Curse

makosi · Sep 03, 2006, 08:55 AM // 08:55

So much ViM!!!1111

What I liked:

1) IWAY sucks in 6v6.
2) Pure spikes were uneffective.
3) Greater variation in builds throughout.
4) Organisation is faster (no 1 hour wait for everyone to set-up etc.)
5) Easier to co-ordinate with 5 others than 7 others.

...to name a few.

KamikazeChicken · Sep 03, 2006, 10:12 AM // 10:12

Vimway, Dual/Triple Smite, and Condition-heavy builds are most of what's being run. All to different variations, but that's basically 80-90% of what is being played.

I just like getting 180 fame in ~5 hours, all by running unranked groups out of the alliance. I don't think many people will be left w/o an emote, after friday is done.

Divinus Stella · Sep 03, 2006, 10:25 AM // 10:25

First night was awesome fun, lots of variation about, good matches and playing on old maps with new tactics was interesting, now 19/20 teams are vim.

leeky baby · Sep 03, 2006, 10:26 AM // 10:26

ya the fame is getting to easy and most people are going to have tigers who where rank 7/8 if the play over the few days espically as most children (like myself) are still on there summer hoildays so have alot of time to spend in HA grinding fame =D

I agree that there is aot of VIM going about and iv played in a few groups and its the quickest way to get fast fame, althou are ranger spike won the HOH so might of got more fame in the long run but setting the team up and praticing in the templetook longer...blah blah blah

I want it to go bk to 8v8 after this event finshes but it would still be nice to see a 6v6 vartion some were else in nightfall maybe =D

leeky

Bolygo · Sep 03, 2006, 10:46 AM // 10:46

I like it! Im more of a GvG player, this is nice oppurtunity to pump up my rank. And its a lot of fun too!=)

Addone_Abaddon · Sep 03, 2006, 11:14 AM // 11:14

A Shrunken version of Vimway against a Boon/Prot, Nuker, Paladin, Toucher and BloodNecro has no chance.

Cowboy · Sep 03, 2006, 11:43 AM // 11:43

I love it. I hope it stays like this.

As far as the matches go it seems there is less room for holding builds, and things go faster and are generally more fun.

The best of it all is that it doesn't take forever to set up. getting those extra two people is a huge difference.

Retribution X · Sep 03, 2006, 11:59 AM // 11:59

Actually, It's an extended weekend, so it goes until tuesday...

eternal pho · Sep 03, 2006, 12:55 PM // 12:55

I enjoyed it a lot because the fast pace 6vs6. I was competing with my friend lol, he was getting 100 fame an hour. =/

Btw balanced totally owns ViMway if you have degen. 1 RC, 1 WoH, 1 SS, 1 mesmer degen, 1 shock axe, and crip shot.

vaxmor · Sep 03, 2006, 01:36 PM // 13:36

I liked it - I only played a little bit - but I had the opportunity to play with non hardk0re PvPers. It was fun and interesting to play with PvErs. It was refreshing.
fun >> winning

Tingi · Sep 03, 2006, 02:14 PM // 14:14

I like it a lot. Except so much vimway! argh noobs.

Theus · Sep 03, 2006, 02:39 PM // 14:39

Heroes Ascent never changes.

xBakox · Sep 03, 2006, 02:43 PM // 14:43

I enjoy it a lot. I'm not sure if its just because its new a refreshing, or if its actually more fun then 8v8 though.

I do like the faster pace, the easier it is to get teams going, and the fact that almost every balance is somewhat different.

For example, someone might complain there are way too many condition pressure builds. But the thing is almost ever condition pressure is different in some way. Shall we take a tainted/warder? A trapper with NR/tranq? A PD degen mesmer? So each one of these popular condition pressures has a interesting choice to make because you cant really fit it all.

The things I dont like though are the 500 vimways starting in each district (though they are ridiculously easy to beat). It makes it hard to find a balanced PUG.

I also dont like the fact that basically if one monk falls, it causes a chain reaction which makes it very hard to come back. Sure its done, but its very frusturating when everyone else crumbles.

Overall very fun weekend though.

sludderx · Sep 04, 2006, 01:32 AM // 01:32

Im against this weekend. I remember the 6v6 desert... good times.
This weekend i go in to check this out with my monk, all i see is... IWAY WAR LF VIMWAY. VIMWAY r6++ LF TRAPPERS. all this gay stuff. took me many months for r6 and now kids are getting r3 in a mere hour. Plus all the crap there is, dual smite, triple smite, all this. Balanced only gets by if its ranked. Then in the 6+ balanced we got people being... "yeah im r2 with 179 fame." yeah right. Many people have worked so hard for their ranks and now it means less. see people every where with Mighty Hero (3).To bad this is till tuesday, wanted to enjoy my monday off and play some pvp, ha, but now its jacked up now i got school for 5867596 days. gg anet.

Zinger314 · Sep 04, 2006, 01:34 AM // 01:34

I finally got rank 3 after getting into a Guru PuG while playing as a Crip Shot (when I never have played a Crip Shot in competitive PvP before. I sometimes surprise myself.). We even made it to Halls and beat the #4 guild. Just shows that not all PuGs are bad.

However, 50% of the matches were VIMWAY. One Guru member nearly exploded from the frustration of facing it. Why is ArenaNet determined not to nerf it and IWAY?

Misa · Sep 04, 2006, 02:34 AM // 02:34

I met alot of good guilds (with high ranked players) playing vimway and iway .__.

Kinda disappointed at them.

Vermilion · Sep 04, 2006, 02:37 AM // 02:37

I don't know what the problem with Vim is...sure its the most common build without a second thought, (although I encounted a lot of smite too) it is certainly not overpowered or exploiting a glitch. Frankly, I don't see how you can lose to it..kill the rangers, kill the wars. Seeing as they have no condtion/hex removal, how hard can it be? The standard Iway war has Iway! to heal, and thats it. I typically roll vims with unranked pug balances. Idk, meh..I play mostly vim anyway..Im too lazy to play a real build.

I never saw guilds running Vim..always balanced or smite. I played IA once..so pointless. bleh

Oh, and I didn't get r3 yet, so Zinger I hope you found someone to go back in time with you.

Linkusmax · Sep 04, 2006, 02:43 AM // 02:43

barrageway is an absolutly devastating build over this weekend.

Its good against normal builds but the kicker is its nigh on impossible to lose to a vimway team.

Metanoia · Sep 04, 2006, 02:56 AM // 02:56

I quite like how the 6v6 plays. Perhaps it's because of more people playing with no 'cookie-cutters' to fall back on than the actual number of players per team... who knows?

"Its good against normal builds but the kicker is its nigh on impossible to lose to a vimway team."

Heh, I don't think I've seen a VIMWAY team ever win a match.

Loki Seiguro · Sep 04, 2006, 03:10 AM // 03:10

lol some of you must have bad luck or something i have been getting around 50 + fame a day... also i run with some good pvp friends even though my brother who watches over my shoulder says we stand around for 2 hours then die after 5 rounds lol.

before the event started like 10 minutes before i heard/saw lots of ppl bashing iway and vimwayers " 10 more minutes of vimwaying you nubs" but ppl roll with the blows as vimiway now is 4 trappers and 2 iwayers. and stop bashing builds you r9s out there stop calling iway noobish as im sure 1-2 ranks of yours is tainted with iway blood. not to mention i see ppl bashing it then saying "r9+ iway forming"....

not to mention double fame is cool but i have a felling that once4 its ovger its going to be r6+ groups only leaving out new comers even more then they are now.