Curse

JeniM · Oct 27, 2007, 12:56 AM // 00:56

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Originally Posted by Longasc

already more fun than random arena.

First thing in this whine thread i agree with (Sorry OP but your thread has decended to total whine fest)

Zinger314 · Oct 27, 2007, 12:58 AM // 00:58

I actually logged on to try it out. Got 8 consecutive wins before I realized it's just glorified RA with less idiots, and takes way too much time.

But I did get a taste of GW:EN music. Not too shabby.

Blessed Winds · Oct 27, 2007, 01:11 AM // 01:11

Heh, I figured there'd already be loads of complaints in this forum.

If you guys know that ANet's obviously not going to give you a ginormous gift of effort, why are you still disappointed?
I didn't expect anything big, but I appreciate them for going through the effort of actually putting up a mini-game.

I agree though, some of the builds suck. A team full of Antons basically wins against anything.

chowmein69 · Oct 27, 2007, 01:12 AM // 01:12

it was pretty fun

Jesse · Oct 27, 2007, 01:30 AM // 01:30

still have yet to try it but i hear the mesmer is killer

william1975 · Oct 27, 2007, 01:35 AM // 01:35

i just tire dthis with my main character, mesmer, and from my perspective it was fun, but then i was runnign about killing most things half the time. the other half i was running away from two or three deciding i was a bigger threat than some of the other players.

seem cool will have to try with some other professions, but the mesmer bar is fantastic!

TheLichMonky · Oct 27, 2007, 01:48 AM // 01:48

Fun /sarcasm

Voltar · Oct 27, 2007, 01:50 AM // 01:50

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Originally Posted by undeadgun

crippling slash will do the bleeding job there

guess it's been that long since i've gone swords...or really had any interest in my warrior for that matter.

Roman · Oct 27, 2007, 02:09 AM // 02:09

I joined to try it out a bit, but ended up with 39 consecutive wins on my first try.. We were being forced to stop because Guild Wars got an update and the timer got stuck at 00:00..

Also, i played as monk, and found the monk bar not that bad. It does quite some damage and has the ability to keep you alive for some time as well.

CHunterX · Oct 27, 2007, 02:26 AM // 02:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blessed Winds

A team full of Antons basically wins against anything.

Not against a team full of Cynns

gremlin · Oct 27, 2007, 02:31 AM // 02:31

Tried it a couple of times as my necro
The build was quite good based around reapers mark life leech so was a blood build

Opposition I was up against seemed to be a monk and a mesmer and warriors managed to kill the monk and a warrior but that was it.
The opposition warriors were great and wiped my team again and again.

With no run skill no slow or cripple skills I was dead meat against warriors.

Maybe I will enjoy it more with another character class

KvanCetre · Oct 27, 2007, 02:32 AM // 02:32

I think the monk build works really well against the prebuilts we were faced against. Mix of damage and minor healing.

CHunterX · Oct 27, 2007, 03:23 AM // 03:23

Why play Costume Brawl; with generic skillbars, random parties, a high quit rate, and crappy rewards... When you could play Alliance Battles; with your own skillbars, pre-formed parties (with less quitters), and actual rewards?

I don't understand what Areanet was getting at, I find it a stale Alliance Battle knock-off with a bad, Random-Arena-like aftertaste.

-Loki- · Oct 27, 2007, 03:28 AM // 03:28

Just more reason why Hero battles should have at least been random arena maps.

trobinson97 · Oct 27, 2007, 03:31 AM // 03:31

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Originally Posted by CHunterX

Why play Costume Brawl; with generic skillbars, random parties, a high quit rate, and crappy rewards... When you could play Alliance Battles; with your own skillbars, pre-formed parties (with less quitters), and actual rewards?

Great great point!

Kha · Oct 27, 2007, 04:15 AM // 04:15

I tried it with all of the professions. My three favorite to be were Assassin, Mesmer and Dervish in that order. They were both fun and strong with thier builds. Some of the builds were a let down (I understand the monk not being heal/prot and keeping the game mostly damage, but what is up with the poor synergy of skills?), and some of the attribute point distribution was a little lame (why do rangers and sins not get 14 in a weapon? Pretty poor way at balancing it out if you have to give some professions less attribute points than others), but overall I wasn't too bothered by that stuff.

What disappointed me were the shrines. I want to PvP, not chase people around a map while they cap shrines. Really lame idea there and they are the reason I won't be playing the Costume Brawl as much as I was hoping to. At least I have Thorn's visits to look forward to

madness2k4 · Oct 27, 2007, 05:11 AM // 05:11

This game mode is just sort of a suck up version of AB with RA theme to it and you got to love those people who camp in the opposite team spawn point...

Beqxter · Oct 27, 2007, 05:17 AM // 05:17

I actually enjoyed playing the monk. Once you get past the "wtf is this bar?" reaction, and just try to deal with what you have, it's pretty fun. Nice practice in switching between foes and teammates, and not actually that bad at keeping people up, provided they kite when they realize they're in danger.

Yeah, I know, big "provided." But if you're lucky enough to get on a team that understands what's going on, it's fun.

Blackhearted · Oct 27, 2007, 05:18 AM // 05:18

All i had to do was look at the monk build to know this was yet another disappointing event game from arenanet.

**cosyfiep** · Oct 27, 2007, 05:25 AM // 05:25

it was ok, got a few wins..........BUT---half of the time my whole team wouldnt load, so we had 3 people vs 5. We would die quickly, same thing happened to one of our opposing teams...we were quickly able to grab all the flags and run to their rez shrine and pick them off as they came in

Not sure what's up with the loads, but 3 vs 5 isnt very fun.
Found that my ele was the best set up (also played monk-bleh, necro-worst, warrior-meh, and rit-2nd best choice.....plan on tryin out my mesmer next).