The First Day

[HaemishM]

Healing in this game is crazy; chain healing creates never ending battles.

We really need to start recording some of our PvP. I'm sure some of it would be, at worst, funny to watch. Especially if you could also get in the TS conversations.

We should just make one MP3 of schild calling me a 'dumb cockwhore melee shitbag' over and over again to the sounds of the Mortal Kombat soundtrack, interjected with random 'Fuck Korea, KEKEKE' screams for color.

And it's Haemish MacLennan.

[schild]

Heh.

Yea, I did call you that a couple times.

Melee is death in this game. Unless you're a Korean hivemind.

[Strazos]

Melee is not death.

Taking on the whole opposing team by yourself?

That just gets a sigh frmo your team.

[MrHat]

Heh.

Yea, I did call you that a couple times.

Melee is death in this game. Unless you're a Korean hivemind.

lol @ Korean hivemind.

[WayAbvPar]

We should just make one MP3 of schild calling me a 'dumb cockwhore melee shitbag' over and over again

Ok, that seals it. I am buying GW. That kind of fun comes once. maybe twice in a lifetime.

[schild]

You all really missed the gems. I love Haemish to death but I was ready to reach through the internet and make him eat SPIKY THINGS.

It's not his fault, he loves warriors and we all know it. But I swear to god, I will divorce his ass if he doesn't embrace a finger wiggler. Not in a pervy way.

[HaemishM]

I'm finding even in the PVE game, that ranged > melee almost all the time. With my ranger skills, I can pop a favorable wind, ignite arrows and a power shot, BAM, dead mob. With a pet, it's even nicer. The warrior side is nice in that once I get multiples on me, I can soak the damage, but until I get a better weapon, I can do more with ranged and buffs than I can with my axe and style attacks.

And to be fair, that last game where my Warrior/Monk died so quickly, SOMEONE called out a target in TeamSpeak, so I went for it, thinking I'd have support. I wasn't just running off by my lonesome.

It was still funny how fast I died though.

[tazelbain]

Someone did call a target, that target was you.

My longest run in the ascalon arena last night was with 2e/1n/1w.  We were going through most teams in 1:30 to 2:00 just by taking the high ground and nuking whom ever the warrior (me) targeted.  So focus fire is brutal but can be counter by skilled healing which is how my team lost after 13 rounds. 

I have been the focus of all the rangers and elementalists. Many times I live, but even when when I don't, I've drawn all their attention away from the squishies allowing them to do their job.  And with a good team, I get a rez in a few seconds and I am back in game mopping up the left overs.

[WayAbvPar]

Picking this up tomorrow night. Feel free to quit sometime tomorrow afternoon, ya bastards.

[Shockeye]

Picking this up tomorrow night. Feel free to quit sometime tomorrow afternoon, ya bastards.

Don't worry, these fucktards guilted me into buying this as well. I almost got an hour of playng in last night. Almost.

[Yoru]

I'm finding even in the PVE game, that ranged > melee almost all the time. With my ranger skills, I can pop a favorable wind, ignite arrows and a power shot, BAM, dead mob. With a pet, it's even nicer. The warrior side is nice in that once I get multiples on me, I can soak the damage, but until I get a better weapon, I can do more with ranged and buffs than I can with my axe and style attacks.

I've gotten my R/E up to 14 with a really nice yellow bow (Gates of Kryta, pre-nerf); I haven't actually tried a war, so my numbers might be off, but it would seem to me that a W/R would be handier than a R/* in terms of actually dealing decent damage to hardened targets. The actual energy savings from Expertise is kind of low until you get it up to around 8, whereas the additional ~10% armor penetration would be really handy - fighter/tank-types halve my arrow damage or worse, making Penetrating Shot a necessity.

[HaemishM]

Picking this up tomorrow night. Feel free to quit sometime tomorrow afternoon, ya bastards.

Hey, it's a one-time charge, no recurring credit card charge, and it's got consensual, even team PVP with lots of flexibility in character builds. You could do a lot worse.

Look me up when your RP character gets up to around level 7 or 8. At my rate of play, I should still be there days from now. We'll tag team something.

[WayAbvPar]

Now I am starting to wonder if waiting until tomorrow night is feasible. I might have to make a run to the software store during lunch hour. My inner fanboi needs feeding!

[Shockeye]

Now I am starting to wonder if waiting until tomorrow night is feasible. I might have to make a run to the software store during lunch hour. My inner fanboi needs feeding!

And I thought I was weak.

Circuit City has it on sale for $39.99 this week.

[WayAbvPar]

Now I am starting to wonder if waiting until tomorrow night is feasible. I might have to make a run to the software store during lunch hour. My inner fanboi needs feeding!

And I thought I was weak.

Circuit City has it on sale for $39.99 this week.

Sweet! Circuit City is the closest retailer to my office that might carry it. It is also near the mall with a decent food court- 2 birds.

[Signe]

Don't worry, sappy WAPpy.  Righ's box came today and he's starting this week, also.  The two of you seem to last a bit longer in games than most around here.  If you want to spend the xtra tenner, you can even buy it online from NCsoft.  I'm the perpetual n00b and I live almost exclusively in n00bville so look for me whenever you start a new character.  I'm sure to be lurking around somewhere.  I bought the CE for Righ, too, and it comes with a headset.  His only excuse for not using TS now is that he really, really hates it. 

[Nazrat]

I am at a blazing level 9 right now.  So there are a lot of us in the guild that are slow.   

[WayAbvPar]

Crap- CC and Gamestop were out. Gonna have to go foraging after work. Either that or raid Furiously's house for his extra key. But there is a Fry's between his place and mine...too many decisions!

[Signe]

I haven't leveled one char past 7... but I have 6 characters!  My name is Signe and I am an altoholic. 

[MrHat]

I haven't leveled one char past 7... but I have 6 characters!  My name is Signe and I am an altoholic. 

Hi Signe!

How do you have 6 characters!  You must tell me.

[Signe]

I have two accounts. 

Duh.

[WayAbvPar]

Ok, got in and leveled a Ranger/Warrior all the way to level 2 (Antolin Vakalas). Still trying to figure out how to contact the guild folks. I bet RTFM will help.

[Yegolev]

I bet RTFM will help.

You'd lose that bet.

[WayAbvPar]

I bet RTFM will help.

You'd lose that bet.

Yeah, I found that out...god that thing is worthless. Decent art in it, but the content is useless. I still have almost no idea WTF I am doing. Up to level 6.5 though! 

[Strazos]

The real manual is online.

And on a completely unrelated note, some of my friends still insist EQ is a good game and want me to come back.

I don't know how to explain to them how Bad it actually is.

[trias_e]

The thing with warriors is you can't just have one run in.  You've gotta have 3-4, all attacking the same target.  If they don't have some way to AE debuff you, you'll rip them apart.  Just make a few snare/knockdown warriors, and a few damage warriors, and you'll be set.

[stray]

OK, lvl 3 so far. When does the fun begin?

I don't want to make a new post to shit on the game, so I'll just do it here (real quick like).

Mind numbing autoattack Dungeon seige like combat, with and an added bit of "too many quests and NPC's for it's own good" Morrowind (but at least both had voiceovers to keep me awake). Would grouping help? Something?

[HaemishM]

You don't need to group (at least not for the pre-searing stuff). The fun starts coming as you get more skills than you know what to do with. Also, make a PVP-only character, fuck around with templates. The PVE is decent when you get more skills, especially the mission parts, which you haven't seen yet. The pre-searing stuff is really just a disguised tutorial.

I don't ever see making an RP-character again, once I'm able to unlock most of the other class skills at 20.

[Furiously]

I can't wait for the expansion where they offer centaurs and vampires.

[Strazos]

I want my rogue, damnit.

[WayAbvPar]

I want my rogue, damnit.

Amen. I need backstabs and stealth. I still miss my thief in SB- backstabbing sitting healers in PvP was beyond fun. Not to mentioning picking the pockets of enemies.

[Furiously]

I want my rogue, damnit.

dammit, now people are going to see the correct spelling. I love the comedy of "Level 39 rouge looking for dungeon group."

[Mesozoic]

I want my rogue, damnit.

Hmm. 

Maybe the first expansion comes out with Rogues, and the counter-rogue skills are unlocked in expansion-only quests.

Evil.

[tazelbain]

That would fit with their bussiness model.

[schild]

If I could have a necromancer/rogue or assassin/necromancer, there's a chance I'd never leave my house again.

Now if I could have a Ninja/Pirate - you'll see me on the news.