Mesmer Tips: When you stealth, instead of running away from the opponent, which is obvious, cross pass them and run the opposite way instead.
//iLeap-Swap is an AoE immobilize
//Chaos Armor becomes more effective the more people who have it are close together. Blast that chaos storm!
Sup guys! I wanted to quickly address the “you’re never on!” messages I get everytime I log in. =P
As I’ve been getting swamped more with writing/drawing/capoeira I’ve found myself with less and less time to play, and when I do that gaming usually goes to the Xbox. I’m a console gamer at heart -from NES all the way through to X1- so before Gw2 came out I was practically console-exclusive.
That changed when this awesome game featuring this awesome class came out. I got to delve into a whole new world of gaming, meet some incredibly awesome and intelligent people (a true breath of fresh air from the intellectual standard of console gamers x.x) and even learned things about myself that I never really realized. No other game has inspired me to interact with a community like this one, to spend hours of my life writing guides (dat nerd wit somethin to say!), to co-host a podcast, write fan fiction and much more, but the most incredible, fulfilling thing about playing GW2 is the people I’ve met from around the world. Getting to talk builds with people from Greece, receiving compliments from strangers in Japan, nothing in any videogame has ever been more rewarding than moments like those.
To be clear, I’m not quitting GW2, I’ll still be hopping on from time to time specifically because of the people I’ve met, but I won’t be on often and with this asinine nerf to sword that just dropped I dunno how much of that time will be spent on Mesmer, so if I happen to not see yall again I wanted to give leave a note to a few special people:
- Fay: You’re the first female to ever beat me in any videogame despite me trying my very best.. and you beat me like it was nothing! Despite that, always enjoy getting to play with you.
- colesy: We probably don’t really agree on anything, and have polar opposite views on many things, but I do respect your diligence on the dungeon meta. I remember one PM we had, where I was trying to get a better view on your perspective on builds. I asked you to give me your opinion on the Chaos Maesto build… and you never responded to the PM again. =P
- StickerHappy: My lockdown buddy! I swear I never ignore you despite that my goldfish attention span makes it seem so. x_x You were one of the first lockdown Mesmer I was able to have a real nice conversation on the subject with and one of the first that comes to mind whenever I think Lockdown.
- skcamow: I wished you lived nearby, you’d make an awesome bar-hopping/drinking buddy. You always hold me down and are one of my best friends on GW2.
- Kaiwanan: I will never be able to pronounce your name right, and butchered it spectacularly on the podcast. You’ve been on the forums longer than I have, yet its a shame we never get to play/chat more often.
- Me Games Ma: I couldn’t NOT include you in this list, ever helpful and encouraging and you being inspired by me inspired me to be better overall!
- Pyro: Not much I can say here, really. You taught me the majority of what I know about the game, inspired me to believe in what I say as long as I have the facts to back it up, and helped me realize how much potential I really have.
- Alissah: ALISSAH! O_O WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ARE YOU EVEN READING THIS!? NO ME QUITTE PAS!
I know I’m missing people, of course, and probably some really obvious ones too. That’s just further proof of how many great people we have who’ve come together on our forums. *If you wanna keep in contact with me, you can still reach me on the forums via PM, on Xbox as “Chaos Archangei” or my art email at the_chaos.dimension@yahoo.com
THOUGHTS ON THE MESMER
We. Need. An. Expansion.
At this point, since Anet doesn’t seem to want to add the simple fixes that would be a huge help to the class and would rather nerf us time and time again, I feel like nothing short of new weapons/traits/utilities will add some luster to this dull gem. I love the class still, I love the core mechanics and style, but the devs seem determined to gradually lower the class’s effectiveness in all forms of play. The “bugfix” to iLeap is further proof of this and the last straw for me.
If I could change things, I’d make torch a true AoE Phantasm, summon phantasms with invuln until their first attack is finished, add a mainhand pistol or offhand dagger, add optional alternate shatter effects, and have the devs ACTUALLY COMMENT ON OUR FEEDBACK!
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