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I thought guardian was supposed to do some decent damage...
momaw
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So, I've got a level 50-someodd guardian fighter. And there's a problem I've been seeing for a while, but it's just been getting worse and worse, and that is: boredom. Nothing can really kill me, but at the same time, it takes forever to kill stuff. This is fine for bosses. The boss fights have been overall very enjoyable and tactical. Moving around a lot, evading, blocking, disrupting and stunning, good stuff. But for everything else...
Well, for example I'm in the Rothe valley now. It takes 3 basic hits to kill a small spider, like a blood swarmer or spitter. But it takes about 40 basic hits to kill a phase spider. That's not a boss, that's a common enemy that respawns every two minutes. It's gotten to the point that I actively avoid enemies except quest-related ones because fighting them is just a soul-destroying waste of time with no reward.
(Also fun, my cleric dies all but instantly because she can't level up any more. Great design Cryptic.)
Now, I maxed out the top paragon tree, the one that is all about damage. With a full guard meter my power rating is somewhere around 2800 but power seems to have very little effect on actual damage output. And I've been spamming Villian's Menace like crazy because it says it give me more damage, but frankly given the small bonus and terrible up-time it doesn't really seem to help much either.
I'm kind of losing interest in this character, not because I can't win, but because it just takes so **** long. I don't understand why there is such a massive gap between basic enemies and mid-level enemies. I don't mind a hard fight once in a while, but when you attach easy boring fights to respawning enemy types... *sigh*
Well, for example I'm in the Rothe valley now. It takes 3 basic hits to kill a small spider, like a blood swarmer or spitter. But it takes about 40 basic hits to kill a phase spider. That's not a boss, that's a common enemy that respawns every two minutes. It's gotten to the point that I actively avoid enemies except quest-related ones because fighting them is just a soul-destroying waste of time with no reward.
(Also fun, my cleric dies all but instantly because she can't level up any more. Great design Cryptic.)
Now, I maxed out the top paragon tree, the one that is all about damage. With a full guard meter my power rating is somewhere around 2800 but power seems to have very little effect on actual damage output. And I've been spamming Villian's Menace like crazy because it says it give me more damage, but frankly given the small bonus and terrible up-time it doesn't really seem to help much either.
I'm kind of losing interest in this character, not because I can't win, but because it just takes so **** long. I don't understand why there is such a massive gap between basic enemies and mid-level enemies. I don't mind a hard fight once in a while, but when you attach easy boring fights to respawning enemy types... *sigh*
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PS: hylan1984 , can you please explain what "green power" is , and where can i buy sets ?? Only sets I've seen for sale is the PVP one for lvl 60. I'd be very greatfull if you help your fellow GFs
You might be using the wrong encounters, Most classes, GF's included, have kind of eg at-wills, cleave is amazing, but on single targets not so much; Your single target damage should come from things like knee breaker, lunging strike, and bull rush.. which will do the damage of 5-10 at wills.
As for what he means by green power set, he means a set of equipment (not particularly a SET as in with a set bonus, just.. a complete suit of equipment) that's green in color and has + to power on it, power scales your damage, is not affected by diminshing returns, and if you go conqueror, all power gains frm equipment are ffectively doubled while you don't block.
I see it as a play style problem not a class problem.
items bought for seals dont change, i think its lvl16, 26 and 36 so when you hit those lvls buy some
worked for me
Well im not lying and Ive played all the classes except cleric and GF (pre lvl 60) is a fairly fun class to play and is pretty "Good" in the arena if you know what you are doing.
Using this strategy leveling suddenly became very fun(and quite fast) after I acquired these skills. Also look for power gear at this level, not crit - because the most crit you're going to end up with is like 17% with the low amount of stats on these gears, which is not very good.