"Entry Level Ballista" Does it exist?Follow

I had been in a bit of a mid-60s rut for a while and wanted a chance of pace, so I figured I'd finally give ballista a shot. I tried L60 cap, since i had all the gear for it (I had to replace amemit mantle +1 and my snipers etc, but most of the AF was good)

As a monk, I had heard it was pretty pointless, but after hearing about the "sleep nerf" I figured a melee without the sleep 2 spell could do ok.

We lost 150-0 and I got one kill (I think our team had 2 kills total). Afterwards I hear talk of along the lines of "Aww.. the top 10 ranking is gone. I was on there" from the other team. So definately not a good nite to try it out with random friends.

I heard blink was a big factor, but I tore through it easy enough. Sleep 2 was the only factor:/ 2 rdm and a drk kept me asleep half the fight, ran for help, and my best odds in the whole event were 3 on 1 lol. Typically 5 on 1 though, and we were way outclassed in teamwork and job mixes. We tried teaming up (but we had no rdm), and digging for poison potions, but I only found two the entire match, and they came at very bad times.

Anyhow, after we were down 100-0 we kind of gave up, and tried calling for one on one for fun, but no go. The remaining half hour of the match was a mix of humiliation and futility. At the end of it they were very polite (Unlike Quake 3 Leet who claim you as their b*tch after the match ^^) but I couldnt get over the feeling of complete uselessness. I can handle failure, just not "complete and uter" failure... lol.

This was beyond a doubt the worst moment in my online gaming experience. I play FPS games and can handle and respect being beaten by better players, but I would never lose 150-0 lol. I'd get my licks in ^^ Anyhow, I was consumed with bitterness and threw away the L60 gear I bought (well any item udner 10k I think. I was irrational but not insane) and vowed it was not only my first match but last as well.

I've cooled off now.... And now I'm just curious if there are "Beginer Matches" or "Intermediate challenge" times of day to learn the basics, etc. Or is it the same band of rdm roaming from battlefield to battlefield every night? Ballista doesnt seem to be a very noob friendly event.

(By the way, this wasnt a case of one country dominating the other. The experienced palyers all stood there annonymous the whole time until the final few minutes where teams were open to all, and seemed to carefully chose side. I have no idea how this works, that was just my observation. Thus the result was "team useless vs. top10" ^^ )

Anyhow, sorry if this sounds really whiney/poor loser talk, but I was just curious if this was a typical ballista match or not. Either way, that feeling of uslessless wont shake me for a good long while... Down the road I would like to try again and improve on the strategies, etc. Maybe only play events with outside items allowed and bring 50k in poison potions, but we'll see.

My first ballista was rough too. It's ABSOLUTELY NO FUN when there are stacked teams. Well, maybe for the stacked team but definately not for the other one. My first ballista was 5v3 and I was on the 3 side >.> Not exactly the best odds. But the ballistas with balanced teams are the most fun. Sleep is also a pain in ***, try doing a lvl 30 cap, I had so much fun owning people on my Warrior.

And what about Female tarus played by guys? @@;

Yeah i remember my first ballista too. Being a blm i got creamed and man o man was it bad. Of course Heero was there seemingly always chasing me down until i died. I played a few more ballista until i learned some valuable lessons:

1. If your a mage try and stick to the normal items allowed matches as echo drops come in handy.

2. Macro /sprint cause you're gonna be doing a lot of running away.

3. Sleepga II pwns when they are all grouped up.

4. Whether or not you know it invis does come in handy.

5. Fighting a Mnk is your best bet as blm cause of lack of magic def or rng attacks. Just dont let them get close or else ur done.

6. Bind. Need i say more?

Being a blm in a lvl 60 cap ballista is hard to do but if you do it right you can have fun just like the rest of the jobs.

I don't remember their names... None of them were impressive or remarkable in any way to be memorable, but if the team stacking you mentioned is deliberate and typical of most matches, I'll have to pass on the event.

Team stacking happens in FPS games as well, but they're easy to spot. In the delta force games, for example, you can enter a game and find you're outnumbered 15 vs. 3, and they are a sniper clan on a map they made themselves. They spawn in the surrounding hills, while you spawn in open field with a lone shack for cover... lol. At some point "trying your best" becomes pretty pointless.

So if ballista is following this trend, it's even less "noob friendly" then I ever imagined.