Quote Originally Posted by Sinstrel View Post
1. Generally, yes. I always advise new players in PvP to start out playing ranged jobs because it teaches you the very important skill of positioning, and how drastically it can affect your games. As a rule of thumb starting out as a new player, never be in front of your tank or melee... EVER. Not even to push the crystal (unless you are losing in overtime). Stay behind your melee and tank until you learn the caveats where it is okay to push beyond them.

If you have no melee or tank on your team, that is also fine and the same concept applies. Stay ranged and dont push the crystal until your team is at a numbers advantage. Let the enemy approach you even if they pushed into you 15-30%. It wont matter if you wipe them and push it to 50. As long as you are 5v5, pushing the crystal is the last thing you need to be thinking about. Land a kill first, then check your party's mana. If they are all above 50%, then you can push. If they are below 50% call for them to fall back and drink first... then push.

This advice is tailored to you as a newer player. These are not hardset rules and will change over time as you rank higher and gain more experience.

2. You can't always pick the optinal Paen target. Of course, do your best and continue to learn and get better at it. However I would advise you to just keep it on cooldown until you start to see the patterns of the optimal target.

You can use Paen preemptively before your target even gets hit by CC. And it will auto nullify the CC for your target.

I really do hope you find success, and I think it would be great to see a more diverse cast of players in the higher ranks of play. Currently, it is quite boring playing against the same players over and over. But I digress.
By the way Sinstrel, if you have Discord I’ll record a few matches in one video. Are you in the PvPrimal Discord by chance?