Guild Wars 2

My friend and I started playing GW2 at the same time. He made a necro while I made a Mesmer. Throughout PvP and PvE hes always had an easier time progressing than I did. (Granted I lean towards more difficult builds while hes content to sit back with staff and spam conditions) to the point where we’ve dubbed necro the “Easymancer”
I browse the forums to find people comlaining about how underpowered he is. Are conditions all necros have going for them or are people just uncreative?

In PvE, ok I won’t deny that.

But in PvP? Really? Mesmer were prolly the most effective Pvpers prior to last patch, and they still are really affective.

Care to give more information? I also play with a friend who play an Ele and a Mesmer, and there is no way necro have it easier in PvP. He keep asking me to switch class for a FotM like Mesmer,thief or D/D ele.

I played with mostly every build we have there. Powermancer, Mr Freeze, Fearmancer, Condimancer, MM, Hybrid. I don’t see how we have it easier then anyone else?

Care of giving me more info? So I know why you have it so easy? And also, it might just be your friend that is bad at mesmer.

Because no one uses a forum when everything is satisfactory.

I happen to have leveled four characters to 80 – Necromancer, Warrior, Hunter, Mesmer – geared them up, used all four in every scenario I care to try from WvW to dungeon runs (PvP; /spit).
Necromancer happens to have been my first and is still my favourite – and most effective – in all situations.

Kardiamond.6952:

In PvE, ok I won’t deny that.

But in PvP? Really? Mesmer were prolly the most effective Pvpers prior to last patch, and they still are really affective.

Care to give more information? I also play with a friend who play an Ele and a Mesmer, and there is no way necro have it easier in PvP. He keep asking me to switch class for a FotM like Mesmer,thief or D/D ele.

I played with mostly every build we have there. Powermancer, Mr Freeze, Fearmancer, Condimancer, MM, Hybrid. I don’t see how we have it easier then anyone else?

Care of giving me more info? So I know why you have it so easy? And also, it might just be your friend that is bad at mesmer.

Actually, I’m the Mesmer. =P And by “easier” in sPvP I mean he’ll sit back and spam conditions on large groups while they’re preoccupied and rank up tons of points. I chose not to go with a simple Power/Precision shatter build and even before the ZerkerNerf I wasn’t much of a GS user (Found it too easy to be honest). I’d rather expiriment with different forms of support with staff, sword/torch-focus-pistol

His build is pure condition damage, Signet of spite, Epidemic and.. some other Utility that I don’t even think he uses.

I’ll admit my knowledge on Necros is very limited, thats why I posted the thread; to learn more about the different types of Necromancer one could viably make. Busting out a staff and running around leaving a bunch of circles on the floor just seemed so… Lame.

try only condition build in tpvp and you will see its useless nowadays only power builds with wells are useful and you have to hope enemy is stupid enough to stand in wells

Well Marks are actually really fun to use

Well for sure, if you are like me and love to try different build, you know know most of the time you will find yourself kittened. There is a price for being different Even if sometime we find a pearl!

Any class, can stand behind and just spam attack from range. I can do it with my engineer 1500 range grenade. Sure I will get points, but it won’t really help the time.
And if you fought any good oppenent, they will at least have one condition removal. And it take time for a necro to get some good stack up running again.

A condimancer is good for attacking from range, when not being focused. It’s a lot different when you have somoene on your kitten Condition need time to be effective, and with somoene chassing you around, it’s not always easy.

I’d say go back to the shatter build and watch him get jealous. Or go duel him and drop a null field right as he’s blowing his condition load on you. Or just daze and stun lock his kitten since he has 0 stability. In PvP, it gets no better than Mesmer. Necro’s are somewhere around the middle of the food chain. Mesmer sits on top.