Guild Wars 2

Was just wondering if any other mesmers use the pistol off-hand in PvE? My build is a phantasm zerker. My weapons are Sword+Focus, Scepter+Pistol. I have tried a GS instead of scepter+pistol, but honestly, I prefer my scepter+pistol over GS.

It seems everyone ALWAYS uses GS/Sword+Focus. I am not looking to get “converted”; I was just wondering if there are any other weirdos like me.

The build is successful, I can two-man Arah P4 with another mesmer until we get to Lupicus….

People hate scepter.

Then when you try to put MH Sword and you want to trait it, you lose Deceptive Evasion or Fury on clones. That’s the reason why you don’t see many mesmer with pistols.

I tried to like scepter/pistol, but it’s just too 1v1 and slow (scepter). As the pistol alone, the weapon is good.

Yeah, the scepter is a bit lackluster. I do like the addition of torment, but overall, its damage is lacking, especially the auto-attack. I tend to spend very little time on Scepter+Pistol….really only to get out my phantasm and an interrupt…I will throw a #3 scepter at them, then go back to Sword+Focus. For boss fights where I don’t want to be anywhere near the boss (ex. Lupicus) I will put on the GS instead of Sword+Focus.

I use scepter/pistol as my main weapon set while my off-set is either a staff or dual swords (see my signature for a couple builds). I also plan on getting the Quip as my first legendary. Most people tend to use GS, and Sword/x, and occasional staff. I find the scepter to be okay; the torment condition adds a little extra if you’re running a full or hybrid condition build. However, I do agree that the #1 skill is a bit lackluster (I like it to have its first two attacks to be AoE and perhaps a random condition of some sort).