Guild Wars 2

I have been playing around with the torch since they changed prestige.. I love being able to stealth but the mage is odd. I was playing with the dummies in the mists and I can get it to hit 2 and then me. I cannot get to the 3rd because it seems to far but I wonder if things are closer that maybe it will bounce more?

iMage is really lacking. It only bounces twice (http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Phantasmal_Mage). Illusionary Elasticity doesn’t apply.

Well that does suck lol. I wish things like that made it into the toolbar description.

Yeah, I’m trying very hard to give some love to Torch, but the damage is just terrible.

Lol yeah I want to like it but always go back to my normal build

I mage is good in Pvp on single targets and in some PvE situations… But it is not a good catch all like the focus or the pistol… It doesn’t really have that insane crowd control you can get from TC or Magic Bullet with the extra bounce… The torch only really has the blind for one attack but the new buff makes it a little bit better.

I’d really like to use the torch, but it’s just not worth it. It’s not usually viable to trait it, and even traited, the cooldowns on it are unreasonably massive, particularly the Mage. Add that to the fact that the Mage is completely worthless, applying a measly 3 stacks if confusion for a short duration unaffected by condition duration, and you have a weapon that I simply can’t stand to use.

The Torch is worth it if you do not intend to treat your two weapon sets equally, i.e. you have a primary set that you spend most of your time on with the other set being secondary and only switched to when you need something specific.

This is the case for almost all condition Mesmers. The Staff is the only viable condition weapon, therefore condition Mesmers tend to stick to it all the time. The second set then is usually chosen for a specific purpose, with less emphasis placed on the general effectiveness of the set.

For me, I choose the Torch, as I run a stealth build.