are alb classes really that bad?

[gwari]

"Also too many ppl slagging on the grouppurge... on a 30 min timer. How can u complain on that but miss the fact that SoS is a semi-grouppurge + uberspeed with 30sec duration? and bunker of faith... well really... u just whine"

You silly person, SoS is not a semi-grouppurge, only thing it does is give you speed, if a mezz lands on you before you SoS it wont work. If a mezz/stun lands on you in SoS time, you cant attack. Grouppurge lets you win a fight, SoS only alows you to cowardly run away and then you get ganked anyways when it runs out and the mezz kicks in.

There are a lot reasons why albion is not very competitive all over the world in this game, but concluding that people with "less skill" join albion is a moronic conclusion. Havent seen anybody with even little "evidence", to support this allegation.

I DARE THE PEOPLE WHO SAY "ALBS SUCK IN RVR BECAUSE THEY LACK SKILL AND ARE MORONS/KIDS" TO BACKUP THEIR ALLEGATIONS WITH FACTS!

100% sure i wont get em.

Stick, lvl 50 friar.

 

[lofff]

gwari... drood grouppurges mezz, group gets AErooted and picked 1 on 1 with stun.

minstrel bashes SoS... full group running at warp speed in betwen the combat, casters inhitable, all invulnerable to stun, all invulnerable to root/snare, our casters/bards/supports CANT get away sprinting from a chasing tank...


whos the silly one?

 

[old.Odysseus]

and the point of rooting a mezzer/nuker/archer is what?

 

[gwari]

sure Loff, and the bard just mezzes and the albs cant even attack. I bet the bards and casters are really afraid of albs running after them who are unable to attack 0.o

Stick, lvl 50 friar.

 

[Cowled]

Originally posted by old.Odysseus

Patch 1.52 givs rangers higher damage than scouts.
Armsman vs. hero?
Infils rox.

All tanks, except those with moose/hamster-version < Polearm

Higher dmg than scouts? Oh.. i so much meet a ranger... don't think i ever has... hmm

And if i should meet one .. slam .. +2 arrows... 1200 dmg... then i should be able to hit him with lifebane thrusters

 

[old.Odysseus]

Albs got the best Assasin-class, best scout-class, and best tank-class (also the most boring tank-class; armsman).

That is what you so blatantly stated.
The below is assuming no external buffs of any kind.
Now let me explain it point for point:

a) Alb has best assassin class:
yes, arguably

b) Alb has best scout (read:archer) class:
Rangers outdamage us on same range with heavy long vs. heavy recurve bows based on their selfbuff.
Rangers outmelee us any day - note I said melee. We may land that slam (and have it immediately purged) and get off maybe 1 arrow. We still lose.
Rangers have self speed buff, scouts do not.
Conclusion: Rangers is a better archer class than scout.

c) Alb has the best tank class:

All tanks, except those with moose/hamster-version < Polearm

You said it yourself. Hamster is on a 7 minute timer as I recall, effectively meaning that it is available for well over 75% of the battles they enter.

Final conclusion:
Your original statement was well above 50% wrong.

 

[old.Kladen]

scout is the best archer class. they can spec in SHEILD which is a tank ability which means they will block arrows.

 

[Northstarr]

i think you should listen to the people who actually play high lvl scouts when they say rangers are better

 

[old.Odysseus]

The shield rox. No doubt about that. In soloing it is a life saver and a life taker!

But since See Hidden was introduced, soloing was made kindda hard, only really viable if youre buffed and hunt remote locations.

That narrows the discussion down to groupplay.
Now consider what you would rather have:
a) Slam + bowdamage + melee
b) 110% bowdamage + 125% melee + runspeed + selfbuffs

The only thing slam is useful for in the aggressive style grouptactics that is employed today is breaking mezz with for the nukers to kill the target.
Another mode of groupplay is that you try and nuke - which leads us back to rangers outdamaging scouts bow-wise.