Mesmerising Girl
(edited by Ithilwen.1529)
PoF Mirage
Not to be rude but this sounds like a l2p issue right’ere.
Since I went into hotjoin and unranked, nothing but holos, mirages, spellbreakers, deadeyes all over the place. Mirage’s condition application while staying relatively safe from taking damage is strong, very strong, its a straight up mesmer on steroids 24/7
Maybe you should play some more, because I don’t agree with most of those statements.
Guardian is meant for jolly crusading.
Do you actually play Mesmer?
Mesmerising Girl
Not to be rude but this sounds like a l2p issue right’ere.
Since I went into hotjoin and unranked, nothing but holos, mirages, spellbreakers, deadeyes all over the place. Mirage’s condition application while staying relatively safe from taking damage is strong, very strong, its a straight up mesmer on steroids 24/7
Maybe you should play some more, because I don’t agree with most of those statements.
While I do think the OP has a lot to learn and will not be playing very well on it, the whole concept of mirage works on clone retention, however they will die to an auto attack or two in PvP.
It also doesn’t detract from the other points raised about jaunt being plagued with pathing issues, the mirror mechanic being clumsy and barely useful and the detargeting aspect not working particularly well.
I think there’s going to be a large L2P issue with people against mirages as all you have to do is cleave out clones and mirage is completely useless.
It isn’t really L2P for Mirages, but against Mirages. Playing against a Mirage or Mesmer gives a false impression of its strength, because Mesmer has always been especially strong against new or bad players. Mirage is new, so it’ll be strong for a bit because of the confusing new stuff. The people who play Mirages, however, realize how thin that line is, and how vulnerable they really are as Mirage.
Most people I’m hearing from are saying it’s pretty good to invincible with the right build and play style. Keep playing around with it. Every profession has its bugs right now. The necro portal is totally disabled because it’s so broke.
Most people I’m hearing from are saying it’s pretty good to invincible with the right build and play style. Keep playing around with it. Every profession has its bugs right now. The necro portal is totally disabled because it’s so broke.
A specific build is, yes, viable. As a whole, though, Mirage is clunky mechanically and practically bad outside of said build. It has a vision which it seeks to fulfil, and does nothing to support it. Ambush skills are stronger than autoattacks, but that’s a low bar to hold it to. Clones still lack a major amount of survivability for them to be considered viable to use beyond, perhaps, a quick Ambush into a shatter. But if we’re going to push the situation of surrounding an opponent to burst them down with a shatter with, let’s assume, condi, why don’t we just use Chrono, which can do that from a distance, or Core Mesmer, that now has decent ability to do that via Ineptitude.
Mirage just doesn’t give us much that we couldn’t do before. The Traits don’t provide us with anything we wanted, the Ambush skills aren’t significant enough to want, and the mechanics we’re getting are pretty clunky (Mirage Mirrors in particular).
There’s much to be wanted from an Elite Spec, which is meant to change our playstyle, which isn’t there. It just feels like a different sameness to the Mesmer, except more needy.