Re: Rose needs to be buffed, badly
@chogath_player Thanks for clarifying! Good post.
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@Liveone74 Hey there. What upgrades are you using?
- @dwooten77 Refreshing Revive, Thistle Missile, and Time Snare. She has 5 abilities that use 4 upgrade points. That's a bit much...
I found her better locking and more reliable without thistle missile. I run locked and loaded plus time snare. Works ok.
I play Rose in Multiplayer and I've faced players who are using Rose when I'm on the Zombie team.
Rose is designed to fit a certain niche- she's a mid-range support character so if you're using her outside of that comfort zone you can experience a lot of frustration; especially if you wind up in short range or close quarters combat such as when you're playing Team Vanquish or Vanquish Confirmed where Zombies can get close from a variety of directions.
I play a fair amount of Turf Takeover and Garden Ops and that's where Rose can shine because the Zombies will be in a set direction striving to achieve or defend an objective so it's rather easy to keep Rose at her ideal range where her homing thistles get the most benefit.
In addition to be really satisfying to play Rose needs the right upgrades, that was pretty true in GW2 and the same can be said about some of the other character types as well- some of the characters are pretty satisfying to play right off the bat at Recruit level while others, like Rose, seem disadvantaged by comparison and I think that tends to be the case because some of the classes are tailored to a certain role other than front line combat.
I'm still promoting my Rose so I have yet to unlock all of her upgrades but I don't find her to be a weak character when I'm using the correct tactics for her.
@Liveone74 I’m with @34975634954957 on leaving thistle middle off. I think you’ll be surprised. Time snare is great on both sides of the the line. @realitysquared Brings up good points as well. There is a niche with her. Honestly I use her the most now. I don’t get the top of the leaderboard with her, nor do I really care. But rarely do I die in a match with her now.
- @dwooten77 & @34975634954957 Okay, so I listened to some of the feedback and now have Thistle Missile off. Thanks for the feedback.
@Liveone74 Great! Hope it works out for you. I hated her at first. Maybe stick till offense a little bit first. Getting steamrolled on defense can be frustrating. And hey, if she’s just not your play style then it is what it is.
Oh how I miss Druid Rose.....
- @jamcast99 Same ☹️
@Liveone74 Hows it going?
- @dwooten77 Trying new stuff with the Rose. Seeing a lot more Rose in Giddy Park. Not in multiplayer much though. Still a lot more of any other characters.
- @Liveone74 Probably a good thing there aren't too many at once - would get annoying for people to be a goat for most of the match! 😆 I usually see one or two most games, but it's hard to judge popularity while the character challenges are going on. I also think people choose to use her on certain maps or stages - speed assisting team-mates stealing the batteries is a favourite!!
Just TWO well-versed Roses can be a major problem in any map. The more I play Rose, the more I disagree with buffing her at all.
EDIT: autocorrect revenge
Rose, when played correctly, can absolutely dominate. She doesn't need buffed, except maybe 1 hp as mentioned.
@CJackson5083 wrote:Rose, when played correctly, can absolutely dominate. She doesn't need buffed, except maybe 1 hp as mentioned.
This is 100% truth.
Her upgrades need some work (Thistle Missle, for example, is trash)... but even her base kit can be deadly, especially in modes like TT.
Yes just getting thistle missle working well (as opposed to making her worse) would be good. I don't think she need one extra hit point if jinx was stronger that would be enough.
Rose is now one of my favourite characters to play, if only you could vanquish just a bit faster with jinx
@34975634954957 wrote:Yes just getting thistle missle working well (as opposed to making her worse) would be good. I don't think she need one extra hit point if jinx was stronger that would be enough.
Rose is now one of my favourite characters to play, if only you could vanquish just a bit faster with jinx
I think very few characters TTK (time to kill) is quick enough and believe almost all characters need minor adjustments to the primary damage; just want it to feel like GWs’ ability to kill in a reasonable amount of time.
