Curse

glacialphoenix · Feb 04, 2009, 09:51 AM // 09:51

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Originally Posted by Gift3d

No. There's still the same five classes of players i see in AB, i haven't noticed a change in the least.

I count 4 :P

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But i have noticed over the past month more and more people seem to stop capping and think to just look for teams to kill.

Maybe because of the increased faction per kill? *sigh*

OP: Same old. Hai mob, bye mob, hai troll, bye troll...

Krill · Feb 04, 2009, 10:16 AM // 10:16

I've noticed since the FFF change awhile back that the quality of Kurzick players has been steadily going down. Not that it was high to begin with (hey, it's AB) but I had built up a pretty decent friends list to pug with and practically no familiar faces are in AB now. Dunno why that is, just seems like whenever I go in it's impossible to put together any sort of non-shit pug and the other groups are worse than ever.

glacialphoenix · Feb 04, 2009, 10:32 AM // 10:32

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I've noticed since the FFF change awhile back that the quality of Kurzick players has been steadily going down

More people were Kurz in the first place anyway - there's probably a bigger influx of bad players since the FFF change.

tmakinen · Feb 04, 2009, 10:36 AM // 10:36

per-game variance in skill level >> change in skill level over time

It never was the pinnacle of GW PvP, and it still is hilarious just because

Bobby2 · Feb 04, 2009, 01:18 PM // 13:18

I haven't noticed any difference. PUGging was and is Hell.

Wish Swiftdeath · Feb 04, 2009, 01:57 PM // 13:57

i go with a great team of guildies we own all game, kill everything on our way to shrines and basically go round the map capping the whole game and we still manage to lose...

i'd say the kurzicks at least are getting worse

bungusmaximus · Feb 04, 2009, 03:51 PM // 15:51

Kurzicks blow, hands down. I don't know why, it's probably easier to roll into the kurzick side of the game when you do the PvE story. I recently switched luxon and the number of wins has doubled. This partially has something to do with some new friends I made that are very good at ab's, and partially with the better overall team quality.

lord of all tyria · Feb 04, 2009, 08:37 PM // 20:37

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Originally Posted by bungusmaximus

Kurzicks blow, hands down.

You shall be forced to repent by the hammers of the glorious kurzick army.

MasterSasori · Feb 05, 2009, 12:43 AM // 00:43

Yeah, reading all these opinions, I feel that not much has changed. I was just wondering where does all these JQers and Ft.Aspenwood ppl come from.

I used to believe that AB cannot spiral downwards because that would mean that there is a PvP lower than AB.

Then I met JQ....

bungusmaximus · Feb 05, 2009, 11:21 AM // 11:21

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Originally Posted by lord of all tyria

You shall be forced to repent by the hammers of the glorious kurzick army.

<-r9 kurzick here, I know exactly how scary that kurzick army was, it's hat army that made me loose all those matches on kurzick deep maps ><.

Gnat Attack · Feb 10, 2009, 06:34 AM // 06:34

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Originally Posted by Gift3d

No. There's still the same five classes of players i see in AB, i haven't noticed a change in the least.

wiki aka wiki
[palm strike][flail][trampling ox][falling spider][horns of the ox][falling lotus strike][twisting fangs][dash]

The tank, aka sitting duck with one attack skill
[sever artery][flail][dolyak signet][healing breeze][watch yourself][defy pain][endure pain][healing signet]

The kamikaze, aka 400hp ele who hates energy
[meteor shower][rodgort's invocation][fire storm][teinai's heat][searing heat][searing flames][liquid flame][lava arrows]

And the experimental player, and/or i just got this game 2 days ago sup guise
["help me!"][anthem of weariness][inspirational speech][holy spear][swift javelin][blood ritual][spiteful spirit][vampiric gaze]

same old, same old to me.

I dont think anybody knows how amazing this post is but i got!

supa_tim · Feb 10, 2009, 03:20 PM // 15:20

I used to FA a lot, then they reduced the faction, so I went to AB. It was fun, I noticed the factions were pretty even, depending on time of day. Then they changed the JQ and FA faction, so I started doing that again...bad idea

The level of intelligence is AB is far superior to that of FA/JQ. Maybe I'm jaded because of CM, but I feel like AB has improved.

How does the increased faction make a difference if your team gets 3 slabs of jade or breaks 2 gates? No thank you, I'll go back to AB now.

qvtkc · Feb 10, 2009, 04:22 PM // 16:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gift3d

No. There's still the same five classes of players i see in AB, i haven't noticed a change in the least.

wiki aka wiki
[palm strike][flail][trampling ox][falling spider][horns of the ox][falling lotus strike][twisting fangs][dash]

The tank, aka sitting duck with one attack skill
[sever artery][flail][dolyak signet][healing breeze][watch yourself][defy pain][endure pain][healing signet]

The kamikaze, aka 400hp ele who hates energy
[meteor shower][rodgort's invocation][fire storm][teinai's heat][searing heat][searing flames][liquid flame][lava arrows]

And the experimental player, and/or i just got this game 2 days ago sup guise
["help me!"][anthem of weariness][inspirational speech][holy spear][swift javelin][blood ritual][spiteful spirit][vampiric gaze]

same old, same old to me.

The hilarious part isn't "I see that all the time".
The hilarious part isn't "I've been in that team!"
The hilarious part is, "I've been in that team, and we won".

SaDuFam · Feb 12, 2009, 02:00 AM // 02:00

To sum up: The quality of AB players on my team is good when I win and is bad when I loose. Of course I am always good and I lost because of other bad players :P, always!

I still enjoy GW with no monhtly fees. I am glad to see Ab is still very accessable for all players including casuals (veterans and newbies) at any time to have some fun.

Alleji · Feb 12, 2009, 03:01 AM // 03:01

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Originally Posted by Gift3d

No. There's still the same five classes of players i see in AB, i haven't noticed a change in the least.

wiki aka wiki
[palm strike][flail][trampling ox][falling spider][horns of the ox][falling lotus strike][twisting fangs][dash]

The tank, aka sitting duck with one attack skill
[sever artery][flail][dolyak signet][healing breeze][watch yourself][defy pain][endure pain][healing signet]

The kamikaze, aka 400hp ele who hates energy
[meteor shower][rodgort's invocation][fire storm][teinai's heat][searing heat][searing flames][liquid flame][lava arrows]

And the experimental player, and/or i just got this game 2 days ago sup guise
["help me!"][anthem of weariness][inspirational speech][holy spear][swift javelin][blood ritual][spiteful spirit][vampiric gaze]

same old, same old to me.

This post is full of win

Although you forgot these:

terrible smite bar that EVERYONE runs for some reason
[ray of judgment][bane signet][smite condition][smite hex][reversal of damage][healing breeze][arcane echo][energy tap]

ranger that makes absolutely no sense, blocks everything, and somehow manages to get killed regardless
[escape][lightning reflexes][whirling defense][read the wind][power shot][sloth hunter's shot][charm animal][meteor]

jiggles · Feb 12, 2009, 03:40 AM // 03:40

[Word of healing][Dismiss condition][Guardian][Patient spirit][holy veil][counter blow][crushing blow][sprint]

i ran this, do this make me a bad player?

bungusmaximus · Feb 12, 2009, 09:28 AM // 09:28

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Originally Posted by Alleji

This post is full of win
terrible smite bar that EVERYONE runs for some reason
[ray of judgment][bane signet][smite condition][smite hex][reversal of damage][healing breeze][arcane echo][energy tap]

LOL yeah, they probably run it because people are too silly to run out of AoE :P
When you have a solid snare on your team RoJ isn't half bad though, provided a mesmer runs it :P.

MasterSasori · Feb 18, 2009, 01:53 AM // 01:53

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Originally Posted by bungusmaximus

LOL yeah, they probably run it because people are too silly to run out of AoE :P
When you have a solid snare on your team RoJ isn't half bad though, provided a mesmer runs it :P.

My experience is that AB noobs like the pretty light and will follow the Mo into the ion cannon and bathe in its glory.

Darth The Xx · Feb 27, 2009, 07:41 PM // 19:41

I honestly think AB has improved. Sure there are games where you are part of the game that has a high percentage of tards but honestly? Since the patch I have noticed a lot more true PvP builds coming to AB. For example before the patch a stance monk was all but unheard of, now every second monk has stances. That being said this is not bad, its nice to have healers that don't die in 3 seconds flat.

Another thing I have noticed is that people are forming more balanced groups, it is not uncommon nowadays to have all 6 teams with a monk and a nuker.

One thing I have seen is a lack of creativity in certain classes, in particular, warriors and sins. Warriors are usually Primal Rage/DP/Hundred Blades and sins are usually Palm Strike. The problem is people are lazy and can't be bothered creating a build that works well for them, so they pick one off wiki that everyone else is running and fail with it, and don't even bother to mod it to their liking. I find that often the best people you meet in AB have their own builds using some obscure elite you've never seen before, Aura of Faith monks, Consume Soul rits, I even seen a Quickshot ranger who steamrolled people.

So overall I think it has improved, there will always be isolated cases, and there are always morons in every part of the game, AB is no exception, I do not find it hard to make a decent PuG however if YOU do then I suggest joining an AB guild or grouping with friends. This is what I do and suddenly the game is just so much more fun

Super Igor · Feb 27, 2009, 10:35 PM // 22:35

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Originally Posted by jiggles

[Word of healing][Dismiss condition][Guardian][Patient spirit][holy veil][counter blow][crushing blow][sprint]

i ran this, do this make me a bad player?

you probably fall under good/decent player who runs random shit because its AB and he cbf.