User:Carnival King

What a Circus...
Hi there. If you are reading this, you are paying attention to me! Fantastic! Ahem. Anyway, I am new to this Wiki-edit thing, so I just wanted to put a quick few things down now as I slowly build up this base of knowledge on my Skill experiences and such, including favourite builds and the like.

One thing you might realise is I am not your typical player. I follow the old addage "Style over Purpose". That in mind, I do (reasonably) well for myself, and slowly work to advance my characters in some small way slowly. To aid this, I make one character per expansion. These characters have completely different classes, if I can help it, because I feel that one ranger is usually enough. Why play multiples of the same class?

So, I hope you find this useful and informative. Please stay tuned for more information as and when I can update myself.

See you around, and happy gaming!

You never fight alone.

CK.

The Gallery
Ok, so now that is out of the way, let us look at the characters I play, and some of my "builds" that I use.

Carnival King


The Carnival King is my "flagship" character, and the one I spend the most time playing. Each and every character I make is a reflection of me in some regards, and I love playing the Mesmer above all else. One of the sad things I noticed when I was watching the demos my freinds played was how whiny and annoying high-level Mesmers were. Always complaining, always unhappy about a lack of skill focus and being "forced to using the same three skills." I promised myself I would try and make Mesmers an important class again, and prove that you can do so much more than "Backfire, Power Spike, Phantasm".

He was built to be a "Punishment Mesmer", focusing on immediate reprecussions against enemy abilities. Here is an example of my current skill list. Please note that while the Carnival King is a Mesmer/Ranger, no ranger skills are taken. Hench, this skill list can be used by pure Mesmers to great effect. Also note that a vast majority of these skills are only truly useful in a PvE environment, so results may vary in PvP.

Now, I know what you are thinking: "Backfire and Power Spike? I thought you were tring to get away from them!" The truth is, Backfire is just too important not to take, and Power Spike is just there as a secondery interrupt. I'll work on changing that out at some other point.

As for equipment, I currently use a Perfect Gazing Scepter and an Hanaku's Focus. Hanaku's Focus is very handy to have due to its extra Domination assistance, but for staff users you can also use Morolah's Staff, a very nice secondery weapon to really pump out those Empathy spells.

Cruac King


Ever since I saw my first Flesh Golem, I knew I wanted to play a Minion Master. Thus I made Cruac King: A Ritualist Necromancer for Factions.

(Self-Note: Minion Master build here)

As I started to play and grow more experienced, I realised i needed two types of build, just in case someone was, for example, a MM already. So, I created a moderate Spirit Build.

Cherubim King


Nicknamed "The Sunblessed Soldier", Cherubim King is a pleasent change. With two casters under me, I thought I needed a melee fighter. After seeing Paragons in the beta of Nightfall, and reading that they had the same armour benefits as Warriors, I made up my mind.

This is an experimental Swordsman Build that I am playing about with.