It’s only a matter of time before the “Great Mesmer Nerf”, this happens to all MMO’s with unique classes with no outlined structure from default fantasy/Sci Fi templates to guide the direction of a classes balance, a perfect example was Swtor’s Scoundrel class, because of using a never before see or tested game mechanic (the cover system) caused imbalance and within the first week of the games release the scoundrel got nerfed shortly after, the same will happen to GW2’s Mesmer, lets just hope they don’t over nerf the class like most do.
@ Dragnela (since i can’t quote for some reason…): he’s not naked. he’s wearing his amulet. he’s not missing THAT many stats compared to his guildie.
i don’t see the class actually getting nerfed, though.
I dont see mesmers getting nerfed, I do see a naked mesmer. Roughly 20% lesser dmg is quite some dmg he is missing. Not to mention the dmg hes taking without the gear.
mesmers are going to end up badly, and its all their fault, really.
because they spend more time denying on the forums that they are OP, than providing valuable info to the developers on how they can be balanced.
so a few devs, with much less understanding on the class than top players will simply go the usual path of “nerf this and see what happens”, and it will result in an overnerf
I have seen it happening in dozens of MMOs, and still amazes me that people are this idiotic, always the same mistake…as if negating reality was going to help them get away with it…it will aways end up worse for them than being upfront honest
mesmers are going to end up badly, and its all their fault, really.
because they spend more time denying on the forums that they are OP, than providing valuable info to the developers on how they can be balanced.
so a few devs, with much less understanding on the class than top players will simply go the usual path of “nerf this and see what happens”, and it will result in an overnerf
I have seen it happening in dozens of MMOs, and still amazes me that people are this idiotic, always the same mistake…as if negating reality was going to help them get away with it…it will aways end up worse for them than being upfront honest
Actually if you go to the mesmer forums, even on these forums, a lot of mesmers are quite up front.
1) Moa needs nerfing it’s to strong.
2) We are really strong in 1v1’s but suffer heavily for adding more players to the mix.
These are basically the only issues surrounding mesmers at the moment. Perhaps the staff is slightly to strong but it’s hard to tell with how badly 99% of the player base deals with mesmers.
I’d say I face one player in every 3/4 games who has a basic idea of what a mesmer does and how to fight them. The rest of the time there’s people attacking my clones which are spawned on dodge and other stupid kitten like that. Sad thing is bad player are intent on fighting the mesmer in a duel scenario…the point at which we are at our absolute most powerful compared to every other profession in the game. It’s like a glass cannon ele complaining that the thief bursted him, yeah that’s kinda what the thief is designed to do :S
EDIT: One issue, the “portal” ability is broken with regards to the treb repair kit. This prob needs nerfing as it makes mesmer mandatory for that map.
Ur damage-healing cant benefit-scale 100% from ur gear (only from hp) :P
So if u are missing the 6 piece pvp set bonus , u aint gonna loose 15-25% damage-heal , but 7-9% instead :P
Guys, seriously, don’t be fooled. In sPvP armor pieces has no stat except defense and the stat from rune. Majority of the stats comes from the sPvP amulet, which was used! Also, weapons have their weapon strength (and sigils).
This is NOT naked fight! Do the same in WvWvW, 1on1 with no gear at all only a weapon, it would be wayyyyy different!
