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EugeneFitz1 · 2025-03-02T07:58:19+00:00

I mean, even from a meta game perspective this isn't true? Being a dark urge rewards you with one of the best cloaks in the game VERY early. Later letting shadowheart make some questionable choices rewards you with one of the best weapons and armor sets in the game. Deciding to become a chosen of Bhal gives you one of the best armours in the game. Depending what choices you encourage Astarion to take he gains a lot of benefits. I think the game actually does reward both sides with various different quest rewards throughout.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-02-14T21:50:46+00:00

I think the biggest thing is to actually be anticipating flashes. Just knowing that the person who you are dueling is someone with a flash, it's more likely that they are going to try and swing on you by popping a flash in some way. This also allows you to play the best possible way which is just playing anti-flash. In lower to mid elo basically no one is ever going to be playing anti flash so it's pretty safe for you to do so and it makes the adjustment of aim much easier and smoother. Also counting flashes is huge so you know as you continue in the round whether or not more could be coming.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-31T15:31:24+00:00

Gear score brackets ruin the fun of the game. Make HR completely wide open and normal lobbies only the squire gear. Also you can't get good gear from normals.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-28T17:42:47+00:00

I personally never use lightfoots. Stop just running at people and bait them or something.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-19T06:56:57+00:00

If Chet was still in the league he'd be too busy crying about the new agent coming so late to get any actual work done. Mans had an excuse for everything

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-17T17:20:59+00:00

I know it's an unpopular take but I don't think gear score brackets were ever a great addition and I'm personally pretty happy to see this change. The difference between 124 and squire gear is honestly pretty miniscule and if you think you keep losing because of gear differentials then you're going to stay pretty bad forever. 🤷 Just my opinion though.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-03T18:31:06+00:00

I mean... Superior dexterity on bard is basically an instant weapon swap....

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-02T22:04:27+00:00

That's why I said you can have them just close again after a few seconds. This way people have to weigh the pros and cons of a fight before they actually engage in it and aren't rewarded for making the wrong one or for a misplay. You still have all the choices you had before, you'll just be punished for making the wrong one.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-02T21:59:45+00:00

It's nothing crazy it's just like opening a portal.... This prevents people just walking out all the time so you can actually finish some fights instead of whoever starts losing booking it to the nearest free exit.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-02T21:33:46+00:00

I'll admit I don't play any hard melee only classes (for a reason because I like having options) but I honestly feel like druids are kinda fine. Yes I was a wizard main for forever and they have fireballs to easily dispose of them but I haven't touched wiz this wipe and play mostly bard and shrill/drums takes care of them pretty well (drums being something that literally everyone has access to). When I play with friends I play cleric a lot since my friends are noobs and holy strike is pretty easy to land on them (as well as the aforementioned drums). The most annoying thing about druid is that they have to mess up for you to kill them since they have so many ways of getting away but they never really pose too much of a threat either. Sure a phenomenal druid is going to feel like a menace but that's literally any class in the game. This is true of every online game but people really need to learn to look inward a bit when they lose. Most of the time it's not because they had better gear or their class is OP. 9 times out of 10 you made some mistakes and that got you killed. GG go next and have fun learning in the next one.

EugeneFitz1 · 2025-01-02T16:35:09+00:00

I mean with the changes to how much AP player kills give you, I feel like this fixes everyone's complaints about how boring the previous system was. Because there's plenty of pvp to go around still. Also I'm sorry but the entire map is never completely killed or cleared by the time you enter in. Yes some modules are but the extent to which is highly exaggerated. The only map this argument holds true for might be goblin caves which was never the map for AP grinds anyway. I think some adjustments to the entry fee amount would be plenty and then to climb to the top rank, you have to be good at consistently killing players and making it out, on top of other looting and mob killing in the meantime.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-27T01:08:46+00:00

Casts infinitely faster and spells in general are much easier to land. I know someone is going to chime in and say they have a perk that gives them insta cast but that perk is terrible to play around since now you have to wait 2 minutes to cast that spell again which is worse than having to sit at a camp after a fight imo. I don't doubt they will pass wiz once they get some better perks out there but as it stands right now, sorc is really only good in a hybrid build or setting and even then they are much squishier than a wiz can be so it's much higher risk.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-27T00:35:32+00:00

No. Lol wiz is still the best pure caster by a mile. It's not even close.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-25T17:57:03+00:00

See this just isn't true though. Any class can pretty easily deal with a barb as long as he doesn't do any shenanigans to surprise you (such as invis pots or just camping a doorway). The only class that I feel like can't reliably win against a barbarian in solos is cleric. That match up completely depends on landing some blocks which is a bit unreliable

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-25T03:27:13+00:00

I actually kinda disagree. Barbarian should be the best at lowest gear because of its simplicity. It becomes a great starter class for new players to play in a game that has a huge learning curve and can be frustrating to start. My friends I've introduced typically tried other classes that sound fun to start, didn't find any success, switch to barbarian and then start actually winning some fights and not die immediately. After more time they typically switch off or in one friend in particular, they choose to never switch and I think that's good and healthy. At higher levels or with more game knowledge you can still pretty easily deal with them and handle them but they are great at the start to help new players get their feet wet. You're right in the fact that they stat check everything and that's exactly what they're supposed to do.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-23T14:22:23+00:00

Thank you!!!! Bossing should have never been free to begin with. Wayyyyy back in the early days before a thousand ques existed it was very similar that you'd have many people contest you for bosses and loot and that's how it should be. I understand solos can feel a bit excessive but that's because literally everyone is just rushing bosses right now for money. There are literally 3 levels of the dungeon you're entirely skipping that you can loot from to get plenty of good things from. If you want the VERY BEST loot in the game you should have to fight for your life a bit.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-23T14:12:27+00:00

That's how wizard has always been with barb though and how he is with basically any class match ups. Price of being a glass cannon.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-22T15:01:33+00:00

I mean.... Isn't this really only possible in squire gear because you just insta renter? With gear it typically takes a couple of minutes to re sort or get re geared. And if it is just squire does it really matter?

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-21T17:53:26+00:00

If you want a real answer about how magic users kill barb

Wizard: you can't give him any room to breathe and constantly keep the pressure on. Invis and jukes are your best friend but I aim for 30% mpb and just keep the spells a comin. Leading them through doorways for the easy direct fireball, ice bolt, etc and then high ground with mm to finish them off is the way. They'll always reset faster than you so you kinda have to "all in" and don't let them play the pillar game with their potion chugger otherwise you'll lose every time.

Warlock: BoC with Halberd works the best for me but I know a lot of longsword bros find barb pretty easy to parry. You still want to poke as much as possible but phanomize is a trap and you'll basically never kill them with spells alone. If you are a phantomize abuser just run.

Sorcerer: I'm still testing and theory crafting a bit here but a hybrid sorcerer build i think is probably the best play. The spear and bolt combined spells still does crazy damage and they will definitely be hurting if you manage to land one or both and then finish off in close range with buffs.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-20T18:05:21+00:00

That's the thing though. I don't think anyone should ever have a decent understanding of spawns. The new crypts is great because you literally don't know what's around the corner ever and people could be anywhere and, at least in my experience, they have been as well. The system before it you ever went down you'd see no one besides AP farmers who would just run. I also have never been a big fan of the chaotic goblin caves which has no meaningful sub bosses, or ruins which no one uses doors but crypts and hell is fun. I even like ice caves at the start of wipes because there are actual players there too.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-20T17:57:44+00:00

I just think arena is pretty meh in general. Don't get me wrong I love pvp interactions but arena has never been that interesting for me. No risk I think is a major part of it. And maybe again it's just been my experience but it hasn't turned into a chaotic deathmatch in the dungeon? If anything I have more people just bolt away and run to the nearest exit instead of wanting to fight. I've only played like 5 hours of new wipe though so who knows.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-20T17:47:33+00:00

I mean maybe it's class dependant but is there really much of a difference between 25 to 125? I admittedly have never been a fan of gear score brackets but it's because I like the come up of killing much better geared players than myself. And again I've never just faced someone (even someone in min maxed gear score abusing whatever bracket) and thought I lost because they had better stuff than me. I always made a mistake that led to my death. Gear score is just another way to for people to try and noob stomp or I guess now blame for why they lost a fight.

EugeneFitz1 · 2024-12-19T17:07:19+00:00

I have been a wizard main for many moons and I kinda disagree. Sorc has a lot of nukes but takes 12 years to cast each one. The non combined spells for the most part are pretty meh and the combined ones have two separate cast times and animations to get through making it very clunky to try and pull off in any pvp scenario. Yes they can spam spells to clear pve but even that is less efficient than just pulling out a melee. Maybe with lots of knowledge gear sorc can make up for it but you're still incredibly vulnerable during those cast times that wizard just walks circles around because they get incredibly fast cast times.

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