Hurray! Patron status has been returned!
Hopefully I get to keep it this time. If anyone works out how to get a straw hat, even one of the ones from the NPCs running around, please give me a shout.
Anyone done some proper PvPing? I've only done a couple of skirmishes, biggest was 3vs6 at around level 35, which proved how invaluable a good healer is. Brother had just found that he could switch to using a mace from his staff if he was in a group so that his healing effectiveness effectively quadrupled, the enemy healer apparently hadn't worked out a similar thing nor were they "shot calling" so had no cohesion.
Gear seems to play a bigger part too, we've mostly got crafted gear at rank 4/5 thanks to each person pooling resources and having a set task so despite seeing large clans running around, most of the players have quite poor equipment.
Anyone got proper PvP experience and could give a few tips? We're currently undefeated as a three man group with about 45 kills between us with only two deaths due to a 20 man gank squad.