Once I quit being a noob and started getting support skills and traits in GW2 I was ok without the trinity.
If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game.
Sorry for ignoring 13 pages of arguments and back and forth flaming
GW2 didnt do anything groundbreaking or uique. It simply removed a role and distributed that role amongst all the other classes.
Had they invented a new system with new mechanics..yeah groundbreaking.
The OP makes it sound like ANET did somthing totally unique and worth our support...when all the did was hit the delete button on a role. This is why gameplay was so...stale...in GW2...everyone just DPSing.
In this sense...yes the trinity works best. They still used the trinity system, they just deleted a role out of the three...which is why people felt it was lacking.
I would much rather prefer the full trinity than a gimped trinity system in a game still built around killing, managing aggro, and staying alive. Nothing works better than a tank, a healer, and dps in a game build around this.
Im still shocked people call what GW2 did as anything innovative or groundbreaking...its just public quests on a trigger rather than static...and instance pvp/pve...same old game.
I like the hybrid system and I always aimed for a hybrid build in every mmorpg I've played so far...
I just don't like to be limited in playing just this 1 role which doesn't offer me the ability to sustain myself on life or it does but at the price of my dps drop... or vice versa, I can heal but I can not do damage because I won't be able to heal everyone properly thus I'll increase my chances of wiping the group. I just think those days are now over for me and if the game won't offer atleast some kind of a hybrid solution - I won't even bother trying now...
GW2 does have some issues with it's model and it could use few tweaks to tune it up just right, but when I look at the whole picture I do like it and it's really something new and it works pretty well. The only thing is that you really have to know what you're doing (and everyone in your party) so you can succeed in what you're doing at that moment, the game does not forgive and it punishes hard for every mistake you make in dungeons or fights and I think that's the way it should be in every game.
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there's a thematic appeal to classes and people like being able to complement other roles in the group. without the trinity, you either end up assigning duties anyway or you participate in disorganized combat. jack-of-all-trade characters make sense in single-player games, not in 3d mmos.
Originally posted by Roxtarr Once I quit being a noob and started getting support skills and traits in GW2 I was ok without the trinity.
lol same for me.. i notice it happens in dungeons the most.. people run AC for their first time go in with a glass cannon dps build and rage quit because they can't stay alive and blame the game mechanics.. once i figured out how to play all the roles on the fly combat became much more fluid and enjoyable
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Originally posted by Roxtarr Once I quit being a noob and started getting support skills and traits in GW2 I was ok without the trinity.
lol same for me.. i notice it happens in dungeons the most.. people run AC for their first time go in with a glass cannon dps build and rage quit because they can't stay alive and blame the game mechanics.. once i figured out how to play all the roles on the fly combat became much more fluid and enjoyable
glass cannon is a viable build and I run it on my ranger. it works really good, the only thing is that it takes alot of time to learn how to play it properly because, as you said, you can't stay alive for long if noobish
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Well it really just feels like it needs a midterm... but I definately prefer trinity over non-trinity, it's just too chaotic & messy with non-trinity, sure it may look fun at start, but after a while it gets annoying, I like a bit of organization, so i'll take Trinity anytime.
Originally posted by Roxtarr Once I quit being a noob and started getting support skills and traits in GW2 I was ok without the trinity.
lol same for me.. i notice it happens in dungeons the most.. people run AC for their first time go in with a glass cannon dps build and rage quit because they can't stay alive and blame the game mechanics.. once i figured out how to play all the roles on the fly combat became much more fluid and enjoyable
glass cannon is a viable build and I run it on my ranger. it works really good, the only thing is that it takes alot of time to learn how to play it properly because, as you said, you can't stay alive for long if noobish
yea that's what i mean you need to be good and know the dungeon to run glass cannon.. unlike many other MMOs with the holy trinity i could go in full dps no cares whatsoever on the first couple dungeons but in GW2 you can get 1 shotted left and right even in the very first dungeon
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Do I want roles ? yeah that is what makes people work together.
Do I like the term holy trinity ? no that is a simplistic view on the issue.
Does the roles have to set based on classes ? No way, your role should be based on playstyle and choices, and possibly soft so you can switch between roles.
Roleless is not a mmorpg, it is just a battle ground. Teamplay is all about dedicating and specializing your character to a "role" while others have other roles, thereby making the team better than if everyone is just a .. to put it in holy trio mindset, a dps class.
You can have roles that are not included in the holy trinity standard view, we just havent seen much of it for many years, Everquest has some examples but let the mind wander. Multiple roles are also overlooked in most games, and additive roles where two of same role type can add their powers together.
I have read this whole post and it makes me laugh so many of you say you like the trinty but yet you dont play games with it you jump on one game that tryed to break from the normal trinty and add something new. Thats why most dont like GW2 is its different to a point that most only go one way and thats DPS and thats not totaly true I run a mesmer that is support/control and a little DPS but I mostly run support/control with them I do this on most of my characters cause it works for me. On my engineer I run a dps/support role and dont die hardly at all. On my Guardian I run a control/dps roles and almost never die and thats cause I set may traits and stats to fit my play style instead of following the FOTM which is a cheap way for players to try to be the best.
I think that most games that offer a simular set up where you can make you character to your liking through stats and traits or whatever the company wants to name them it makes the character more unique and not just a cookie cutter set-up like most players want you to be and this has been this way in almost every mmo sense EQ and even happened in UO alot and I never follow that play style cause I preffer different and then companys changed the stats to meet the class and took away alot of uniqueness from players and now we have the FOTM built in to our characters so much to most thats the normal and its not for me.
I stick to GW2 because I can be different then the same class I am grouped with and to this day I have only met one other mesmer that plays simular to me and thats felt odd. Just because in EQ my wife played a cleric that out tanked almost all tanks we grouped with or out healed most clerics does not mean she was playing wrong she was playing how she liked to play and just because I could tank and heal with a bard in EQ did not mean I played wrong its how I set my toon up for my playstyle. Even in WoW my NIghtelf Prist with mace and shield stood in the fight with my wifes pally because I made my toon that way to do that untill they changed it then we quit. I have done the same in almost every mmo I have played and makes me enjoy GW2 even more and cant wait for more games to come out that let you creat your character as you play and not force you into a certain play style.
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The lack of trinity was a big reason why I never got into the dungeons in GW2. I didn't have the patience to learn such a drastically different group dynamic.
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I have read this whole post and it makes me laugh so many of you say you like the trinty but yet you dont play games with it you jump on one game that tryed to break from the normal trinty and add something new. Thats why most dont like GW2 is its different to a point that most only go one way and thats DPS and thats not totaly true I run a mesmer that is support/control and a little DPS but I mostly run support/control with them I do this on most of my characters cause it works for me. On my engineer I run a dps/support role and dont die hardly at all. On my Guardian I run a control/dps roles and almost never die and thats cause I set may traits and stats to fit my play style instead of following the FOTM which is a cheap way for players to try to be the best.
I think that most games that offer a simular set up where you can make you character to your liking through stats and traits or whatever the company wants to name them it makes the character more unique and not just a cookie cutter set-up like most players want you to be and this has been this way in almost every mmo sense EQ and even happened in UO alot and I never follow that play style cause I preffer different and then companys changed the stats to meet the class and took away alot of uniqueness from players and now we have the FOTM built in to our characters so much to most thats the normal and its not for me.
I stick to GW2 because I can be different then the same class I am grouped with and to this day I have only met one other mesmer that plays simular to me and thats felt odd. Just because in EQ my wife played a cleric that out tanked almost all tanks we grouped with or out healed most clerics does not mean she was playing wrong she was playing how she liked to play and just because I could tank and heal with a bard in EQ did not mean I played wrong its how I set my toon up for my playstyle. Even in WoW my NIghtelf Prist with mace and shield stood in the fight with my wifes pally because I made my toon that way to do that untill they changed it then we quit. I have done the same in almost every mmo I have played and makes me enjoy GW2 even more and cant wait for more games to come out that let you creat your character as you play and not force you into a certain play style.
that's another thing that bothers me about some trinity games is the lack of being able to make your character feel unique.. although I did enjoy Rift because i could put together a workable soul combo and mix and match skills that was't the fotm and worked well.. i do the same in gw2.. as long as the game gives you the flexability to stand out in how you play and gives you options so you are not the exact same as the 1000 other people of your same class i'm usually happy holy trinity or not
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
I do find that I'm missing the trinity. Make it like Rift only have every class able to fill all the roles, each with their own unique flavor, and then let people gravitate to what they like best.
GW2 is fine, but it just seems very, i dont know, zergy. I mean there is a reason why the vast majority of the groups go for Ascalon Catacombs or CoF, they're quick and easy.
I thought I wouldn't mind gw2 without the trinity because its been so many years with it, but it turns out I like games with the trinity more. I like defined roles and classes. I tried to force a healer spec in gw2 but it is so subpar it's almost useless.
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Originally posted by bingbongbros I thought I wouldn't mind gw2 without the trinity because its been so many years with it, but it turns out I like games with the trinity more. I like defined roles and classes. I tried to force a healer spec in gw2 but it is so subpar it's almost useless.
Thats because full healer spec was inteded to be subpar. They tried to make you move from reactive defense to proactive defense - repairing damage to actively avoiding damage. Healing is quite frankly the easiest and dumbest form of defense there is. No offense meant.
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I dont know about the whole trinity thing but I like having a dedicated role in a group. I remeber before this game even launched I said the system would not work.
Originally posted by Mannish I dont know about the whole trinity thing but I like having a dedicated role in a group. I remeber before this game even launched I said the system would not work.
yet it works great once people learn how to play the 3 roles simultaneously gw2 offers in combat:) just not everyone is willing to learn a new way.. which is fine many like what they are familiar with..
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
After actually playing two games now without the trinity, I Definitly want it back ,call it preference, it seems once you take the trinity out, my fav class Healer & Pally goes poof!
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If in 1982 we played with the current mentality, we would have burned down all the pac man games since the red ghost was clearly OP. Instead we just got better at the game.
Sorry for ignoring 13 pages of arguments and back and forth flaming
GW2 didnt do anything groundbreaking or uique. It simply removed a role and distributed that role amongst all the other classes.
Had they invented a new system with new mechanics..yeah groundbreaking.
The OP makes it sound like ANET did somthing totally unique and worth our support...when all the did was hit the delete button on a role. This is why gameplay was so...stale...in GW2...everyone just DPSing.
In this sense...yes the trinity works best. They still used the trinity system, they just deleted a role out of the three...which is why people felt it was lacking.
I would much rather prefer the full trinity than a gimped trinity system in a game still built around killing, managing aggro, and staying alive. Nothing works better than a tank, a healer, and dps in a game build around this.
Im still shocked people call what GW2 did as anything innovative or groundbreaking...its just public quests on a trigger rather than static...and instance pvp/pve...same old game.
I like the "no trinity"-approach.
But i think GW2 doesnt even do it remotely right. I prefer the old trinity, but supported by a gigaton of classes (EQ2) every day.
I also think that the trinity isn't the problem with today's games, but the way homogenisation hit it.
I like the hybrid system and I always aimed for a hybrid build in every mmorpg I've played so far...
I just don't like to be limited in playing just this 1 role which doesn't offer me the ability to sustain myself on life or it does but at the price of my dps drop... or vice versa, I can heal but I can not do damage because I won't be able to heal everyone properly thus I'll increase my chances of wiping the group. I just think those days are now over for me and if the game won't offer atleast some kind of a hybrid solution - I won't even bother trying now...
GW2 does have some issues with it's model and it could use few tweaks to tune it up just right, but when I look at the whole picture I do like it and it's really something new and it works pretty well. The only thing is that you really have to know what you're doing (and everyone in your party) so you can succeed in what you're doing at that moment, the game does not forgive and it punishes hard for every mistake you make in dungeons or fights and I think that's the way it should be in every game.
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lol same for me.. i notice it happens in dungeons the most.. people run AC for their first time go in with a glass cannon dps build and rage quit because they can't stay alive and blame the game mechanics.. once i figured out how to play all the roles on the fly combat became much more fluid and enjoyable
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
glass cannon is a viable build and I run it on my ranger. it works really good, the only thing is that it takes alot of time to learn how to play it properly because, as you said, you can't stay alive for long if noobish
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yea that's what i mean you need to be good and know the dungeon to run glass cannon.. unlike many other MMOs with the holy trinity i could go in full dps no cares whatsoever on the first couple dungeons but in GW2 you can get 1 shotted left and right even in the very first dungeon
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
Can't vote on that, it is too narrowminded.
Do I want roles ? yeah that is what makes people work together.
Do I like the term holy trinity ? no that is a simplistic view on the issue.
Does the roles have to set based on classes ? No way, your role should be based on playstyle and choices, and possibly soft so you can switch between roles.
Roleless is not a mmorpg, it is just a battle ground. Teamplay is all about dedicating and specializing your character to a "role" while others have other roles, thereby making the team better than if everyone is just a .. to put it in holy trio mindset, a dps class.
You can have roles that are not included in the holy trinity standard view, we just havent seen much of it for many years, Everquest has some examples but let the mind wander. Multiple roles are also overlooked in most games, and additive roles where two of same role type can add their powers together.
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I have read this whole post and it makes me laugh so many of you say you like the trinty but yet you dont play games with it you jump on one game that tryed to break from the normal trinty and add something new. Thats why most dont like GW2 is its different to a point that most only go one way and thats DPS and thats not totaly true I run a mesmer that is support/control and a little DPS but I mostly run support/control with them I do this on most of my characters cause it works for me. On my engineer I run a dps/support role and dont die hardly at all. On my Guardian I run a control/dps roles and almost never die and thats cause I set may traits and stats to fit my play style instead of following the FOTM which is a cheap way for players to try to be the best.
I think that most games that offer a simular set up where you can make you character to your liking through stats and traits or whatever the company wants to name them it makes the character more unique and not just a cookie cutter set-up like most players want you to be and this has been this way in almost every mmo sense EQ and even happened in UO alot and I never follow that play style cause I preffer different and then companys changed the stats to meet the class and took away alot of uniqueness from players and now we have the FOTM built in to our characters so much to most thats the normal and its not for me.
I stick to GW2 because I can be different then the same class I am grouped with and to this day I have only met one other mesmer that plays simular to me and thats felt odd. Just because in EQ my wife played a cleric that out tanked almost all tanks we grouped with or out healed most clerics does not mean she was playing wrong she was playing how she liked to play and just because I could tank and heal with a bard in EQ did not mean I played wrong its how I set my toon up for my playstyle. Even in WoW my NIghtelf Prist with mace and shield stood in the fight with my wifes pally because I made my toon that way to do that untill they changed it then we quit. I have done the same in almost every mmo I have played and makes me enjoy GW2 even more and cant wait for more games to come out that let you creat your character as you play and not force you into a certain play style.
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that's another thing that bothers me about some trinity games is the lack of being able to make your character feel unique.. although I did enjoy Rift because i could put together a workable soul combo and mix and match skills that was't the fotm and worked well.. i do the same in gw2.. as long as the game gives you the flexability to stand out in how you play and gives you options so you are not the exact same as the 1000 other people of your same class i'm usually happy holy trinity or not
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
I do find that I'm missing the trinity. Make it like Rift only have every class able to fill all the roles, each with their own unique flavor, and then let people gravitate to what they like best.
GW2 is fine, but it just seems very, i dont know, zergy. I mean there is a reason why the vast majority of the groups go for Ascalon Catacombs or CoF, they're quick and easy.
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Lets make this clear: Any multiplayer game with any kind of specialization will have roles. Be that martial-magic to shotguns-snipers.
I just don't want the aggro mechanics, because it makes combat predictable and formulaic -> boring.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been -Wayne Gretzky
Thats because full healer spec was inteded to be subpar. They tried to make you move from reactive defense to proactive defense - repairing damage to actively avoiding damage. Healing is quite frankly the easiest and dumbest form of defense there is. No offense meant.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been -Wayne Gretzky
The lack of trinity doesn't prevent this in GW2. Go over to gw2lfg.com and you'll see tons of posts requesting Warriors or Guardians specifically.
yet it works great once people learn how to play the 3 roles simultaneously gw2 offers in combat:) just not everyone is willing to learn a new way.. which is fine many like what they are familiar with..
I angered the clerk in a clothing shop today. She asked me what size I was and I said actual, because I am not to scale. I like vending machines 'cause snacks are better when they fall. If I buy a candy bar at a store, oftentimes, I will drop it... so that it achieves its maximum flavor potential. --Mitch Hedberg
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This is not a game.
Because it is a forced binary choice.
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been -Wayne Gretzky
Well, I prefer anything beside trinity.
Trinity is most dull ass concept in MMO that kill innovative.
I hate playing a SOP ( Standard Operation Procedure ) gameplay.
A lot of people forget that game is an entertainment media not a lab test for monkey that do the same repitition shit,
day and night.
GW2 did not do a good job because they never put much effort in their Mob AI and the combat get old after awhile.
Someone should try to do the Dark Soul gameplay.
Pardon my English as it is not my 1st language