Guild Wars 2

So, Hi.
I used to play GW1, and had immense pleasure with my ele, so when I started playing GW2 I naturally went ele again.
But oh, the dissappointment..

So I started looking around for another class, and read some things on Mesmers that really matched my preferred play style: do as much damage as fast as possible, and the hell with armor and stuff…

I was very exited, but then I read more recent posts about how latest patches dramatically weakened Mesmers..

So my question is, is it true? Are Mesmers weaker than they used to and I should look to other professions to match my style? (I really don’t want to.. Awesome magic AND greatswords!? But seriously, pink butterflies??). Both PvE/ PvP – wise.

Thanks.

First of all – Mesmer isn’t a class to deal “as much damage as fast as possible”. This is the Warrior and Ele or maybe Thief for single target. Mesmer are supporter and need some time to get their damage up since it relies on their Illusions.

PvE-wise, you’ll run full offensive no matter what class you play. If you want to do as much damage as fast as possible, thief, elementalist or warrior are probably the classes with the highest burst. Mesmer takes a while to set their damage up and it’s susceptible to being killed by boss attacks (phantasms) while the three other classes I mentioned can pile on damage fairly effortlessly.

PvP, I have no idea.

Yes, I realise that. Maybe I should have been clearer instead of trying to be amusing..
I want to play a class that can cause players to say, in the words of Elidath, “WTF happend and why is there a mushroom cloud”…

Can Mesmers still cause that much dmg? Can Mesmers hold their own against multiple foes? Can Mesmers take on higher lvl players/mobs? And so on…

In PvP, Mesmer is an extremely fun class to play and have crazy burst potential in regards to shatter, Phantasm and conditions(specialising in one of the 3). Melting players is definitely a possibility with mesmer, and if you are skilled enough on any class, it wont matter what build you have, you will be able to hold your own and even kill a few players.

Leveling is probably the hardest part of a mesmer, as for more or less the irst 40 levels you go through hell, from there on it gets easier.. Mesmers are also very viable in PvE and dungeons as they provide exceptional group utility, the damage is nothing of a warrior, but it is nothing to be ashamed about.

WvW mesmers will be most fun as a roaming role, Zergs tend to, “wham, bam thank you mes” with our null field, veil, portal, feedback and timewarp(the group utility i mentioned earlier) and then leave us to die….

Not sure exactly what else you are looking for in terms of info