Well sadly Fury isn't immune to idiots who prefer to gank than fight someone their own skill level, so it happens.
Heres some tips:
1> Bloodbath (not Training Bloodbath although more on that in a bit)...
Avoid it as a newcomer. Its the worst culprit for gangbangs in the game.
Its free for all nature means all vs all combat regardless of guild mates or not however some translate this to mean my buddies versus all. Basically some will choose to not kill their mates and focus on the rest.
Tag teaming the match.
Its an 8 man match, so imagine 4 or more clanmates ending up in the same match...yeh it suxx when it happens, but its free for all..there are literally no rules against it either.
It is possible to still win in these circumstances, and it feels even better when you do.
One other thing about BB, respawning.
When you die, you will usually respawn at the nearest respawn point to your last death.
This means that the player who just killed you is quite nearby. Just as in most PVP games, yes there is a danger of spawn camping in Fury too.
So, if you die to a player a few times, don't just respawn and go after them again. Get away from that area and try someone else. Its a tactic to farm players at the start of BB's as they do tend to go for the 'revenge' attack (attack the player who killed them last). This usually ends up in them dieing a lot as that player will more than likely have buffs & charges ready to go. Move on and try someone else. This applies to Training Bloodbath too.
2> Training Bloodbath.
This game mode was implemented to help newcomers get into the fast pace of the game without facing vets so half the participants are actually BOTS. So you are actually fighting 4 players and 4 bots (BOTS have purple names).
Now you can't really grind this mode to gain a higher rank but you will find the occasional player in there who seems to just own everyone in the match. Its used as a testing ground for builds by some inexperienced players. Don't be put off though as anyone thinking they rule because they can take on noobs in a training ground and 4 bots should have their heads examined. The real Bloodbath (as explained above) requires a lot more skill than just having high ranked abilities or armor (hp).
This shouldn't really happen much any longer as a new training mode was added a while back.
Basically you can go back to the tutorial training bots to try out builds. Of course its not the same as testing a build out on real players, so you'll still see some in the BB Training grounds.
3> Elimination.
I mention this only as an explanation. Fury has a matchmaking system where its supposed to match you up against players of your level. However, sometimes (usually because you have been queued for a while or because there just aren't enough players queued atm) it will match you up against players who are way above your own skill level. You'll know when this happens because the opposing team will just wipe you out fast.
Don't be put off by this, take it as an opportunity to examine how the higher ranked players are playing and observer their tactics (if they're using any).
Some decent clans who know the score will actually reduce a man to even things up so its still fun when this happens.
Hope that helps explain some stuff. The game is a bit of a trial by fire, you will get burnt but eventually you will start burning back if you stick at it (we all been there).
I just wanted to add that there are also some cheap tricks used depending on the maps.
Fury has knockback skills (as the name suggests, these knock you into the air and backwards).
The most famous is Frenzy (Melee, Any Weapon, Warden ability, -1 Nature charge cost to use).
Most of the maps have a place you can be knocked off of which will insta kill you.
Avoid these until you learn to recognise a player with Frenzy.
Avoid rooftops, the edge of maps basically anywhere you can be knocked off of.
Even if you won't insta die, there is also falling damage you can take.
There are also skills that make you immune to knockbacks.
Might of the Righteous , is one of them (champ, any weapon, -3 water cost to use, 15 second duration).
And don't forget the MIrror stances.
Mirror Nature will reflect any Nature attack done to you back at the attacker including knockbacks.
Yep so that player who fought he was smart standing on the roof waiting to knock you off..guess what...he just got mirrored!...
One other thing, Dragnet.
Often used as part of a tactic to drag you towards an attacker.
Unfortunately, it gets abused sometimes. If the attacker is standing on the other side of , for example, a pit. And they dragnet you towards them, yep..you're going into the pit and insta death.
Look out for this one. Especially nasty in an Elimination match (no respawn till next round).
After playing for awhile you get to recognize regular players and what they can do, this can be good or bad -- especially if you have a personal vendetta against them hehe. You get to change you tactics and abilities, but they could do the same. Its an unending learning, and testing process. I find that you won't get stuck doing the same thing twice. Like in all pvp games everyone goes after the teams healer first-- which usually are the toughest to kill since they have high survivability.
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Well sadly Fury isn't immune to idiots who prefer to gank than fight someone their own skill level, so it happens.
Heres some tips:
1> Bloodbath (not Training Bloodbath although more on that in a bit)...
Avoid it as a newcomer. Its the worst culprit for gangbangs in the game.
Its free for all nature means all vs all combat regardless of guild mates or not however some translate this to mean my buddies versus all. Basically some will choose to not kill their mates and focus on the rest.
Tag teaming the match.
Its an 8 man match, so imagine 4 or more clanmates ending up in the same match...yeh it suxx when it happens, but its free for all..there are literally no rules against it either.
It is possible to still win in these circumstances, and it feels even better when you do.
One other thing about BB, respawning.
When you die, you will usually respawn at the nearest respawn point to your last death.
This means that the player who just killed you is quite nearby. Just as in most PVP games, yes there is a danger of spawn camping in Fury too.
So, if you die to a player a few times, don't just respawn and go after them again. Get away from that area and try someone else. Its a tactic to farm players at the start of BB's as they do tend to go for the 'revenge' attack (attack the player who killed them last). This usually ends up in them dieing a lot as that player will more than likely have buffs & charges ready to go. Move on and try someone else. This applies to Training Bloodbath too.
2> Training Bloodbath.
This game mode was implemented to help newcomers get into the fast pace of the game without facing vets so half the participants are actually BOTS. So you are actually fighting 4 players and 4 bots (BOTS have purple names).
Now you can't really grind this mode to gain a higher rank but you will find the occasional player in there who seems to just own everyone in the match. Its used as a testing ground for builds by some inexperienced players. Don't be put off though as anyone thinking they rule because they can take on noobs in a training ground and 4 bots should have their heads examined. The real Bloodbath (as explained above) requires a lot more skill than just having high ranked abilities or armor (hp).
This shouldn't really happen much any longer as a new training mode was added a while back.
Basically you can go back to the tutorial training bots to try out builds. Of course its not the same as testing a build out on real players, so you'll still see some in the BB Training grounds.
3> Elimination.
I mention this only as an explanation. Fury has a matchmaking system where its supposed to match you up against players of your level. However, sometimes (usually because you have been queued for a while or because there just aren't enough players queued atm) it will match you up against players who are way above your own skill level. You'll know when this happens because the opposing team will just wipe you out fast.
Don't be put off by this, take it as an opportunity to examine how the higher ranked players are playing and observer their tactics (if they're using any).
Some decent clans who know the score will actually reduce a man to even things up so its still fun when this happens.
Hope that helps explain some stuff. The game is a bit of a trial by fire, you will get burnt but eventually you will start burning back if you stick at it (we all been there).
Good Luck!
Fury Links & Guides|Don't believe the hype
I just wanted to add that there are also some cheap tricks used depending on the maps.
Fury has knockback skills (as the name suggests, these knock you into the air and backwards).
The most famous is Frenzy (Melee, Any Weapon, Warden ability, -1 Nature charge cost to use).
Most of the maps have a place you can be knocked off of which will insta kill you.
Avoid these until you learn to recognise a player with Frenzy.
Avoid rooftops, the edge of maps basically anywhere you can be knocked off of.
Even if you won't insta die, there is also falling damage you can take.
There are also skills that make you immune to knockbacks.
Might of the Righteous , is one of them (champ, any weapon, -3 water cost to use, 15 second duration).
And don't forget the MIrror stances.
Mirror Nature will reflect any Nature attack done to you back at the attacker including knockbacks.
Yep so that player who fought he was smart standing on the roof waiting to knock you off..guess what...he just got mirrored!...
One other thing, Dragnet.
Often used as part of a tactic to drag you towards an attacker.
Unfortunately, it gets abused sometimes. If the attacker is standing on the other side of , for example, a pit. And they dragnet you towards them, yep..you're going into the pit and insta death.
Look out for this one. Especially nasty in an Elimination match (no respawn till next round).
Fury Links & Guides|Don't believe the hype
After playing for awhile you get to recognize regular players and what they can do, this can be good or bad -- especially if you have a personal vendetta against them hehe. You get to change you tactics and abilities, but they could do the same. Its an unending learning, and testing process. I find that you won't get stuck doing the same thing twice. Like in all pvp games everyone goes after the teams healer first-- which usually are the toughest to kill since they have high survivability.