Guild Wars 2

Mesmer’s Phantasm duelist has been nerfed for its 100% finisher because it was an unintended bug causing high stacks of confusion. However, Isn’t that the point of a mesmer? I propose to bring it back due to the lack of mesmer builds possible. Only shatter, phantasm and pu mesmers are borderline viable. Glamour mesmer would be an addition if duelist returned to its ‘bugged’ state.

If warriors can stack burning with dual shot with 100% finisher wouldn’t mesmers become more balanced and have some counter play? Not only with warriors but comparing to sustain and damage, its pretty bad. In PvP, you will come across soldier amulet Warriors running either hambow or axebow, they have such a high sustain and consistent damage. Mesmers simply get out lived, meaning you’ll need to make less mistakes than a warrior by far to lose. Or fighting a thief, a mesmer of same skill will not be able to land equivalent damage.

If the 100% finisher had returned, condi spike builds would appear for the mesmer and will have a chance against the necromancers and rangers equally.

I don’t understand what balance anet has chosen to go for. Classes countering each other or every class can fight each other with equal chances? Because right now, ele can’t counter anything and warrior counters everything. Which I expect the next balance to be the same after seeing ready up.

‘Getting a hammer for my warrior’ – pvp dev at ready up, shows how ‘unbiased’ they are taking it

8x 100% chance projectile finisher in 1-2 seconds would be crazy.
Now double or triple that.

The skill was bugged and it was fun while it lasted. Leave it at that.

Yeah it needed a nerf, last thing anyone should want is a comeback. There’s plenty of condi build potential in the upcoming changes with torment on shatter.