I found the game much more fun when beginning to use them. As a mesmer , i could meellee with chaos armour up, improving my abillity to stay in mellee alot.

Originally posted by Mardukk
I'm looking for a prof that can use these well solo.  It does appear that necro has a few opportunities while others wouldn't be able to solo combo at all.

Originally posted by Mardukk
I'm looking for a prof that can use these well solo.  It does appear that necro has a few opportunities while others wouldn't be able to solo combo at all.

i do pretty well on my thief solo, i can make poison arrows i can make aoe stealth there's a few more i cant think of of  the top of my head right now

Originally posted by DMKano

My regular group is 2 guardians and 3 warriors - we are all 80s and haven't needed any combos period mostly due to limited options of only 2 classes.

i think the system is cool but it is not really needed - we are doing all content so far including explore mode dungeons without any planned combos, just coordinated buff rotation.

 

This is surprising, not that you complete content but that you don't use combo's, especially with gaurdians.

I'm sure one of the warriors has a banner?

Smack that thing down on a gaurdian symbol and you all get retaliation, that's less dps to you, more dps to enemies. 

Light field + blast = area retaliation, destroys dungeons.

Four types of finisher skills:  Blast, Leap, Projectile, Whirl

Nine fields: Dark, Ethereal, Fire, Ice, Light, Lightning, Poison, Smoke, Water

Enemies who try to fire projectiles through a smoke field an ally placed will miss.

Check your tooltips - each class can do quite a few of these.  If you're an engineer, make sure to check your toolkit abilities; many of the more effective fields are tucked away.

Looking over these forums, and doing my own research, I'm still not finding evidence that suggests that these combo attacks actually INCREASE damage done.  That they just add an effect to certain attacks.  Does anybody have evidence that combo attacks do, in fact, buff damage done with these attacks?

For example if an Ele throws out a fire wall, and I just so happen to be using a 1-handed sword and I do Savage Leap through the fire.  Will I ONLY get fire shield?  Or will the Savage Leap attack through the fire wall get a bonus in damage as well as my receiving the fire shield for defense?

Anybody know?

Originally posted by Khaeros

Four types of finisher skills:  Blast, Leap, Projectile, Whirl

Nine fields: Dark, Ethereal, Fire, Ice, Light, Lightning, Poison, Smoke, Water

 

Field	Blast	Leap	Projectile	Whirl
Dark	AoE Blind	Blind	Lifesteal	AoE Lifesteal
Ethereal	AoE Chaos Armor	Chaos Armor	Confuse	AoE Confuse
Fire	AoE Might	Fire Armor	Burn	AoE Burn
Ice	AoE Frost Armor	Frost Armor	Chill	AoE Chill
Light	AoE Retal	Retal	RC	AoE RC
Lightning	AoE Swift	Daze	Vuln	AoE Vuln
Poison	AoE Weak	Weak	Poison	AoE Poison
Smoke	AoE Stealth	Stealth	Blind	AoE Blind
Water	AoE Heal	Heal	Regen	AoE Heal

 

Enemies who try to fire projectiles through a smoke field an ally placed will miss.

My problem with this is that classes seem limited to 2-3 finishers. So what you looking at for example necros lay down dark combo fields. They have 2 finisher I think. A blast and a projectile,  both tie to the two handed staff.  

So actuallity out of this list and table, there are two effects triggered by two spells. This is very limited and restrictive, also adds very little to game play. Why don't all weapons finishers? 

From what I see, using fields doesn't increase your raw damage directly.  That said, the game's conditions and boons are pretty powerful, so it's almost always worth using combo fields.

When making good character builds, you'll want to take advantage of boons, conditions, or both in your trait lines and utility skills.  Combo fields help add even more to the stack.  When you roll up to the next champion mob and a group of ranged are shooting it, throw a field in front of them and watch the hearts spring up like crazy.  Being able to perpetually apply and stack conditions will save lives.

Originally posted by Mardukk
I don't think they really want people to solo combo.  I think they are meant more for groups.  I do agree that it does seem odd that all classes don't have all finishers or do they?

Not all types of finishers per say, but just more finishers in general. It woud add a lot to the depth of the system imo, and make combat more fun. 

I wouldn't be against having more types for each class either. I do understand why one class does not carry all types though.

Originally posted by Khaeros

Four types of finisher skills:  Blast, Leap, Projectile, Whirl

Nine fields: Dark, Ethereal, Fire, Ice, Light, Lightning, Poison, Smoke, Water

 

Field	Blast	Leap	Projectile	Whirl
Dark	AoE Blind	Blind	Lifesteal	AoE Lifesteal
Ethereal	AoE Chaos Armor	Chaos Armor	Confuse	AoE Confuse
Fire	AoE Might	Fire Armor	Burn	AoE Burn
Ice	AoE Frost Armor	Frost Armor	Chill	AoE Chill
Light	AoE Retal	Retal	RC	AoE RC
Lightning	AoE Swift	Daze	Vuln	AoE Vuln
Poison	AoE Weak	Weak	Poison	AoE Poison
Smoke	AoE Stealth	Stealth	Blind	AoE Blind
Water	AoE Heal	Heal	Regen	AoE Heal

 

Enemies who try to fire projectiles through a smoke field an ally placed will miss.

 

Check your tooltips - each class can do quite a few of these.  If you're an engineer, make sure to check your toolkit abilities; many of the more effective fields are tucked away.

This is awesome, I seriously need to have this handy when I play.

Regarding combos and group play.  I really tried last night to work out more tactics with combos and now I am becoming more aware of how to utilise and support others.  As an Engineer, if I see a lot of players using range attacks, I am trying to remind myself to throw down a wall of fire in front of the champion or whatever. 

Still need to check out my damage when firing through a fire field, I keep forgetting to check my combat log! grrr

I do wonder how an organised guild could own in this game if they had vent and were in PvP.  Where there is a bottleneck of enemy players, I can see a few fields being laid down and then stick in 6 players with leaping finishers...the outcome could be brutal.

Took this shot in Beta, so its not that great but I do remember this battle and seeing 10-20 players all at the gate.  Combofest right there.

Originally posted by chryses

Regarding combos and group play.  I really tried last night to work out more tactics with combos and now I am becoming more aware of how to utilise and support others.  As an Engineer, if I see a lot of players using range attacks, I am trying to remind myself to throw down a wall of fire in front of the champion or whatever. 

Still need to check out my damage when firing through a fire field, I keep forgetting to check my combat log! grrr

I do wonder how an organised guild could own in this game if they had vent and were in PvP.  Where there is a bottleneck of enemy players, I can see a few fields being laid down and then stick in 6 players with leaping finishers...the outcome could be brutal.

 

Took this shot in Beta, so its not that great but I do remember this battle and seeing 10-20 players all at the gate.  Combofest right there.

When I did my testing, I didnt notice a difference in damage.  But the effects seem to be based on the stats of whoever put down the field.  So the burn damage will be based on the condition damage stat of the guy who put down the field and same with poison.

Havent tested out the water field because you cant see healing numbers inthe combat log  and I need another person to test it out:( at least not for the regen part.  Testing the fire and poison field is easy just let someone drop a poison field and shoot through it with something that can surely finish the combo and just like....see if the other d00d gets exp. lawl

Originally posted by DMKano

My regular group is 2 guardians and 3 warriors - we are all 80s and haven't needed any combos period mostly due to limited options of only 2 classes.

i think the system is cool but it is not really needed - we are doing all content so far including explore mode dungeons without any planned combos, just coordinated buff rotation.

 

 You could be using combos and not know it.... guardians have multiple combos.

2 H sword and 2 H hammer both have combo zones that warriors can use without the warrior knowing it....for example... they put down a field/zone with their auto attack (1) skill... the field buffs you with protection..... if the guardian uses their 2 right after on that zone it'll cast retribution on everyone.

2 Hand sword has something similar.