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...... omg! lol! Can anyone help me reach 130k with Oakensoul?

That sucks man try not to let it get you down. I've been playing for about 5 years I think, consider myself pretty good at the game, but focus on pvp. So I feel like I can sympathize with you. Kinda hurts the ego to admit, but I am also excluded from some activities that would be fun. I'm sure you parse way higher than me.

Have you considered putting your own groups together out of your guilds or friends list? You don't actually need that much dps if you understand the mechanics do you? A bunch of you doing 90k would probably be sufficient as long as you were all prepared for the longer fight?

Also, have you thought about tanking or healing instead? While they also have important jobs to do they are in greater demand and have no "test" they have to pass. It may be enough for you to just throw on some group buff sets and tank.

Soarora wrote: »

90k is fine for vSS HM, I’m assuming the group leader doesn’t know you use oakensoul so I don’t know what’s up with them (I guess wanting to get a fast as possible run done but dummy parse =/= content parse and someone can just lie…). However, not sure how high oakensoul parses in-content (I’ve heard it’s great for AS though?). People may claim you need to not use oakensoul but dps is dps, if it works, it works… just don’t use it in Cloudrest.

why not? yes, i use one bar + Oakensoul



And i really dont understand.
Many people talk aboutparses and etc....
It's true you can parse many more with 2 bars. True! I know people with 130k in parse...
But in real trial... they have 90k (130k parse)
I have 75k (90k parse)

How can it be bad? I don't understand it

Soarora wrote: »

EnKor wrote: »

Soarora wrote: »

90k is fine for vSS HM, I’m assuming the group leader doesn’t know you use oakensoul so I don’t know what’s up with them (I guess wanting to get a fast as possible run done but dummy parse =/= content parse and someone can just lie…). However, not sure how high oakensoul parses in-content (I’ve heard it’s great for AS though?). People may claim you need to not use oakensoul but dps is dps, if it works, it works… just don’t use it in Cloudrest.

why not? yes, i use one bar + Oakensoul



And i really dont understand.
Many people talk aboutparses and etc....
It's true you can parse many more with 2 bars. True! I know people with 130k in parse...
But in real trial... they have 90k (130k parse)
I have 75k (90k parse)

How can it be bad? I don't understand it

75k in-content is great as far as I’m concerned. Definitely enough for HM.

As for Cloudrest, congratulations on your clear. I say not to use it in Cloudrest because of Relequen. His mechanic is a curse on one of your bars and you have to swap bars or else you’re going to kill everyone. I assume having Oakensoul doesn’t make you immune to getting that mechanic.

it makes. I get no blue warning at all

thorwyn wrote: »

it makes. I get no blue warning at all

No it doesnt.
You were just lucky you didn't get it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOUSeWf285s

ok. i really thought we are imune. Only did vCR 2 or 3 times and never have any problem with Oaksoul.

Luke_Flamesword wrote: »

Game difficulty balance is very, very weird. Most of content is boringly too easy (overland), there are some veteran content with much harder stuff (comparing to overland) and then there are some vet trials and HMs, which are impossible for 95% of players.

Game doesn't prepare players for higher difficulty, there are not learning curve with difficulty ladder. There is easy "what do you want" overland and than is kick in your face. Player can take time to make meta build, adjust skills, learn rotation - but game itself don't encourage to it. You have to learn outside game (mostly websites with tips) and than spent time with dummy which is not fun at all.

Most players fear harder content and don't even try or are not prepared at all for it. It's really bad game design and something should be done.

This is a fantastic point.
Me myself while I have learned DPS role an rotations before, I have never tried to DD, doing weaving, which is an actual exploit just seems stupid to me. I am a tank main anyway, but they I have an even harder issue finding groups.
Still it is the weak other content that is the annoying thing that wont encourage me to learn a DD role. If there was some actual decent content for solo playing then I would learn to DD.