extra character slots for $10. If we were still limited to 4 or 6 characters per account, yeah, I'd say delete her if you aren't using her. But if you've got 10 bucks to spare, just buy another slot. That way you can eat your cake and have it too (or whatever the saying is).