Open Beta Inquisition

The open beta has been going on for a few days now and I've been spreading my time over all the careers getting a feel for how they play. It's been quite fun seeing the different tactics needed to be employed by the different careers.

So far my non-witch hunter favorites have been the Shadow Warrior, White Lion and the Squig Hunter.

I've been a fan of pet classes in my past MMOs and the White Lion and Squig hunter scratch that itch, though the pets can be non-responsive enough to keep me from going that direction as a main. Mostly this comes through switching targets and calling your pet back. Hopefully Mythic will get the pets under control by release or shortly after.

As far as the Shadow Warrior goes I found it a nice change of pace to be able to sit at range and lay down the DPS. Haven't gotten high enough with one to experience much of the stance dancing, but apparently they can be fairly formidable in melee while in Assault Stance. This will probably be my go-to class for when I need to take a break from witch hunting.

The client and combat has been much more stable during the OB period so far. I've had a few times where combat starts to lag, but I think that might have been my connection as it usually smoothed out if I restarted the game.

The Witch Hunter remains fun even after going through the same content yet again. The Snap Shot snare is useful, but is limited in use due to the minimum range on the skill and needing to be used from the rear.

I'm also really missing Incognito in the early levels of Scenarios as it's much harder to close on targets when visible. I've found it best to hang back a few seconds before entering combat just to make sure most people are engaged to help last longer.

I've also shifted my thoughts on my initial career build to run down a path with more debuffing and armor ignorance. Now planning on this build at R40 moving to this build at R40RR80. I'm skipping the Tier 4 Morale abilities because as it stands right now I'm not sure how often a Witch Hunter will acumulate Morale to that level. Not totally sure on a Renown build, but i'm thinking something along these lines, focusing on strength and weapon skill to maximize how much of my damage gets through to the target.

Leading up to the Head Start I plan on looking at Witch Hunter strategies for the 3 teir 1 Scenarios and basic Open RvR area thoughts.