Mesmer is by far my favorite profession to play, when i first started playing it, it was a little confusing how it actually worked, but in pve i can kill monsters a few levels above me, at lvl 9 i killed a lvl 15, but yeah you have to really be smart with your skills and never get hit. Its possible though. The class is very involved even in pve i find, you really have to use all your skills… its not just mindless throwing out spells and standing in one spot, lots of moving around and making sure your phantom warlocks are up. I love it..lol, but i guess some people would want to just have a easy one button kill/ two buttons to press in pve, thats definitely not the Mesmer.