Guild Wars 2

Thinking about playing again.

I’ve played a number of classes and you had to kite with most of them…have they done anything to change that? My favorite class was the Mesmer and running around in circles became ridiculously tedious.

Nope.

Anything worth killing does a OHKO, sometimes without any warning. And if it has a warning, it’s obscured by the zerg of particle effects.

Kiting is not necessary, unless you are scared of getting hit.

When you’re facing off a champion, sure. But kiting on a normal mob is overkill.

And vets can be easily killed in your face by melee classes.

That really depends on how you spec your characters. If you want to be able to take hits then build a more durable character.

You call it kiting. I call it movement. GW2’s combat is movement heavy, and I like that because it requires more effort than just standing there like a toy soldier firing your weapon at your enemy.

Khisanth.2948:

That really depends on how you spec your characters. If you want to be able to take hits then build a more durable character.

Alternatively, you can use tactics that mitigate damage in other ways than taking a shot to the chin.

For a mesmer, know your blurred frenzy skill, good timing on distortion when needed, proper use of dodges and having vigor.

DigitalKirin.9714:

Khisanth.2948:

That really depends on how you spec your characters. If you want to be able to take hits then build a more durable character.

Alternatively, you can use tactics that mitigate damage in other ways than taking a shot to the chin.

For a mesmer, know your blurred frenzy skill, good timing on distortion when needed, proper use of dodges and having vigor.

There are many ways to ‘take a hit’
I know 3 people who play mesmer with MH sword and at least 1 likes to go for big numbers. There is a plethora of other things a mesmer can do. A more durable build is just the simplest option for taking hits. Another option (that seems more preferable on the forum) is to just rip things apart before they have any chance to do damage to you.

silix.7602:

Thinking about playing again.

I’ve played a number of classes and you had to kite with most of them…have they done anything to change that? My favorite class was the Mesmer and running around in circles became ridiculously tedious.

Agreed. Pve = abuse stupid AI.