Mystic Vids

Great vid! I liked how you were always a step ahead of the cata barbs who were probably not prepared for the gale+bramble tornado b:chuckle

I miss them 3 hour TWs; pretty difficult for my fac to find a TW that lasts more than 15 mins now b:surrender

cant really tell when you are using the new SM but the video is good over all

I'm afraid I'm not a PvP expert b:shocked

I didn't see all of it cause it's 3:30 right now lol but for what I've seen you did what you signed up to, since your focus was on helping cata squad. I would have gone a little more on 'crowd control mode' and used Gale Force a little more often, but then again, I have absolutely no idea what I'd do in your place. Probably panic and holy path b:laugh

The only thing I really noticed that you had a problem with was with timing the Faith genie skill, but you can't always see it when someone is gonna stun you :P that's why I keep AD on my genie b:surrender

I can actually give an opinion worth reading this time lol, since I go to NW on a regular basis.

I noticed that you do some things in a different way than I do, but that's probably because of the gear gap and the cultivation, since I'm a sage g16 +5 mystic. One of the things I would have used more regardless of the gear or cultivation is pets, I use mainly the devil on NW in case someone catches me by surprise. I always have my devil out because of dem sneaky sins.

Also I don't know how many times you did that and I don't know if it was a mistake or not, but I noticed you used Gale Force and then Bramble Tornado to defend from a melee class...I thought that was a risky move, as Gale Force can freeze the player in place, and the knockback won't work. I usually do that the other way around, Bramble Tornado and then Gale b:pleased

I don't remember much else that's worth mentioning, I'm sorry if I sound arrogant, that's the last thing I want to sound, I'm just stating my opinion.

Also I lol'd when the archer teleported to the side and fell down on the crystal contest b:avoid

I haven't watched the video yet, but I wanted to share my point about some things that have been written.

Alexis - Lothranis wrote: »

Using the devil in defense mode might be a good idea, I just wouldn't like him wasting stun on targets that are easy oneshots or start auto-attacking casters with purify.

Actually I think that pet in defense mode is still better than having it in auto-attack mode. But since some weeks (or more), I've been using it in manual mode more often (and sometimes I don't even have pets, which is not a good thing though). "Wasting" stun on one-shots target is not that much a bid deal, but I have more and more problems regarding casters with R9.3 weapon (especially because they now know that the pet won't deal much damage to them, so they let him alive to proc weapon). Because of that I currently don't really know what to do with Chihyu and this is a major dilemma.
Even in manual mode, if you're not fast enough (to leech it) you can have problem because just after the stun the pet will auto-attack with a chance to proc the enemy's weapon.

Alexis - Lothranis wrote: »

GF - BT is a bad(in a way) habit I picked up from handling opposing flag carriers and cata-pullers in tw. Even if the target is froze you can still knock him back so it's not 'risky'.

Yeah you usually can push back opponent even if you froze him, so I don't think this is a bad move and I often use it that same way. And I don't think this is that "redundant" because :
1) you're not sure to freeze with GF
2) the skill damage is not bad anyway

Alexis - Lothranis wrote: »

I use this to my advantage with running targets to not risk them running past me and pushing them in the wrong direction.

It happened to me sometimes (especially when I have some lags, which is often the case with my crappy connection) that instead of pushing the "fast barb" (for example) away, I help him to go faster to the delivery point b:surrender

Alexis - Lothranis wrote: »

Other way around would be more efficient, especially since the knockback distance is 13m, exactly the range of GF

The problem I can see with that is :
1) you need the opponent to be really close to you (this is maybe the case each time you use that combo), otherwise you will push him away, then moving closer to him.
2) I often noticed a bug in GF when I am exactly at max distance of the enemy : the skill seems to be cast but actually the enemy isn't touched by it.


But this is situational... Usually if an enemy is running fast at me (typically barb or BM) I use bramble tornado, hit him once or twice (or heal myself, or cast plant), then use GF. And if the enemy is already close to me, then I use GF before using bramble.