So I've been gone for about a year now and I was just wondering if anything has changed? I left for many reasons but chiefly among them was lack or realm cohesion(not realm pride per say) and the alb zerg.


Trying to get Hib to organize anything other than 8 mans was a joke. At one point I was apart of a big alliance and I remember attempting to set up an alliance "zerg". I posted in alliance chat, on the website, and even sent PM's....for 3 DAYS. I ended up with about 4 groups. None of which had more than 1 druid. Nor any Warlords. All of which had about 3 sneaks, and the rest casters. Nobody but myself and one other person brought siege.It's sad when you can't organize a dang thing to TRY and combat the Kzerg. I spent almost all 3 days leveling up my siegecraft just to have access to the good stuff.


And then there was Kzar and Oldboy and so on. Although I don't have anything against them personally it was hard to enjoy the game when every night I'd log in to find more of Hib red and spend the night with what few people I could organize trying to retake towers and/or keeps while trying to avoid the bulk of the zerg.


So is it still the same? Has hib been able to unite and combat the ever growing Alb zerglings or are they still interested in soloing and 8mans as well as RP hunting? I might consider a resub out of boredom until Prime comes out.

 

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well your warden just got the option to become a primary healer basically.

 

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I'm not in the NF/RVR scene much but from what i've seen there aren't alot of Hib BGs. I just finished the halloween quest the other day (did it solo since i did it on my ranger). As i ran through the quest i got the impression (from reading /region) that folks were finding it a little difficult to find a group that was doing the quest. This could also be inpart that if a group with less than a full complement had already move out to begin the quest, then someone would log on a few minutes later looking for a group.

Though many ppl (self included) were posting what pumpkin patches were clear (or camped) so others could do those if needed.

I think forming a BG requires patience and having/building a good rep for yourself. Building a good rep is very hard because alot of ppl want to accomplish the task the BG is running on the very first try. Many lazy ppl just want everything handed to them, and likely the very same ppl who couldn't be bothered to help another player unless it was something they were planning to do anyways (maybe not even then).

There was this one player named Lovin that I must say i was quite impressed with. haven't seen'em logged on in awhile, but he ran bgs quite often and many folks followed him.

Another thing is that if something goes wrong in a BG many ppl start crying how the BG was a fail, they start quitting as soon as things go a little wary (causing a domino affect). I guess its easier to complaine about a BG being a failure than to Man-up any form/run your own.

The above is based on my own experiences whenever i've been in any raid/BG, be it killing the dragons, ML10, etc.. etc..,

Hib seriously needs bg leaders that'll take charge, and group leaders willing to do pugs...break out of the clique mentality.

 

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Yes and no.

Hib is a lot more competitive then it had been. They have had 3 str relics for a few weeks.

Alb still has big zergs(some times more then 1 at time), but it dosn't drag down the game as much as it did a year ago.

While a Hib BG if still rare (in US prime time), Hibs do tend to respond against zergs on their own turf. (ie keeping 3 relics for so long)

Well that's a helluva lot better compared to the last time I played. I tried to step up at one point and be a BG leader but nobody was willing to follow. At the time Kzar had just restarted his zergfest and nobody was willing to fight fire with fire. I believe there was a time when we went almost a month with no relics. That's just sad. Is the action still real spotty?

 

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Say what now? They FINALLY showed Wardens some love(even if it's not in the dps category)? This is good news indeed.

 

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I only play alb stealth, so I can't vouch for the size of alb zergs. But from my experience, Mids (especially during Euro hours / Late night US) have the biggest zerg(s). If not biggest, at least comparable to alb.

The action isn't too spotty, thanks to the Euro merge. You can find action at all hours of the day.

 

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contradiction police. Alb stealthers do nothing but stealth zerg

 

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Greater heal and spec group heal...should be very interesting(not just as warden as many traditional roles will need to adjust slightly) to play in a support based warden hib group.

if you had slam it got nerfed a little.

 

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