Guild Wars 2

So I was watching the Mr Prometheus Mesmer guide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6s-m1Hs_M0 – part 3), and he made a comment about how Mass Invisibility is a bit redundant (mesmers have veil, why is this elite needed), and how mimic/echo as a group of skills is a bit (severely) underwhelming. Why not take out mass invisibility, and change Mimic/Echo to an elite that absorbs multiple projectiles and shoots them back? Not only would that be awesome, but it would be unique, powerful (fitting of its elite status), and very mesmer-esque.

Anyone else agree?

I like Mass Invisibility.

Mimic is already pretty trollish for 1v1s that you can prepare for or predict. The issue with Mimic is that other things are OMGWTFBBQ AWESOME. E.g. Mesmers have some of the most no-brainer awesome utility skills in the game, so decent utilities like Mimic seem bad.

I use mass invis almost exclusively in wvw. Time warp is good, but i like the utility of mass invis.

Mass Invis really needs a buff though. An elite on a longish cooldown, with a cast delay with a short invis that only affects up to 5 players in a small range. Time Warp is so much better but Mass Invis does have its uses.

I love Mass Invis but why does it take 5 minutes to cast? Should be a 1/2 to 3/4 casting time and not more.

I think Mass Invisibility and Veil are indeed redundant. I wouldn’t mind getting another elite after adjusting MI a bit. Also, in my opinion , Mimic would be far more useful if it was some sort of boon you have for a little while that would make you absorb proyectiles so you could still do something, not just channel.

I Love Mass Invis..it saved me so many times!!

Mass Invis is all I use for an Elite in WvW. Veil is the skill that’s underwhelming, it has the same cool down as Mass Invis lasts 1 second less. Sure it’s a normal utility skill and provides a combo field for us for 6 seconds, but aside from a full on stealth build I see no use for it as a Mesmer utility.

Also why did you post this exact same thread twice? Are you experiencing that lovely 502 forum error?

Mimic is a epic skill, and if ya cant use it right. Then your in need of some real help.

Yeah, mimic is wicked. Don’t trust the description, it’s just faaaar away from the real effects.
With it, you get virtually 4s of reflect projectiles and block of melee attacks, because distorsion and BF weren’t enough way to get some heat off of you. On a 20s CD (traited), and without the big purple ball that scream “don’t shoot”. What’s not to like ?

Work a bit iffy with bouncing projectiles, though.