Guild Wars 2

You keep nerfing our Illusions into the ground every patch.

Getting old, it is not viable to run Illusions in PvP now regardless wether it is sPvP or WvW.

I guess our mantras will be nerfed next…

No point having Illusions if they aren’t worth casting, not to mention the bugs involved with them which are also yet to be addressed.

you’re crazy. i want my illusions. go roll something else.

As a full Phantasm WvW mesmer im dissapointed that my build and play style is ruined. Phantasms missing is stupid, they already dont persist after death and require a target to summon, are two shotted (even when traited for HP) and are easily countered by someone with half a brain. Mesmer is not a faceroll class and requires skill to play properly, the fact that people get flustered and find the real one or dont know how to counter them is a learning curve on their part.

Phantasms seem useless now and Im stuck with a full set of Exotic Berserker gear so switching to support or cond damage will require more time and more gold just so I can continue playing and enjoying my mesmer.

I agree with this. I have played a phantasm mesmer since beta as I never really liked the shatter mechanic but it’s just not viable anymore.
The damage I do is fine but since phantasms die to easily even with trait and signet of illusion it’s to easy to counter.

I think the greatsword phantasm needed fixing as that thing was completely bugged but why nerf beyond that.

Isn’t that throwing a hissy fit?
“OH U NERFED ILUSIONS AGAIN? WHY NOT JUS REMOVED DEM?”

I rely on clones and illusions myself, and can safely say that I can always spawn a new one if an old one dies. You either have the wrong traits or are spawning Illusions before clones.

I played a shatter build. But most of my damage still came from phantasms. Well blurred frenzy when I got a hit on someone

TheRamosOnline.2670:

Isn’t that throwing a hissy fit?
“OH U NERFED ILUSIONS AGAIN? WHY NOT JUS REMOVED DEM?”

I rely on clones and illusions myself, and can safely say that I can always spawn a new one if an old one dies. You either have the wrong traits or are spawning Illusions before clones.

This has nothing, what so ever to do with out abilities to spawn illusions or clones.

It is the constant damage nerfing we are getting hit by. They ninja nerfed iZerkers damage and another damage nerf to Mage.

they fixed a bug, stop crying, mesmer still the most potent pvp class

aaron.7850:

they fixed a bug, stop crying, mesmer still the most potent pvp class

What bug? The bug where our illusions needed a 50% damage reduction with no mention of it in the patch notes?

Did they nerf berserker’s damage without mentioning it? I was critting for 5k with berserker and now no longer reach anything above 3k…

Raiza.6538:

As a full Phantasm WvW mesmer im dissapointed that my build and play style is ruined. Phantasms missing is stupid, they already dont persist after death and require a target to summon, are two shotted (even when traited for HP) and are easily countered by someone with half a brain. Mesmer is not a faceroll class and requires skill to play properly, the fact that people get flustered and find the real one or dont know how to counter them is a learning curve on their part.

Phantasms seem useless now and Im stuck with a full set of Exotic Berserker gear so switching to support or cond damage will require more time and more gold just so I can continue playing and enjoying my mesmer.

I agree wholeheartedly. Playing a glass cannon was a challenge for survivability and if other classes used half a brain they could easily counter them. I feel sorry for people who don’t have an alt decked out, I atleast have a level 80 thief in full berserker to fall back to, unlike two other mesmer’s I know who simply might fall back to Rift.

Usagi.4835:

Did they nerf berserker’s damage without mentioning it? I was critting for 5k with berserker and now no longer reach anything above 3k…

Yes. From my calculation, approximately around 60% less give or take. Someone start a petition :P

Zamiel.2130:

Usagi.4835:

Did they nerf berserker’s damage without mentioning it? I was critting for 5k with berserker and now no longer reach anything above 3k…

Yes. From my calculation, approximately around 60% less give or take. Someone start a petition :P

They don’t allow petitions…. oh well, time to level an alt and weather the storm because i’m not going to be a portal bot in wvw and at this point we have nothing offensive to bring to a siege.

Yeah, felt like it was only dealing 40% of it’s original damage. Fix iZerk.

If it was intentional, that’s pretty underhanded tbh. I’m just annoyed because I’m feeling less and less effective in both PvE and PvP and it’s like they’re just catering to what everyone else wants, which is NERF MESMERS!

I say remove the damage shatter and add a useful utility shatter instead, then give the mesmer itself (and/or its phantasms) damage on-par with other professions.

My suggestion: Replace the damage shatter with condition removal.. one condition per active illusion. They run to you or nearby party members instead of your target.

Raksha.8049:

They ninja nerfed iZerkers damage and another damage nerf to Mage.

Actually they nerfed burst damage as a whole.
Thieves in Goodgame report a 3k drop in Backstab damage too.

Maybe now is a good time to stop using an overused Glass Cannon build.

Condition Bunker feels more like a Mesmer anyway.

As discussed here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Mesmer-Damage-Nerf/first

The damage reduction to iBerserker was intentional and in doing so, is now being looked at.

However, I somehow doubt it will ever get back to its former power, so time to move on from the greatsword.

More and more builds are now becoming unreliable on Illusions/Clones.