Guild Wars 2

Hi I have been gone for 3months+ and thinking about buying HoT to have something to play through xmass
My long term main was War and I do not like his elite spec (on paper) however chronomancer seems quite cool to me and Mesmer is my second most played class.
Should I choose it? I play mainly solo PvE /70%/ with occasional WvW & Dungeon to not get bored. I always liked s condi builds but my Memser was mainly GS/something type (love GS).

So is Mesmer good choice or should I go for different class (friend of mine is suggesting necro).

Thx

Well if you are picking up HoT, going for alacrity sharing provides pretty amazing support for your party/raid and something that quite a few raid groups are looking for, plus with the right setup you can get permanent quickness for your group if you dedicate to it as well, which can get pretty bonkers.

That being said, mesmer dps isnt great, but thankfully you have these crazy support roles to play that justify your slot in a group.

Mesmer is in a much better place in HoT than before HoT so I would recommend it on those terms.

Dungeons however got their gold rewards reduced by 2/3 so they aren’t really worth running anymore. Additionally condi Mesmer is only really strong in PvP/WvW roaming.

Current top picks for condition builds are: Engineer, Ranger, Necro, Warrior (large hit boxes).

Mesmer in raids can give timewarp on about a 70s cool down if using it with the continuum split, gives good quickness and alacrity on wells which boosts party dps and if you have 3 phantasms DPSing the boss you don’t lose too much by having to CC adds or break out of melee etc.

A lot of improvements came with HoT for a lot of classes so I’d say it’s worth getting and also trying new classes.

I’m a Condi Shattermancer for PvE and I’m loving every second of it. Though everyone insist that Zerker mesmer is the way to go.

Your Alacrity its close to permanent state all the time and you can survive better with mobs without risking everything hitting you like a truck. (Shifting continuum split to about 45 seconds-50 seconds which means more Time Warp for teammates).

Sure, you trade off some dps for survivability since you damage out put comes from condi which takes time to stack and proc. But I actually prefer it.

To each his own though.

May i have your condition build ? Please
Trying to build one myseft

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May i have your condition build ? Please
Trying to build one myseft

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhMQNAraWncfC9fiFoB2fCUrhlcjqMAStepeVn1bF9HKpdD-TRRTwAWU+BY/hqq/gTfQIlgBAOAY3l3d3l3NA-e

Ehh I didn’t bother with Underwater lol…

Sigils is really of your choice, I used earth and agony I believe.

But yeah. The Signet can be changed to another well of your choice. But I’d prefer Signet of Inspiration for the random aegis and they changed the Signet now, you get always get swift on top of another random buff

Chronomancer is the ultimate survivalist in PVE. If you take scepter/shield, you have 3 blocks (shield 4 and scepter 2), on top of distortion from f4 and well of precognition. By the time your finished using all these, most of them would probably be off cooldown for you to spam another round :p