Guild Wars 2

I’ve done like…everything on my mesmer. Got a legendary, map completion, jps… full exotics for 3 different spec… I’m not bored of my memser but I feel like I should have an alt so I can do another storyline etc.

Problem is… everytime I try and make one I miss my mesmer.

Anyone have an alt they like as much as their mesmer?

Why did you like it? Was it similar or completely different?

Yeah doesnt suprise me theres no replies :P

I have a few different alts, but game play feels boring on all of them…I think if I were to start another one it would likely be an elementalist or an engineer as they seem to have more complex mechanics. Element/Kit swapping respectively seems like it could make for some interesting combos.

I like warrior because it give me a chance to switch up my playstyle and weapon choices. It also allows me to play on my work PC, since the button mashing is simpler. Since you are not bored with mesmer and may not desire a simpler way to play, that might not work for you.

So I suggest going with a character that can give you weapon choices you don’t get with mesmer. Warrior works here, too, but engineer is also good because he gets stuff nobody else can. Ele and engi can also be as complex as mesmer if you like the challenge, and engi has guns, lots of guns!

I learnt a long time ago that when you find the perfect class, making an alt is pointless. It’s just going to take time away from the perfect class, and you’ll only feel dissatisfied you’re not busting out your mesmer styles.

If you want a reason to play another alt though, that’s a different story. Perhaps you have a friend who’s just starting playing, and you can play with them, starting a fresh character and leveling that way. That way you’re not playing to play an alt, you’re playing to play with your friend.

Personally, I spent a couple months on my winter break playing only alts and leveling some other characters to 80 and then I went back to my Mesmer. The refreshing feeling of playing my Mesmer again was awesome. I took a particular liking to the Ranger class myself but it wasn’t my Mesmer.

I find that an elementalist makes a decent alt but it’s mostly because of personal preferences. Weapons work in almost the same fashion as staff is supportive while one-handers do most of the damage. I can’t imagine what I would do without Blink and they have Lightning Flash, which makes an… “okay” alternative. The pitiful damage, longer recharge and 900-unit range is just within my tolerance.

The two big problems I have are the inability to swap weapons in-battle and how lopsided the trait lines are. While I understand the weapon limitation, the problem is that no individual weapon is designed to fluctuate as battles do. For example, staff is great at support and taking on mobs but, when faced with a single champion with easily dodgeable attacks, the staff is the worst weapon an elementalist can have. I wish I could swap to d/d, even if that meant locking myself in a single element.

As for the second complaint, if you don’t go deep into water and/or arcana, you’re pretty much gimping yourself. The trait lines were clearly made with constant attunement swapping in mind and that’s a HUGE error on Anet’s part! Instead they should have encouraged sticking to one or two elements while anyone whom decided to go the Avatar route being a “master of none”.

First I would like to see elementalist given a secondary weapon set available. Then I want a Grandmaster trait in every elemental line that states, “you can swap weapons in battle while in this element!” That way we can see more builds than variants of 0/10/0/30/30.

But such a rant really belongs in the elementalist forum…