theSCARAYone Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) It hasn't been updated in over a year and is completely outdated. Edited August 2, 2013 by theSCARAYone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
So-low Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) /signed Most of it is completely useless, but the WZ guides might still help people. The devs should writeup a new thread themselves, detailing how bolster works and how to advance your gear/explore gearing options with bolster in place. Including a "mathy" explanation wouldn't hurt either. Or maybe the Devs are just too busy to take a couple hours out of their week to communicate with their players? Edited August 2, 2013 by So-low Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycao Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Agreed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joesixxpack Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Was a great 101 guide, now very obsolete. I like that Dev guide idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laendser Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 It hasn't been updated in over a year and is completely outdated. Sounds like PvP as a whole. Oh wait, 2.4 will change ALL of that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUXs Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Sounds like PvP as a whole. Oh wait, 2.4 will change ALL of that! No kidding...they sure aren't likely to see this post any time soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tezeretz Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 New guide! How to be a contender. v2.0 -LolBolster = win! Gear= irrelevant Skill= irrelevant To make sure you get the most out of LolBolster, be sure to stand within range of a healer at all times. 1-Bolster 2-healer 3-???? 4-profit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_Hesitate Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) New guide! How to be a contender. v2.0 -LolBolster = win! Gear= irrelevant Skill= irrelevant How exactly does the bolster make skill irrelevant? Edited August 2, 2013 by Never_Hesitate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cycao Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 How exactly does the bolster make skill irrelevant? People still grasp onto the belief that gear outshines skill. I know, crazy right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Never_Hesitate Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) People still grasp onto the belief that gear outshines skill. I know, crazy right? No, he even wrote gear is irrelevant, so the bolster must be playing the game for some people Now they can't roflstomp new players because of the gear gap anymore so a lot of them have to consider that they could be not as good as they thought Edited August 2, 2013 by Never_Hesitate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-RANDLE Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 How exactly does the bolster make skill irrelevant? There is some skill involved in accumulation of gear and theorycrafting on certain builds, most are now thrown out the window because of bolster and removing the DR on EXP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamansus Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 There is some skill involved in accumulation of gear and theorycrafting on certain builds, most are now thrown out the window because of bolster and removing the DR on EXP. So...Bolster made min/maxing obsolete? Because I'm pretty sure it didn't. Not sure how a DR curve on expertise made skill a requirement in getting it. It came in higher amounts on better gear, you just kept putting the next tier of gear on. Srs bsns skillzorz rite thar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-RANDLE Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) So...Bolster made min/maxing obsolete? Because I'm pretty sure it didn't. Not sure how a DR curve on expertise made skill a requirement in getting it. It came in higher amounts on better gear, you just kept putting the next tier of gear on. Srs bsns skillzorz rite thar. Skilled players min/max faster and was definitely a quantifiable difference. Now, PvP gear isn't a requirements, so yes, in a sense min/max is obsolete. Removing the DR was an indirect casue of skill being somewhat irrelevant now as well simply because it was the major reason why healing is out of control. Mistakes are outhealed, which removes a lot of the ability to even judge skill. Edited August 2, 2013 by L-RANDLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamansus Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 Skilled players min/max faster and was definitely a quantifiable difference. Now, PvP gear isn't a requirements, so yes, in a sense min/max is obsolete. Removing the DR was an indirect casue of skill being somewhat irrelevant now as well simply because it was the major reason why healing is out of control. Mistakes are outhealed, which removes a lot of the ability to even judge skill. I don't know about you but I still min/max my PvP gear. Because I don't want to be bad. Healing is strong at the moment because of the balance changes in 2.0, if they wanted to bring it back down they'd simply need to tweak the healing values at maximum expertise. We might see that in 2.4, but I don't think it's "out of control" at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L-RANDLE Posted August 2, 2013 Share Posted August 2, 2013 (edited) I don't know about you but I still min/max my PvP gear. Because I don't want to be bad. Healing is strong at the moment because of the balance changes in 2.0, if they wanted to bring it back down they'd simply need to tweak the healing values at maximum expertise. We might see that in 2.4, but I don't think it's "out of control" at the moment. Lol so I'm bad cause I'm not min/max. Did you calc your min/max increase? It's small enought to be alomst irrelevant.. + When average hps, outpaces average DPS in objective based WZ, its out of control. The ninja 5% healing buff had versus class balance stuff. I would suspect most mercs have not had much in the way of balancing done, but are now outpacing the strongest DPS classes currently.. But back to my main point, because of these things, skill is somewhat irrelevant and boils down to button mashing in most situations. Edited August 2, 2013 by L-RANDLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cub-lover Posted August 3, 2013 Share Posted August 3, 2013 Oh wait, 2.4 will change ALL of that! oh you mean when the stupid pve community get more content every *********** patch the pve players get something the pvp should get equal ammoutn of content and hte pvp sideo f thigns should get all the content untill it is equal with the ammount of pve sh it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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