Guild Wars 2

Hey I’v heard about Mesmer getting a lot of praise so i was thinking about making one. I just have one small problem. This may seem really silly but, isn’t it kinda… girly? I’m afraid of getting laughed at or something for being a male Mesmer.

Leviathan.7459:

Hey I’v heard about Mesmer getting a lot of praise so i was thinking about making one. I just have one small problem. This may seem really silly but, isn’t it kinda… girly? I’m afraid of getting laughed at or something for being a male Mesmer.

Some can put up a build here, but none will help if the builds are overwhelmed by those who can pull down 1500 versus our 600 hits.

PvE, only Ranger is easier.

WvW, get a WvW build and stay with the group.

PvP, you need at the very least an ELE or Ranger for a pal.

atheria.2837:

Leviathan.7459:

Hey I’v heard about Mesmer getting a lot of praise so i was thinking about making one. I just have one small problem. This may seem really silly but, isn’t it kinda… girly? I’m afraid of getting laughed at or something for being a male Mesmer.

Some can put up a build here, but none will help if the builds are overwhelmed by those who can pull down 1500 versus our 600 hits.

PvE, only Ranger is easier.

WvW, get a WvW build and stay with the group.

PvP, you need at the very least an ELE or Ranger for a pal.

I find your lack of faith disturbing. I will gank what ever running alone in spvp or wvw thank you very much.

atheria.2837:

Leviathan.7459:

Hey I’v heard about Mesmer getting a lot of praise so i was thinking about making one. I just have one small problem. This may seem really silly but, isn’t it kinda… girly? I’m afraid of getting laughed at or something for being a male Mesmer.

Some can put up a build here, but none will help if the builds are overwhelmed by those who can pull down 1500 versus our 600 hits.

PvE, only Ranger is easier.

WvW, get a WvW build and stay with the group.

PvP, you need at the very least an ELE or Ranger for a pal.

Haha the OP is concerned with how others would judge him rolling a male character for a professions that seems girly because of all the purple and pink beams, effects, and butterflies, not with how they would perform in each of the game modes. Its an online game, only idiots and trolls would judge you for something so trivial.

I’d say mesmers are one of the harder classes to play well. In PvE, mesmer DPS is bad, but phantasm DPS is high, so you’ll rely on izerker, iwarden, iswordsman, iwarlock, or ipistol to deal burst damage, meanwhile supporting the team through reflects and whatnot.

In WvW mesmer is as strong as the thief for roaming, and potentially stronger depending on the skill level of the player. Of course mesmers don’t try to instagib others as many backstab basilisk thieves do. Thats why mesmer is more about dueling in outthinking your opponent and timing your bursts when your enemies defenses are down. This applies to PvP as well, but phantasm builds (slightly nerfed) can still tear things apart 1v1. I really like condition-stealth builds in WvW, do to being tanky and having good sources of burst-condition application, as in applying many stacks of a condition in an instant (iDuelist bleeds, torch burn, scepter torment/confusion).

Girly?

It’s by far the manliest class in the game, what is wrong with you?

Mesmer is all about trickery and mind games. And it starts right from the start – character creation screen. =)
Let your opponents judge your aesthetic look all they want on the battlefield, and that would be their downfall.

My huge male norn mesmer alt strongly disagrees with the girly thing.
(yes I made an alt and he is a mesmer too)
(that should tell the OP something)

What’s more insulting than beating your opponent with an explosion of pink butterflies? Just look at it that way.

Whenever I look at my Mesmer I think “Man, that’s just so manly! And faaaaaaabulouuuuuuus!!!”

Dawdler.8521:

Whenever I look at my Mesmer I think “Man, that’s just so manly! And faaaaaaabulouuuuuuus!!!”

The fact that you would use such fugly holographic dragon wings and the radiant set with such a beautiful bifrost makes me cringe, no offense.

But it is kinda fabulouuuus.

“Real men wear pink” – Dan Hibiki, truest man ever.

When you are confident enough in your virility to kill ennemies with pink butterfly and totally enjoy it, who would laugh? Besides you, I mean? :P (it is mandatory to laugh maniacally in those circumstances, mesmer code of conduct)

Elidath.5679:

“Real men wear pink” – Dan Hibiki, truest man ever.

When you are confident enough in your virility to kill ennemies with pink butterfly and totally enjoy it, who would laugh? Besides you, I mean? :P (it is mandatory to laugh maniacally in those circumstances, mesmer code of conduct)

While I agree with your sentiment, I’m not sure quoting Dan Hibiki is ever really a good way to make your point.

Leviathan.7459:

Hey I’v heard about Mesmer getting a lot of praise so i was thinking about making one. I just have one small problem. This may seem really silly but, isn’t it kinda… girly? I’m afraid of getting laughed at or something for being a male Mesmer.

then … make a female mesmer?

Female armour in games tends to just blow male armour out of the water (which is basically fifty different types of generic) which is why I play female characters.

Maybe this will persuade you
People have a lot of respect from good mesmers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLbPvZs2VKc

Sensotix.4106:

Maybe this will persuade you
People have a lot of respect from good mesmers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLbPvZs2VKc

Are you serious? The mesmer in that vid looks like a girl. The OP said he did NOT want to look girly.

@OP: Does this look girly?

Gaiawolf.8261:

@OP: Does this look girly?

I’d hit it.

You can always make a non-human mesmer. Either asura or charr both sort of (at least for me) move beyond gender into just “odd”.

I’ve also never seen anyone say someone who plays a mesmer is girly.