Guild Wars 2

Recently, Most of mesmers in pvp uses a shatter burst build. Because there is no different type of any effective build. So many utility skills are suck, so many non-burst skills are same.

In old days, mesmer was a master of interruption. At now, he still have some daze mechanism. But it’s not enough.

So, I hope adding a daze mechanism to some unpopularity things of a mesmer.
1. A trait that add daze effect on manipulation skills.
2. Let Phantasmal Mage deals daze.
3. Let Ether Clone do daze instead of making a clone when a mesmer already have 3 illusions.

Thank you for your kind attention.

1: im not sure how that would work.. Arcane thievery is tr only manipulation that targets an enemy.
2: if phantasm mage dealt daze: the attack shouldnt bounce anymore and the attack speed should be slower
3: such a powerfull condition/control effect on a #1 skill would be overkill, aswell as unreliable. Ou control skills should be on demand, not very 3rd attack under conditions

We alreay keep a single targt stunlocked for over 10 seconds, you just have to build for it. Ive actually made a build that focusses on lockdown but i cant share it at the momen because im at work, maybe ill show it later.

Happy shatter bursting/figuring out a new build,
Alissah

yes… mesmers need more clones

Kukchi.6173:

yes… mesmers need more clones

I know right?

Alissah.9281:

1: im not sure how that would work.. Arcane thievery is tr only manipulation that targets an enemy.
2: if phantasm mage dealt daze: the attack shouldnt bounce anymore and the attack speed should be slower
3: such a powerfull condition/control effect on a #1 skill would be overkill, aswell as unreliable. Ou control skills should be on demand, not very 3rd attack under conditions

Thank you for your concerns. In my general raising, these balance issues would be resolved by considering a duration. About 2: & 3:, I’m thinking its duration should be 0.2s. Though it’s Imo, 0.2s daze won’t hurt so.

About 1:, I’m thinking like below.
Blink – daze nearby foes for 0.5s. (similar Swap)
Arcane thievery – daze target foe for 1s.
Illusion of Life – daze foes in target location for 2s.
Mimic – daze attackers for 0.2s whenever a reflect or a block happens.
Echo – daze target foe for 1s.

Also, let me say about “Confounding Suggestions” trait. That trait and this idea is out of gear if this goes on. That trait already have a problem of replacing a daze to 1s stun (whether former duration is shorter or longer than 1s.). So it should be fixed adding a stun of half former duration.