Guild Wars 2

I just rolled a mesmer and am quite liking it so far, but was surprised that the only skill so far seems to be the focus #4 skill to gain swiftness.

My warrior has at least 3 that he can use, and my Ranger as well, and I’m wondering – are Mesmers just doomed to run slowly half the time?

Anything I’m missing that’s obvious or not?

Yes, it is one downside to the mesmer.

You can get speed increases from:
- runes (ie, centaur, air…), which give you swiftness on heal
- focus #4
- signet of inspiration (RNG swiftness)
- staff #5 (RNG swiftness, short duration)
- inspiration major trait – compounding celerity

I might have missed something, but those are the most common ways of moving faster.

Don’t forget, you also get to blink!

Edit: Also, what Curunen said, I found the Signet of Inspiration to be a great source of swiftness. It’s like.. every 10 seconds you have a 14% chance for 10 seconds of swiftness.. although it seems higher than 14%!

I went with the Runes of Air to supplement a shatter build. Difference is night and day.

If you’re a Norn, unlock Snow Leopard elite and you can get a wicked long dash every four minutes. Sounds lame, but very useful to get to objectives/away from fights in WvW.

mesmers are one of the slower classes. offset by being good elsewhere.

im traited for high damage with mid defense for the extra boon duration using mirror for my heal and centaur runes i can keep permanent swiftness very useful in WvW

Mesmer’s are pretty much doomed to run slowly a fair portion of the time.. -_-
I find running in WvW with a guildy works great for timing swiftness and stealths.

MarkusParkus.8467:

Mesmer’s are pretty much doomed to run slowly a fair portion of the time.. -_-
I find running in WvW with a guildy works great for timing swiftness and stealths.

read my previous comment, i have perma swiftness and blink, i travel fast than most of my guildies, before you say it, no i didnt go out my way to get this technique it came with my build