Guild Wars 2

Hey guys, just a quick question for all you Mesmer addicts out there…
I feel I must be doing something wrong, but I cant seem to put out anywhere near the damage of other classes like warrior or ele.
I really wanted my Mesmer to be my main and stuff, but I just feel a bit let down whenever I’m in a group with other people… feels like I’m not pulling my weight.

Any suggestions to help rectify this would be very welcome.
Cheers
TyraeL

As a general rule the mesmer gets less powerful the more people there are around. We really just don’t have the raw aoe power (either in upfront damage or condition application). We also suffer in PvE generally because our one/two good builds all have ramp up times compared to most other professions who can run a build that bursts really hard at the start of a fight.

The Focus Phanstasm deals good damages if you have Phantasmal Haste (so great uptime) / Fury and the bleeding if illusion crit. I mean it.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/en/?fgQQNArdWlwzaoHUz5G2NJxZGRn6oUgdvTqgqLfA3A

Run into a group of mobs. Chaos Storm. Hit Phase Retreat(2). Hit Phantasmal Warlock(3). Hit Chaos Armor again for good measure(4). Switch to sword+focus. Drop a Phantasmal Warden(5).
Mess around with it but something along those lines.

Find ways to make the most out of your clones and phantasms. Reducing the recharge on your related skills will help you pump them out faster, meaning you can Shatter them more often to create more Confusion, Daze, and damage, while milking the added effects of each skill. Sword/focus (or dual swords) and staff is good for this, although it requires you to constantly move in and out of the fray, but once you get used to the rhythm of jump-in/jump-out and shattering it should feel better.

For major zerg events I’ve taken to using staff and greatsword so I can stay at range and monitor the whole field. Greatsword loses the striking power of the main-hand sword, which is frustrating, but it’s a lot easier to send clones scattering in multiple different directions with this setup and still know what the deuce you’re doing. Plus, the Berserker will strike your target and any other baddie in his line of motion, which can create a load of damage right by itself.

As for utilities, although I haven’t unlocked them all yet, I’m favoring the ones that give me AoE capabilities, mostly because I can combine their effects with the benefit of allies shooting or leaping through them, which inadvertently creates more random crap while I take care of other things.

Thanks guys, I think I have more experimenting to do on my Mesmer…
One thing though, I am quite disappointed on the damage on the Greatsword’s 1 ability.

On a side note, what is generally better, precision, power on cond. damage?

Generally precision/power with a phantasm build (variation on 10/20/0/25/0 for PvP). You can also run an illusion based condition/precision build using illusions to stack up bleeds, this gives you more flexibility in exactly how you build but loses a lot of the raw strength that the basic phantasm build has.