Guild Wars 2

I have to say, with this last update, i am a little disappointed.

First off let me say that i have a 80 of every class except thief (just dont like thief class personally)

Second.. all of my classes are in exotics at least ( no ascended gear yet.. cant afford it)

Third.. I play necro most of all.. hes rank 52 in WVW and i have almost 1000 hours on him (or over.. been a while since i checked)

Ok.. with that said.. let me start by saying that i have to admit im a little disappointed with the changes they added to necro this last patch.

We were promised an escape skill, a new DOT and a new DS skill, as well as DS refilling our main health bar (or some way to get health back while in DS)..

We still have no escape, DS drain doesnt refill health bar (just the ds bar) and the new dots are really lack luster to say the least. The new torment really is a joke because it only lasts 1 second and only has a 600 range. The burning skill in the power line means you have to take 30.. and it is only once per 10 sec for 4 seconds. Totally not worth it in ANY situation. Serioudly Anet? We waited patiently for weeks since the dev video.. and this is what we get? You guys spent at least 5 mins on the last dev video.. talking about how much you wanted to change necro to be a viable class etc.. and yes.. you made some changes.. but come on. At least make them VIABLE changes.

Next… i would like to say that i love my mesmer.. well used to. They are almost totally ineffective in WvW now with the nerf to confusion.. and completely worthless unless the target is right in front of you. Ever since the “Line of Sight” nerf i get killed in fields by mobs and in WvW all the time because my target is “Obstructed” by a MOUND OF DIRT about ankle high… seriously?? Not to mention that they are the slowest and most vulnerable class in the game in wvw (unless you use focus… which i cant stand) Can they please get a signet run buff like ALL the other classes? If i get separated from my group, there is no way to catch up unless i nerf myself with runes of the centar and blow a heal just to get the run buff.. the 3 sec run buff on stakitten doesnt even proc most of the time. I have tried every viable build and every weapon combination and with the nerfs, the class just isnt viable anymore and unless you run with focus and runes of the centaur, you just cant keep up. They already have the lowest HP pool in the game and yes.. they do ok 1v1 in combat.. but mesmers need some serious boosts.. even playing as necro, i hardly ever even see a mesmer anymore, unless they are portaling golems for a keep siege.

Another thing… the new “AoE loot” … it doesnt work… unless you keybind it…. so why is there a check box that says “AOE loot on interact” ?? If you have to keybind it.. why add a check box to supposedly make it work with F loot? also.. if you bind it to F, it works… but then you cant use F to talk to any NPCs etc… Really lame.

I could go on.. but there is prob no point.

Trueanimus

btw.. i enjoyed last months living story.. but this one just.. doesnt seem to fit in with it very well.. besides that.. the new instance is a little too hard for most. I have been in there with several groups, and yet… no one can complete it. People arent even looking for groups to do it anymore, so i gave up.

trueanimus.4085:

Can they please get a signet run buff like ALL the other classes?

So Guardian, Engineer and Warrior have run speed signets? I had no idea, but you must know since you have all classes leveled.

There is a mesmer weapon set that gives you good runspeed but you say you don’t like the focus. There is still some use for mesmers (veils, null field, portal, mass invis, moa for trolling). The class might need a little fix though, won’t argue with that.

Necro not being a viable class however is laughable. They are great in WvW.

Caliban.3176:

trueanimus.4085:

Can they please get a signet run buff like ALL the other classes?

So Guardian, Engineer and Warrior have run speed signets? I had no idea, but you must know since you have all classes leveled.

There is a mesmer weapon set that gives you good runspeed but you say you don’t like the focus. There is still some use for mesmers (veils, null field, portal, mass invis, moa for trolling). The class might need a little fix though, won’t argue with that.

Necro not being a viable class however is laughable. They are great in WvW.

I wish Moa was a shorter cooldown, that thing is HILARIOUS…

Necros are king of Area of Denial aka ‘dont cross this line’.

Caliban.3176:

trueanimus.4085:

Can they please get a signet run buff like ALL the other classes?

So Guardian, Engineer and Warrior have run speed signets? I had no idea, but you must know since you have all classes leveled.

There is a mesmer weapon set that gives you good runspeed but you say you don’t like the focus. There is still some use for mesmers (veils, null field, portal, mass invis, moa for trolling). The class might need a little fix though, won’t argue with that.

Necro not being a viable class however is laughable. They are great in WvW.

First.. Guardians have what.. 3 skills that give swiftness, that can be used at any time, with a short cooldown no matter what weapon you choose to use. They also have sword leap, if you choose to use sword. See my point? Save yourself, Retreat, Staff 3, Sword leap…. you are not forced to rune for speed.. or to have one specific weapon for speed.

Warriors.. They have sword jump they also have banners out the wazoo… that give a run boost to everyone around.. and once again.. they are NOT forced to have a single weapon just to have the run buffs.. they banner and when they start fighting, it drops thier banners as a buff.

The point i was making is that Mesmer are FORCED to have a focus (which now the run buff only lasts like 6 sec)… just for run buff and just to keep speed up, they have to rune of the centaur so when they heal that get the 12s buff.. still FAR less mobility than any class in game.

Necros are great in a group.. i admit that… but alone they are cannon fodder.. the ONLY class in the game that doesnt have some kind of escape skill. Name ONE skill the mesmer has that allows them to get away when cornered… Stealth? Dont have it… Blink.. they took it away in beta… Speed.. Nope.. locust doesnt work in combat… I would just like to 1v1 against any class and have a slight chance of winning. Thats what we were promised this month.. and it didnt happen.

Mesmers have Blink, and Staff #2 when used cleverly is a second short-range blink(which, with its low cooldown, can easily outpace a single Blink). And last I checked, Focus #4 still provides 12 seconds of swiftness at a minimum, I’m not sure where your 6 second figure comes from.

Also, I was bummed out by the changes to Mesmer for a little bit, but when I played with it some more I found that the style I like – Prismatic Understanding(stealth trait) – is so freaking amazing in wvw that I think it’s going to be nerfed back down very soon. The sword #2 cooldown doesn’t even matter because when I’m not invulnerable, I’m cloaked, and if I’m not cloaked or invulnerable, I have Protection(with weakness on the enemy thanks to Chaos Storm and clones dying even quicker). tl;dr: Play with some other builds for a little bit. Since the Confusion nerf made you sad, give it a try again – Scepter has Torment if you’re clever with it.

Sorry about your Necro, I don’t play one so I don’t have anything to offer you there.

trueanimus.4085:

Necros are great in a group.. i admit that… but alone they are cannon fodder.. the ONLY class in the game that doesnt have some kind of escape skill. Name ONE skill the mesmer has that allows them to get away when cornered… Stealth? Dont have it… Blink.. they took it away in beta… Speed.. Nope.. locust doesnt work in combat… I would just like to 1v1 against any class and have a slight chance of winning. Thats what we were promised this month.. and it didnt happen.

Bit confused here… Mesmers do have stealth, speed, portals and teleports. Good ones can be really hard to catch actually.

Necros (which I think is what you are talking about instead of mesmers in the quoted portion) are a bit weak in their escape. They do have a minor speed buff, two teleports, fear to create distance and plenty of ways to apply cripple though.

Honestly if that is not enough, roll a Norn and use the Snow Leopard form. Long cool down but built for escape.

You are right that Warriors, Guardians and Engineers do have good swiftness. They do not have a runspeed signet though. Only half of all classes half that, not all classes besides mesmers like you first said.

It’s a bit weird to here Necro’s being talked about as cannon fodder. They have amazing health, decent healing, Deathshroud, Plague form. They are a total kitten to kill. They have bad escapes indeed, I’ll give you that.

I love the guy who mentioned Norn Snow Leopard form. It is one of the best racials in WvW (only battle roar might be better). People make fun of Norn thieves but that Norn elite might be the thing that pushes them to almost be OP. Perfect scouting skill.

I would suggest running runes of centaur on your mesmer…like seriously. With those runes plus blink and staff #2 mesmers are one of the fastest classes in game. Use focus initially then stack swiftness on top of that. If you are running in a group with someone else giving swiftness than it will stack all day long giving minutes of swiftness and even if solo its pretty much perma swiftness. I would reconsider your opinion of focus as the pull on #4 is probably the most useful weapon skill Mesmers have…even with the new 1 second delay (for example pull a thief and their buddies out of shadow refuge). Mesmers really are not that vulnerable with a potential 4 second distort when traited and 2 seconds distort on the sword #2 plus decoy, chaos shield, a reflect heal, reflect traits, veil mass, invis, torch stealth…. and again blink and staff #2. When traited for increased range on blink you got an epic 2400 total range there.

Oh and with applied fortitude im gunna have well over 20k hp

Man I love mesmers…