Lady Astrea Mirage here! With one of the few ideas I had for a new Mesmer Specialization
Bard
“In medieval Gaelic and British culture, a bard was a professional story teller, verse-maker and music composer”
Lore:
Mesmers shoot musical notes underwater with Trident, in which I concluded they include music in their talents
This “Bard” idea works well with being a Mesmer too because of a Bard being a “professional story teller”, not only do Mesmers shoot music but they can also manipulate time thus making them go back in time and tell the stories of the past (….or future).
GW2 Wiki Trivia: “The Minstrel was a joke profession announced on the Guild Wars 2 main site, before shattering into a picture of the truly announced Mesmer.”
Minstrel: “a medieval singer or musician, especially one who sang or recited lyric or heroic poetry to a musical accompaniment for the nobility.” — So much like a Bard
Combat:
The new F5 shatter skill could be something that “Summons a Crowd” like a concert crowd, (or something less than that) that summons 5 immovable clones in an area in which allies can pass and enemies cannot; an obstacle that shatters after the duration. (?)
PvP
- If Mesmers are getting a new weapon, it could be a pistol or a dagger, making them something like Musical Assassins
And/or this whole specialization can revolve on “confound, disorient and dumbfound their enemies”, more powerful Shatters and more controls, Taunts? More options for Conditions perhaps?
PvE
- Of course we don’t want the Mesmers to go to waste on PvE, so I was thinking the more powerful Shatters (which is a unique skill to Mesmers, it would be a good thing to base this off that) would be the better idea, more effects or damage on shatters and traitable bonuses, maybe even a Musical Boon-thing they can do to keep the Mesmer on their team-play greatness.
+ Of course we would want to lose some of the stuff that Chronomancers can do and add stuff that Chronomancers can’t do, so the 2 Elite Specializations have different uses and are balanced which each other, a new specialization should be a specialization to Mesmers not a specialization to Chronomancers.
I’ll post some of the other ideas I have when I can tie them up with the lore and the combat