Guild Wars 2

So I’m thinking on making a mesmer but unsure what they are really like, I seen a live stream of someone using it and he had full critical on. He was doing massive direct damage, I just want to know your thoughts on what this class is like?

AimForThatFace.7814:

So I’m thinking on making a mesmer but unsure what they are really like, I seen a live stream of someone using it and he had full critical on. He was doing massive direct damage, I just want to know your thoughts on what this class is like?

Mesmers are mostly about finding traits you like and linking them together. Because you don’t even get traits until level 11, it starts off very slow. Things open up at level 40 when you can use master traits. Deceptive Evasion is a must have if you ever plan on spamming clones. Anything that lowers the cooldowns for illusions and weapons are great for that too.

This isn’t an easy class to play. You really have to learn when to dodge and what hits to take so you can save your endurance. Your in-battle mobility can be quite high but out-of-battle mobility is lacking, to say the least. If you plan on keeping up with a zerg, you’ll have to use a focus and blink. Sometimes even that isn’t enough because the swiftness from focus doesn’t refresh other swiftness buffs.

The biggest thing is, you’ll have to adopt a mesmer mindset. A lot of powers have “good for me, bad for you,” setups so you’ll need to learn when to use them so you can take advantage of both aspects. For instance, Chaos Storm gives random boons to allies and random conditions to enemies while damaging them. I’ve seen a lot of mesmers focus solely on the damage aspect of it but it is best used when you are close enough to your opponent to cast it over both of you.

If you’re looking to do ridiculous dps or a lot of aoe damage, you’re in the wrong profession. Mesmers are more about disrupting how your opponents think and fight. We have a lot of combo fields, condition-adders, projectile reflection, stealths, in-battle movement powers and we are the best at stacking confusion. Learn them all and then learn to abuse them.

Oh, and you will be expected to have portal. Handle that however you wish.

Last, we have been beaten repeatedly by the nerf bat as devs are under the impression that the class is too powerful. Every patch comes with more nerfs and I shudder to think of the coming one. Some contribute this to other classes whining on pvp forums about how hard it is to kill a mesmer or how some of our abilities are overpowered. Others say they just don’t understand how much work and preparation it takes to do those things. Not many people play mesmers to level 80 so not many understand what it takes to make the class dominate. Also, by design, we are SUPPOSE to be frustrating to deal with! Let us hope that, one day, the devs remember that.

Oh, and we are divas! If you join our ranks, you are expected to wear high-fashon, vastly impractical outfits with lots of ruffles and lace! You will learn to love fuchsia, lavender and butterflies! You are required to be a haughty, pompous jerk whom gets into everyone’s head and under their skin just for the sheer joy of it! If you can’t do that then you are not worthy.

Do you like butterflies?

My male Norn Mesmer loves butterflies.

On topic, it is hard to say if you will like it or not. Compared to most other classes, the Mesmer is fairly busy while doing stuff.
There are various playstyles, but as mentioned before, below level 40 can be fairly frustrating.
I’d say play to 20 and see if you like it like with most other classes, but this will simply not work here.

P.S.: Pink butterflies to the face!

Crossplay.2067:

Oh, and we are divas! If you join our ranks, you are expected to wear high-fashon, vastly impractical outfits with lots of ruffles and lace! You will learn to love fuchsia, lavender and butterflies! You are required to be a haughty, pompous jerk whom gets into everyone’s head and under their skin just for the sheer joy of it! If you can’t do that then you are not worthy.

Approved!!!

BTW mesmers can do ridiculous(-ly high) dmg; however, I’ve found a new build that finally pwns annoying backstabbing thieves. Never look back to glass cannon again. Unless I have to run dungeons with my friends, that is.

Hi mate, wont repeat what the others just said, exept you should learn to love butterflies and Cat,s ofc

I link 2 gameplay vids that show two different playstyles, first is a glascannon build with only 1250 toughtness, survival is based on stealth and acctive abilitys:

Next is a defensive dmg spec who do hig sustained dmg but survive thru most that get thrown at you:

Both and 2 more gamestyles can be found in my guide that is sticky on mesmer forums.

/Cheers Osicat

Crossplay.2067:

AimForThatFace.7814:

So I’m thinking on making a mesmer but unsure what they are really like, I seen a live stream of someone using it and he had full critical on. He was doing massive direct damage, I just want to know your thoughts on what this class is like?

Mesmers are mostly about finding traits you like and linking them together. Because you don’t even get traits until level 11, it starts off very slow. Things open up at level 40 when you can use master traits. Deceptive Evasion is a must have if you ever plan on spamming clones. Anything that lowers the cooldowns for illusions and weapons are great for that too.

This isn’t an easy class to play. You really have to learn when to dodge and what hits to take so you can save your endurance. Your in-battle mobility can be quite high but out-of-battle mobility is lacking, to say the least. If you plan on keeping up with a zerg, you’ll have to use a focus and blink. Sometimes even that isn’t enough because the swiftness from focus doesn’t refresh other swiftness buffs.

The biggest thing is, you’ll have to adopt a mesmer mindset. A lot of powers have “good for me, bad for you,” setups so you’ll need to learn when to use them so you can take advantage of both aspects. For instance, Chaos Storm gives random boons to allies and random conditions to enemies while damaging them. I’ve seen a lot of mesmers focus solely on the damage aspect of it but it is best used when you are close enough to your opponent to cast it over both of you.

If you’re looking to do ridiculous dps or a lot of aoe damage, you’re in the wrong profession. Mesmers are more about disrupting how your opponents think and fight. We have a lot of combo fields, condition-adders, projectile reflection, stealths, in-battle movement powers and we are the best at stacking confusion. Learn them all and then learn to abuse them.

Oh, and you will be expected to have portal. Handle that however you wish.

Last, we have been beaten repeatedly by the nerf bat as devs are under the impression that the class is too powerful. Every patch comes with more nerfs and I shudder to think of the coming one. Some contribute this to other classes whining on pvp forums about how hard it is to kill a mesmer or how some of our abilities are overpowered. Others say they just don’t understand how much work and preparation it takes to do those things. Not many people play mesmers to level 80 so not many understand what it takes to make the class dominate. Also, by design, we are SUPPOSE to be frustrating to deal with! Let us hope that, one day, the devs remember that.

Oh, and we are divas! If you join our ranks, you are expected to wear high-fashon, vastly impractical outfits with lots of ruffles and lace! You will learn to love fuchsia, lavender and butterflies! You are required to be a haughty, pompous jerk whom gets into everyone’s head and under their skin just for the sheer joy of it! If you can’t do that then you are not worthy.

+9999

Osicat.4139:

Hi mate, wont repeat what the others just said, exept you should learn to love butterflies and Cat,s ofc

I link 2 gameplay vids that show two different playstyles, first is a glascannon build with only 1250 toughtness, survival is based on stealth and acctive abilitys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxafKuAgWww

Next is a defensive dmg spec who do hig sustained dmg but survive thru most that get thrown at you:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcr9k_K7TfE

Both and 2 more gamestyles can be found in my guide that is sticky on mesmer forums.

/Cheers Osicat

I dont know why, but the music in your vids allways makes me laugh Osi….
Well, i guess i should thank you for that

@Dess haha guess I atleast make an “amusing” impression then