Curse

headlesshobbs · Oct 24, 2010, 08:50 PM // 20:50

I learned that sins can still be semi-tank if you balance their strikes while keeping shadow refuge up and running. It takes practice, but this while equipping zeal dags just makes them deathly powerful. I'm still getting in grips with the ranger in some parts, but tank, dmg, and antidote really do make the best balance. Keeping fingers 1-5 and clicks on the rest is key.

Now the new map I'm seeing that if you send 4 hardliners to center, at least having 1 person to cap both moral will head up long term scoring because that builds when you get back with your group and if you're a good spiker, you can take out stragglers 1v1 before they take the shrines away from you. Opposing teams will often split/run off because of this and that's what makes em easy for your group to suddenly just change strategy to pick them off.

Star_Jewel · Oct 24, 2010, 09:24 PM // 21:24

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Originally Posted by Lhim

I'm kinda shocked (even at CB) that most Rits hardly use their weapon spells, and if they do they usually use it on themselves...

I suck at healing, but tried the Rit yesterday. I don't know how one could not use their weapon spells on their martial weapon teammates. IMO, a warrior or a ranger can do far more DPS than I can in a mob-vs-mob setting. The only thing that's annoying is how warriors will let themselves be kited, dragging me into the fray if I want to heal them. That's why a lot of my warrior teammates didn't get their weapon spells.

Chocobo1 · Oct 24, 2010, 11:32 PM // 23:32

For the entire duration of Costume Brawl this year, I have never got a nightmare weapon put on me as a Warrior or Ranger. Depressing times.

ilr · Oct 25, 2010, 02:04 AM // 02:04

That's a drag to hear. I was spamming the heck out of the weapon spells.
...Blame SoS. Most rits in this event were likely PvE'ers who don't know WUT DO without an SoS build.
Personally I found Ess-strike the most useless skill b/c I rarely got low on energy despite the Weap spell spamming... I woulda prefered just about anything to it, especially another Condition counter.

afya · Oct 25, 2010, 02:28 AM // 02:28

haha, im doing the opposite. I'm not a rit person, and I realise myself using weapon spells all the time and not those damage skills. I found myself easier to die as a rit than a derv XD

Perfected Shadow · Oct 25, 2010, 06:12 AM // 06:12

Nothing better than 5 rangers. 2 x 5 forked arrows = your liek pewpewpew and they're like qqq.

And orly? eles have a chance 1v1 against a ranger? I just put up troll unguent and it outheals their garbage damage. I've tried it against one, I didn't attack, just put on a shield set and kept up troll unguent vs an ele. They ran out of energy.

Also if the enemy team has 3+ mesmers and yours doesn't, it's autowin for you.

Horus Moonlight · Oct 25, 2010, 06:20 AM // 06:20

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Originally Posted by Perfected Shadow

And orly? eles have a chance 1v1 against a ranger? I just put up troll unguent and it outheals their garbage damage. I've tried it against one, I didn't attack, just put on a shield set and kept up troll unguent vs an ele. They ran out of energy.

I'd have to agree. I honestly can't see how an ele would win against a ranger 1 vs.1 in this year's CB. Maybe if the ranger was retarded and used ss on recharge...

drkn · Oct 25, 2010, 07:20 AM // 07:20

Or you just stumbled upon a retarded ele wasting time and energy on a ranger with shield set. Most rangers just run away from me after a while

Adding to EvR compendium: stay out of line of sight for as long as you can. Make him come close to you, so you can use Whirlwind, or he won't be able to hit you.

distilledwill · Oct 25, 2010, 09:55 AM // 09:55

I've been playing ranger a fair bit over the past few days and I am really enjoying it - wailing on a monk and then quickly turning to the warrior and hitting Forked>Savage is fun like you wouldn't believe.

Morphy · Oct 25, 2010, 12:57 PM // 12:57

I've also played Warrior now and to my surprise I found out I didn't have that much trouble surviving against Rangers 1v1, simply because you can always get Lion's Comfort through. After all, Rangers deal damage through their attack skills, meaning you can simply cast LC during that attack skill without risking it getting interrupted. So either Rangers will not be able to deal damage or they won't be able to stop the Warrior from healing.

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Originally Posted by drkn

Or you just stumbled upon a retarded ele wasting time and energy on a ranger with shield set. Most rangers just run away from me after a while

I think that's it. Rangers can always get away from Elementalists, while the opposite isn't necessarily true. Eles simply don't have enough snare power to counteract Pin Down + Natural Stride + Savage Shot. Rangers are definitely gimped in this format, but they didn't lose their extremely powerful survivability.

Painbringer · Oct 25, 2010, 03:11 PM // 15:11

I do get a kick out of watching elementalists using whirlwind next to nothing .... Get in there baby up close and personal. Also when you finish casting Lightning surge count 1 , 2 , Cast Ash blast. it works really well

Calculated risk is a fun one too on my mesmer bar just never used it before.

Necro is a spam fest

JONO51 · Oct 25, 2010, 03:14 PM // 15:14

Ranger is strongest, but rit is the most fun to play imo. Had a small streak going aswell earlier, although randomising teams is awful.

distilledwill · Oct 25, 2010, 03:27 PM // 15:27

I'm having a lot of fun with the ranger - but yesterday a monk accused me of botting when I interupted his Word of Censure. Which I thought was very odd - considering its a 1s cast skill and a blind tibetan monk could hit it.

Morphy · Oct 25, 2010, 05:00 PM // 17:00

Consecs are still possible. This picsher also displays the spirit of this year's custome brawl imo.

mrmango · Oct 25, 2010, 05:37 PM // 17:37

Ranger spike = lol.
Cool story bro.

Silverblad3 · Oct 26, 2010, 03:18 PM // 15:18

Costume Brawl has turned into a C-Space Brawl. People not following called targets, cant backline, refuse to move out of combat if they are low on health, spamming stay together when you have wiped their team and can cap shrines close by and then getting called a noob. Rits who cannot apply weapon spells on other people, monks who dont heal or pre cast healing breeze.

Consecs are possible, but it generally boils down to who has the noobier team/more damage.

Strategy is wasted on people who cant follow instructions, english is not their first language or just want to KILL KILL KILL.

Seriously, it has just turned out to be a degenerate mindless free for all, which I guess is what a brawl is but this format could have been great for people who actually enjoyed it rather then the mindless folk who think they can farm ToTs or want Balth faction.

Grrrrrrrrr........

Silver

drkn · Oct 26, 2010, 03:35 PM // 15:35

Note: if you are being killed all the time, you seem to dish out much less damage than opponents of your class, seem to have problems with healing, can't utilise ALL your skills properly... then just change the class. Seriously. Even if you roll a ranger cause it's overpowered now, if you can't use it properly you just give points to the opposive team.
Not using weapon spells playing rit? Can't hit anyone with Spirit Rift? Roll something else.
Got used to spamming 1-2-3-4-5 as an ele? Wasting Whirlwind for nothing? Having trouble with timing your Ash Blast? Roll something else.
Rushing into the opponents, because you have your Healing Breeze on? Healing only yourself? Roll something else.

There's also one thing you HAVE TO learn if you want to play in ANY festival PvP format: kiting.

Aljasha · Oct 26, 2010, 03:44 PM // 15:44

the new map is ok and if you are able to control the other two shrines (which boost your morale faster than the bc shrine) than you'll win. it is easier to turn the tide on this map than on the other one with only three shrines, because the two there, raise the morale by one bip each instead of two.

drkn · Oct 26, 2010, 10:34 PM // 22:34

CB has officialy turned into RF - RangerFest.

Milennin · Oct 26, 2010, 11:26 PM // 23:26

I wonder why people leave during matches they're losing. Don't you get penalized for leaving, and making you wait a long time before you can play again?