Guild Wars PvE update - Eles get the boot

[angshuman]

PvE monsters (and henchmen) now run away from AoE spells. This "minor" modification has practically rendered Fire Storm and Meteor Storm useless, and in turn drastically reduced the effectiveness of the all-too-popular PvE Fire Nuker build.

http://www.guildwars.com/news/gameupdates.html

[ST:DS9]

PvE monsters (and henchmen) now run away from AoE spells. This "minor" modification has practically rendered Fire Storm and Meteor Storm useless, and in turn drastically reduced the effectiveness of the all-too-popular PvE Fire Nuker build.

http://www.guildwars.com/news/gameupdates.html

Not really, now that fire nuker is going to have to rely on thier teamates to keep the monsters in the AoE, which there are many ways to do this. I like this change, and makes more of a challenge.

[Tygerwoody]

people still play this game? :confused:

[superklye]

people still play this game? :confused:
I was thinking the same thing. My collector's edition is just staring at me from my shelve, begging to be reinstalled.

[ST:DS9]

I was thinking the same thing. My collector's edition is just staring at me from my shelve, begging to be reinstalled.


heck, my guild has 83 people and about 71 of them are active and play anywhere from 2-7 days a week. We have some weekenders who only play on the weekends. We actually have 100 in our guild, but 17 of them own 2 copies of the game. About 50 of them have been playing the game since release, and about 20 of them have been playing since the Beta weekends, which is where the Guild got formed. Funny thing is we mostly play PVE, but there are about a dozen of us who actively play PVP on the weekends.

[ST:DS9]

They changed it. Now they wont run away until after they get hit a couple of times, instead of running away when the caster is casting the spell.

[zoomy942]

i stopped playing this game for a wgile but i recently picked it back up. man, i forgot how much fun ot was.

anyway, i dont like the update too much, but i have adjusted. the trick is to cast meteor storm foirst, then searing heat. they run away but not far enough away from searing heat so they still get cooked. or cast metoer storm and then metoer to make sure they cant move:) i just got done doing 4 hours of the UW, so fire magic does okay still. i cant beleiev how far we got in UW, we just went thorugh and started cleaing it out. amazing. i can post some pics if anyone wants.

[ST:DS9]

Well I also have noticed, that in the heat of battle the monster may not move out of the AoE. With this update the monsters are acting more like human players, because even human players move out of the AoE, unless they feel they are alright in that AoE and keep on fighting.

[superklye]

i stopped playing this game for a wgile but i recently picked it back up. man, i forgot how much fun ot was.

anyway, i dont like the update too much, but i have adjusted. the trick is to cast meteor storm foirst, then searing heat. they run away but not far enough away from searing heat so they still get cooked. or cast metoer storm and then metoer to make sure they cant move:) i just got done doing 4 hours of the UW, so fire magic does okay still. i cant beleiev how far we got in UW, we just went thorugh and started cleaing it out. amazing. i can post some pics if anyone wants.
Paul, I fukcing love you. Why? because, even if you aren't, you type like yu're wasted (like i awm now).

GOOD MAN!

[zoomy942]

Paul, I fukcing love you. Why? because, even if you aren't, you type like yu're wasted (like i awm now).

GOOD MAN!

haha. it was midnight, and i had been playing guild wars for a while.. so i was pretty darned tired:)

[superklye]

haha. it was midnight, and i had been playing guild wars for a while.. so i was pretty darned tired:)
hahaha, I'm just giving you crap man, that's all. :) I shouldn't talk...I couldn't see straight last night when I typed that message. I'm surprised it came out so well.

[Vagrant Zero]

Well My Warrior Elem just got assfraked. Should have gone Warrior Monk.

[superklye]

Am I mistaken or did they release an update that added new areas and a higher level cap a month or two ago?

And what the hell is an Eles?

[zoomy942]

they released an update that added a new area and some new quests for upper level epople. we al are still stuck at level 20 though, but thats okay with me.

Ele's are elementalists. i am a fire elementalist. the update was supposed to mess up what the fire guys can do, but i just had t adjust what i did. the trick is just setting them on fire, cause they can run away from AoE stuff, but if they are burning, they just run around in flames:) weee!!

[superklye]

haha...okay. I wish they would up the level cap and add something like D&D prestige classes.

And thanks for clearing up the Eles thing. I thought it was "elves" mispelled or something. I'm a ranger/fire elementalist, or at least, I was. Maybe I'll fire it up again...

[zoomy942]

haha...okay. I wish they would up the level cap and add something like D&D prestige classes.

And thanks for clearing up the Eles thing. I thought it was "elves" mispelled or something. I'm a ranger/fire elementalist, or at least, I was. Maybe I'll fire it up again...


you should fire it up.. i hadnt played it for months and man, i forgot how much fun it is:). i never get tired of roasting those baddies. and theres nothing more gratifying than seeing them run around trying to escape the fire, and they just keep burning. haha

[superklye]

Well, it was fun, but it just got to be way too hard. That's why I stopped playing.

[zoomy942]

Well, it was fun, but it just got to be way too hard. That's why I stopped playing.


haha.. wuss:) its not too hard. start playign again and i'll help you out. i got lots of stuff my minion master will make things ALOT easier

[superklye]

Heh, all right. I can't promise when or how much I'll play though. Work and school are killing me, but, Paul, for you, anything.

*swoons*

[zoomy942]

Heh, all right. I can't promise when or how much I'll play though. Work and school are killing me, but, Paul, for you, anything.

*swoons*
:hug:

[zoomy942]

keep in mind, my o' so orginal screen name is

Zoomy942 at nvnews

wow, look at me go:)

[angshuman]

Well, it was fun, but it just got to be way too hard. That's why I stopped playing.
How far did you play? I'm currently in the Jungles with my first character, and I dread to think what the (*shudder*) Desert is going to be like... :eek: ... I have heard it is quite unmercifully hard. I'll probably have a nervous breakdown even before I reach Elona Reach :eek:

[zoomy942]

teh desert is tough, oh yeah.. but when you get into the shiverpeaks, wow is all i can say:)

[ST:DS9]

How far did you play? I'm currently in the Jungles with my first character, and I dread to think what the (*shudder*) Desert is going to be like... :eek: ... I have heard it is quite unmercifully hard. I'll probably have a nervous breakdown even before I reach Elona Reach :eek:


The problem with the desert is that the need for a team that works well with each other is needed even more so then ever before in the game. One person can totally screw things up for everybody very easily and quickly. But if you can get into good groups who talk to each other and pay attention, the desert area is not that tough.

[superklye]

How far did you play? I'm currently in the Jungles with my first character, and I dread to think what the (*shudder*) Desert is going to be like... :eek: ... I have heard it is quite unmercifully hard. I'll probably have a nervous breakdown even before I reach Elona Reach :eek:
I don't know, not too far...past The Breaking or whatever and just in that general area where everyting was like level 8-10. My brother and I were the only two playing together and it was just too difficult. We kept getting mobbed by like 4-8 level 8s or more and getting our asses handed too us. I got annoyed, then a new computer and never re-installed the game.