Returning mesmer
Both nerfs. than buffs. More bugs, not so much fixed. You’d be best off looking at the feature patch balance notes.
Mellowpuff [Champion Hunter]
I may be in the minority here, but from a pvp perspective only, I think Mesmer is balanced along with the other professions. There are bugs that need to be fixed of course, but I’ve given up hope thinking that’s actually a possibility.
In terms of builds, I think we have a lot of viability to go around. I play a very successful support lockdown build with great results. Shatter is still great. All lockdown builds got a great buff. The only thing iffy are condition builds now. They’re still fun, but I think they’re overall a little bit less effective.
“The jealous are troublesome to others, but certainly a torment to themselves.”
mantra buff is pretty nice. Farming on a mesmer is as terrible anymore
Overall buffs, especially warden fixed for pve, scepter and staff buffed for pvp, yea, some minor bugs are there but nothing that cannot be prevented by yourself.
“Mentoring engineers / mesmers and showing you what you can do with your fantastic class!
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I recently returned and was pleasantly surprised with the iWarden fix and Mantra buff as I played both of those before my hiatus. I really enjoy my Mesmer especially for PvE now.