Yeah man as a healer that runs heavy and backcaps points for the shenanigans. It was a spear user that really was the first person to nearly be able to out DPS my healing. I had a ton of DoTs, bleed, etc. It was insane. I totally agree spear can be really good.
One issue is that AoE shenanigans of GA is just gonna be towards the top of the charts because of how points are given in OPR.
I imagine bow/spear will be wrecking at hitting healers on back lines or those pesky musket players. Dealing with those targets wins games even if you are not at the top of the charts.
noticing but unless the fight is in a super melee ball (it happens some times. GA melee/ war hammer melees dont top the chart, usually most of the way up to mid tier.
We life staff mages had our time at the top though so don’t mind being middle of the pack now. When one SG either give enough points to get credit, while everyone else was like please god let me get enough points to get credit. While musket and lifestaff people stole kills lol. What a crazy time.
First off, Voidbent is PVE armor. Most PVP players will laugh if they seem someone in voidbent. While resilience is nice, you’re missing… everything else.
You’re better off buying 590-600 gear off the Trading post. Get pieces that have all the weapon perks you need (look up spear perks and bow perks… these are what REALLY add to your kit and overall kill potential). And try to get pieces that have resilience with them.
EXAMPLE:
bleeding sweep (spear perk)
resilience
For your build, you typically want to run light armor for max damage output. Yes you will die lots but you will destroy squishy/backline players.
Medium armor works okay too, you just arent as mobile and can get caught easier, and you’re not tanky enough to survive burst.
If you decide to run light armor, I recommend between 100-150 con.
It would definitely help. In PVP every % matters. You get more attribute points, more bonuses, etc.
It’s considered a 10% increase in power. Thats better than a permanent honing stone.
Light armor will help because you can dodge the gravity well. Just need to get used to the timing.
This isn’t a great build right now… Most people run Spear with sword/shield as a backline/support destroyer. The CC renders them useless.
Otherwise if you’re running spear/bow you need to be very careful with your targets.
CC people, and then finish them with bow.
I think in the end it really comes down to what you want. Some people want to be top of the charts and that’s totally cool, nothing wrong with that. It just means you should be paying a discord build. If you want to generally wreck face then GA/WH seems to be the meta. I think regardless there are ways to make your build more competitive or feel like you are contributing more for sure. It just depends on your goals. If you love your build then enjoy the heck out of it. If it’s more about being competitive then do that. If you are one to enjoy off-meta spicy brew builds then do that and just play to those strengths.
I guess but Voidbent is still fairly pricey if you buy it, and time consuming if you intend to farm it.
Meanwhile you can get a perk+resilience piece thats 590+ off the TP for under 10k fairly easily if you check frequently.
Voidbent really only has resilience… For PVP you need weapon perks, or you’re missing so much. I’d argue weapon perks are more important than resilience.
For example, a healer who doesn’t have ‘fortifying sacred ground’ (which is a weapon perk that applies fortify to anyone healed by it) is basically throwing.
I play spear/ bow on medium build with 200Con , it’s not MANDATORY to run light armor with this build. I got way more survivability with high medium in opr / wars because I use spear as my primary weapon. All spear damage is enabled by having a crit on your skewer to get empower, rest you will learn this playstyle with time and partice.
even at 625 its a 2-3% performance increase armor wise, and 10 extra stat points. maybe 30-70 extra damage on a 1000-1600 damage weapon. being 625 isn’t a game changer, it helps, but a guy in 520 gear can kill me if I make mistakes
oh absolutely. a pvp perk + weapon perk + your main stat or con is probably the most important.
but heavy void hat and chest is at the very lease universal enough for most people with con + res or luck if you pvp that it is mostly worth it. + its naturally 600 so it was a great starting point for most people.
ngl though at least 622 (i think) if you get all your slots up high enough for the extra attribue point, you can stop using 40 con food and go with the t4 30 attribute food which is a major bonus for the price.
If you spend all your time and gold getting a bow/spear gear setup to 625 and all the perks etc.
You will quit the game.
It is not about being META, it is about not playing the most overly nerfed weapon build possible…
Fun at 1/2 the price - Get some ok gear to 615, just weapons to 625, for GA/WH and join the CC fest on point… or get creative with a mage build, IG/VG or FS… either way you would be happier.
Or Musket similar to bow, but not as depressing.
Side note- If you do stay with Bow or go Musket, with great gear and you have very good skills with them. Expect every person you kill to report you for Aimbot, because if they die it means someone cheated.