Curse

A11Eur0 · Sep 03, 2007, 09:31 PM // 21:31

Fun times.

What's funny is everyone complaining they never fight zho...i fought her three times before even wanting to get the Moa...I didn't even notice the book in my inventory until I fought her a 4th time and looked for the book to drop as I was mistakenly told.

This was a fluke, I was being healed by the spectator. I tried again after that and no go.

exiled mat · Sep 03, 2007, 10:10 PM // 22:10

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Originally Posted by Skyy High

The arena itself is fine, a good challenge. It's the healing spectators that royally piss me off sometimes; some battles are just not winnable because you're fighting someone who's continually being healed by players you can't touch.

Has anyone tried Scourge Healing yet?

CHunterX · Sep 03, 2007, 10:38 PM // 22:38

I'll agree that the spectators healing was a little cheap, but I was still able to beat the arena 6 times to get my Crown on W/Mo. But if they made the arena a tad bit larger, so it wasn't as difficult to pull the casters away from the dwarven, it wouldn't be that big of a problem. Actually, I think that the whole dwarvens healing thing is a bug, but we'll see.

Kook~NBK~ · Sep 03, 2007, 10:49 PM // 22:49

I was playing it with my Mesmer last night and I was able to beat every foe except Bison and Melonni using a Dom/Illusion build with Ursine Blessing as my elite. Some of those opponents are very easy, and now I know I just need to wait until the form/avatar wears off before engaging them!

blue.rellik · Sep 04, 2007, 03:43 AM // 03:43

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Originally Posted by Nomme Moon

Is this BS a bug? it's getting on my nerves.

I've wasted 800 gold trying to get to Zho.

EVERY SINGLE TIME, 8 of 8 tries, the spawn of enemies have been like this:

Kisai, Vekk, Cynn, Eve, Mhenlo, Bison

it is REALLY getting on my nerves.

There's like 20 different people you can fight in the tourny, there's a very small chance that she would spawn

gamecube187 · Sep 04, 2007, 04:38 AM // 04:38

It's really not as hard as everyone is saying, and no, you don't have to use a cookie cutter build to win. This is exactly what many people have been asking for. A solo, 1v1 arena. And I agree that the spectators healing can get somewhat annoying, but that also makes it slightly more interesting.

The only thing that really bugged me with the arena, is that i fought through on my monk about 15 times, and never once did I see Eve, Morghan, or Warmaster Tydus. Then I go and play the arena on my necro, and I see Warmaster Tydus about every other time I enter, Morghan several times, and Eve once. Why do some of them spawn so often my necro, but never on my monk?

I could understand making them spawn slightly less for certain classes, but not to the extreme that it's at now...

Morgenstern · Sep 04, 2007, 04:46 AM // 04:46

Yes, people were always complaining that the game was to easy, and ANet needed to add a challenge. Now they have, and they get flammed for it, go figure huh?

blue.rellik · Sep 04, 2007, 04:55 AM // 04:55

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Originally Posted by Morgenstern

Yes, people were always complaining that the game was to easy, and ANet needed to add a challenge. Now they have, and they get flammed for it, go figure huh?

Soo true. I wonder if it's even possibel to please them

Morgenstern · Sep 04, 2007, 05:05 AM // 05:05

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Originally Posted by blue.rellik

Soo true. I wonder if it's even possibel to please them

Why I would hate to be a game developer lol. I would just get so angry and give up

blue.rellik · Sep 04, 2007, 05:40 AM // 05:40

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Originally Posted by Morgenstern

Why I would hate to be a game developer lol. I would just get so angry and give up

You do something great and everyone is fine with it, you do something wrong and everyone wants to murder your entire family line

Ben-A-BoO · Sep 04, 2007, 06:36 AM // 06:36

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Originally Posted by GloryFox

OK... I just ran my "total kill" "any class can use it" "spirit spam" build for the Norn Fighting Tourney and was yet very successful again.

I don't get people like you Glory Fox ...
Why would you hide your skill bar in a thread like this?

With a build that is pretty obvious to figure out as well and has been around for a long time, sure not something you can claim as "YOUR TOTAL KILL BUILD" ...

Next time plz don't bother posting and if you just want to stroke your e-go.

Timebandit

nugzta · Sep 04, 2007, 06:44 AM // 06:44

Norn arena doesnt give 100 Norn points anymore?? And we still have to pay 100g for it unlike polymock and boxing which are free ... /fail

Cebe · Sep 04, 2007, 07:41 AM // 07:41

Took me 6 tried to get Zho to spawn. I just went through as Rit however and bbqpwnd everyone with spirits. It is channelging for some classes in there....and it can be VERY difficult to find "one build to rule them all" for every class...especially when it comes to Magni...since Magni seems to have the fantastic ability to hit people through Blind AND Whirling Defense...can anybody say "Hax"? I feel the tournament would be made easier for some people if Magni didn't hit for 250 damage, or whatever obscene amount he hits for. Maybe make "Magni's 2-hit-death" more like 5 hits.

Superdarth · Sep 04, 2007, 08:33 AM // 08:33

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Originally Posted by blue.rellik

Soo true. I wonder if it's even possibel to please them

Please one side and the other starts to whine. Please the side currently whining and the other side picks up where the previous whiners left off. Its impossible to please everyone, heh.

I myself am quite pleased to finally have a challenge, and its also pretty much impossible to get a build that will win you the tournament, its down to luck and skill aswell. Lots of luck tho.

But if you lose to much it gets rather irritating. Victory will taste all the sweeter though, and i think im going to try and turn that healer against them

FelixCarter · Sep 04, 2007, 09:40 AM // 09:40

Still can't win with a reg Monk build... But don't wanna 'cheat' myself by using a 55. -_-"

I'll tell you what... When I do finally RED ENGINE GO M.Bison's ass, I'mma prance on his face when I'm done.

A11Eur0 · Sep 04, 2007, 11:49 AM // 11:49

I tried that beastmaster build again tonight...did rather well but was way too erratic to be worthwhile. Up to Bison, really only Argo gave me a challenge because he just wouldn't focus on my pet rather than me with his cheap stone daggers. Zho got me once because she also bypasses my pet every fkn time.

I think I'll try something else.

SeraCombi · Sep 04, 2007, 05:19 PM // 17:19

guys please just use the */Rt spirit spammer build that's been posted in these forums, and the tourney is done...no more frustration...no more questions, no more hundreds and hundreds of gold spent. You can get your pimp crown and be happy and leave the Norn Tourney for good because it no longer offers a challenge.

Even though the foes now attack when the gate rises behind you (an update since the Sneak Peak event), you can still stand in the middle of the gate while its down, put up your spirits, walk forward (now the gate closes behind you), cast painful bond on your foe, ( "You move like a dwarf" for good measure), and the the game is over quickly for every opponent* including Magni.

*I put an asterisk there because Razah uses a very similar spirit spammer build and can be quite a PITA and take some maneuvering and extra time.

NOTE: As an ele I thought that I should beat Magni using ele skills, that somehow as an ele I am obviously superior to all other classes and shouldn't sink to some gimp Rit build in order to win. Several hammerfalls to the side of my face later, I was out capping Wanderlust..LOL!

Croco Clouds · Sep 04, 2007, 05:28 PM // 17:28

Hey my SF ele build (with mending + Helaing breeze) nearly kill everyone in Norn Tourney except for Bison, I'll check with Protective Spirit

glountz · Sep 04, 2007, 05:56 PM // 17:56

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Originally Posted by FelixCarter

Still can't win with a reg Monk build... But don't wanna 'cheat' myself by using a 55. -_-"

I'll tell you what... When I do finally RED ENGINE GO M.Bison's ass, I'mma prance on his face when I'm done.

I used this non-55hp build to win the tourny.
Smite 10+1+3
Div favor 10+1
Prot 8+1
Inspi 8

[skill]Mantra of inscriptions[/skill]
[skill]Zealot's fire[/skill]
[skill]Smiter's boon[/skill]
[skill]Protective spirit[/skill]
[skill]Reversal of damage[/skill]
[skill]Castigation signet[/skill]
[skill]Signet of judgment[/skill]
[skill]Signet of mystic wrath[/skill]
Have your 3 enchantments up to boost SoMW damage, interrupt with SignetoJ, gain energy from castigation signet. Stay close to your opponents to hurt them with Zealot's fire. RoD is your main healing source through Smiter's boon.
Protective spirit is mandatory to withstand Bison's damage.
You'll have issues dealing with Master Tydus, and Mhenlo and Alesia, but I killed every of those guys by being cautious (interrupts key skills, like troll unguent or balthazar's spirit mhenlo casts at the beginning, etc...).

billypowergamer · Sep 04, 2007, 06:14 PM // 18:14

There is an air ele build that works quite well on guildwiki in the discussion about Bison, I replaced the glyph and rend enchants with whirlwind and you move like a dwarf to keep bison on his butt while I renewed my blinding flash. Wasn't too hard at all.