Guild Wars 2

So I would like to dual wield swords….and i believe the only classes that can do this are…the Mesmer and the Warrior….

so anyone with knowledge of both classes, which do you prefer?

guards cant dual wield sword but mesmer is more fun as the skills actuly do stuff and arnt boring. Hamstring on war is pretty bland as almost every warrior weapon has cripple.

Mesmers have dual swords but imo it’s not a melee fighter, they just have Blurry Frenezy/Strike (don’t remember the name) which is a copy/paste from Pistol Whip of Thieves. And the auto-attack. I tried one once, not THAT fun because you mostly try to confuse people with the clones/phantasm.

I tried on warrior it’s quite fun though underpowered honestly, even spec condition damage it sucks, I tried to make swords do as much damage as possible but it kinda lacks something. But I’m glad Anet decided to buff these weapons (read it somewhere on the forums).

So now, because thieves can’t dual wield swords, I’m thinking on rerolling warrior.
Mesmer is different and imo easy mode (both pvp/pve).

Dual sword warrior solo roaming:

dude WvW isn’t pvp, it’s just bus vs bus. no offense

I’d love to dual wield sword on my warrior…but the 4, 5 skills are just “meh”. Mesmer’s dual skills are better.

Scar.1793:

dude WvW isn’t pvp, it’s just bus vs bus. no offense

PvP means Player vs Player. Period.

As far as sword dual wielding goes, I find when you get a feel for one, the other feels the same. They aren’t exactly the same but wield similarly for mesmer and warrior.

Leo G.4501:

Scar.1793:

dude WvW isn’t pvp, it’s just bus vs bus. no offense

PvP means Player vs Player. Period.

As far as sword dual wielding goes, I find when you get a feel for one, the other feels the same. They aren’t exactly the same but wield similarly for mesmer and warrior.

Besides, the OP never specified by asking which is he most fun in sPvP. I personally enjoy dual swords on both warrior and mesmer, but warriors take the cake.

Depends which play type really.

In PvE I’d choose warrior by far cause you can do massive condition damage and be pretty tanky at the same time, where as the mesmer has to manage his inept PvE skills to try and keep from taking any damage. Not saying s/s mesmers are bad in PvE ofc, but in comparison to warriors they might look it.

In both WvW and sPvP don’t ever try warrior sword MH, I mean pretty much every class will just remove your bleed stacks before they can get to any point of significant damage, turning your sword into a wet noodle. On the other hand sword mesmers are amazing in these scenarios, using that invulnerable pistol whip copy with massive shatters does insane amounts of burst damage while making you invulnerable for the duration. Frankly it’s kinda cheap lol

So basically OP it depends on which game mode you’ll spend the most time in.

I enjoy S/S condi on my Warrior. Especially paired with Longbow and Fast hands. Lots of bleeds and burning.

Scar.1793:

dude WvW isn’t pvp, it’s just bus vs bus. no offense

WvW is as much pvp as sPvP it is stand in circle vs stand in circle. You could win sPvP without killing a single person. Same with WvW. If sPvP had a Arean Death-match fight then you cold actually claim as such but with the stand in circle game play you can not.

I used to run it WAY WAY WAY back near launch with a full condi build. It was fun for awhile, but I honestly wouldn’t recommend it anymore, as other classes can apply those condis harder/faster than we can.