Curse

Shyft the Pyro · Jul 05, 2008, 06:09 AM // 06:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Meth

In that case I've got your balanced team right here:

What makes this funny is that the above team is still not balanced.

Warriors have a clear edge over the others due to higher base AL and access to Stonefist insignia (see UW pugs that refuse to take low-AL Ursans, even if R10).

Paragons are second best (due to +10AL while shouting insignia).

Rangers can "cheat" with a +10AL stance insignia and Mesmer stances everyone wants Ursans to bring these days. The insignia is available to all, but it bumps Rangers to base AL80, or AL110 against elemental damage.

Dervishes can hit AL80 with Forsaken insignia, but cannot guarantee meeting its requirements (or those of Windwalker/Blessed) due to the current HB monk favorite - Seed enchantments - which are used frequently but not kept up constantly.

Elementalists can hit AL80 with Prismatic insignia, and while the attribute spread required for this does leave enough points for Energy Storage to exceed the base energy of other Ursans, it does not allow bringing the Mesmer skills everybody wants to see on Ursans these days. Sure, you can bring them, but how high can you pump them with attributes spread 5 ways in your own profession?

Everybody else is out of luck. Unless Ursan is made to function exactly like Junundu - no primary attribute, same everything for everybody - an Ursan team will remain as unbalanced as the classes of its participants.

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Originally Posted by upier

Let's be honest - that's one of the scariest builds I had ever seen.

Why thank you

Though I think tossing the elite for [lingering curse] or [virulence] might make it even scarier...

-Lotus- · Jul 05, 2008, 08:57 AM // 08:57

first lose the tank and spank idea, i would bring:
1 IMBAgon
1 lyssa derv
1 Ms/DB spam
1 BHA
1 N/Rt resto healer
1 E/Mo zealots fire + ether renewal + cheap heals
1 Rt/N or N/Rt spamming splinter, AR, and barbs like a madman
1 N/Mo jagged MM with dwanya's sorrow