Part of the challenge of being an Empath was to keep up with Team mates.It was easy to monitor everyone's healthbars but in the heat of Battle, Team mates tended to go off in separate directions. <- ->....I was hoping the next Issue would allow Empaths to heal around corners
She also then ended up getting Recall Ally for the one idiot who always ran the wrong way and would be within an inch of death long before I could get to him.
YES. The tendency for groups to behave like a pack of dogs in a park full of squirrels, prompted me to choose Superspeed for my Empath (to run around healing at 3 different locations in a matter of seconds). She also then ended up getting Recall Ally for the one idiot who always ran the wrong way and would be within an inch of death long before I could get to him.
I totally remember spending hours in the Hollows XD I hated Frostfire with a passion because my team couldn't kill him so what constitutes as old timers? 6 yrs? I was playing for a mere 3 ....which is why a piece of my soul died when the servers went down.
I can see you didn't play from the beginning as if you did you would have experienced the "We can't do this mission / TF unless we have a healer!" I have been on teams that would cancel doing a mission or TF if they could not find an empath.It was much later in the games life that people finally realized that most of the defenders actually were more useful then an empath.And the people begging for PL were bad but I hated people that got to level 50 without ever leaving Atlas Park. Then had no idea what the hell to do.Of course this was for first time players, only because without real experience in the game 95% of the time they would be useless doing missions or TFs.I even was on some TF's where an AE baby would quit to change toons thinking he can just come back to the team like in AE, and then get really upset when he finds he can't get back in to the TF.
I can see you didn't play from the beginning as if you did you would have experienced the "We can't do this mission / TF unless we have a healer!" I have been on teams that would cancel doing a mission or TF if they could not find an empath.
It was much later in the games life that people finally realized that most of the defenders actually were more useful then an empath.
I've played the game since pre-order beta. I've NEVER been on a team where they wouldnt start without a healer. Healing has never been a big need in this game, and this was fairly obvious from the beginning. IMO, I'd rather have an extra troller or buffer/debuffer.
I guess you were just lucky or teamed with smart people. I had made 3 defenders that were not empathy and always had a hard time getting teams. Once I made an Illus / Empath controller - the invites poured in.
That was just WoW brain-washing.
I played for about 3. The amount of changes they implemented in the last 3 years however I think makes you worthy And Frostfire was such a pain in the butt!! So tough to solo!
Frostfire was easy to solo (hint: maneuver what you kill to ensure you level up off another mob in his room then bury him under a hail of inspirations), I never failed to solo him on anything I tried using this method.
One didn't always get the Insp bonus at level up.