Guild Wars 2

I suggest adding a blast combo finisher to GS’s 3rd skill, Mind Stab. With just 1 boon removed and a static casting it feels a bit underpowered IMO.

After all, looking at the skill animation, it makes sense)

But that would give good players actual incentive to use Greatsword!

They would need to nerf mesmer even harder to make up for an actual buff. Better not even try.

Velimere.7685:

But that would give good players actual incentive to use Greatsword!

I haven’t played for that long so I couldn’t decide whether that was sarcasm or not. Depends on the Pv? variable, I guess.

Iavra.8510:

They would need to nerf mesmer even harder to make up for an actual buff. Better not even try.

Ele got a burst finisher. Rangers got combo fields on all traps. And we got nerfed twice, with “too much” dodging globally and shatter builds particularly, so why not?

Seeing that you don’t play for that long, according to your own post, perhaps i should clarify one thing to you:

ArenaNet hates mesmers.

That would be a very nice thing, but mesmers don’t get to have nice things.

Iavra.8510:

Seeing that you don’t play for that long, according to your own post, perhaps i should clarify one thing to you:

ArenaNet hates mesmers.

Let me try to clarify further. They don’t hate mesmers, they simply don’t understand them. The changes they make are in the name of some arcane ‘balance’ that ultimately doesn’t work because they have no clue what they’re doing, and the changes to Mesmer are made from the perspective of people that don’t even begin to understand the class. They simply don’t understand.

Pyroatheist.9031:

Iavra.8510:

Seeing that you don’t play for that long, according to your own post, perhaps i should clarify one thing to you:

ArenaNet hates mesmers.

Let me try to clarify further. They don’t hate mesmers, they simply don’t understand them. The changes they make are in the name of some arcane ‘balance’ that ultimately doesn’t work because they have no clue what they’re doing, and the changes to Mesmer are made from the perspective of people that don’t even begin to understand the class. They simply don’t understand.

very much this. our next buffs will be:
a new mantra that hits 1 target if its not moving
elite clone, dodges twice in a row and has 100 more hp and 5% more dmg than regular clone
when interrupting a foe u get 1 second of regen
berseker, now spins from left to right instead of right to left
iwarden now finally spawns again, only refelcts 3 projectiles in 900 range
mimic: hits 5 targets when releasing projectile,range 200

Pyroatheist.9031:

Let me try to clarify further. They don’t hate mesmers, they simply don’t understand them. The changes they make are in the name of some arcane ‘balance’ that ultimately doesn’t work because they have no clue what they’re doing, and the changes to Mesmer are made from the perspective of people that don’t even begin to understand the class. They simply don’t understand.

Just to build on what Pyro is saying .. he is absolutely correct. I don’t think anyone on the development team hates any class .. but just like any team based job it is made up of a number of people (probably less than you think). Each of those people plays the game, and has a favorite. Each class probably had a group when the game was being actively designed, but those groups are probably largely reassigned after release.

Of the small team doing class balance, etc, there are probably 50-70% quiet developers who just do their job. The rest are vocal and will actually steer development efforts to what they think is important (along with the analyst or whatever ANet calls them).

It seems to me that

1) Mesmer is a rarer class, and I didnt hear anyone in that live stream talk about their mesmer main.
2) Hence, we probably don’t have that presence in a developer meeting or planning meeting, or whatever they have to start a development cycle.
3) Our mechanics are not really understood, they are understood through whatever the original official purpose and whatever can be gleamed from the subtext of each trait, weapons kill, etc.

Be prepared for continuing disappointment until someone has our back on the inside.

I could be pleasantly surprised and a developer admits to loving the mesmer and playing it ad-nausea (please surprise me, please .. of course you would immediately incur the wrath of all mesmers .. but at least we know someone in there is thinking of us).

Maybe in 5 years or so.

:p

Ok I know what you did last summer understand the situation now. I don’t really care for PvP/WvW, but as I can see, mesmers are hated just like thieves for their “abnormal” abilities that irritate people too much.

But the thing is… I chose this class for exactly that specific reason: weird mechanics. And as long as the class is present in the game, it should be fully supported by the developer’s team. Impenetrable bunkers may be just as irritating, but as long as it is naturally “normal” and a human mind can cope with it, that’s ok, right? If everyone hates mesmers in the development team, than it’s high time they hired someone to love them:) Just a bit more, I know you can handle it!..

Should’ve made ele my main instead. At least their spells are looking extra cool (: