after 30ish hours side by side with my bud's GWF I gotta say they work. The GWF is the DPS tank.....they are NOT Rivals of the TR in dps. my buddies GWF defends about the same as my GF on mobs that break my guard in one or two hits. Not bad considering he does hella more damage
I wonder about the information that is given to people that play GWF. The GWF has always been a defensive leaning class. The GWF is more of an AOE dps class then a burst or direct damage class. The developers have stated more then once that the GWF is producing the damage they intended for the class to produce in relation…
As a former Ultima Online, a ZEK server, and shadow bane/EVE player. I can say games built from the ground up to PVP like Shadow Bane are light years better then games that treat PVP as an after thought. I guess games like EVE that let users make a difference or play it safe are the best of both worlds.....but once…
That worked for original DnD you balanced the classes by the attribute scores.....yea you could be a Pally...but your stats will be watered down...you are not likely to be on par with a Fighter who can focus on Strength and Con, he does not need Wis and Char. But you got to play what you want and your buddies would…
I don't think the GF is in any fear of loosing the Boss tank role because of the shield. An off tank that cant save the cleric/mage/ranger (whatever) from getting swarmed by a gaggle of adds cant do his job. a good dps class that functions as an off tank with get out of hell taunt would be a good team mate
That would be a major flub if Cryptic wants to build it out as a Striker.... In fact.... GWF are screwed if that is their vision.... They clearly already has a skill set that is built TOO middle of the road to be DPS rivals of pure DPS classes The odds of keeping an off tank role are toast if they are "strikers", when…
I have had group members pull aggro off of my GF....the game would be broken if their was no threat of death for the rest of the group.... GWF need a clickable AOE taunt. They have the defensive skills and passive threat skills ( that appear to not work)....but that is not enough.... they NEED a clickable AOE taunt. I like…
You cant balance a PVE game around "pvp" when it treats pvp a secondary element. Bottom line..... High damage and soft target define half of the non-healer classes. Moderate Damage HARD target defines the middle class. Low damage hard target defines the last class. GWF are going to be BELOW soft armored pure DPS classes,…
Am I missing something? I thought the TR was the DPS class? They do to much damage? oh...... yea.... I am sure somebody will get right on that....you know....rebalancing the entire game since it was built from the ground up as the TR being the damage dealer in every encounter....
I am pretty sure ( not 100%) that I was picking up heavy armor( plate-mail) drops for GWF. I have not played the class...so lets get that disclaimer out of the way. Am I playing up what I am reading and making incorrect conclusions? I look at the class as a class with access to damage mitigation (Unstoppable-Armor…
Because they need a tank? Or possibly an off tank? At the end of the day...its still a heavy armor class with a taunt factor...... It is a increased threat class that does AOE....build to be a tank and you have a role....build to be a gimped striker and you have a second rate dps class that is more durable then a Rogue..