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Posted by: Immensus.9732

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All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

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Posted by: Red Queen.7915

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Mesmer uses swords: “Shield is so out of place!!!111”

Come on, you don’t even know yet how the shield and the specialisations are going to work. Why not save your breath to complain about stuff when you actually know you won’t like it?

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Posted by: LanfearShadowflame.3189

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The shield looks interesting. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for axes or daggers on my mesmer. I’m sure with future specializations we’ll start seeing some of that. For the time being though, I’m going to reserve judgement on the shield until I get more information regarding skills, mechanic changes, etc.

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Posted by: MiniEquine.6014

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All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

I’ll take “Not listening to anything the devs have been saying for the past 2 months for 800”.

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Posted by: Ralanost.8913

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I always thought pistols were weird for mesmers. I see nothing wrong with shields.

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Posted by: Keitaro Dragonheart.9047

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All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

I’ll take “Not listening to anything the devs have been saying for the past 2 months for 800”.

I’ll take “The Devs not listening to anything the mesmer playerbase has been saying for the past 2 1/2 years for 800.”

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Posted by: MiniEquine.6014

MiniEquine.6014

All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

I’ll take “Not listening to anything the devs have been saying for the past 2 months for 800”.

I’ll take “The Devs not listening to anything the mesmer playerbase has been saying for the past 2 1/2 years for 800.”

Your point adds absolutely nothing to the conversation. The shield is not for mesmers; the shield is for the Mesmer specialization.

My point is, we literally have 0 idea of what the Mesmer specialization can do with the shield. A regular Mesmer cannot use a shield, so why this is an issue is beyond me. When they release more information about the specializations (and how they are very likely NOT just extra weapon skills tacked onto the profession), then we will know why they chose a shield.

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Posted by: Keitaro Dragonheart.9047

Keitaro Dragonheart.9047

All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

I’ll take “Not listening to anything the devs have been saying for the past 2 months for 800”.

I’ll take “The Devs not listening to anything the mesmer playerbase has been saying for the past 2 1/2 years for 800.”

Your point adds absolutely nothing to the conversation. The shield is not for mesmers; the shield is for the Mesmer specialization.

My point is, we literally have 0 idea of what the Mesmer specialization can do with the shield. A regular Mesmer cannot use a shield, so why this is an issue is beyond me. When they release more information about the specializations (and how they are very likely NOT just extra weapon skills tacked onto the profession), then we will know why they chose a shield.

Neither does yours. The mesmer playerbase has been asking for more main-hand weapons (Pistol main-hand mostly) since launch, so they give us….-drum roll please- an off-hand, and a shield even…yay? >_>

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Posted by: Mortifer.2946

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Guardians will get longbows http://gfycat.com/ImmaterialWhichEgret
anet listened!

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Posted by: Seishiro.7468

Seishiro.7468

Guardians will get longbows http://gfycat.com/ImmaterialWhichEgret
anet listened!

Kind of expected it, still happy it kind of finally got confirmed ^^ I am really interested to see how the bow is going to work, since the summoned spectral bow is more of a supportweapon that removes conditions and has an AoE heal

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Posted by: Jerus.4350

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All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

The fact that everyone can’t use shields is out of place IMO. If I had guys with swords/axes/maces/hammers/etc running after me you bet your behind I’d grab a shield and hide behind that :b

I think mainhand pistol would be far more out of place, I mean I can shoot magical bolts, why would I need a pistol?

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Posted by: Darthslaughter.4210

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main pistol to give us a second ranged main hand, not a fan of the septer with the auto attack creates clones and destroys my phantasms. the pistols could be #2 is create clone at location and you teleport to ur right and the #3 would be sweet if it was like the thiefs unload.

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Posted by: Thenme.6491

Thenme.6491

In guild wars 1 mesmer could yield shields y not in gw2?

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Posted by: Coedeax.2567

Coedeax.2567

oh looks, this topic…. again….

Anyway, I happen to love the idea of a mesmer with a shield….Although, tbh, I love the idea of anything new on my Mesmer..

It’s not FAIR!

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Posted by: Sorel.4870

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oh looks, this topic…. again….

Anyway, I happen to love the idea of a mesmer with a shield….Although, tbh, I love the idea of anything new on my Mesmer..

So do I. But aren’t you a bit disappointed of getting an off-hand weapon? We have so many good choices already, while having only two main-hand weapons. A ranged power MH weapon would have been nice: like a MH shield for example.

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Posted by: Sankofa Jimiyu.1567

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All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

I’ll take “Not listening to anything the devs have been saying for the past 2 months for 800”.

I’ll take “The Devs not listening to anything the mesmer playerbase has been saying for the past 2 1/2 years for 800.”

Your point adds absolutely nothing to the conversation. The shield is not for mesmers; the shield is for the Mesmer specialization.

My point is, we literally have 0 idea of what the Mesmer specialization can do with the shield. A regular Mesmer cannot use a shield, so why this is an issue is beyond me. When they release more information about the specializations (and how they are very likely NOT just extra weapon skills tacked onto the profession), then we will know why they chose a shield.

The shield seems to give Mesmers time manipulation, which would work for the class just fine. We don’t know the details, so we don’t know how it effects the gameplay.

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Posted by: Terrahero.9358

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Personal preferences really.

I’m not thrilled about Engineers getting a Hammer. Engineers lack ranged options, every weapon or kit is designed for (sub-)melee range to get optimal performance.
And the specialization just adds more melee range stuff. I was really hoping for something that works optimally at range.

But other people love it, same with shields for Mesmer spec.

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Posted by: Benjamin.8237

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Mesmers have always been melee range duelist classes, especially looking back at gw1. Shield makes a whole lot more sense than scepter or greatsword in my opinion.

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Posted by: Windsagio.1340

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Guardians will get longbows http://gfycat.com/ImmaterialWhichEgret
anet listened!

If that’s so, it’s sad. They listened to unimaginitive people asking for the most boring possible weapon for a guardian.

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Posted by: MithranArkanere.8957

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Mesmers are duelists among other things. A duelist using a buckler is not something strange.

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Posted by: Leo G.4501

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If you think about it, off-hand weapons are particularly influential for certain builds on Mesmer due to the fact one of the last 2 skills on the bar makes a phantasm.

[EDIT] or where you just complaining about shield? Focus isn’t a particularly exciting weapon either but they got it lol Shield is actually pretty cool and looks quite awesome when wielded with other weapons. A torch though? Not so much. And it isn’t even about what the weapon looks like, but how the skills perform. You should definitely wait and see before judging.

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Posted by: Sorel.4870

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Mesmers have always been melee range duelist classes, especially looking back at gw1. Shield makes a whole lot more sense than scepter or greatsword in my opinion.

“Always”. Basically, there were in GW1. In GW2, every profession is supposed to be good at range AND in melee, with only a few exceptions (engineer being somewhat between the two). Mesmer is no exception.

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Posted by: Leo G.4501

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All other classes get cool weapons like engi hammer, druid staff, probably thief rifle, we get a lame off-hand shield that are completely out of context for mesmers. from all the weapons that could easily fit the mesmers like dagger, axe and even main hand pistol we get the shields, i dont know i hope there are some mage like skins for shield with HoT to fit my mesmer style at least, otherwise that wasnt a good choice tbh.

I’ll take “Not listening to anything the devs have been saying for the past 2 months for 800”.

I’ll take “The Devs not listening to anything the mesmer playerbase has been saying for the past 2 1/2 years for 800.”

Your point adds absolutely nothing to the conversation. The shield is not for mesmers; the shield is for the Mesmer specialization.

My point is, we literally have 0 idea of what the Mesmer specialization can do with the shield. A regular Mesmer cannot use a shield, so why this is an issue is beyond me. When they release more information about the specializations (and how they are very likely NOT just extra weapon skills tacked onto the profession), then we will know why they chose a shield.

Neither does yours. The mesmer playerbase has been asking for more main-hand weapons (Pistol main-hand mostly) since launch, so they give us….-drum roll please- an off-hand, and a shield even…yay? >_>

I think you missed his point. I’ll clarify.

The style of the mesmer specialization could be far more indicative of a shield user than the current mesmer ‘specialization’. The profession mechanic, utilities and traits might lean less toward a ‘mage-type’ and more towards a ‘spell-sword’ or something different warranting a shield far more than something like a pistol (which would be out of place). As far as getting what the playerbase asked for, we have. We’re getting more weapon and play options. Just because you don’t get exactly what you want doesn’t mean they don’t listen at all.

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Posted by: Donari.5237

Donari.5237

Mechanically I’m content to wait and see what the shield actually does. ANet has a way of coming up with cool twists on things like that. Until I see otherwise, I’ll expect the shield skills to be fun to use.

Aesthetically, I’m a bit more meh. There are very few shields I like to wield, because they block so much of the view of the rest of my character. Plus they clip horribly when worn, and I say that as someone not very finicky about clipping in most cases (it just looks really wrong to have bits of armor, backpiece, hair, etc poking through one’s nice solid shield).

Besides the blocking of the view, the design of most Tyrian shields is clunky and doesn’t look like something useful in combat, (This is a generalization. I adore a few of the available shields, like Shield of the Moon for my sylvari guardian — sure it has holes, but aegis covers those up, right?).

So here’s hoping they design a few new shields with mesmer specs and light armor in mind, so people don’t avoid the weapon just because it clashes with their dress

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Posted by: Aveneo.2068

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Shield is stupid. Mainhand pistol is what we need. Who in their right mind wields an offhand pistol but can’t wield it in their main hand.

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Posted by: Sasuke.2573

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I hope that the mesmer specialization gets a mainhand-weapon too. Im fine with the shield, but if its the only thing then its kinda lame. Other class specializations get two-handed weapons with 5 new weapon-skills, and mesmers only get 2 new skills? Seems unfair.

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Posted by: Roe.3679

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You have no idea if Mesmers do get another main hand or even a second offhand. Please wait before you QQ about it, because this could all be for nothing.

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Posted by: Aveneo.2068

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You have no idea if Mesmers do get another main hand or even a second offhand. Please wait before you QQ about it, because this could all be for nothing.

I’ve waited for two years so my faith in ANet is currently at an all-time low. If I don’t remind them about my wishes now, it will be too late and I can suck it up for another two years.

Unless they give us a Mainhand Pistol and a Shield, I call foul. The other classes get twohanded weapons with 5 skills and we get the shaft again with a 2 skill gimmick weapon.

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Posted by: Diovid.9506

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Unless they give us a Mainhand Pistol and a Shield, I call foul. The other classes get twohanded weapons with 5 skills and we get the shaft again with a 2 skill gimmick weapon.

We already know that each specialization only gets a single weapon. However, specializations which do not get a two-handed weapon get something extra instead. We have to wait and see what that is exactly.

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Posted by: DeathPanel.8362

DeathPanel.8362

There’s no valid reason to complain especially since no details of what the skills are going to be or what new specializations there will be for Mesmer. People are just looking for any reason to complain nowadays.

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Posted by: Terrahero.9358

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There’s no valid reason to complain especially since no details of what the skills are going to be or what new specializations there will be for Mesmer. People are just looking for any reason to complain nowadays.

Well that’s not entirely fair. There is some reason to complain.

The Mesmer has 2 mainhand weapons, Scepter and Sword. However it already has 4 Offhand weapons, namely Torch, Focus, Pistol and Sword.

And what do they get? Another Offhand weapon. Right now everything is in testing, undergoing development and iteration. Now is the time to voice concerns, not after HoT comes out because by then it’s to late.

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Posted by: tetrodoxin.2134

tetrodoxin.2134

The Mesmer has 2 mainhand weapons, Scepter and Sword. However it already has 4 Offhand weapons, namely Torch, Focus, Pistol and Sword.

And what do they get? Another Offhand weapon. Right now everything is in testing, undergoing development and iteration. Now is the time to voice concerns, not after HoT comes out because by then it’s to late.

^

Also my concern. Still hoping that the specialization might change existing weapon skills also (like MH sword). But that seems unlikely. So meh, if it’s just another offhand weapon. One of those 2 new skills is probably a phantasm, that makes me even less excited.

We’ll see. Until then, I’m grumpy :c

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Posted by: Red Queen.7915

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I’m pretty sure it already is too late, at least for HoT. The plans are made, the work is done, and the beta is about to start. I’m pretty sure there isn’t much that is still in development, at least not at a stage that allows for easy changes.

What it’s not to late for, however, is voicing wishes for the next specialisations. There will be more, and that’ll hopefully mean a new mainhand in some form.

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Posted by: Major Domo.9250

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Doubtful that the shield will only give two additional skills.. keeping in mind that the specialization will change some mechanics of mesmer, something like this will probably happen:

Goodbye Shatters, hello Chronomastery!

F1: Subspace
Shield 4: Time slowing something-or-other skill
Shield 5: Potent time slowing skill
F2: Realspace
Shield 4: Reflect, aoe pull/knockback, etc.
Shield 5: Some kind of Matrix style evade bubble
F3: Hyperspace
Shield 4: Some kind of self-haste aura
Shield 5: Allied haste aoe

..with a new trait tree that will augment the shield skills with delicious time warping goodness. Perhaps this is overly optimistic, but it seems VERY unlikely that mes will only get two weapon skills and done.

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Posted by: Red Queen.7915

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They said something along the lines of new utility skills while some of the base game skills will be locked as long as you’re specialised.

So I suppose the specialisation-specific weapon skills are designed to work (best) with new utilities.

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Posted by: Roe.3679

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You have no idea if Mesmers do get another main hand or even a second offhand. Please wait before you QQ about it, because this could all be for nothing.

I’ve waited for two years so my faith in ANet is currently at an all-time low. If I don’t remind them about my wishes now, it will be too late and I can suck it up for another two years.

Unless they give us a Mainhand Pistol and a Shield, I call foul. The other classes get twohanded weapons with 5 skills and we get the shaft again with a 2 skill gimmick weapon.

I’m sure that they are aware that Mesmers would want more than a single offhand, and either way, I’m sure the decisions has already been made without your wishes being considered.

Just wait and see, we still know very little about anything with HoT. No meaningful info on any specializations, even with what we do know already, only half of the Revenant skills. We know something of new maps and gamemodes. But certainly not enough to be complaining.

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Posted by: Leonhardt.8164

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I totally agree, I LOVE my mesmer, i refuse to play any other class because i dont find it as enjoyable as my mesmer, I feel mesmer is quite unique with it’s weapon’s its not a typical class like warrior and ranger, The fact that mesmer can use weapons like swords and Greatswords is odd to me but it’s also why i love mesmer class, so having a pistol is completely reasonable,
I seriously do not like the shield, never have, never will, if i have an option to use a shield or not, ill always pick to not use one, and that’s exactly what im going to do with this new shield for mesmer’s I wont even look at it, to me a Shield is extremely boring, just typing the word shield puts me to sleep, it’s just so boring, so when i heard that my favourite class is getting one of the most boring offhand’s you can get, i was extremely disappointed, i was hoping for some kind of bow or pistol/rifle, not a lame shield, I hope to god there is an actual weapon added that i can enjoy (hopefully pistol) and have fun with, also people complaining that it’s weird for mesmer’s to pistol’s…..uuh so a ranger wielding a staff isnt weird ? a necromancer using a GS isnt weird ? to me that is as weird as it get’s
Please anet add an actuall fun weapon to use and get rid of this shield idea, non of us die hard mesmer’s want that garbage

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Posted by: ImTasty.2163

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I think the shield could be fun. From the video we see some kind of aoe attack that I’m willing to bet inflicts the new slow condition. I know some people think it’s weird to use a shield but honestly the mesmer is not exactly new to using weapons in unconventional way.

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Posted by: Aomine.5012

Aomine.5012

Stop rejecting shield. It may lead mesmer into more survivability, like numerous people have asked for a long time. Mesmer may finally have a tanky weapon. Not to mention shield skin is actually very nice compare to many other weapons.

Added note: to anyone who think shield is boring, clearly you’re just lack in imagination. Engineer’s shield is already pretty unique and fun, so why can’t mesmer’s be creative and fun too?

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Posted by: Sagat.3285

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I totally agree, I LOVE my mesmer, i refuse to play any other class because i dont find it as enjoyable as my mesmer, I feel mesmer is quite unique with it’s weapon’s its not a typical class like warrior and ranger, The fact that mesmer can use weapons like swords and Greatswords is odd to me but it’s also why i love mesmer class, so having a pistol is completely reasonable,
I seriously do not like the shield, never have, never will, if i have an option to use a shield or not, ill always pick to not use one, and that’s exactly what im going to do with this new shield for mesmer’s I wont even look at it, to me a Shield is extremely boring, just typing the word shield puts me to sleep, it’s just so boring, so when i heard that my favourite class is getting one of the most boring offhand’s you can get, i was extremely disappointed, i was hoping for some kind of bow or pistol/rifle, not a lame shield, I hope to god there is an actual weapon added that i can enjoy (hopefully pistol) and have fun with, also people complaining that it’s weird for mesmer’s to pistol’s…..uuh so a ranger wielding a staff isnt weird ? a necromancer using a GS isnt weird ? to me that is as weird as it get’s
Please anet add an actuall fun weapon to use and get rid of this shield idea, non of us die hard mesmer’s want that garbage

Your creativity level is giving me headaches.

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Posted by: OtakuVeritas.7254

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Unless they give us a Mainhand Pistol and a Shield, I call foul. The other classes get twohanded weapons with 5 skills and we get the shaft again with a 2 skill gimmick weapon.

We already know that each specialization only gets a single weapon. However, specializations which do not get a two-handed weapon get something extra instead. We have to wait and see what that is exactly.

I thought that each specialisation would only get one ‘new’ weapon that the class didn’t have available to them, and that there was the possibility of specialisations using existing weapons.

Otherwise I think the specialisations may be disadvantaged by only having access to five weapon skills because they are unable to swap weapons

Although I may be wrong

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Posted by: Leo G.4501

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I totally agree, I LOVE my mesmer, i refuse to play any other class because i dont find it as enjoyable as my mesmer, I feel mesmer is quite unique with it’s weapon’s its not a typical class like warrior and ranger, The fact that mesmer can use weapons like swords and Greatswords is odd to me but it’s also why i love mesmer class, so having a pistol is completely reasonable,
I seriously do not like the shield, never have, never will, if i have an option to use a shield or not, ill always pick to not use one, and that’s exactly what im going to do with this new shield for mesmer’s I wont even look at it, to me a Shield is extremely boring, just typing the word shield puts me to sleep, it’s just so boring, so when i heard that my favourite class is getting one of the most boring offhand’s you can get, i was extremely disappointed, i was hoping for some kind of bow or pistol/rifle, not a lame shield, I hope to god there is an actual weapon added that i can enjoy (hopefully pistol) and have fun with, also people complaining that it’s weird for mesmer’s to pistol’s…..uuh so a ranger wielding a staff isnt weird ? a necromancer using a GS isnt weird ? to me that is as weird as it get’s
Please anet add an actuall fun weapon to use and get rid of this shield idea, non of us die hard mesmer’s want that garbage

Do you also think veggies are icky and girls have cooties?

I mean, for all we know, mesmer shield might be the most unique, fun, useful and aesthetically pleasing weapon in the game and yet you’re already dismissing it. Unless you just want to be the first to say mesmer shield is garbage so when we find out and it actually is bad, you can come back and say “I told ya so!”, there really is zero reason to go prejudging thing without further information.

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Posted by: Dondagora.9645

Dondagora.9645

I’m fine with getting a shield. Seems like a weird choice. Mesmer is known for weird. Makes sense.

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Posted by: Zarathustra.1458

Zarathustra.1458

Mesmer shield does not open up any new build diversity. As it is, we are locked into going sword/ something and a two hander, or going double sword as mainhand. Scepter only has a few viable uses outside of condition builds and so we are viciously pigeon holed. Bring on the mesmer pistol mainhand to open up our build potential!

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Posted by: phys.7689

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Mesmer uses swords: “Shield is so out of place!!!111”

Come on, you don’t even know yet how the shield and the specialisations are going to work. Why not save your breath to complain about stuff when you actually know you won’t like it?

problem is, offhand weapons are already lackluster
2 skills
and shield almost always sucks
sword sword already gives you a block and counter.

now perhaps the overall specialisation and things we havent heard about make it work. But i have zero excitement for the new gameplay oppurtunities created by having an offhand shield, because 2 skills, that are defensive are nothing new.

ok i ll take back my word if the shield is an illusion and you get a hand to hand fighting style while having it equipped.

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Posted by: Dondagora.9645

Dondagora.9645

Mesmer uses swords: “Shield is so out of place!!!111”

Come on, you don’t even know yet how the shield and the specialisations are going to work. Why not save your breath to complain about stuff when you actually know you won’t like it?

problem is, offhand weapons are already lackluster
2 skills
and shield almost always sucks
sword sword already gives you a block and counter.

now perhaps the overall specialisation and things we havent heard about make it work. But i have zero excitement for the new gameplay oppurtunities created by having an offhand shield, because 2 skills, that are defensive are nothing new.

ok i ll take back my word if the shield is an illusion and you get a hand to hand fighting style while having it equipped.

See, I’m fine with shield, but if you’re going to complain you’re doing it wrong. The last two skills of the bar for mesmers are our more impactful skills: A CC skill and a phantasm[or whatever our specialization uses]. So skill-wise, no big problem.

The thing you can complain about is that mesmers currently have only 2 MH weapons and we could do with more. However, for the reasons I discussed[OH’s being more impactful to how we mesmers play], I feel we’re ok for now. Basically, an OH weapon isn’t going to be lackluster, as you say, but more like we’d prefer more diversity in our weapon sets.

Oh, also, from what we’ve seen the shield gives us an AoE to attack with, so possibly control? Might even be heavily offensive. No telling how it’ll be at the moment.

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Posted by: Diovid.9506

Diovid.9506

Unless they give us a Mainhand Pistol and a Shield, I call foul. The other classes get twohanded weapons with 5 skills and we get the shaft again with a 2 skill gimmick weapon.

We already know that each specialization only gets a single weapon. However, specializations which do not get a two-handed weapon get something extra instead. We have to wait and see what that is exactly.

I thought that each specialisation would only get one ‘new’ weapon that the class didn’t have available to them, and that there was the possibility of specialisations using existing weapons.

Otherwise I think the specialisations may be disadvantaged by only having access to five weapon skills because they are unable to swap weapons

Although I may be wrong

Yes, I meant ‘a single new weapon’ instead of ‘a single weapon’.

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Posted by: Algreg.3629

Algreg.3629

out of context for mesmers. Interesting. How many real life mesmers do you have in your social circles to come to that conclusion? And are shields “in context” for engineers? And hammers are a “cool” weapon for people designing technomage wonders and using flamethrowers? I see…

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Posted by: Zania.8461

Zania.8461

I believe mesmer currently suffers from 2 problems:
1) Inability to reliably do damage with phantasms (takes too long to get them up and they are destroyed too quickly)
As a consequence of this, mesmer’s DPS is one of the (if not THE) lowest of all classes outside of some niche situations (reflects or places where phantasms stay up)

2) Lack of pure power ranged weapon combination (GS has a melee phantasm)
This issue could have been fixed with MH power based ranged weapon which was what part of the mesmer community was asking for.

While by all means mesmer is a fun class to play, it is currently needs almost as much fixing as necro does, as both classes are built around a flawed premise (at least in PvE) where neither condition/attrition nor AI controlled fragile phantasms are currently viable.

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Posted by: Joey.2769

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