Curse

maraxusofk · Apr 19, 2006, 07:15 PM // 19:15

Man i am sooooooooooooo sick of skips. Take a look at this picture and ull see why i hate skips.

Yes i know its iway but remember its hard to win and hold halls wit iway and this is after the 2nd iway nerf.

shardfenix · Apr 19, 2006, 07:22 PM // 19:22

Without skips, how could my necro spike ever get past relic runs

What do you suggest? Make the holding group wait an hour or two before thei fight anyone who "deserves" to get to hoh?

maraxusofk · Apr 19, 2006, 07:45 PM // 19:45

Well iono how bout less skips for the first 5 parts of heros ascent. Nobody wants to go to scarred earth, much less as a 1st round battle

art_ · Apr 19, 2006, 08:36 PM // 20:36

Why is this such a bad thing?

icemonkey · Apr 19, 2006, 08:58 PM // 20:58

i win relic runs with blood spike and all other kinds of spikes whenever i play them, its not an inherently weak build on relic matches. The build that is inherently weak on relic matches is a degen build

no blood spiek needs skips to get to HoH

to the OP its possible that you won at the right time that you got the hall skip. When halls is not super busy(vast majority of the time these days) and you win at a certain time you will pretty much always skip to the hall of heroes. You can try to skip there its not that hard, your success rate will be >50% if you know what you are doing.

skips are part of the HA experience. got a problem with that, then start playing for the right reasons. Don't fame farm with IWAY try to win and hold HoH witha real build

JR · Apr 19, 2006, 09:21 PM // 21:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by art_

Why is this such a bad thing?

It makes it slightly more challenging to farm fame.

Araman123 · Apr 19, 2006, 09:55 PM // 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by shardfenix

Without skips, how could my necro spike ever get past relic runs
What do you suggest? Make the holding group wait an hour or two before thei fight anyone who "deserves" to get to hoh?

Dude if u cant get ur bloodspike past a simple relic run u shouldnt be running it

they are no probs...pfft

The Real Roy Keane · Apr 19, 2006, 11:20 PM // 23:20

I only mind skips when I skip to Scarred Earth, and I like skips when I skip past Scarred Earth.

Clinically Proven · Apr 19, 2006, 11:33 PM // 23:33

There needs to be a little man at the door that stops all IWAY and Blood spike from getting to halls, ever. This will be followed by 30 minutes in the vault accompanied by an informative lecture on how a lack of creativity leads to boring gameplay and nub players.

Murder In China · Apr 20, 2006, 12:08 AM // 00:08

So you're saying copying builds is bad? What baout those who use balanced teams?

Ado · Apr 20, 2006, 12:13 AM // 00:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clinically Proven

There needs to be a little man at the door that stops all IWAY and Blood spike from getting to halls, ever. This will be followed by 30 minutes in the vault accompanied by an informative lecture on how a lack of creativity leads to boring gameplay and nub players.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but about 95% of the players in HA use a cookiecutter build

Ventius Hozza · Apr 20, 2006, 12:21 AM // 00:21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clinically Proven

There needs to be a little man at the door that stops all IWAY and Blood spike from getting to halls, ever. This will be followed by 30 minutes in the vault accompanied by an informative lecture on how a lack of creativity leads to boring gameplay and nub players.

Hey, how does blood spike differ from ranger spike in this matter or even any kind of spike? All have the same principle (roughly) but different execution. In blood spike, the spikes arent initially designed to kill, but to wear down and highlight the infuser, and the QZ aids the energy loss massively. That, to me is pretty creative. And, tell me how having 3 monks, 2 mesmers, 2 eles and a shock warrior is in ANY way a "unique build". Before my guild started doing bloodspike i got bored of almost every build, simply because they are overused.
Surge, wards/EQ-AS, migraine, nuker, sb, shock, rc, woh, offering/hexes, spirit spammer, trapper.
These are the most commonly used builds in tombs and almost every team will have quite a few of them, so dont give anyone that stuff about lack of creativity; its universal.

[HUMP], and proud of it

-evenT^

Nerdy · Apr 20, 2006, 12:21 AM // 00:21

Worst skip sequence:

Match 1) Scarred Earth

MAtch 2) Courtyard

Enough to make anybody cry.

glenn_rolfe · Apr 20, 2006, 12:23 AM // 00:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ado

Correct me if I'm wrong, but about 95% of the players in HA use a cookiecutter build

25% = iway
20% = 2 mes builds (surge or migraine)
20% = blood spike
10% = ranger spike
10% = caster spike
1% = eoe bomb
1% = vimway
3% = something interesting

Therefore 97% of people in HA are nubs.

Ventius Hozza · Apr 20, 2006, 12:34 AM // 00:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by glenn_rolfe

25% = iway
20% = 2 mes builds (surge or migraine)
20% = blood spike
10% = ranger spike
10% = caster spike
1% = eoe bomb
1% = vimway
3% = something interesting

Therefore 97% of people in HA are nubs.

25+
20+
20+
10+
10+
1+
1

= 87%

Therefore 1 person is a nub.

[HUMP] - We can count

Clinically Proven · Apr 20, 2006, 12:38 AM // 00:38

Lol - 25+ 20+20+10+10+1+1+3 = 90%, you copied swordy's figures incorrectly

Therefore, 2 nubs + 90% of tombs players :P

Calculator FTW!

To address earlier posts - I was kidding - far out, relax people! But it is true isnt it, cookie cutter builds are boring to play against all the time and its great to come up against people running creative builds.

Ventius Hozza · Apr 20, 2006, 12:42 AM // 00:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Clinically Proven

Lol - 25+ 20+20+10+10+1+1+3 = 90%, you copied swordy's figures incorrectly

Therefore, 2 nubs + 90% of tombs players :P

Nope. I did not include the 3% because he obviously is not "flaming" the people who did something interesting. That leaves 87% which does not equal his 97%

[HUMP] - We never give up without a spike.

Rustjive · Apr 20, 2006, 12:58 AM // 00:58

To be honest, I think it's stupid to include "2 mesmer builds" as cookie cutter - those builds often vary their other 2 slots (since you can probably include "Shock Axe" in the description) so that it shows thought has gone into it. If we're going to describe things with such broad strokes, all those builds with "one warrior" or "three monks" - nublets.

Ninja OniX · Apr 20, 2006, 02:22 AM // 02:22

glenn rolfe and clinically proven deserves a neck.

glenn_rolfe · Apr 20, 2006, 05:50 AM // 05:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ventius Hozza

25+
20+
20+
10+
10+
1+
1

= 87%

Therefore 1 person is a nub.

[HUMP] - We can count

bah, type on the iway, that should have been 35%.

Surge and migraine 2 mes builds are nub, and don't forget it. 1 mesmer on 1 target is the nubbiest thing ever - and you know it. Euroway ftl.