10-26-2005, 05:49 PM
Thank you all for your kind words.
khgerg,
Yes I did mean Xame's mage Yuri. Sorry about that.
Gnollguy,
It would be great if you set aside another night for Terenas. In fact, it would be nice if we had another regular instance night--perhaps one devoted to the folks now in their 20s or 30s.
And yes, the 3 of us did a few runs together. Magead is still wearing the belt he received in RFD with Mogo and Marn.
vor_lord,
1. I have no trouble tanking when 2 or 3 mobs are involved. But when there is a huge gang of them it is tough for me to get a sunder armor on all of them; I have trouble even getting them all selected. The tab key doesn't really tell me which mob is selected and where that mob is, when there is a big pile of them. Manually selecting each mob is close to impossible with a big crew. I find it stressful.
Now my rogue also has target selection difficulties when there is a huge group of enemies. In some ways the rogue's problems are even worse. First of all he has to get behind his target. Secondly if he has already hit one target there is a reluctance to move off it to another because all combo points will be lost. And if he is in stealth he also moves slower to get to the target who might move somewhere else before the rogue arrives in place. In spite of these challenges, the party's success does not depend on the rogue acquiring his target rapidly, and it is just not stressful like I find the warrior's role to be.
2. I don't like Defensive stance. My 1st warrior was protection specced and he was so slow and boring I couldn't stand it. I deleted him. Agh was a blast with dual wielding. Now if I could stay with dual wielding and never have to use a shield or defensive stance as a warrior, I would like that. That is one reason I like playing a rogue so much. Dual wielding with fast weapons really suits my style.
3. Recognizing the need for Defensive stance, I find it very awkward shifting back and forth between the stances because of the rekeying of the hotbar. Now I don't find it awkward with the druid, so maybe I just need to practice it more.
4. I think the warrior is the most challenging party member to play well, and plays perhaps the most critical role. Often it just suits my personality to play a support character than a director.
5. I am not totally allergic to playing a tank. For instance, my shaman has been the main tank in many instance runs. But he also has filled many other roles and that makes him more fun to play. Incidentally Sharc just recently completed his Scarlet set and I will have to give him more play time for that reason alone.
As I type this, I am wondering how my warrior would do in WSG. I will try that one of these days.
Again thank you all for your words of support and encouragement. It is a true pleasure to play with all of you.
khgerg,
Yes I did mean Xame's mage Yuri. Sorry about that.
Gnollguy,
It would be great if you set aside another night for Terenas. In fact, it would be nice if we had another regular instance night--perhaps one devoted to the folks now in their 20s or 30s.
And yes, the 3 of us did a few runs together. Magead is still wearing the belt he received in RFD with Mogo and Marn.
vor_lord,
Quote:I understand that you also dropped your warrior for a similar reason, but I thought you were doing an excellent tanking job and didn't understand that either.My warrior has the best name of all my Terenas alts and for that reason alone I should play him. Actually I stopped playing Agh for different reasons.
1. I have no trouble tanking when 2 or 3 mobs are involved. But when there is a huge gang of them it is tough for me to get a sunder armor on all of them; I have trouble even getting them all selected. The tab key doesn't really tell me which mob is selected and where that mob is, when there is a big pile of them. Manually selecting each mob is close to impossible with a big crew. I find it stressful.
Now my rogue also has target selection difficulties when there is a huge group of enemies. In some ways the rogue's problems are even worse. First of all he has to get behind his target. Secondly if he has already hit one target there is a reluctance to move off it to another because all combo points will be lost. And if he is in stealth he also moves slower to get to the target who might move somewhere else before the rogue arrives in place. In spite of these challenges, the party's success does not depend on the rogue acquiring his target rapidly, and it is just not stressful like I find the warrior's role to be.
2. I don't like Defensive stance. My 1st warrior was protection specced and he was so slow and boring I couldn't stand it. I deleted him. Agh was a blast with dual wielding. Now if I could stay with dual wielding and never have to use a shield or defensive stance as a warrior, I would like that. That is one reason I like playing a rogue so much. Dual wielding with fast weapons really suits my style.
3. Recognizing the need for Defensive stance, I find it very awkward shifting back and forth between the stances because of the rekeying of the hotbar. Now I don't find it awkward with the druid, so maybe I just need to practice it more.
4. I think the warrior is the most challenging party member to play well, and plays perhaps the most critical role. Often it just suits my personality to play a support character than a director.
5. I am not totally allergic to playing a tank. For instance, my shaman has been the main tank in many instance runs. But he also has filled many other roles and that makes him more fun to play. Incidentally Sharc just recently completed his Scarlet set and I will have to give him more play time for that reason alone.
As I type this, I am wondering how my warrior would do in WSG. I will try that one of these days.
Again thank you all for your words of support and encouragement. It is a true pleasure to play with all of you.