I'm actually finding combat to be way more enjoyable as archer; while I think the 'combos' are a nice idea for melee, it becomes too monotonous. I'm pretty sure Pugilist doesn't work off of combos either so I'd like to give that a try at some point as well. Though as characters progress I think the ability to sub more class abilities (and earn more of their own) will likely really open the classes, for now you basically just have your 'one two punch' and some cooldowns.
I'm playing a pugilist and got up to 14, I think ( had to work this weekend, so didn't get much playtime). Had gotten one up to 16 I think, on the previous beta's.
Pugilist has stances. You use 1 attack, and it moves you to the next stance. Then, an attack that only works with that stance opens up. When you use that attack, it moves you to a 3rd stance, where you get a different attack. So, when you use the 3rd attack,it moves you back to your base stance, where you start all over again.
Perhaps you get multiple attacks per stance, or perhaps more stances open up later on, I don't know. But, as it is, it's kind of like combos, and kind of not, i guess?
One thing I was reminded of during this beta, is that I really dislike newbie zones during launches. I stopped playing Sunday night when I ran out to a quest area to kill 4 mobs. The area spawns like 6-8 mobs of that type....there were no mobs up, and 10 people standing around, heh.
Alot of the quests like that have alternate spawn points (your quest tracker just doesn't bother to point them out to you). I don't remember any alternate spawn points for that particular mob though. I threw my hands up in the air and logged off for the night.
I really enjoy the game, and will definately play it, but I might just wait for a week or so, until at least some of the new players have a chance to clear out, at least a little.
