Can something please be done with at least “Moa Morph” It says it last " 10 seconds" and actually lasts about 3 seconds on a harder enemy which makes it 180 cool down crap.
At least make something good now that “Time Warp” is 50% quickness lasting for 10 seconds at a 210 seconds Cool Down. What is going on…
@Dahkeus: Seems to me that you’re looking for something akin to the warrior signet elite; a powerful self buffing skill on a not absurdly long cooldown, and I would be 110% behind something like that.
Edit: One major thing mesmers are missing is an elite that is affected by traits. Every single class other than Mesmer and guardian have one or more elites that are affected sometimes by multiple traits.
@Dahkeus: Seems to me that you’re looking for something akin to the warrior signet elite; a powerful self buffing skill on a not absurdly long cooldown, and I would be 110% behind something like that.
Edit: One major thing mesmers are missing is an elite that is affected by traits. Every single class other than Mesmer and guardian have one or more elites that are affected sometimes by multiple traits.
I could class that as whining too ^^ Plenty of other people are annoyed by this too and I can express and give my views how I want too, just don’t post or exit the thread if u dont like the ‘Whining’ u have classed it as.
I feel the same in regards to lack of viable pve options other than the over nerfed time warp. Something like the warrior signet of rage would be great. Wouldn’t have the excuse to nerf it into the ground as it would be a self buff and not a group buff. Would also give them an excuse to fix our horrible ooc swiftness. This would also finally provide an elite that could benefit from traits, since we do have a signet cd reduction trait. Just don’t make it have a ridiculous cool down like all our other elite choices.
@Pyroatheist: Guardians in fact have a trait that SPECIFICALLY effects elites ( http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Elite_Focus ) also, I believe that mass invisibility is effected by Prismatic Understanding ( http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Prismatic_Understanding )
Also, the sylvari racial elite, Take Root ( http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Take_Root ) is affected by the mesmer trait Sharper Images ( http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Sharper_Images ) – though that is obviously not beneficial to most mesmers…
All that said, I would agree that mesmer elites – as of this nerf to TW – feel a little lackluster in PvE – though I would argue that they are balanced in WvWvW and I would love to see a mesmer elite (other than mass invis) which is maybe a little weaker in terms of power, but at a reasonable cool down – an elite that has more the functionality of the Thief Dagger Storm ( http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Dagger_Storm ) I.E. a 90 sec cd combat boosting (damage, boons, or maybe access to more clones for a short duration (!!!)) elite; right now I feel that for regular PvE our elites are actually quite powerful (10 sec 50% dps boost!) but are on such a long cool down on a regular dungeon or event (ETC) they are too “be-all-end-all” – they are amazing, but then we’re kinda stuck for a while…
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~Xonyx – Level 80 Sylvari Mesmer
But hrm… I’m not really sure need something else for elites. Make Moa slightly more powerful in PvE and we got a deal. TW is already awesome for PvE, MI can have it’s moments (making enemies not fire certain skills due to lack of targets), but Moa is really weak.
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I think that Mesmer need a new elite skill, that will give strenght only to him. For example some transformation (transformation to phantom). Elite skills that he has now, give strenght to other members of party. For example Ele + Mesmer (tornado+time warp)= super tornado.
@Mice: Did not realize that about the guardian book elites. As far as prismatic understanding, that trait indirectly interacts with MI, but it doesn’t truly affect the skill. Most other classes have traits that reduce cooldowns of elites, or make them last longer, or increasing damage from them, etc.
@Dahkeus: Seems to me that you’re looking for something akin to the warrior signet elite; a powerful self buffing skill on a not absurdly long cooldown, and I would be 110% behind something like that.
Edit: One major thing mesmers are missing is an elite that is affected by traits. Every single class other than Mesmer and guardian have one or more elites that are affected sometimes by multiple traits.
Eh, I would consider mesmers getting a second PvE viable elite rather low on the list of things that ANet needs to balance, but it would be nice. As for what type, it doesn’t necessarily need to be something like that. I mean, they could make some form of elite clone, additional projectile reflect, or something like that, just as long as it was strong enough to be a good choice in PvE without being better for PvP than our current elites.
