I believe Dazling quitted right before reaper came out, I remember a couple of LE Shrouds and Slaver runs with him.
Trobas has guaranteed either been perma-banned or has quitted on his own, he told me he would.
Really cool dudes, you would have no doubt of their skill had you played with them. The guy managed in less than a year to go from zero, completely new toon to maxing almost all PLs, before racials came out.
He's the only player so far I've seen competing with Nokills and Fatii in terms of TR speed, no stones.

About Walruss and Eli... don't know if they've gone soft. A simple google search will show you that Elihor is still posting solo reaper videos, which means he hasn't turned casual.

And since when did you start playing on Cannith..

I'm gonna have to hit you guys up sometime. My character (the only one I really play) is also named 'Dohhv'.

Rubbinns wrote on Jun 29^th, 2019 at 11:15am:


I like Nokills, really.  But he's also an example of a high profile player with a toon that's had a lot of time put into it and can blow through content on low skulls easily, but isn't necessarily a sign of skill.  Too a degree some of these players become kind of sloppy because they have so many past lives and reaper points that they don't expect a challenge and when they hit an actual challenge...they don't do as well.

I do put Nokills far above Damonzz as far as skill goes, but there are a lot of Dennis Rodmans in this game.

Walrus is fun to run with.  I rank him up there with Sham or Zvamos (Zvampos? however you spell his damn name) where they're just having fun.  They set the bar slightly above their skill and just jump in and kind of see what happens.  It's just fucking fun to run with these guys because they're decent players, they're not uptight, they don't take it seriously and if everyone dies, it's not that big of a deal.

But most of the high profile players aren't as impressive as they think they are - they just have strong toons and a ton of past lives.

I can think of at least 3 guilds off the top of my head who have far superior players than Gods and while their toons aren't as powerful as Ascendant (Ascendance?  Whatever) they're better players and have better tactics. 

No, they don't solo dailies on R10 with toons that have 100 plus reaper points, but they can duel more challenging quests on R8 with half as many reaper points and IMO, that's far more impressive.

The best players are the ones no one ever talks about.

Skoodge wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 5:20am:

Not really. If you're blowing through content and getting a bunch of kills consistently. People will eventually take notice and praise you, like me

UnknownBuilder wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 8:09am:


There are two types of people who blast through content to get noticed.

99% of them are playing insecure, little dick, glass cannon caster builds.

The other 1% is Tronk.

If you're blasting through content, you're kiddie pooling it by running at a safe skull for your amount of reaper points and the only people you're impressing aren't worth impressing at all.

So, yeah.  I guess that's you. 

teeuser wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 8:51am:


I suck at names...maybe?  He's in Gods now.  Great guy and a good player.

teeuser wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 8:51am:


Damonzz is a shinning example of a Dennis Rodman player.  Or maybe a racing analogy would be better but I don't follow NASCAR - brightly colored fast car with a crap driver behind the wheel.

A year ago he was pugging R5 to R6 RL on a toon with wings, and as often as not his runs were complete train wrecks.  Unless someone like Tronk joined, you were pretty much guaranteed seeing points with 6 soul stones debating who was going to jibbers to avoid a wipe because he couldn't anchor a group and was only as good as the people joining.

A year later I don't even have eyes and have found that even with half the group being newbs with little to no reaper points, you should never have more than half the group dead at one time - if at all.  Most non-Damonzz runs at the same setting usually have no to just a few deaths.  But when you have one guy show boating and leaving everyone behind to rush to a boss they can't fight on their own, you're going to have a bad time.

teeuser wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 9:15am:


You assumed I was serious and missed the joke

Technically it should've been TronkoS (plural).  Let's be honest, there are at least 5 easy button build of the week builds that people hone in on.  They're OP and easy to play.  I'll gladly admit I use one of the top 20 easy button builds for quick and easy reaper points - I don't expect anyone to be impressed when I perform well using a build that takes little to no skill to play.  But a lot of people let it go to their head and, again IMO, you lose points for playing certain builds.  OP builds are OP.

Then there are builds and classes that hard way harder to squeeze any power out of let alone get to a high skull setting.  Someone playing the shit out of a non-Monk melee is going to impress me way more than another FvS frogger.

teeuser wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 9:15am:


Yeah, and I blast through EE for Sagas.  The newbs are impressed as hell about it - but it's not that fucking impressive.  Grinding quickly below your level isn't a sign of skill or ability - it's just grinding below your level quickly.  If you've got 10 reaper points, that's EE.  If you got wings, that's R5 or lower.

EE doesn't count.  R1 doesn't count.  Hell, even R3-R6 doesn't count.

What we're talking about (at least I am) are people pushing the limit of their toon ABOVE their power level.  I've ran R8-R10 with a number of different guilds (not my own, don't be stupid) and the high profile, more active, more well known guilds aren't the best on the server. 

I'm talking unbiased, don't have a dog in this race, don't belong to any of the discussed guilds - most (not all) of the well known guilds and players are overrated.

Everyone notices the show boater, and that's why showboaters showboat.  They want to be noticed.  People are less likely to notice the players that are actually holding it all together and making a smooth run than someone who's just trying to hog the glory.

I have pugged with almost every one on Cannith these past few months. I have yet to see a melee that comes close to Vinci, Gordon, Tronko or Cap. If you want to use kill counts : I put money on those guys winning, right now, against anyone on that server as a melee. Completion times? I'll take that action, too!

There's levels to this and those dudes are far superior melee players than the rest of Cannith combined. 

Damonz is a decent person. Has been a nice guy to every one in every pug of his that I have joined. He is one of the few people who heals and raises teammates. The amount of casters on Cannith who sit there and are trying to cast damage spells on bosses, is disheartening. I take D over an average pugger, easily.

And Dennis Rodman is an all-time great winner. The guy has a fistful of rings. His win shares, and value over replacement ratings are all high. Then there are the little things that other guys just won't do. Take charges, dive for loose balls, play post defense on Shaq, cover Magic or Jordan in playoffs/finals.

https://skepticalsports.com/the-case-for-dennis-rodman-guide/

He dominated rebounding more than any other player has ever dominated any recorded stat in the NBA. As a percentage of rebounds, his share was the all-time highest, by a large margin, over the next closest guys. He won DPOY, twice. An award dominated by shot blocking centers. Rodman could guard 1-5, and make any switch in any scheme. The guy is an all-time great and is underrated for his impact on winning games. 

Skoodge wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 11:22am:


That’s where it gets rough for me. I only have 9 reaper points... I can hold my own, but I certainly prefer a group. Also, I can always learn. I’m by no means an expert.

Dohhv wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 11:30am:

NOOB AND BETA BAHAHAHA

UnknownBuilder wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 1:33pm:


Not even close, BETA!

Dohhv wrote on Jul 1^st, 2019 at 2:14pm:

very close.