Guild Wars 2

Imo a good solution would be phantasms/clones not being killed by aoe attacks.

In PvE you would know you can shatter and resummon when cooldowns are ready without having to worry about keeping cooldowns ready for death by aoe.

In PvP it would mean choosing between taking out a clone/phantasm while the mesmer beats on you or leaving it and focusing on the mesmer, meaning you take free damage from the illusion and leave yourself open to shatters.

Not sure if this can work with how nearly all melee attacks are aoe, maybe make it so an illusion can only be hit by a person if they are the actual target, ground aoe’s still dont affect them but melee/passive cleave abilities only work while being targetted?

At the end of the day, mesmers cannot use shatters often, which is ridiculous as that is our core mechanic. Any build we put together should incorporate shatters, the only way this is feasible is by making our illusions much more difficult to kill.

Thanks for the replies guys,

I’ve read through the dungeon mesmer guide, and was wandering, it seems like our dps comes from auto attacks and phantasms, using sword2 to dodge abilities. Is this boring, or does keeping phantasms up and using utility skills keep it interesting?

Last reply mentioned changes to traits, are the new things coming looking good for mesmers at the moment?

So I’m a brand new player, normally in MMOs I tend to play some sort of tank/healer/support and am mostly a PvE player.

I fancied a change so started levelling a mesmer, currently level 29, I am enjoying it but looking into future abilities I’m not sure how effective I will be in PvE compared to more standard classes assuming GW2 PvE is similar to other games.

So am really asking how good mesmer’s are at PvE endgame or are we more effective at PvP?

Thanks for any replies!