Originally Posted by
Suctum
I might play on a PvE server now, that's not where I came from. I follow the population and where the pvp goes. I can tell you right now there is almost ZERO pvp on the so called US "PvP" servers and it has been that way for several years now. I was on Tyranny for years, but there is no use staying on a dead server just because you think the rule set gives you some kind of prestige. Generally, newer players (when I say newer I mean from 2011 and beyond)are pretty clueless what real pvp is or was because they did not experience mass pvp as anyone like myself has from launch to about late 2010. Remember, I play on US servers, population has been an issue for us since late 2010, if the EU pvp servers population has remained intact, good for you.
The fact mini games pop nonstop on Set and on Tyranny it's a 30-60 minute wait between minis is enough for me not to waste my time there. I made a name for myself in world pvp, sadly, Tyranny and DW do not have a sustainable population for constant world pvp. But nothing has "skewed" my vision of PvP.
As for bad players, every server has them. There are is an equal number of bad if not worse players on a PvP server, I see useless specs posted all the time by people on both the EU and US PvP servers.
Seeing how stupid tanks are in general, especially DT and Conq, you can't really use a premade to judge class balance. Since the PoM revamp as well, premades are a joke. Stack as many tanks and PoMs as you can and play melee mash up for 15 minutes. Bringing a caster to a current day premade is almost laughable, unless the other side brings 1 or 2 as well, and in US premades that simply does not happen. It's tanks, PoM, Shammy, and perhaps a Barb/Ranger in that order and pretty much nothing else.
As far as WoF, it's no filler. It's only useful if the situation presents itself, SB and IoA/CB around corners should be anyone's mainstay, not some channel where you a total target standing still.
The fact you have on 5 different occasions through this thread only mention "good players" by first name shows some bias on your end...there are plenty of good players of each class on every server. Saying there is not a good necro or demo is totally untrue, because I can think of 10 right off the top of my head that I consider direct threats on a server with less population than yours...