Class Mechanic
Now, about our unique class mechanic: I think illusions are too intertwined into our traitlines for them to remove clones and phantasms completely. I also noticed in the HoT release trailer that when the mesmer casts its big timey purple spell thingy it doesn’t look like the shield was used at all. This makes me think it was a utility skill. Furthermore, there is a second animation where the mesmer moves her arm, the field shatters and explodes and butterflies float up from the mesmer.
So I suggest like others have, that we will have the ability to shatter “time-fields” and “glamour skills”. I think we will get some sort of resourcee that we have to manage similar to lifeforce or initiative which are tied to our f1-f4/5 skills. This resource will be represented by a new bar called the metronome bar. It ranges in colour from red to green. Each F1-4\5 skill that we use has an energy-resource cost but is spammable like certain revanant skills and thief skills.
When out of combat, the bar will be fully charged and in the green giving Chronomancers a permanent 25% movement buff without swiftness. As you use your skills, the bar will deplete and recharge depending on what you do in combat. The more of the class recource you use the slower you become until you end up moving 25% slower. The punishment for depleting your resoucre is applying slow to yourself and not being able to use your f skills.
F1 Skill Ether Nightmare Shatter a glamour or time field, causing it to explode and do damage to five targets.
F2 Skill Blackhole Shatter a glamour or time field, causing nearby opponents to be sucked in towards the centre and applying 3 stacks of confusion and 3 stacks of torment.
F3 Skill ? Time and glamour fields apply 2 seconds of resistence and protection to allies who enter or exit their area. This skill is an upkeep skill and needs to be toggled on or off.
F4 Skill Panic The next skill your opponent uses will daze 5 of their allies within a 250 radius. (Similar to the GW1 skill) If the opponent doesn’t use a skill, within 3 seconds, they will be stunned. Gain time energy for every person that is interrupted.
F5 Skills Where’s the rabbit You and all your illusions blink to random locations around the target each gaining 2 seconds of distortion. Your illusions apply slow and taunt to the target. (This is your mesmer panic button skill and would cost a large amount of energy and have a cd unlike your other skills).
Utility Skill 1 Time is up Create a time field that slows 5 targets inside. Ethereal Field.
Utility Skill 2 Dimensional Shift Randomly applies chill, immobilize and blind to enemies in the field and randomly applies swiftness, regeneration, and stability (2 sec) to allies. This field will pulse out from the player using new HoT tricks. (The shatter effect for this field appears in a 600 radius around the mesmer if used)
Utility Skill 3 “I am Chaos” You become invulnerable for 3 seconds and grant chaos armor to 5 allies after the channel. (Stun-break)
New Utility 5 skill Quasar You become a blinding ball of light, pulsing short duration slow and blindness on enemies in the target area (think plague form) In this form, you become the time field and are able to shatter yourself. All clones are destroyed when you enter this form and this form only lasts for the same duration as plague form or until you shatter yourself.
Finally, time warp will be made into a time or glamour field.
So…those are my ideas. I hope Anet doesn’t screw it up. I’m really looking forward to the idea of a chronomancer. I especially like the potential of making all kinds of bad time puns.
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