took a break from LW4 yesterday to get all the PoF hero points on my 3 boosted characters, so 290 each which is a little over a full elite spec, which granted for now was what I wanted. Mixed feelings on the specs, well not really mixed, only one real dissapointment, which was:
Mesmer / Virtuoso - Yeah this isn't it for me. I'm not gonna say I wasted a boost, especially when I dont have THAT much interest in the rest of the classes, but still. The mesmer part, while I was going around getting all the points, was ok-ish, I love the greatsword skills on mesmer (in fact, greatsword has to be the coolest weapon on any class that can use it no?), but the clone AI is awkward, and I hate how they dissapear when they mob you used them on dies. That is something virtuoso actually "fixes" since the swords actually stick around from mob to mob, and the lack of clones makes it more straightforward to play, but a bit TOO straightforward in my opinion, but the biggest issue is how squishy it feels. I had heard about this to be fair, but didnt expect it to be this bad. I actually died a few times on some hero challenges, and a couple I couldnt even solo. Mesmer will deffo go on the backburner for now, maybe one day if Im still playing ill hunt more hero points for the other elite specs.
Guardian / Dragonhunter - Guardian is really fun, again I played greatsword which has some really flashy skills, and did a makeshift fire build just to run around collecting the points and it was pretty good. Much more durable than mesmer obviously which helps. then Dragonhunter is pretty much what I expected, it basically feels like a Ranger without a pet if you used longbow and traps on that class, except with much flashier spells :D Ill deffo play some in the future, especially when I also want to check out the other elite specs.
Necro / Reaper - and this is the one. Vanilla necro with full pets and staff to go about collecting the points felt fantastic, I love staff on necro with all the traps that you can actually place where you want (as in, on mobs) as opposed to laying them at your feet, and im a pet fanboy so obviously I would favor this. Its also super tanky, not only the necro itself but all the pets keeping u save from mobs. And then Reaper is even better which great looking skills and its even MORE tankier. This is deffo the one im going to play as soon as im done with LW4 on the mechanicst and move on to Icebrood Saga.
Story wise, LW4 was actually dragging a bit for me in the middle there with the Joko stuff, but it pulled me back in now with the Kralk stuff near the end. Unfortunately it seems clear now that I will NOT be done in time for Secrets launch (I did pre order it tho), as I still have Icebrood and End of Dragons to go, but that's alright.
