Costume Brawl 2008

It has began! The skills are different than last year. Rangers got Melandru's shot now. I can only see 2 maps yet. ;(

I rly enjoy playinig ranger, what do you guys prefer?

ooh havent logged to Gw yet, gonna do it now should be fun.

Warrior, Ranger, Ritualist and Dervish are definitely the 4 strongest templates this year. The Necro makes me chortle, the Paragon isn't as good as the Ranger, I haven't tried the Sin yet but it's probably the same, ditto for the Mes, and the Monk is just bad. The ele is okay but really its spell damage which sucks and the War makes it look so bad.

Bug:

weird, when you enter the Costume Brawl arena, the game considers you to no longer be part of a guild!

eles are imba

Where's the updated skill list?Rit seems way too good.
Edit : Nevermind found it here http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Costume_Brawl

Imba skill templates this year.

Why do I have points in communing if I have no communing skills? o.o

http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/235/gw009wm7.jpg

not a bug, part of the game mode, been like that all the time

Aye, Warrior is strong and Monk still sucks. Just to let you know there is no new map yet. For the victory you gain 5 ToT Bags, 100 Balthazar Factions aaaaaand... 10+(number of consecutive wins) gamer points ! Dunno if the gamer points are capped at some point but now getting high win streak has its purpose! Instant iddqd and higher, c'mon.

Mmm, first had 15 con wins, but now all the new people to custome brawl seem to start playing, resulting in total failure.

On second thought, they probably meant to put it in Spawning Power.
Hope they fix it soon as it would give WoW and Bloodsong a bit of a boost.

HIDDEN CALTROPS




lame

I'm disappointed at the fact that your skills change back to the original order after a game.

Same here

Oh well, seem to remember it being like like this last year too. Time to sync some pro costume balls teams from the Asian districts.

j/k

Unfortunately this happens because I think the Disguise effect wears off when you zone, and then reapplies itself, which resets your skillbar.

After trying out the sin, it's pretty ok. He's very average this year compared to the last. He lost his mobility which makes him average in this game type, but his power is increased quite a bit.

Tier wise imo, top tier is War/Ranger/Rit/Derv, Mid Tier is Sin/Necro/Ele, and Bottom Tier is Mesmer, Monk, and Paragon.

Quit knocking on the monk build.

I soloed a nub sin that ganked me (KD + Smite Hex / condition FTW), and I soloed an elly by spamming reversal of damage.

I had a 16 win streak in a 2 monk team, but my internet got major laggy and I lost connection

The monk rules.

Hint on how to play the monk - Use the signets, play offensively, place your smites where they are going to cause damage, and keep your team buffed with Vig Spirit / Healing Breeze when needed.

Haven't had access to play yet, but from looking at the bars:

Winnars - Warrior (where mah Frenzy? QQ), Ranger, Dervish

Meh - Necro, Elementalist, Assassin, Ritualist (will be bumped to Winnars if communing points go to spawning), Paragon

Epic Fail - Monk, Mesmer

Pretty sad when the Ritualist outclasses the Monk in protection with Weapon of Warding.

Editing, moving Mesmer down to Epic Fail. Diversion? Shame? Anything?

I have experienced the following:
Warrior-Not bad, decent damage but if you want to deal dmg, take a derv
Ranger- total imba, always was and always will be one of the best choices.
Monk-Strange skill bar, can't deal good dmg and can't heal, you are better of taking a rit or an ele.
Necro-Not totally bad, but in the current run and cap game he is quite useless
Mesmer-always good, but again, the mesmer is not very good and running and capping.
Ele-Good damage, snare, blind, little fragile, but a very nice choice
Rit- I think the rit is the best atm, very nice damage and a great healer.
Sin-Sins got a strange build and most people playing the sin are very bad.
Para-just a bad variaton of the ranger, don't take him
Derv-Best melee character atm, very good dmg and an excellent capper.

Happy halloween all!

Smite Hex + Condition work in just about every match becuase just about everyone has conditions and hexes.

They are meant to be offensive with a little healing, not pure WoH healers like you normally play in the game.

QFT

I won 22 games in a row with a 4 monk team, me as an ele and a warrior. Those monks packed a heavy punch with smite hex + cond.

(Also they did some KD chains which kinda made me chuckle ^^)