Guild Wars 2

Short backstory, I’ve been out of the game for awhile, but with the massive re-balance the other day, a friend convinced me to give it one more go. Since I have trouble getting reacquainted with mechanics on already existing toons, I rolled a brand spanking new mesmer (Only class I haven’t played since I didn’t enjoy them all too much in the original GW).

In most MMOs I’ve started enjoying more of a support role, so after I played with Mesmer a bit (lvl 50 since patch) I’m starting to look to up my game a little bit. THIS is what I came up with.

The idea is to use the ethereal fields and staff to create swarms of boons on myself (and allies). Then drop a phantasm for boonshare galore. Weave in some group distortion, perma-regen, and top it off with constant AoE heals.

However, I played enough in the past to know that you need to bring more than just some pretty icons to a fight to be useful, so I also wanted to make use of the myriad of conditions available to the staff; both as cover conditions and something legitimately damaging on their own.

To top it all off, I’m packing enough reflection and condition clearing fields to help control the flow of the fight; in theory making me an asset to any group I jump in on.

That said, I’m pseudo new, and would love some feedback/thoughts/suggestions!