Guild Wars 2

I can understand a Thief having the privilege of stealth at its core and for Mesmer being just a side dish. But i can’t help getting baffled by the huge gap.

I mean let’s take:
Veil —-———————————->Shadow Refuge
90 sec cooldown—————>60 sec cooldown
2 sec stealth————————>up to15sec stealth
Light combo field————->Dark Field
————————————————>A freakin heal embedded

I know it would be dull to have it being 2 equal skills, but why is one 50% shorter cooldown with 8x more duration granted.

Then Mesmer has Mass Invisibility, then the thief has access to smoke fields who trump it…

Furthermore, since i have your attention can you point me to situations where Veil is good? I mean apart from the immediate engage from a zerg in WvW.

Ariete.6509:

I know it would be dull to have it being 2 equal skills, but why is one 50% shorter cooldown with 8x more duration granted.

It might be because Shadow Refuge requires you stay inside it for a few seconds or else you become revealed. I don’t know if that tiny amount of risk justifies the difference in power but it’s the only thing I can think of.

Also, technically Veil lasts longer than 2 seconds if you run through it or jump on top it multiple times.