09-03-2005, 06:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-03-2005, 06:12 AM by Swiss Mercenary.)
As bad as public groups are, henchmen bore me to death. And, ah, yes, I do play the game.
The difficulty wall you are running in - it is, 9 times out of 10, lack of experience on you, as a player. Everything prior to the last three missions is easily doable with just henchmen, worthless wastes of 1s and 0s that they are.
The game is still much better when you play with real people. Even if they do have the IQ of a turnip.
If you are having difficulties with self-healing, or other-healing monsters... It comes down to poor choices for your skills, or poor use of them.
Are you a Warrior? I propose bringing Disrupting Chop. Takes care of any skill that takes 2 seconds to cast with ease.
A Ranger? Distracting shot. This can spell doom for any AI spellcaster.
A Mesmer? Interrupt spells.
An Elementalist? Plenty of spells that cause knockdown.
A Necromancer, or a Monk? Well, not many anti-healer choices here, so try to use those given by your secondary class.
The majority of the PvE portion of the game, is, by and large, not difficult.
Ignore the monster levels. Level means little more then the power of their armour, and their health. You aren't intended to (Ala WoW) breeze through mobs 3 levels below you, or get slaughtered by mobs 5 levels above you.
And as for the difference between a "Starting PvP gear-equipped" and an "Everything unlocked" character in PvP can by far, and large, be bridged through player skill. Regardless of conflicting claims, superior runes or +5 armour weapon upgrades are not necessary to be competetive.
Lack of skills IS a real issue, yes. Lack of unlocked items is one overblown by naysayers.
The difficulty wall you are running in - it is, 9 times out of 10, lack of experience on you, as a player. Everything prior to the last three missions is easily doable with just henchmen, worthless wastes of 1s and 0s that they are.
The game is still much better when you play with real people. Even if they do have the IQ of a turnip.
If you are having difficulties with self-healing, or other-healing monsters... It comes down to poor choices for your skills, or poor use of them.
Are you a Warrior? I propose bringing Disrupting Chop. Takes care of any skill that takes 2 seconds to cast with ease.
A Ranger? Distracting shot. This can spell doom for any AI spellcaster.
A Mesmer? Interrupt spells.
An Elementalist? Plenty of spells that cause knockdown.
A Necromancer, or a Monk? Well, not many anti-healer choices here, so try to use those given by your secondary class.
The majority of the PvE portion of the game, is, by and large, not difficult.
Ignore the monster levels. Level means little more then the power of their armour, and their health. You aren't intended to (Ala WoW) breeze through mobs 3 levels below you, or get slaughtered by mobs 5 levels above you.
And as for the difference between a "Starting PvP gear-equipped" and an "Everything unlocked" character in PvP can by far, and large, be bridged through player skill. Regardless of conflicting claims, superior runes or +5 armour weapon upgrades are not necessary to be competetive.
Lack of skills IS a real issue, yes. Lack of unlocked items is one overblown by naysayers.