BGs is just a bunch of sorcs spamming execute and rune cage and the occasional nb being the annoyance that they are.

Seriously there's only two classes I see in BGs and that's sad.

i get 20 - 30 kills on magsorc using 4necro, 2 grothdaar, 3 will power, and 5 lich backbar. magsorcs dont use sloads TRUST me on that. unless they are noob

Lexxypwns wrote: »

LegendaryMage wrote: »

Lexxypwns wrote: »

ecru wrote: »

Lexxypwns wrote: »

@ecru on Xbox NA there are two notorious sub-50 groups that run full pre-makes and always have a dedicated healer. If you’re leveling a character through BGs you’ll start to encounter those groups after 5-10 levels if you play well, it’s really sad

i can't imagine finding any sort of enjoyment in this. sub 50 bgs are already total faceroll if you know what you're doing.

I mean, they literally delete and remake characters. They’re not actual good players though, which explains why they’re not doing something else I suppose

What's the point of that? You have to re-level each char, get some skill points, get decent passives only to delete it after 'insert some days here'? Seems like a total waste of time to me.

Well yeah. Lately I’ve been leveling my new characters through BGs when I get bored of grinding and I see them there all the time on different characters.

I think the point is that they’re not good enough to compete against other BG groups but they want to play with friends and feel good about themselves.

Edit: still lame AF and they should spend that extra time improving.

I see. Well, if that's the only way for them to have fun, then sure. Let them do it. It's not like they'll improve like that lol

As for the topic, yeah sure mag sorcs are good. But here's the thing. Stam NB is just 3 times better in BGs. I didn't play mine for a few months, the other day I go into a BG and it's almost 25-3 score in the end without even trying.

Not to mention that it absolutely shredded all mag sorcs in its path. Most of them don't even have stamina for more than 2 breakfrees in a row... Really sad.

It's so easy to take advantage of the hit & run playstyle in no CP, it's ridiculous. I'm taking my magplar next, even though I doubt it will be as good as the NB, I'm pretty confident it will be better than the sorc. After that, I'll give the mag NB a go too.

Joy_Division wrote: »

bitels wrote: »

How do you know someone is premade?

Play enough BGs and it becomes obvious. When the 4 players move in concert, coordinate their burst, and in general know what they are doing.

I suppose it wouldn't be easy to tell if a premade team was made of inexperienced players, but then again I don't particularly cared getting matched-up against them when I solo que.

Yup I would say the most obvious indicator is coordinated ult stacking. This can be done in a pug but is incredibly rare to get all 4 members on the mic and willing to actually work together an time ults. Even more so when that little ball of butt huggers runs away from you until they have their ults up then turns and bursts before running again.

People complaining about meta lol. This is from my magden using straight pve gear/build. Sounds like a bunch of l2p issues non pvpers have.

GawdSB wrote: »

BGs is just a bunch of sorcs spamming execute and rune cage and the occasional nb being the annoyance that they are.

Seriously there's only two classes I see in BGs and that's sad.

Lol, a team of Sorcs would be shite. You need 1 to burst / execute sure but plenty of other classes are needed for support & dealing the rest of the damage.

Damn i think this forum needs a hurt by Sorc support corner

Stamsorc here. Runecage + Overload is fun.
(Most of the time, I can get one hit, and the second is dodged, but yeah, occasionally, they can't break free).
I'm playing in medium with 2 Mundus stones, the only proc is selene (I would consider this build as fairly balanced and non-cheesy). Runecage, Sloads etc... are not really a problem as long as you're not ignoring their existing while making your build... In my opinion.

Actually, I do enjoy BG's a lot more than cyrodiil.

-Nearly instant queue.
-Almost lag free.
-No-cp.
-Fast paced.
-Guaranteed AP.
-Small scale.
-I feel powerful.
-I'm having fun.

ecru wrote: »

Phage wrote: »

Played BGs exclusively since the event started.

Have encountered none of this.

sub 50 bgs are a bit different friendo



also the power sigil is fair and balanced.

Hm, wondering if that was the night I played with them.

And they shouldn't have been in under 50?

While some of these problems definitely do exist, they don't ruin the experience for me. And I've had very few performance issues in BGs, if any.

Lately it also seems like breaking free from rune cage has been less of a problem... maybe I'm just imagining things though.

Seems mostly like a bunch of vigor spamming DKs to me but no one really seems to be complaining about them. Probably because they have been around so long and they are ones complaining when something actually beats them.

I have been running under level 50 BG's with my new Stam Blade and it's pretty fun for me. Getting used to playing with a stam blade in PvP has been a challenge, but i'm getting the hang of it.

I decided to re-spec my PvE sorc (my main toon) to be suitable for PvP. I decided to put on Sloads just to see what this guy could do. I previously tried Sloads on my DK and it didn't notice much (might give up on that character entirely)

But man, Sorcerer + Sloads + Infernal Guardian (what I have been running) Just steam rolls through everything.

I also decided to try Rune Cage on my sorc as well to see what that fuss was all about. I ill be honest here, I have quite a hard time getting this to fire. I could be a distance away, or right in front of someone, and Rune cage is greyed out most of the time, even though I have the resources to cast it. It seemed to fire about 50% of the time. I seemed to die a lot while trying to cast it. To me it doesn't seem all that great.

I remember people complaining that you couldn't break out of Rune Cage, but it sure seemed like the times that I did get this to fire, that people break out of it pretty quickly. Now, I just don;t use Rune Cage as much.

if I am being honest, I am kind of bummed that I haven't been killed by Sloads more often. Just since Midyear Mayhem launched, I've seen Sloads come up in my death re-cap about 3-4 times.

After trying out Sloads, I can say that I don't notice it much when I am alive. I think the leeching shadow is this purple light that is applied to the enemy (someone correct me if I am wrong). When I do notice Sloads is when I am dead, and I can say, that it does seem to be a little much.

It's one thing when you are alive and trucking along, getting kills, etc....and Sloads is doing it's work. But when you're dead, waiting for the timer to run out so you can re-spawn, and you can count 1-2 kills and 3-4 assists. Hell even when you re-spawn and running back out to the action, and you still get a little assist notice n the bottom corner of your screen.

I am all for Sloads working as intended when your alive, but after using it and seeing how it works, I think the kills/assists you can get after you're already dead could be a little much.

Waffennacht wrote: »

GawdSB wrote: »

BGs is just a bunch of sorcs spamming execute and rune cage and the occasional nb being the annoyance that they are.

Seriously there's only two classes I see in BGs and that's sad.

I see:

Stam NB
Some sort of DK (mag I think) - uncommon
Stam Sorc
Mag Sorc
Stam Warden - rare
Healthden - rare
Mag Templar - rare

What's funny is my 4 favorite Classes to play in BG's are Stam DK, magplar, Stam warden and Stamplar which you didn't even list lol.