Curse

Lishy · Jul 29, 2008, 07:15 AM // 07:15

For over a year now, I have been playing guild wars....PvE...
I am mostly a guy who loves to do general PvE and fill my HoM, but lately I have been curious in the competitive side of Guild Wars.
My prime interest would be GvG because of the faction bonus

Anyways, like I said, I am a newbie to PvP. Any tips?
And would becoming competitive and joining a GvG guild halt my goal in PvE for filling HoM?

Also, FYI, my favorite classes are Paragon and Mesmer. So I am thinking of playing either professions if I get into PvP

Akaraxle · Jul 29, 2008, 08:40 AM // 08:40

I'll beat Billiard to this and link http://teamlove.us before he does

They better take care of you.

*lemming* · Jul 29, 2008, 08:42 AM // 08:42

Make as many friends as possible.

Akaraxle · Jul 29, 2008, 08:43 AM // 08:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by tehlemming

Make as many friends as possible.

AND that.

P.S. Me and Lemming are best buddies, which makes us real competitive people. We also make out once in a while.

Killed u man · Jul 29, 2008, 09:38 AM // 09:38

lol@ pvp to get HoM titles... (This iks the exact reaso why HA is full of Rspiker/herowayers/HA'ers)

Other than that:

Join KiSu, be good and, like ppl said, make e-friends...

I'll leave out the part where I say that both GvG and HA are at the end of their lifespan, as GW has been going for over 2 years without reasonable skill updates. Most of the format has gone to sheit, gimmicks everywhere and you can barely call it PvP no more, as you find yourself more often that not spammining skills whilst tabbing through foes...

Meh, what am I saying, offcorse GvG is about skill, and PvP is still a sheitton of fun.

Good luck, have fun.

Morgan Crowe · Jul 29, 2008, 09:44 AM // 09:44

a) Find a guild
b) Find out what's your favourite Profession
c) Learn to play your favourite Profession (Observe, talk to some guys for advice, ...)
d) Stop thinking about HoM - the Champtitle is quite hard to get for a newb. At the beginning you will probably be really bad, so it's hard to win and to climb the ladder. Be patient and improve.

Akaraxle · Jul 29, 2008, 10:43 AM // 10:43

Guys, nowhere in his post he said that he wants to fill his HoM with PvP titles.

GWEXTREEMFAN · Jul 29, 2008, 11:34 AM // 11:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akaraxle

Guys, nowhere in his post he said that he wants to fill his HoM with PvP titles.

yaaay atleast one guy can read english xD

watch->learn
try->watch (<-again -.-)
try-> own

amen

farmerfez · Jul 29, 2008, 12:35 PM // 12:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by GWEXTREEMFAN

yaaay atleast one guy can read english xD

watch->learn
try->watch (<-again -.-)
try-> own

amen

praise jesus

*lemming* · Jul 29, 2008, 06:44 PM // 18:44

Champ title monument is pretty easy to get actually, provided you don't mind paying yush about a thousand ectos.

Lishy · Jul 29, 2008, 06:52 PM // 18:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by Akaraxle

Guys, nowhere in his post he said that he wants to fill his HoM with PvP titles.

Finally, somebody who can read

But can I have advice for PvP OTHER THAN "Join _____" and observe?

Shendaar · Jul 29, 2008, 07:07 PM // 19:07

It takes time and a certain amount of dedication to become good at PvP. It won't happen overnight.

Observe, read, find a guild, figure what you want to play and play it until you clearly become the best at that class in your group.

Seraphim of Chaos · Jul 29, 2008, 08:45 PM // 20:45

Play a WS derv and you'll be good at PvP.

Tearz1993 · Jul 29, 2008, 08:56 PM // 20:56

Quote:

Originally Posted by Seraphim of Chaos

Play a WS derv and you'll be good at PvP.

No.

12 chars..

Yichi · Jul 29, 2008, 09:14 PM // 21:14

pray ANET is having a good server day...

N1ghtstalker · Jul 29, 2008, 09:25 PM // 21:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kain Fz

Also, FYI, my favorite classes are Paragon and Mesmer. So I am thinking of playing either professions if I get into PvP

mesmers can seriously pwn in PvP
just by shutting down a monk
get a good interupter build and sharpen your reflexes for interupting and you can be a good shutdown mesmer against monks

Seraphim of Chaos · Jul 29, 2008, 09:39 PM // 21:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tearz1993

No.

12 chars..

Yes.

12 chars..

lutz · Jul 29, 2008, 10:26 PM // 22:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by N1ghtstalker

mesmers can seriously pwn in PvP
just by shutting down a monk
get a good interupter build and sharpen your reflexes for interupting and you can be a good shutdown mesmer against monks

There's a lot more to a mesmer than shutting down monks...
you don't really need good reflexes at all - most crucial skills you need to interrupt are 1s++ casting time. You just need to be smart.

Trylo · Jul 29, 2008, 10:41 PM // 22:41

learn to count cooldowns, divert/shame during spikes, interrupt stuff...

i dunno, but observing a good mesmer in GvG from a top 100 guild is always nice, and readily available.

paragons arent quite as loved in gvg afaik. HA however...

around · Jul 30, 2008, 02:57 AM // 02:57

Ignore the past 10 posts or something. teamlove is good, and making friends is a sound way to get into PvP.

Actually, if you want the complete PvP experience you just have to idle #gwp occasionally making racist jokes and complaining about the lag/euros/the recent skill balance/euros (delete as appropriate).