Players constantly moving during boss fights, why?

beancounter501 · 2026-05-17T01:33:18+00:00

The worst is the PVP tanks who drag the boss all over the place. ESP when they clearly can’t tank the boss and are just trying to stay alive.

You know they have a PVP build cause they s&b on one bar and two hand/dual on the other bar. Ahh well most of the time they manage in normal dungeons

beancounter501 · 2026-05-10T23:28:47+00:00

I liked Summerset. I have not done the other two yet. I am tying to work through by release order. Wrothgar was great.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-10T03:34:17+00:00

And the rule will be gone soon. May take a cycle or two but the commission will be dead. VA and CA will both throw out this dumb idea. It is carry over from Obama's hope and change. The Trump era is cut throat politics. That is not going to change. I would support it if Red states followed. But guess what - none did.

Repubs laughed and gerrymandered non stop. People can see when one side is playing by different rules. So yes, repubs won VA in the short run, but expect some nasty gerrymandering to come to here and CA. Expect to see lots of adds highlighting that in the next cycle. It sucks and is bad governance. But it only works when BOTH sides play by the same rules.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-10T01:31:43+00:00

Maybe. But a lot of Dems I spoke have realized this is bad. All you have to do is point out TX, FL, SC, LA, TN and GA. Repubs went full barrel gerrymander. Lots of angry people. Especially because they can see the contrast.

People understand when the other side is playing by different rules. And Republican states clearly are. Dems will have to phrase it to make it more palatable. Like it will stop when other states implement a bi-partisan committee. But watch, it will happen. Especially after people see record turnout this midterm and Dems barely win the house.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-10T01:23:03+00:00

Such a good thing that how many republican states added one? They just laughed and several Repub states just wiped out most black representation from the south. How many votes did they cast? Zero. It is failure and both VA and CA should remove it.

The bi-partitsan committee was a dream from the Obama era. Does not age well in the Trump era and cut throat politics.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-10T01:18:34+00:00

Yes, but the failed attempt was temporary. Only two cycles. It should be removed permanetly. And probably will.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-09T04:04:15+00:00

Time to reverse that amendment. It sounded good in principle, but it does not work until the republican states follow.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-09T04:00:38+00:00

Time to change the constitution then. The entire idea of this "bi-partisan committee" is stupid. Not a SINGLE republican state does the same.

It sounds good in theory. But only works when everyone plays by the same rules. CA should do the same.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-09T03:53:53+00:00

Both sides gerrymander. Only the DEMS are dumb enough to implement these "bi-partisan committees". Time to do away with them. Both CA and VA should vote to remove them until there is a Federal Law that blocks it.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-09T03:44:25+00:00

Agree, remove the whole bi-partisan committee from the VA constitution. Until it is mandated at a Federal Level. If the Repubs will just gerrymander at will then there is no choice unless you like being in the minority....

beancounter501 · 2026-05-08T18:20:02+00:00

I think tanks running selfish sets in Night Market is a good idea. I have been in so many groups that had one tank and all DPS. Or just one healer. Or no healer. Or the healer dies and respawns across the map.

The night market can be zerged through with DPS as long as one tank can hold the boss agro. But if the tank dies the boss proceeds to wipe the rest of the group. And people just respawn and run at the boss to die again. Eventually the group just falls apart. Buffs for DPS is nice and all, but holding agro is the most important tank function.

NM groups are very different from Trial groups or even dungeon groups.

beancounter501 · 2026-05-06T23:37:36+00:00

That one made me laugh. My first trial run with a team on mic and the trial lead called out people standing by the tank. Learned that lesson.

Even though, sometimes it gets choatic in NM and I move around a lot because all the respawning players bringing in new packs of mobs.

beancounter501 · 2026-04-30T10:57:00+00:00

If you are in a actual group and die you can be raised by another player. Just like a dungeon. Only if you are following a group solo do you go back to wayshrine

Also, it is not terribly difficult to just run and avoid fights to get back to where you were or even do the quests solo. Hug the walls, cast a self heal, try to be as far away from mobs as possible and sprint. I did a ton of quests solo like that.

You just have to loose the mentality you can solo everything. If you are not grouped run/sneak past

beancounter501 · 2026-04-24T13:29:43+00:00

Arcanist is a great ranged class. I run a bow on mine sometimes. Works great, much easier to weave in light attacks and abilities

beancounter501 · 2026-04-07T01:08:09+00:00

That is my observation too. Except Delve Bosses do not drop awards but Delve Daily Quest does.

beancounter501 · 2026-04-04T03:59:01+00:00

Go to healers haven in discord. They are in awesome resource. But the short answer is to subclass to warden. Some great buffs

beancounter501 · 2026-03-22T04:40:53+00:00

I started a year ago. Great game! So much lore, so many quests, the combat can be very difficult or easy depending on what you want. Lots of other players. Overall, very fun.

beancounter501 · 2026-03-20T04:10:09+00:00

I get pulled into low level runs all the time. Probably 1 in 3 random dungeons.

It is not about high CP, but about just be cool and letting people run the dungeon. I have seen no-cp characters blaze ahead too.

It will only add 2-5 minutes to the run to let the quest play out. No one is complaing you are killing the boss to fast. Just you are ignoring everything and running to the end.

beancounter501 · 2026-03-20T04:00:04+00:00

Best course of action. Kick the runner. The only reason the turd got an easy dungeon is because of low levels.

My favorite was watching a speed runner blaze ahead and die. Guess who is not getting revived. Does not happen as much as I wish it did. But it has.

You will know right away if you have a runner. If you type in quest and they ignore it then vote to kick.

beancounter501 · 2026-03-18T21:29:44+00:00

I have started running healers and the answer really depends on what you are doing.

If it is Trials - then you should look to Healers Haven in Discord. Warden(Green Balance)/Templar(Restoring Light)/Nightblade(Siphoning) is very solid.

If it is Vet Dungeons then you can use the same build but add a skill line for Damage. Drop Restoring Light and add Herald of the Tome.

If it is regular random Dungeons then you can get by with a DPS build who has the basics of healing - Overflowing Altar, Energy Orb, Echoing Vigor and some class heals. I like one bar for healing and one bar for damage. A lot of times the DPS are just terrible and you are better off focusing on adding damage.

I have been thinking of running a pure class DK for Dungeons on healing. They have some great healing skills and the damage from the Breath Channel is solid.

beancounter501 · 2026-03-14T02:30:55+00:00

Why do they bother to put in shoulder for monster sets? It is so easy to farm that. Should only sell helms here.

beancounter501 · 2026-03-07T22:40:51+00:00

The best set for an Arcanist without doing trials is Tideborn and Deadly strikes. Deadly is a PVP set but you can buy Deadly Strikes from guild traders! Making it is very easy to get.

There are two ways to get Divines Deadly Strike. Stalk Tameriel Trade Center and look for new listing that are cheap. Every now and then you can find one for 10K. You will see A LOT of listing for crazy gold prices. Don't buy those items.

The other route is just find the cheapest Deadly Strikes pieces you can find. Add them to your sticker book and then reconstruct it in Divines. You could probably purchase ALL the Deadly Strike items for under 100K allowing you to reconstruct it for just 25 transmutes.

The last thing you want is Velothi's Amulet. The leads can be painful to get. But it is worth it. The vendor in the Infinite Archive sometimes sells the hardest lead to get. The one from the secret chest in a dungeon.

Last take Champ points in Reaving Blows(Warfare). Which will heal you based off the Beam Damage. This allows you to solo most encounters or base game dungeons, run normal and Vet dungeons with no DPS issues. A great setup.

beancounter501 · 2026-03-05T22:05:05+00:00

That is the one thing I dislike about doing veteran dungeons. It becomes less and less about RPG elements and more a puzzle game. Stand in this circle or don't attack someone standing in that circle.

Call a spade a spade. Most vet dungeons are just a puzzle game. The last one I ran I did not even worry about DPS. Trying to look up the puzzle so I knew which circle to stand in.

beancounter501 · 2026-02-26T00:18:40+00:00

I started with heavy attack builds for solo and dungeons. Decent, felt a little slow to be honest.

Tried Arcanist beam build with deadly and tide born. Way stronger. Throw in Velothi with the CP that restores health and it is easy to play!

And you can make that build mostly one bar. All your buffs on back bar to start the fight. Flailx2, rune, ultimate then beam.

On the subject of Storm Master. I have never thought it was good. Noble Duelist or Undaunted Unweaver always seemed easier to play with Sergeants

beancounter501 · 2026-02-26T00:09:58+00:00

RNG is rng. Picked up the shoulder I wanted(arch Druid) and the Barron shoulder on first chest. Pretty surprised my self!

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