How's Downtime? - Guild Wars Forums

Strycker · Apr 09, 2005, 01:59 PM // 13:59

Yup, see topic. This is a make it or break it thing for me in MMO's, I absoutely hate sitting down waitin for health. Is there some type of potions? Does health come back in a jiffy? Are their bandages, potions? Anything?

Thanks

William of Orange · Apr 09, 2005, 02:05 PM // 14:05

Each profession has it's own way of healing itself through skills and such, with Monks in particular having a lot of self-healing and ally-healing skills. Otherwise, you do have health regeneration begin when you're not in battle, with the regen starting out rather slow, but the rate increases, as long as you're not in battle, until the next fight begins.

If you want to see specific skills, look through this page:

http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skills-listing-id34.php

and check out what each profession has to offer in terms of healing.

HotSnack · Apr 09, 2005, 02:07 PM // 14:07

Your energy regenerates at a constant rate. You'll 'naturally' regenerate health once your outside of a battle, with the regeneration becoming more rapid the longer you're outside of battle.

When I'm playing PvE, my party can usually move on to the next encounter after finishing a skirmish. After a big fight you're probably only waiting for about 10 secs just so your casters can replenish their energy stores.

Strycker · Apr 09, 2005, 02:12 PM // 14:12

Doesent sound too bad.

DAOC downtime drove me nuts durin the lower levels. Kill, sit, kill, sit.

Caelib · Apr 09, 2005, 03:23 PM // 15:23

There's no downtime in this game at all ... none, zilch, nada ... and I've played EQ, SWG, and DAoC (for YEARS) so you can take comfort in my evaluation

Your health regenerate EXTREMELY FAST when you're not in combat (so even when you're running around). Your energy regenerates really fast too. The longest I've ever had to wait between a fight at any level was 20 or 30 seconds.

Scarface91101 · Apr 09, 2005, 04:08 PM // 16:08

no downtime? sounds great, i played AC,AC2,DAOC,FFXI and they all had dwntime, except for AC the health to mana or mana to stamina ect. was realy effective, would realy like to see some spells like that come later on in this game

Kha · Apr 09, 2005, 04:21 PM // 16:21

It is mostly about your team's ability to work together. I say about 75-90% of the time you will have no downtime or close to it. This means your team was efficient enough to work together so that they didn't waste a high amount of energy or win with very low life. If you get a bad team (or just members that don't work well with others), then you will be spending a good amount of time reviving, healing, and waiting for energy to come back. And the more people in your group that know what they're doing, the better chance of no downtime.

As people play more and more, understanding their roles and finding builds that suit their style of play, downtime will be even less of a worry.

Strycker · Apr 09, 2005, 11:32 PM // 23:32

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Originally Posted by Scarface91101

no downtime? sounds great, i played AC,AC2,DAOC,FFXI and they all had dwntime, except for AC the health to mana or mana to stamina ect. was realy effective, would realy like to see some spells like that come later on in this game

AC had no downtime if you trained healing (From the sounds of things, it sounds like you didnt get very far and didnt bother with healing (Although everyone has it nowadays).

Anyway, thanks for your help guys. Ill likely buy it, my only fear was downtime.

Apr 09, 2005, 01:59 PM // 13:59	#1
Strycker Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2005	How's Downtime? Yup, see topic. This is a make it or break it thing for me in MMO's, I absoutely hate sitting down waitin for health. Is there some type of potions? Does health come back in a jiffy? Are their bandages, potions? Anything? Thanks

Apr 09, 2005, 03:23 PM // 15:23	#5
Caelib Academy Page Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Columbus, OH	There's no downtime in this game at all ... none, zilch, nada ... and I've played EQ, SWG, and DAoC (for YEARS) so you can take comfort in my evaluation Your health regenerate EXTREMELY FAST when you're not in combat (so even when you're running around). Your energy regenerates really fast too. The longest I've ever had to wait between a fight at any level was 20 or 30 seconds. Last edited by Caelib; Apr 09, 2005 at 03:26 PM // 15:26..

Apr 09, 2005, 04:21 PM // 16:21	#7
Kha Sins FTW! Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: USA Guild: Angel Sharks [AS]	It is mostly about your team's ability to work together. I say about 75-90% of the time you will have no downtime or close to it. This means your team was efficient enough to work together so that they didn't waste a high amount of energy or win with very low life. If you get a bad team (or just members that don't work well with others), then you will be spending a good amount of time reviving, healing, and waiting for energy to come back. And the more people in your group that know what they're doing, the better chance of no downtime. As people play more and more, understanding their roles and finding builds that suit their style of play, downtime will be even less of a worry. __________________

Apr 09, 2005, 02:05 PM // 14:05	#2
William of Orange Krytan Explorer Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: La Crosse, Wisconsin Guild: Thousand Tigers Apund Ur Head, The Consulate	Each profession has it's own way of healing itself through skills and such, with Monks in particular having a lot of self-healing and ally-healing skills. Otherwise, you do have health regeneration begin when you're not in battle, with the regen starting out rather slow, but the rate increases, as long as you're not in battle, until the next fight begins. If you want to see specific skills, look through this page: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/skills-listing-id34.php and check out what each profession has to offer in terms of healing.

Apr 09, 2005, 02:07 PM // 14:07	#3
HotSnack Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Feb 2005	Your energy regenerates at a constant rate. You'll 'naturally' regenerate health once your outside of a battle, with the regeneration becoming more rapid the longer you're outside of battle. When I'm playing PvE, my party can usually move on to the next encounter after finishing a skirmish. After a big fight you're probably only waiting for about 10 secs just so your casters can replenish their energy stores.

Apr 09, 2005, 02:12 PM // 14:12	#4
Strycker Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Mar 2005	Doesent sound too bad. DAOC downtime drove me nuts durin the lower levels. Kill, sit, kill, sit.

Apr 09, 2005, 04:08 PM // 16:08	#6
Scarface91101 Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Undergroundz	no downtime? sounds great, i played AC,AC2,DAOC,FFXI and they all had dwntime, except for AC the health to mana or mana to stamina ect. was realy effective, would realy like to see some spells like that come later on in this game