Outside of PvP, I rarely use shatters. I’d love to see our Class Mechanic do more for us in PvE and in non-shatter builds. It’s almost counter-intuitive to blow up Phantasms when they’re supplying close to half our DPS and function as a portion of our utility.
I’d like to see small passives added like a Guardian’s virtues-
Mind Wrack- Passive- ‘compounding power’.
Its super boring as a trait, so this makes room for something more interesting. Also, bumps up personal DPS in non shatter builds by a little bit and helps focus down people b4 shatter bursts in power shatter builds. Mesmer’s personal DPS is so weak, and we lack personal dmg modifiers so this would help close the gap a bit in our sustain.
Cry of Frustration- Passive “Vengeful Images”
Retaliation is the boon version of confusion, and we’re losing all of our ‘on death’ traits, so makes smashing our illusions have some element of punishment to it. Scales with Power, so in power based builds that never touch this shatter get something out of it. Also makes room in Inspiration for a less lame minor.
Diversion- Passive “Illusionary Defense”
Again, boring as a trait. Seems fitting.
Distortion- Passive- Phantasms have distortion on summon
This really should be more accessible. Having a phantasm smashed b4 it has the opportunity to attack once sucks. This way when you use distortion it feels like you’re taking it from your illusions.
Thoughts?
