Stickies, Guides, BM Forum Cleanup

b:surprised

yeah remake of the guids would be nice, they are kinda out of date.. Also sneak a peek at archers side of things.. This was one good idea i think we should steal: http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1286181

Ik it will be harder to do that for BM.s ofc.. but some general guide of what ppl should aim for would be good. since 99% of the questions here on BM side is about endgame builds, and im sure a guide like that would take care of 85% of them

TheDan - Sanctuary wrote: »

The BM forums is pretty sad I have to admit. Seb wrote a decent guide a while back but all the decent guides get buried and all the old ones stay dead. I bet 90% of the BMs on this forum don't even know who Lyndura or Warmachine are from back in 2008/2009.. Makes you wonder who you're getting advice from.

Seb?

Anyways, I think its a good idea and having one sticky to point at would draw more attention than 6 stickies dividing up peoples focus to the point they just create a new thread with the same repeated questions.

I'd like to help. I was waiting to respond for two reasons: First, its end of the term and I'm focusing on finals. Second, I've been trying to pull away from the forums a bit since if I'm spending time trolling here thats time I could be farming. But, it'd be a worthwhile cause to clean up the forums and help out new BMs.

BoomBastic - Lothranis wrote: »

yeah remake of the guids would be nice, they are kinda out of date.. Also sneak a peek at archers side of things.. This was one good idea i think we should steal: http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showthread.php?t=1286181

Ik it will be harder to do that for BM.s ofc.. but some general guide of what ppl should aim for would be good. since 99% of the questions here on BM side is about endgame builds, and im sure a guide like that would take care of 85% of them

I can post my build information, and people can expand for variations. Most BM build are similar, tiny differences of where your TT99 HA/LA go, and whether you go for Lunar or TT vana pieces, along with popular weapon choices. But it will take some time, that build will be more along the lines to give people an idea where to farm mats and what kind of squad set up is necessary, or the amount of coins needed to get the items.

I remember i had to search around a lot and organise lots of different things before i could even begin farming my endgame gear.

Maelael - Heavens Tear wrote: »

So Ideally, a thread like this:

http://pwi-forum.perfectworld.com/showpost.php?p=3811672&postcount=1

Ideas for sections:

Basics, Builds, & Skills
4 Weapon path guide
Where to put your points depending on style
Whatever skill guides

Gear & End Game Gear
Pre end game selections
End game gear selections
Weapon Selections

PvE
Whatever strategy guides
Genies

PvP
Whatever strategy guides
Genies


I'd assume we'd just link to various posts on the matters. Does that format work or am I missing something?

The next question is what do we have that is complete, and what do we need written?

Maelael - Heavens Tear wrote: »

Dan, you interested in revamping a PVP guide?

I am probably one of the most extensively knowledgeable old school BM PvPers still around out there, but I can't say much for my PvE knowledge pre-90s as I was a sage BM way back in 08 when everyone thought fist builds sucked, and times have changed, so I never really experimented with early builds. But anything end game related I could contribute lots of knowledge there.

I was always interested in putting a guide together, but was always too unmotivated to actually set aside time to put it together due to the fact I'm not really a big number crunching person and PvE builds don't really interest me all that much, so you're going to hear a lot of bias from me when it comes to builds/set ups because all my builds/set ups are geared towards PvP.

There is just so much more to know about BMs than any other class IMO so it's hard to know where to even start.... but it seems you already formatted a general outline for what guides you would need, but if my help is needed I can help out in the PvP related areas and some portions of the PvE guide too if my knowledge isn't too biased.

I can say one thing though, I am a genie fanatic when it comes to PvP...

I've pretty much 1v1ed every top R9 player (with the exceptions of barbs) on my server and been able to win reliably each time and experimenting with genie set ups to allow for BMs to be a viable choice for 1v1s, PvP, and PK.

On a scale of 1-5, I would rate BMs to be at 5* difficulty requiring maximum player skill required to PvP on the class well due to having a major disadvantage in mass PvP against other R9 DDs. They'd get a 4* survivability behind seekers/barbs and not having the most epic DD skills and probably 2* DD output because the class is limited to mostly melee range without any high DPH skills.

Hattori_ - Archosaur wrote: »

+9001

There ya go.