Curse

FengShuiDove · Nov 12, 2009, 08:19 AM // 08:19

Love the variety. Over the years I've played tons of different dagger chains, scythe spikes, turret bars, caster bars, ran, and farmed. Critical Strikes is an absolutely amazing attribute, and it really does allow you to wield any physical weapon with surprising proficiency.

Least favorite aspect(s): oddly enough, they're two of the coolest. The L-O-D style chain leaves much to be desired. It requires a completely dedicated bar and offers no DPS during downtime unless you're spamming (i.e. Moebius). On the other hand, there's nothing quite like seeing a chain fully completed and stuff just drop like rocks. Second, shadow stepping. In PvP, it's potentially skill-less and bypasses good positioning, and in PvE the recharges and effects are too skewed to make the vast majority of shadow steps useful.

upier · Nov 13, 2009, 08:34 AM // 08:34

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What first attracted you to the class?

I played the assassin a few times before but got bored of the guy.
Having lost interest in all my guys, I tried him again a few days ago and fell in love with him.

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What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

The speed.

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Any favorite skills?

The animation for Blades of Steel.
Wastrel's Collapse.
Beguiling Haze.
The coolest animation for Brawling Headbutt.

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What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

Improve shadowstepping.

qvtkc · Nov 13, 2009, 09:20 AM // 09:20

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What first attracted you to the class?

I made my first assassin during the Factions preview event thingy. I could choose between a ninja and some weird ghost summoning thing, so I picked the ninja.

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What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

Um... Haha. Good question.

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Any favorite skills?

Critical Agility

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What is your least favorite aspect of the class?

1) The attack combo system
2) Shadow stepping
3) Shadow Form

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Would you change it if you could?

1) Nah
2) Yes
3) Yes

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I stole this from luminumcan on incgamers.

Ooo you thief

KageNoShi · Nov 14, 2009, 02:32 AM // 02:32

1) I don't know...?

2) A lot of things.

3) Shadow Form,Aura of Displacement,Beguiling Haze, Way of the Assassin.

4)Give me 10 minutes and I'll get back to ya on that.

5)No way...maybe...nah.

Being · Nov 14, 2009, 01:18 PM // 13:18

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Originally Posted by yamazaru

What first attracted you to the class?

What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

Any favorite skills?

What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

1) When I first saw them when Factions came out the idea of being able to play a teleporting ninja as a profession kinda wanted me to try it.

2) Because it's fun being a teleporting ninja.

3) Critical Agility I guess as there's just no reason to not have it unless you're running a spell-based bar or "you-know-what".

4) Least favourite thing about them now is that the whole profession is associated with farming with Shadow Form. I guess that would be the thing I'd like to see changed too.

Arath.inc · Nov 15, 2009, 12:58 PM // 12:58

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Originally Posted by yamazaru

What first attracted you to the class?

What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

Any favorite skills?

What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

I stole this from luminumcan on incgamers.

Well, i have always loved dualwield. It is on my top list of what fighting styles i like in games. The others are hand-to-hand combat and spells (well, i'm very versatile... but some things i like more than others).

It reminds me a tiny bit about monks in d&d,so thats another reason why i like them.

Fast attacks, criticals, shadow steps (

), hit and run.

Way of the Assassin, Critical Eye, Unsuspecting Strikes, Death Blossom

Least favorite aspects... don't think there is any.

Barrage · Dec 13, 2009, 03:35 AM // 03:35

Strength Of Honor enchantment + DB/MS + Crit Agility = 50 damage everywhere every 1.5 seconds

_Nihilist_ · Dec 21, 2009, 07:46 PM // 19:46

The Title of this Thread is "Why Do You Play an Assassin?", not "Assassin vs. Warrior". Any posts that don't stay on track will be edited or deleted.

Dawn Skyfall · Dec 25, 2009, 05:30 PM // 17:30

I been in the game for three years roughly..having all the characters ..loving the caster classes

..My Sin was a mule..'Nuf said...Pulled my sin out the closet to see what he could do..Boy was I suprised when in 3 days time I went from Lvl 4 to Lvl 20

...Playing Mobieus.Shatt/Assualt is vicious..I cry for the critters when they get blind sided by attacks..( What was That ? )

I love Playing the game for the game..Not the Money ..Have mad materials..etc..but all acquired thru playing..even though ppl say tanking is a no no , you have a warrior body blocking..You will Have fun watching everything drop..have a mm or two ..20 vs 1 guarantees mad fun.Still learning the Art of a Sin.

.You definitely need to know situational awareness to survive along with your party. Not like casters who do mass damage from afar..Give it a go..at least to tighten up your game play I Believe everyone should play all classes just to know what they can do for or against you
I have KoaBD Title w/ Farm experience..and finished all 4 Games..Dawn

Slasher of Darkness · Dec 26, 2009, 04:09 PM // 16:09

I play my sin nowadays cause it has the things I look for when I make a character in ANY MMO game, SPEED and POWER/DAMAGE, sins in GW got it both. That's how I chose my mage in Knight Online and I was happy, so am I happy in gw, also, they have awesome variety and can use any melee weapon you want with good-great efficiency

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Patu · Dec 26, 2009, 06:27 PM // 18:27

answer to first three: SHADOW FORM

xxx wraith xxx · Dec 27, 2009, 10:11 PM // 22:11

What first attracted you to the class? The fact that it rocked in HB

What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it? I made 3rd place in last MaT and also #20 (in total sin made me nearly 3000k) and my sin has maxed titles

Any favorite skills? Backbreaker<3

What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

least favorite aspect...that must be the fact that they never un-nerfed SP sin. There are more OP builds in the running yet they let those excist and dont give us back the build that made sooo many people play Sin.

Cheers,
Yngvi

Chantastic · Jan 02, 2010, 10:28 AM // 10:28

Shadow Form

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ican the farmer · Jan 17, 2010, 10:25 AM // 10:25

i got attracted by the cool jumping while attacking :P
I keep playing it bec...... umm bec.. well idk why im playing it :P guess i just like the many farms and runs that u can do with it.
my favorite skill is shadow form
And the worst thing whith it is that anet keeps raping all good assassin farms

Stealth Bomberman · Jan 18, 2010, 01:46 AM // 01:46

What first attracted you to the class?

--Just a type of playstyle ive always enjoyed.

What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

--I stopped playing them just bc originality was flying out the door. Before though the diversity of builds and playstyles kept me coming back.

Any favorite skills?

--Way of the Assassin, Critical Agility, Exhausting Assault to name a few

What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

--Reputation. Sins got no love anywhere unless u were uber pro. I wouldn't change anything.

Cuilan · Jan 18, 2010, 09:59 PM // 21:59

What first attracted you to the class?
It was new and released with Factions.
What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?
It's a good profession to use as a storage character.
Any favorite skills?
Assassin's Promise on non-assassin primary profession characters.
What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?
Having a damage build with a monks that don't use protection spells or don't use them well enough.

Regulus X · Jan 24, 2010, 11:43 PM // 23:43

What first attracted you to the class?
I liked being a glass cannon in PvP. It was all about: step in, kill fast, step out! Now it's just: step in, get "stepped on", step out/die.
What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?
Nostalgia.
Any favorite skills?
Shadow Prison [currently unviable].
What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?
Post-Nerf: They're not assassins anymore. I'd at the very least make shadow-stepping viable for assassins again and have the 3/4th second delay apply ONLY TO NON-ASSASSINS. I'd also revert all of SP's attacks back to the way they once were. Black Spider Strike=5e; Black Lotus Strike=Offhand_Attack; HotO would give bonus damage equivalent to pre-nerf days if primary = Assassin.

syphonus · Jan 24, 2010, 11:50 PM // 23:50

What first attracted you to the class?

I was just going through them all.

What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

They straight-up murder things.

Any favorite skills?

DB. Some kind of lead and offhand.

What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

More useful shadow steps would be nice.

DigitalFear · Feb 23, 2010, 12:47 AM // 00:47

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What first attracted you to the class?

Zomg! Ninjas in GW! Cool!

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What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

Because kill-shit-mode is awesome.

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Any favorite skills?

Way of The Master
Way of The Assassin
Death Blossom
Blades of Steel

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What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

Shadowsteps are meh.

fireflyry · May 07, 2010, 08:32 PM // 20:32

What first attracted you to the class?

I like classes based on melee DPS and found the Warrior class to be pretty boring, especially outside PvP.Once another MDPS option came out it was a no-brainer for me.

What do you like about it that makes you want to keep playing it?

The variation of builds and playstyles.Teh sexy armor.Having players chase me around and around after tasting dirt or spamming "u suk nubsin" never gets old either.

Any favorite skills?

SoH and AP before the nerfs.Critical Agility.

What is your least favorite aspect of the class? Would you change it if you could?

The implementation into high-tier PvP was pretty awful, went from OP to crap to OP to crap to OP way to many times.Apart from the brief run of sin-split pretty much relegated to the dust bin for GvG.

The generalization and scapegoat mentality of the community in general was also pretty crap, if to be expected.I guess people got tired of hating on wammos.

Yay for good guilds.