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Edited by Tiingy: 5/11/2016 10:35:35 PM
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You're not good just because you can raid

I'm solely a PVP player and will for the most part avoid PVE at all costs. Up until a few days ago I hadn't done a single nightfall or a single raid in year 2, but with the April update I found my light level lacking in trials and iron banner being stuck at 312 so I thought I'd give the raid a shot, it couldn't be that hard I'd done over 100 raids in year one and achieved flawless raider in VOG way before dark below dropped. But my experience in LFG and the forums was astounding, multiple times kicked from parties because I don't have touch of malice, exotic swords, black spindle or the sleeper or just due to low light level/lack of experience. I finally managed to jump in an experienced team for a hard challenge mode run by offering a trials flawless carry in return and even though they knew how the raid worked and I didn't I still got almost double anyone else's kills. What truly amazed me was how happy they were at oryx that I was able to kill the Knights consistently so quickly while often someone would have trouble and call for help... Really how hard is it to headshot a knight once that spawns in the exact same place every damn time? My point is anyone who's done the raid a couple of times SHOULD be smashing it out like a pro every time after, that's not skill it just means you're not an idiot and can remember a simple strategy. Obviously there's exceptions when you start soloing or going for flawless raider but simply beating the same raid the same way 3 times every week isn't impressive and it certainly must get boring. I also feel any decent PVP player could quickly transition into a great PVE player with little effort, and I doubt the same would be true in reverse. [spoiler]Im bored at work and wrote this to provoke some entertaining abuse[/spoiler]

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  • lots of kills could mean thralls.. and killing knights is easy. sounds like you had a bad raid group.

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  • Not to be rude but the number of kills really doesn't equate to skill in the raid...... Great, you know how to clear thralls etc at Golgoroth. I'd take a decent gaze runner any day of the week.

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    • Edited by Ken_Malibu: 5/12/2016 9:44:41 AM
      PvE = Stand here, hold this, shoot something, jump here, stand on this, shoot a boss. Repeat. PvP = awareness, mobility, gun skill, tactics, sight lines, map control, on the fly. Yours a PvP scrub.

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    • Just have fun. Maybe your a K/D nut that likes kicking back in the map with a sniper. Maybe your a raider that posts on lfg sites. Maybe you play with the purple ball all the time with rahool. You like listening to his phrases.

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    • Edited by Deadmennwalking: 5/12/2016 5:18:17 AM
      "I hadn't done a single nightfall or a single raid in year 2" - not what your stats show "almost double anyone else's kills" - not what your stats show Now that we have that out of the way. Your "team" must have wiped an awful lot to get that many kills in one raid. "I also feel any decent PVP player could quickly transition into a great PVE player with little effort" - sadly this has not been my experience. I have had and still have numerous friends that are very very good at pvp. Unfortunately they are usually not so good in the raid environment. Can they shoot shit = yes. The key to a raid is not "can you shoot shit" (as you pointed out that isn't hard) but more about can you "work as a team". The raid is about teamwork, communication, covering each other as needed. Unfortunately a lot of pve and pvp players can't get past the "it is all about me" mentality and just do their job within the team framework. To save you the time I am at best average at pvp and have never been flawless and not likely to go flawless without 2 players totally backpacking me. I do however help / lead raids a lot and help players that need a little "guidance". Good luck with your pve and pvp. So what does the lighthouse look like?

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      • man...these forums are funny...lmao

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        • I'm sorry you've had this experience, should you need people for a raid I'd be more than happy to accompany you through some. Although you didn't join an "experienced" team if they're struggling to consistently kill the knights tbh. You're right that PvE doesn't take too much skill to be good at, even flawless raider I can single handedly carry people through without much difficulty. It's the people that go soloing hard Oryx etc that are really impressive :P

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          • Shot tiingy :/

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            • "I got double anyone one else's kills"... in the raid... said the PvP'er. I lol'd.

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              • I've only done it once and I know more than your average raider

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              • Kills in the raid aren't very well correlated with Raid skill: Often the more skilled players run the relics while scrubs like me are on add duty which means more kills for me.

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                • 1. You most likely for put on ad duty. Kills isn't really a representation of how well you do. More experience players typically hold the gaze. 2. You can do the raid several times yet be inexperienced at the game, because you're a casual nothing wrong with that, but that sounds like it was the case.

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                • Never understand posts like this. Someone who's "good" at the raid, is "good"...at the raid. Learning a strategy is a skill. It might be an "easier skill" than no scoping someone in the crucible, however its still a learned skill. People in raid groups are like they are because the raids been out and exactly the same for months and months. People run it 3, sometimes 6 times a week. Most people who run it want to sprint through it with zero issues. As time goes on it'll be harder and harder to find groups of people interested in helping others through it. Just the way it is.

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                • The raid isn't hard any more. You should of tried kings fall before everyone had touch of malice and spindle. Being 312 isn't that bed considering you probably had a few maxed levelled players running with you. Am not saying you wouldn't be able to beat it. But it was definitely harder before every player in the game is over 320 light.

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                • Yaya...dude f u c k them pure pve raid selfish players

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                • I play both. Though i enjoy PvE more, i still play alot of PvP because PvE isn't super supported like some people may think. If i were to do every relevant and irrelevant activity i'd still be done by wednesday easy. Which sucks. Bungo pls.

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                • Stopped reading at only pvp player.

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                  • Want to carry me through trials?

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                    • Edited by toolazytopimp: 5/12/2016 7:40:31 AM
                      You're not good because you snipe in PvP all day. Your light and grimoire show it.

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                      • I h8 ur b8 m8 I r8 0/8

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                      • i play both . i make it so PvE gets me were i wanna be in PVP .

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                      • I was gonna say no one is saying they're good but then I saw the spoiler.

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                      • [quote] [b]Deadmennwalking[/b] "I hadn't done a single nightfall or a single raid in year 2" - not what your stats show "almost double anyone else's kills" - not what your stats show Now that we have that out of the way. Your "team" must have wiped an awful lot to get that many kills in one raid. "I also feel any decent PVP player could quickly transition into a great PVE player with little effort" - sadly this has not been my experience. I have had and still have numerous friends that are very very good at pvp. Unfortunately they are usually not so good in the raid environment. Can they shoot shit = yes. The key to a raid is not "can you shoot shit" (as you pointed out that isn't hard) but more about can you "work as a team". The raid is about teamwork, communication, covering each other as needed. Unfortunately a lot of pve and pvp players can't get past the "it is all about me" mentality and just do their job within the team framework. To save you the time I am at best average at pvp and have never been flawless not likely to go flawless without 2 players totally backpacking me. I do however help / lead raids a lot and help players that need a little "guidance".[/quote]

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                        • So what,who gives?

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                        • No doubt you're right, but why does it matter if you're good? It's a video game. Enjoy it.

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                          • This post is fine and all but everyone seems to forget that everyone else's lives differ. There are plenty of casual players in this game that do not have time to focus on skill

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