Guild Wars 2

Dear Anet,

Necro: Torment 11 seconds on a 40 second cooldown ( 3stacks)

Mesmer: Torment 8 seconds on a 12 second cooldown ( 5stacks)

I understand its its Single Target against AoE, but still not really happy about it.

The mesmer version REQUIRES them to attack you…. assuming it works like that skill used to. If you don’t attack them during the block, it doesn’t do anything.

Also that block skill used to hit upwards of 5k in a power build…. i would bet power builds would have still prefered that.

• The Mesmer version is single target.
• The Mesmer version only works if the Mesmer gets attacked during the 2s block.
• The Mesmer version is on the Scepter; the most useless weapon that nobody bothers with because it sucks.

So what are you not happy about? That you didn’t get 5 stacks of Torment on a 12 second cooldown when hit during a 2s clearly telegraphed attack? I’d bet that every single Mesmer would be more than happy to trade it for your 40s AoE version.

Did you not read that literally most of the mesmer builds have been effectively nerfed/ nulled down?

Except in PvE, lol phantasm is still good in their for iDefender… I guess…

Let’s consider all the preconditions that must be fulfilled to get access to torment.

As a necro you have access to torment inherently through death shroud and can apply torment when it’s off CD.

What would a mesmer have to do to use this skill though?
They must first have a scepter equipped, which hasn’t been as useful/popular as other weapons. Then they must use a 2 second block during which they can do nothing else until you attack them. If and only if you attack them during this will torment be applied.

When there are this many changes, it’s worth it to sit on your hands long enough to see how these things will play out. Only once the meta has settled can we tell if it’s balanced or not. Let’s see how many mesmers start using scepter and to what effect first.