User:AOTT/Opinion

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About me
Meet the ex Guild Leader of the now disbanded FOMJ.

My GW name is Alice of the Twist. Most often I am referred to as "AOTT" or "Alice." I can be found online.

When you're playing online, you may see me playing any one of my characters, which are all prefixed by "AOTT" with the exception of my primary character, Alice of the Twist. I use all of my characters in PvE and PvP. So much for my Survivor title. If I am unable to use a PvE character in PvP, I use AOTT Blue to fill in. That's what PvP characters are for.

I began playing around 7/5/05 and made my first Guild, Followers Of Master Jack [FOMJ] on 7/15/05. A lot of people came through my Guild. My guild has split off several seed guilds, which helped form the [FOMJ] Alliance. These guilds have been outstandingly successful for the most part. Recently I disbanded FOMJ for personal reasons, and I gave ownership of the Alliance over to my largest seed ally, [EMHW].

I began the [FOMJ] Alliance about 3 days after the release of Guild Wars: Factions as a way to expand the guild into a larger entity. Since then, several guilds have come and gone, and some have stayed. As the leader of the [FOMJ] Alliance, I quickly saw that there would be fanatics who would not rest until cities fell under their control; because of this, I did not ask guilds in the Alliance to maintain obsessively large faction counts; rather I let the guilds competitively amass faction for the sole reason of keeping enough faction to avoid scaring off recruits. Since I have now disbanded FOMJ, I no longer control the Alliance, and am no longer a part of the [EMHW] Alliance. I now reside in The Random Adventurers [TRA] as an officer.

Alice Of The Twist may be more difficult to contact than usual because of events in their personal life.

Luxons Vs. Kurzicks
Luxon FTW

When Factions first came out, I immediately favored the Luxons. I wanted to complete the goal of becoming an "Ultimate Luxon." To me, this task involved acquiring a Miniature Siege Turtle (done it,) 15k Luxon Armor (done it,) and eventually achieving the title of Savior of the Luxons. Unfortunate side-effects of being an ultimate Luxon included aversion to entering Kurzick territory for any reason other than to kill them. Since the release of NF and the disbanding of FOMJ, I have explored and finished the entire Kurzick storyline, mostly for the reason of acquiring the Skill Hunter title. I still don't like Kurzicks very much.

I'd like it if there was a KvL arena that you could choose all 12 people for your party. It would be a lot more organized. But for now we're stuck with 4 random groups being stuck together. You can syncronize entry into KvL and sometimes end up with 12 people working together as a 12 person build, but it doesn't always work out.

PvP and PvE
I'm a balanced player when it comes to PvP and PvE. I get all my skills through PvE, and often I use my PvE characters in PvP (unless a build requires I use something with a different primary class).

When I play my necromancer, I often refer to myself as a "Siege Mistress." An interesting mix, that Necromancer. It's been proven in PvP as one of the better Necromancers out there. And I burn through PvE. Oh, I burn through it... I'm good at Necromancers. Recently, ANet nerfed Soul Reaping, making my Necromancer much much weaker. For this, I intend to bug them until they remove the 5 second cool down.

My second favorite class to play is my Ranger, because it's so versatile that I can do just about anything with it. My ranger works best when I try to focus on an individual opponent, but I can cause enough disruption around me that I can escape from even a large group of people trying to kill me. I feel that the ranger is the best class for running, since they have more skills for it with more benefits than the Warrior. (And they're FAST, oh wow, they're FAST.) I also burn through PvE with my Ranger. I know several builds for Rangers that are devastating, the most powerful build I have is posted below.

My Warrior takes third place for play time. Even though it's not as old as my Monk. What can I say, it's a warrior. Not much to it.

Opinion on the Factions classes
It's been a while since I really thought to look at this section of my Wiki. I have an assassin right now; I deleted my Ritualist in favor of a Mesmer. I have not used my Assassin for months. In PvP, I still consider them weak and ineffectual unless circumstances are perfect or their target has already been weakened. A simple "block/dodge" stance can render an assassin completely impotent.

My experience with Ritualists hasn't been particularly impressive. I have worked with them and fought against them, and they really lack primary defensive abilities. If they're not noticed, they can cause quite a bit of disruption with their spirit spamming. Their spells leave something to be desired. Still, they have had a slightly more formidable impact on battles than the Assassin, at least in my experience. It can be impressive to see a small army of spirits throwing so many projectiles at one opponent at once. Unfortunately, it's a short-lived impact.

So, I suppose right now the Factions classes are still regarded as a disappointment for me.

Opinion on the new Nightfall Classes
I have 2 Nightfall Characters. Dervish and Paragon, of course. I've played the Dervish more, and it does incredible amounts of damage, at least until the Devs get around to nerfing it so it's weak as a kitten. Which would not be cool, since I consider it an apology for the ineffectual pinpricks Assassins dish out. I'm sure we've all seen the impact of Dervishes on PvP, almost (but not quite) supplanting Warriors as the most powerful melee class. As I gather more skills for my own Dervish, I expect I'll be wreaking a lot more havoc as time goes on.

My Paragon hasn't seen as much action, however I have fought against them in the RA, and they're an absolute nuisance. I thought the assassins teleporting around and the Ritualists spirit spamming was annoying, but now I have to deal with these weak, almost environment-level effects from all their screaming. As a ranger-esque midliner, the Paragon fails to impress me with damage output. It's like the developers wanted to make a "leader" that would fall in a hail of bullets once it entered combat! Since so many players focus on using the shouts and party-support abilities, they forget to use the Paragon's self-sustaining abilities and potential to wreak havoc by itself. As I advance my Paragon, I hope to convince myself otherwise of the ineffectual attempts others have made as the best that a Paragon can do in PvP and PvE. It just seems to me that the Paragon has something more to offer than a shadowy background effect, and I've got to be the one to find it.

About [FOMJ]
[FOMJ] was an accident. I never intended the guild to flourish the way it did; I had expected other guilds to be so well-developed and well-known that my little stake in the battle isles would be ignored by all but the most newbie players. Well, FOMJ grew faster than I could have imagined, and it floated between 70-90 players at any given time with an average of about 15-20 officers by the end of its life. When Factions came out, and I heard about Alliances and the rumored ability to take control of cities, I had originally expected to be fighting for control of a city constantly in a siege-like 'round the clock stuggle for supremacy. I was actually fairly confident in my Guild's ability to hold such a siege, but alas; city ownership turned out to be a matter of how many faction points an Alliance could muster. Once Factions hit its peak, it dawned upon me that the only way to take control of even a minor outpost would be impossible to accomplish without sacrificing all other aspects of the game. So, I gave up the dream of owning Cavalon (which at present requites 24 million faction points to control, 1/7/07) and settled for having far more members in my guild and alliance than any of those alliances. Thanks to my impressive officer core and my own efforts, I'd say we did a pretty spiffy job.

FOMJ was disbanded on 1/15/07. The members were given to Allies within the [FOMJ] Alliance. The [FOMJ] Alliance guilds reformed under [EMHW]. I joined [TRA], which was kicked from the [EMHW] Alliance for low activity. [TRA] is still a lone guild at this point. [4/16/07]

Hard Data
AOTT is the original Guild Leader of the now disbanded guild, Followers of Master Jack [FOMJ]. She has been playing for 2 years and uses Prophecies, Factions, and Nightfall.


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 * For the love of everything on a turkey and mayonnaise sandwich, what was THAT!?-Crypto Scout
 * FALG STAND! FALG STAND!-AOTT
 * Y'know, we're totally Guild Leaders, and we totally give you permission.-AOTT
 * That and you're a total jackass.-DLM
 * Boing boing boing boing boing...-AOTT
 * I FEEL SO POWERFUL-AOTT
 * Go recruit Russians for me.-AOTT
 * Russians are awesome in PvP.-AOTT
 * I'm one of the more powerful Necromancers you'll come across-AOTT
 * I'm your Alliance Leader, what did you expect?-AOTT
 * You're doing a nice job toady.-AOTT
 * Be more cold and heartless like me. STOMP on the minions... reward the good ones with... NOT stomping on them... AOTT
 * How was your party, AOTT? Did you drink? Did you waer a toga? Did you get drunk, AOTT? Hey, AOTT, how was the party? Didja find a new boytoy, AOTT? Hey, AOTT.... Foxx Shadow
 * The verdict is... "Nah." That means no.  No, you can't come back.  BECAUSE YOU'RE ANNOYING. AOTT
 * Ok, review time: I'm AOTT, your Alliance Leader, aka GOD ALMIGHTY... AOTT
 * FREEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOMMMMMM!!!!!- AOTT, after disbanding FOMJ
 * Don't let me stand in the way of progress.- AOTT, when told that [TRA] was to be kicked from the Alliance
 * What do you mean, "I don't have that skill?" What are you, some kinda newbie?- AOTT
 * And now, I'm going to break your spirit by telling you the meaning of life.- AOTT
 * I like candy.- AOTT
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Player Achievements

 * Aided in the war against the Kurzicks
 * Paid for almost half of all FOMJ Guild resources personally.
 * Paid for the creation of the Guilds TRA and NOMJ
 * Has coordinated Guild Events and Activities for FOMJ since the creation of the Guild.
 * Has developed Guild PvP Builds for FOMJ since the creation of the Guild.
 * Each build is individually capable of standing against at least 2 other Human players, resulting either in stalemate or victory.


 * Developed the Vile Archer
 * The Vile Archer is capable of sustaining a stalemate or victory against a force of 3 to 4 human players without outside help.


 * Developed a Blood Spiker independently of outside influence.
 * AOTT's blood spiker can sustain itself and a party while maintaining a stalemate or victory against 3 to 4 human players without outside help.
 * Caveat: The Blood Spiker is a spellcasting build, and is thus vulnerable to all the same things as any other spellcaster.


 * Develped a Bonder build independently of outside influence
 * AOTT's Bonder was developed for use in the Deeps, and is capable of sustaining a party of 12 under heavy fire (or 6 people who don't have any self-protection that do everything wrong.)


 * Theorized a condition-dependent build which remains "classified."
 * Due to the complexity of the build and the unorthodox skills used, AOTT was never able to test the build due to lack of skills on the part of Guild members. It was, needless to say, a disappointment.


 * Started the FOMJ Alliance
 * Disbanded FOMJ
 * Developed the first published GW political theory (to my knowledge.)


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FOMJ Stats

 * DISBANDED*
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