User:Randomtime/Thoughts

=Thoughts= Pondering...

=Interesting opinion= If we take D&D 4th edition's role system and apply it to GW - then we may get a good way of deciding how to balance a party

What is the role system?
In 4th edition D&D - the role system is a way of balancing a party of players - it's a way of looking at set classes. The roles are

Defender: Highest defenses, good close-up offense.

Controller: Good vs large numbers of enemies, favor offense against defense - AoE and conditions to delay, weeken foes

Leader: A class that heals, insipres - a support class that provides buffs and heals.

Striker: High amounts of dammage in short periods, good moblity, trickary, magic - normaly low AC

How does it work in GW?
We could easily use these when finding a party (a lot of people do look for certain classes when they look for a party, but may not be thinking of using this system). To take GW's classes: =GW classes=

Defender: - Attacks relentlessly - slight contoller aspects, depending on the build.

Striker: Low AC but high dammage, mainly out of the fight - can take down foes in a concentrated way easially - some builds may change this (as with most classes in GW, the role may be slightly different depending on the build)

Leader: Prot/Healing prayers make this character a defender - smiting is uses occasionally - and a smiting build could change into a striker/contoller - but these are not normally used, or expected in a party.

Controller - A necro is a controller - he hexes and conditions his foes, and he creates minions to do his dirty work. However, a necro can do high dammage, and a build could make him a striker.

Controller/Striker - An ele, depending on her element - could be either a controller or a striker, or a little bit of both - Eles may hex, especally water eles, but many fire/air spike, and cause high dammage as a stiker - as always, it depends on the build.

Controler - The mesmer's hexes and shutdown capablities make an excelent striker, which is often overlooked in a group dynamic.

Striker, not Defender - the number of players I've seen trying to play this class like a defender (tank) is unbelevible) the low armour level of the asssassin makes her cannon fodder, which means that good Assasins are frequnently overlooked in groups (due to the overwhelming number of bad assassins.

Controller/leader: Depending on the role (retoration rit is leader) - Restoration rits also have the advantage of hiding themselves in HoH battles - as the team focus fires the monks.

Defender - Just when you thought Warrior was the only defender class, the Dervish was released, it does not have the high armour level that the Warrior, but the Dervish's enchantments will keep him alive - unless countered by a mesmer.

Leader The paragon's shouts provide team buffs, I don't have much paragon experence.

=What does this mean?= Probably nothing