Guild Wars 2

Been using travelers on my mesmer, but wondering if superior rune of the pack would be a better choice??? I mostly play WvW and really don’t roam much, pretty much run with the zerg. Just seems like my mesmer simply does not hit hard. Using zerker gear. Just wondering if switching runes is gonna make me run super slow……..Appreciate any and all imput. Thank you and have a nice day….

If you’re in a Zerg, you should have permanent swiftness if the people in the Zerg are anything approaching competent. This makes traveler runes an absolute and total waste. Almost anything would be better

Better options include pack, ranger, strength, scholar, eagle, air, probably others I’m not thinking of right now.

Well still need to run to the Zerg. In all honesty the stat gains are minimally +/- by using traveler to another rune. The option should be look at build and use sigils to add burst. I run travelers in condition and power builds in wvw. Nothing is more valuable than speed in that arena.

tym.3791:

Been using travelers on my mesmer, but wondering if superior rune of the pack would be a better choice??? I mostly play WvW and really don’t roam much, pretty much run with the zerg. Just seems like my mesmer simply does not hit hard. Using zerker gear. Just wondering if switching runes is gonna make me run super slow……..Appreciate any and all imput. Thank you and have a nice day….

For Zerg play a sigil of speed on your GS (or OH set if you prefer) will give you a constant 2+ minutes of swiftness between camp clears and tag kills.

Traveller are pfft. Pack are a great all around mesmer rune. You can also always go with any of the power/ferocity options such as Scholar. Or just strength, or the poor mans option of Rage.

Yes travelers are pfft, yet running a sigil of speed instead of air or fire to increase spike damage must be mehhh.

denis.9487:

Yes travelers are pfft, yet running a sigil of speed instead of air or fire to increase spike damage must be mehhh.

Maybe in roaming, 1v1, havok. But air in large scale zerg is negatable vs the utility of 100% swiftness. Then again drop it off your burst weapon and have it on the second set, like you would with any stacking sigil.

well I’m a fan of travelers. Why I suggested build/sigil revamp. Open world and wvw the quality of life gained is priceless.

But you need speed when you die and rush back to the commander. This happens in important moments when you’re going to loose or win SM or big keep. Speed counts.

People without swiftness tend to drop to the tail of the zerg, and that means that they get even less swiftness.

Gem store has +15% speed booster. I tested it and it is better than nothing. I wanted try sword/torch and sword/sword – instead of sword/focus.

You may want test it. Compare. Maximizing zerkness is not always the best.

Yea, thats the whole thing with mesmers, they are SO slow with out the travelers, and on T2 anyway, you dont keep up your gonna get ganked, and that is frustrating when your commander is on the other side of the map, you get close, only to have a small group gank you.

While I so appreciate every one’s input, and I do have a extra set of zerker armor, I am gonna wait for this expansion to hit. See what weapons we get, let all the changes happen, the nurfing, the buffing. While I could carry focus for the speed, I just so like the torch and that stack of invisibility has gotten me out of trouble lots of times.

I am still working on getting better with the pu mesmer, using my stacks of invisibility and blink to get me out of trouble, and staying back line for support, I just think taking away the travelers would be a big mistake.

Not to be beat a dead horse but using a pu build in a Zerg ball might be the problem. Like I said revamp sigils and build. Travel using pu when you take a tower/camp switch to a more dps build while in the Zerg ball. If you would die switch to pu to reach the Zerg.

Zerging is not a Mesmer’s strong suit. Other than Veil and the occasional Portal, we don’t bring much to the table. You might check out the zerg builds over at metabattle (http://metabattle.com/wiki/MetaBattle_Wiki).

I roam on Mesmer and swap out Focus for swiftness. I keep my Focus in the top-right slot in my bag and position my inventory where I can swap, #4 and swap back ASAP. When my Mesmer stows her weapons, it’s time for another Focus #4.

Traveller Runes aren’t pfft. But for you, in a Zerg, they are useless.
Just use Centaur runes with an endless potion. It grants you perma swiftness.