User:Taeryn14871

General
I'm relatively new to Guild Wars, only been playing for about 10 months. Due to school and work, I don't have nearly as much time as I wish I did to devote to this incredibly addictive game. Feel free to contact me in game, I'm usually willing to help with a mission, or a FoW group, etc.

This page will be a work-in-progress for awhile. Pictures and more characters will be posted later.

Things that bother me
This list is really long and boring. Don't say I didn't warn you. I did leave off obvious ones such as n00bs and scammers and ANet nerfs to skills that only need balancing in PvP. I figured those bother all of us.


 * 1) When people vote unfavoured on a build because "such and such class can do this better". Especially solo builds.  As far as I'm concerned, we're testing the build to see if it works, not if it works better.  I draw the line when there are multiple builds for one player class to accomplish the same exact purpose - for example, two Warrior builds for farming Vermin.  But if on the other hand, someone posts a build for a Dervish to farm a given area, it shouldn't be tested against a Warrior doing the same thing.  Some people won't have a warrior who can get to that area, and a Dervish build is very useful to them.
 * 2) The 40 million Dervish builds posted daily. It's tailed off a bit recently, but seriously, people need to look at the current builds before posting one.  And no more stupid Avatar of Blah builds.  Those are so unimaginative.
 * 3) It also bothers me when someone unfavours a build because it's not orthodox. There have been quite a few Paragon builds structured around melee combat for instance.  Yes, a Dervish or Warrior (or even Assassin) can usually do more damage,, but people need a new alternative for their Paragons ever since they've been nerfed to hell.  It may not be as good, but at least it works and makes the class useful.  It's nice to see a bit of variety in the game too... not every Necro needs to be an MM or SS, and every Dervish doesn't need to be Avatar of Balthazar.  It warms my heart to see someone use a creative build.
 * 4) Teamspeak. Sure it's useful, it's just so nerdy.
 * 5) Rangers. Now I do play one, occasionally.  And they are fun.  But 90% of the rangers in-game are completely useless.  The people playing them have no idea what the hell they are doing.  Generally speaking, a ranger has no purpose that can't be fulfilled by another class better.  The exceptions would be specific teams like B/P or Trapping.  But what else can you use them for?  Interrupting is better done with a Mesmer, damage any number of other classes can out-DPS them.  They survive better, but you might as well take a Paragon for the armor class if you need that.  Now I'm pretty prejudiced, because the fact is a ton of n00bs play rangers.  So I'm sure there are Rangers out there played by intelligent beings, who would be beneficial to a PUG.  The sad thing is, I very rarely come accross them.
 * 6) The same could be said for Wammos. Save 'em for farming.  There are better secondary classes for a Warrior.
 * 7) Elementalists who expect a Necromancer to Blood Ritual or Blood is Power them. Those are really nice to have when you're playing Ele.  But don't expect the Necro serve your energy needs.  There are better uses for the Necro.  Elementalists have access to a number of energy management skills, and if you play well, you can put out plenty of damage without getting into energy problems.  I'm not saying Necros shouldn't ever use blood skills on Eles, it's just that they are much lower priority than Bonders or Healers
 * 8) SF Eles. Come on.  Try something new.
 * 9) Mini Pets. I never got the point of them.  Status symbol, I guess?  I generally prefer to show off how much money I used to have with something useful, such as a Weapon or Armor.