Guild Wars 2

Couple quick questions.

1. What is the difference between Phantasm and Illusion? I’m looking at the Inspiration vs Illusion trait lines and I’m wondering what effects what.

2. What race has the animation of the Great Sword floating and spinning while using Spatial Surge? Thought it was Human or Silvari but I’m not sure.

3. My main is a Thief and I’m strictly PvE. How is the Mesmer’s survival in PvE? Preferably compared to Thief but I’m not expecting many to have experience with both classes.

Much appreciated,

Blood~

1. A Phantasm is an illusion. Illusion covers both Phantasms and Clones
- Illusion = Both Phantasms/Clones
-Phantasm = Phantasm Only (the ghostly looking illusions that deal damage)
-Clones = Clones Only (the illusions that look pretty much identical to you. At low levels they do 0 dmg)

2. I believe all races except maybe the Charr have this animation. I know 100% that human does.

3. Survivability for mesmer in PvE is pretty high, although it depends on your weapons. The first 40 levels or so are a bit of a grind because a mesmer doesn’t gain their full power until traited. You shouldn’t have too much trouble surviving, just your fights will take somewhat longer than other clases.

This is all just based on my personal experience.

TYVM

I built a Charr, figures I’d pick the one that didn’t have the animation I was looking for…

Another question, from what I’ve read some people rank damage output of the Mesmer at second to last after Necro. Is this due to class or player, and can Mesmer be competitive with damage output vs. other classes?

TY
Blood~

Bloodgruve.6038:

TYVM

I built a Charr, figures I’d pick the one that didn’t have the animation I was looking for…

Another question, from what I’ve read some people rank damage output of the Mesmer at second to last after Necro. Is this due to class or player, and can Mesmer be competitive with damage output vs. other classes?

TY
Blood~

direct damage=poor compared to other classes, but confusion stack+condition stack+Shatter’s, matches the damage of other classes.

people saying mesmer is weak, only look at the number’s floating, not foe’s health.

Lol I’m not sure why Mesmer’s damage is rated so low. The general rule is simply how much we can use our phants. If our phants up are up, chances are we can out dps every other class, though shatters help out even in fights where we can’t.