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Originally Posted by Broncas
Pros:
- Free-for-all PvP environment.
- Being able to talk to people that you can fight.
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Biggest pros, imho. FFA PvP (even with factions) is the way to go, but a game really needs to be designed with that in mind from the ground up.
And being able to duel guildies outside of Haven is both fun and helpful for refining strats.
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Originally Posted by Broncas
- PvP and PvE are both a bit easier since all classes are available. (Skill and Organization still a factor though since there aresome exiled guild that have not cleared some raid zones and are surpassed bysome city aligned guilds and some exiled guilds which are not very skilled or organized in PvP)
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Your quote in parentheses is the key there. I'll say what I've been saying all along: it's the 24 people on the raid that make the difference when it comes to killing hard mobs, not the classes they're playing. You don't "need" a templar or illusionist or brigand to kill anything in this game.
Case in point: Resurrection in exile (even after stealing mythicals), vs Kraken in Freeport currently. We've already outprogressed them (we EASILY 2nd pulled Druushk last raid, and Nexona is going to die soon once we can train up some newer raiders) from a city faction. Then again, I don't think this is a surprise to anyone. ;)
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Originally Posted by Broncas
Cons:
- Haven NPCs sell items for 50% more than a city.
- Haven NPCs buy your trash for 50% less than a city.
- There are no shared bank slots for your characters--even if you have multiple characters in exile.
- No purchaseable city signets/clickies.
- Difficult to PvP with people sometimes as AEs do damage to anybody not in your group/raid--this includes guildies.
- No city housing. Houses can be purchased in Maj'Dul if you want a house (requires faction work + a quest if you want a call to Maj'Dul)
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All of that is accurate, but I would say it's also irrelevant in the big picture. The only exceptions being possibly 2 of the signets (AE avd and AE res), but we've been raiding in FP so far without them and I don't think we'll need them. Doesn't mean we won't use em to make life easier, but it's very doable without them. ;)
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Originally Posted by Broncas
- No PvP items--it doesnt matter if you purchased them prior to exiling, exiles can not use them.
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Probably one of the bigger drawbacks to exiling. PvP gear is mindblowingly easy to get compared to raid gear, and it's almost exactly on par. Many pieces of PvP gear (the jewelry in particular) absolutely blow away raid quality fabled gear. PvP gear with reactive control effects like fear/detarget are THE biggest game-changing effects out there.
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Originally Posted by Broncas
- Should you ever want to return to a city ever again you will lose every lvl 50+ability you have. (Obviously this means Master 1's as well)
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Eh, go beat on some rocks for awhile. Moving back to a city is a big enough decision that you should have no problem spending some plat or some time farming to get your AD3's back!
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Originally Posted by Broncas
In conclusion: City life is easy life. Exiled life is harder (but i suppose it should be since we're exiled). If you plan on going exile make sure you have a guild ready to welcome you or else your life could be a pain in the ass.
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Having seen it from both sides of the fence now, I would say that the only way cities really have it easier is in how effortless it is to obtain powerful PvP gear compared to raiding. I can argue that virtually every "negative" about being in exile is essentially irrelevant to a hardcore player.
But yes, make sure you have friends waiting for you in exile (or coming with you), or it could be painful. =)
Re: Couple questions (new to PvP)
