Guild Wars 2

(Edit: I would LOVE to include anyone’s characters into the story if they’re willing to give any details including any of – name/screenshot/playstyle/history/personality)

Hey guys.

I’m working on continuing the written fight-scene series I started with Mesmer vs Guardian.

And I’ve been recieving a few ideas on which way to go for this next fight.. So now I’m considering a WvW-style battle scene(thanks for the idea WitchKing), except for a few problems. I don’t WvW much so I don’t know map layouts or general rules and such or the general size of zergs. I want to include ideas from as many of us on the forums who’re willing and able to contribute in some way, be it with character pictures or race ideas or whatever. Trying to incorporate different races too.

• I need some popular WvW strategies and locations to use.
• I need some Mesmer of different playstyles to include, and I figure why not use our awesome forums for that?
• I need ideas on skills/spells that’d be cool to feature.
• There are going to be 6 main characters, 3 are Mesmer, 1 an Elementalist.. no idea for the other two.

Gawd.. I’m so needy. Anyone willing to help out?

You could try a ruin!

Theres one with pillars and a little bit of space between, perfect for ambushes/being sneaky! Theres also some really cool places that you can blink up, like to a cannon and shoot a bullet, and then jump down again.

The remaining 2 spots should definitely be more “tanky” professions, so they can stand down there and make sense of teh situation/counter ambushes and backstabs etc.
Or maybe an engineer with turrets and grenades… that uses mesmer portals to get on tricky to reach places.

As for skills: Unload while running behind pillars, Warrior with a hammer ‘surprising’ thieves that sneak up on him, ele that uses that ‘lightning pull’ from the zephyr sanctum with a lightning hammer equipped. And ofcourse the mesmers get all the awesum things!

3 mesmer styles: a condition mesmer that stays at medium range mainly on ground level, a phantasm mesmer that blinks around, between the higher elevations and pillars, and an ‘in your face’ mesmer with dual lightsabres swords.
Adding a shatter one would be cool, but describing the same shatter over and over again would get a bit tiring, i assume :/.
Then again, I didn’t even know that story you wrote existed, so I’ll read it later :o

If you want I can make some quick screenies of what teh environment could look like!

If it was going to be an ambush, in wvw then one tactic commonly used but could be very interesting in the story is a zerg veil or portal bomb. Popping out of nowhere and all hell braking loose.

First, a few clarifications;

What is the scale of the fight? Is it just a 3v3, or is it a zerg where you’re just focusing on those 6?

More important if it’s 3v3, but either way, are the 3 Mesmers all allied, or are they split between the opposing forces?

A few ideas;

If it’s a WvW group battle, Veil and/or Portal is a must. I read your epic story back when it first came out, so forgive me if I’m remembering incorrectly, but I don’t think you used either ability in that one. Which makes sense in a duel.

A long-ranged Mesmer. Greatsword and Pistol would both be great to use, and I especially like Alissah’s idea of him/her blinking between elevations.

Suicide Mesmer. I’m not entirely sure how well you would be able to describe it, but it’s what I play in PvP and I feel obligated to promote it

For the other professions, I feel like you definitely need a physical ranged character (meaning not long-range magic, like Elementalist), probably in opposition to the previously mentioned long-ranged Mesmer. Ranger and a pet would be neat. For the “cool” factor you could bring in a dual-pistol Thief. A Rifle Warrior sniping would also be really neat, but could be impractical depending on the scale of the battle.

And finally, you can’t have WvW without including the strongest Mesmer weapon ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29G6S7mhPgc

In the duel I used Portal, but only barely.

I really like ALL of those ideas, the different Mesmer, the veil/portal bombing, and the setting especially. I want to give the story a purpose besides “random zerg battle” so I’m thinking maybe taking over a keep.

Environmental screenshots would be a HUGE help.

Hm, maybe only one Mesmer and one Ele so I’ll have a wider range of characters to use: Mesmer, Elementalist, Ranger, Warrior, Engineer sound good. Then either Thief or Necro. Tbh, I’m not too strong no the mechanics of the other classes (especially Engineer and Thief) so if anyone knows any must-include skills or qualities of those classes any info would be great…. but then again, maybe having two of one class could yield some realllyyy interesting results, ugh.

Has anyone put any special detail into their characters (names, appearances, theme, ect) that they wouldn’t mind them being included into the story? A little history/personality/playstyle/screenshot or anything else I could use for reference would be great. I’d happily include some characters from the forums.

I’ll try and get some screenshots of a keep this weekend, but I have a few tips I could get off a friend about thief mechanics and play style.

Although it does not exist (I think it should) you could make up and use Shadow Port ability of a thief which allows thieves to step into enemy mesmers’ portals. For example he shadowsteps into portal shadowports and then if mesmer ports back he shadowsteps back again as well etc. To add some spice I mean.

There was a thread sometime ago btw: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/War-Stories-Your-Favorite-Mesmer-Moments/first#post2392425

Vexien.4790:

And finally, you can’t have WvW without including the strongest Mesmer weapon ever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29G6S7mhPgc

This has to be where the video is getting all the views from xD
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I’m personally not much of a roleplayer (used to, pen&paper style) and my mesmers name is about 10~ years old, in the sense that I have been using that name for all of my main characters in games in the last 10~ years, and the same personality etc. has always followed the name.
Shackelberry isn’t the full name either, but kitten ed be character limit on names!

Anyways

Name: Mr Shackelberry Wonderfinger
Race: Asura
Occupation: #1 Mesmer of the CNTK warband
Best physical feature: The finest fro you’ll ever see
Personality: kitteny, honorable yet devious (member of the order of whisperers), highly intelligent (comes with being Asura), feels very little empathy.
Quirks: will always /bow or /salute after a good fight, has a bad habit of constantly jumping around when running or just staying in Lion’s Arch.

Thief and Mesmer use two different sources of magic for their powers. I dont think thief could intercept a Mesmer(Chaos magic) portal with shadow magic… well at least not without some interesting results.

@Lahel: Hey could you provide a screenshot? Will definitely add him into the story.

Also anyone have a really good video of a keep invasion?

You can attribute it to the specific thief in your story who has always had for example a great interest in chaos magic and the shadow cast by the chaos magic that allows a wise thief to linger with it. Don’t know, whatever floats your boat mate.

Gotta admit I’m not a fan of the whole mix and match idea with creating new abilities etc.

Keep it vanilla, so vanilla you can practically taste the icecream when you read it

Well actually, an Asura thief from the College of Synergetics would be interested in seeing the reaction of something like that.

.. Hm, whats a good class for a kitten Charr? I don’t wanna step on Rytlock’s toes with Warrior.

You could add some humor with say a mesmer using a glamor skill. Then after the skill is over the enemy’s armor caught in it would change to pink and sparkly.
:3

But really here’s a situation for you.
1 mesmer, 5 enemies. A hammer warrior, hammer guardian,greatsword ranger, sword and dagger theif, and a dagger dagger necro.
Mesmer is at the end of a cliff. The 5 enemies charge. The mesmer although surrounded is not surprised or scared. Rather bored(yawns). The hammer warrior and guardian charge from the far left and the right. The necro taking up the middle with the ranger and theif on either side of him. The warrior and guardian leap in the air so as to smash both sides of the mesmer. The theif and ranger move slightly to the left and right so as to give themselves room to swing their weapons, while the necro begins casing a spell that envelopes his weapons in green and black energy. Just when you think the mesmer is about to be smashed slashed and gored by the 5 other enemies. The mesmer simply and effortlessly takes a small step to the left so he stands between the necro and the ranger. Then (Swoosh) the 5 enemies are pulled toward the cliff like puppets yanked by their strings. The mesmer after moving to the left passes effortlessly between the necro and ranger. Both of whom were caught off guard and unable to swing their weapons toward the mesmer mid air because the necro’s spell was interrupted(black and green smoke drifting away by the wind),and the rangers greatsword was lifted above and to the left of his head, pushed even more back away from the mesmer because of the force of the pull. The enemies battle cries turns to screams of fear as they fall to their deaths

The mesmer. eyes having not even been opened before or during the enemies charge still closed. Listens closely to the wind. Still listening to their screams Almost 10 seconds goes by……then the unmistakable CRUNCH!!!!…4 more sounds of bodies smashing in to whatever lies at bottom of the cliff followed. Each a half second behind the last. The warriors and guardians heavy armor smashing in the the ground was the loudest due to the armor. The ranger and theif was slightly muffled but still recognizable. The last one was a laud and gruesome SPLAT!!! No doubt the sound of the necro wearing nothing but cloth slamming and splitting in every direction as he smashed in to the ground like a tomato. Each of their screams stopping just as their respective bodies hit the ground.

A half smile forming on his lips. The Mesmer walks away, and opens his eyes to show silver irises that glow bright as the moon in the middle of the night.

This is a actual situation that happened to me btw. Mesmer focus pull is amazing

I was the mesmer

Btw I’m a horrors fanatic. Hope you don’t mind