Guild Wars 2

How did you find the guide on the forum?
[ ] I found it by myself.
[ x ] I found it by a link in a post leading me there.
[ ] I saw it in Kaiyanwan’s signature and followed the link.
[ ] I googled for a mesmer leveling guide
[ ] else (please specify)
More specifically, I googled for a mesmer leveling build, came upon a thread, and you had posted in it telling to click the link in your signature._

I use (used) the guide and it:
[ ] is exactly what I was looking for
[x] is helping me a lot
[ ] is sort of helpful
[ ] is not helpful
It does great at helping understand and play the class as a whole, but I feel some minute details in your guide could be explained better. For instance you mention the Focus’ speed boost skill, “Besides making you run faster it also has many other uses.” and then you never follow up on that. What other uses does it have? Where does it come in handy? A few other details like that are left out leaving newbies like me confused, again for instance you mention Cry of Frustration as "until level 21, you can mostly ignore this skill. " Why level 21? Does level 21 do something with the skill? Does it become useful after that? Cry of Frustration was never again mentioned afterward so why is that detail there? Why not just say ignore it? This among others makes me feel that you need to give your guide another read through and fix through some info.

Should the guide be more visible and easier to find in the first place?
[x] Yes, new players and new mesmers should have an easier time to find the guide.
[ ] A clear maybe.
[ ] It is easy enough to find the guide in the first place.

Hi there! I just started playing for the first time in ever and I was hoping to look for a proper guild this time. I live in New Zealand, which means my timezone is GMT+12 which fits in with Oceanic or late night US timezones. What I look for the most in any guild is a voice server (TS, Mumble etc.) that is active, fun, friendly and noisy because I love socializing and chatting. I like to consider myself a friendly person who is decent at getting along with people, though I am the kind of person who tosses insults at people I consider my friend, if that’s a bad thing.

As for what I prefer as far as PvE or PvP or fractals or whatever, well, I’m actually really new, I have a level 80 but that was over a year ago and all I did was story quests ( I haven’t even finished the basic story though) so I’m clueless on other content and I don’t really know what I like yet or even what fractals mean so I’m really fine with anything, though I do typically tend to prefer PvE stuff historically. However that isn’t to say I don’t enjoy ‘serious’ content, I used to raid big stuff in WoW as well, so when I learn the game again I can and would love to help with those kinds of serious stuff. I’m playing a mesmer too if that makes a difference.

Hey just wanted to say thanks for this guide. I just started playing again, and playing a Mesmer, and restarting a game I’m near clueless about with a class like this was almost unbearable but the info here gave me a lot of guidance on how to play and now I’m having a blast. Would never have figured out the differences between Illusions and Clones hahaha, nor that I was supposed to make them explode. :b

So I’m bumping this up as thanks since the thread I found this post from you mentioned bumping it as thanks hahaha.

Hey thanks for the reply everyone!

candace.7069:

Chronomancer is awesome in PvE. I absolutely hated mesmer in PvE because to me it just felt incomplete, but chronomancer seems to complete the class for me, with support and the traits.

Ohh, sounds fun then. I might pick it up again.

ProtoGunner.4953:

Many would say Herald (revenant elite spec) but I’d go with Druid as you mentioned you like healing. Celestial Avatar is almost exclusively healer support and a welcome addition to harder boss fights. At least I like it, the new content is rather hard, mobs hit hard and you go down fast.

While I did mention I enjoy healing, I do enjoy a variety of other forms of support. I was hesitant because I wasn’t sure how healing would work in a game like this where it wasn’t really designed for it, but maybe I can see anyway. Seems like you like it, though the Ranger forum seems quite upset about it.

Crimson Clouds.4853:

I don’t know much about the elite specs because I’ve only played Reaper so far.

But personally, out of all of the core specs I’ve played, Guardian is by far the most supporty, but maybe not in the most traditional sense.

I’ve found that the best kind of support you can offer in-game is facilitating easy kills and preventing killing blows. Guard is incredibly supportive utility-wise, with easy access to reflections, stability and protection whilst also supplying a reasonable amount of damage themselves. It’s not all about giving health and increasing people’s base damage, but preventing them from losing them in the first place.

I definitely remember Guardian being one of the best at supporting the last time I played which was a long time ago. I enjoyed being useful in it, and I’m not really someone who sticks to what feels traditional since I just stick to whatever is the most helpful.

Amadan.9451:

i have not tried most of the elite specs so far but druid, chronomancer and tempest.
it depends on the kind of support you want to give.
the druid is the new dedicated healer he can transform into a celestial avatar so the weapon skill bar changes into healing skills. and the main staff healing is amazing.
if you want to support with utilities the chronomancer have wells that buffs allies, slows enemy and gives alacrity which shorten the cooldowns of allies very much.
and the tempest can be supportive using auras, shouts and healing skills for a very versitile amount of supporting skills.
also revenants seems to be very supportive in terms of healing, condition removing e boon sharing.
but the new thing is cc don’t forget it, when you break defiance bars most bosses stun or take additional damage and so far chronomancers and reapers are very good at it.

but mostly gw2 philosophy didn’t change with all classes you can support very well, it depends on how you want to do it.

if you are looking for a healer, the druid should be the class for you

Hey, thanks for the reply!

The druids definitely look interesting, and I was definitely excited about it since I love healing, but I’m a bit worried on how a shoehorned healer works in a game that wasn’t designed for it. I’ll look into it more.

Chronomancer sounds really fun, but are they useful in PvE stuff? I liked Mesmers aesthetics a lot but ultimately quit it because they were so bleh in PvE, not very useful, and I don’t really pvP much. Maybe Chronomancer changes this?

The tempest does look kinda interesting, I’ll look up on it.

And there’s certainly no harm in trying out the new class.

However I suppose my main concern is, which of these are actually useful, or desired, in group content? As much as ‘every class can support’, more than anything I want to be of use to my group besides just zerking it out so I don’t want to drag people down by choosing a sub par class for the job.

Hello, sorry for the silly question. I have googled this stuff, however all search results are way way outdated.

Anyway, I’m planning on coming back to GW2 soon when I get a new PC that can actually play it properly. The new updates with specs and stuff looks really fun. As a bit of background, I’m a player who basically exclusively plays healer roles in other MMORPGs. I know full well that GW2 does not have a full out healer or support role. However, I still have a desire to play a class that is useful at supporting a team, and can be well desired for groups as a result. I simply find a joy in helping out my teammates.

With so many updates, and the new elite specializations on top of that, I’m having some trouble discerning which are some good classes that can play support roles effectively. So, in you guys’ opinions, what classes/specs can play a support type role effectively, and if there are several, what are the pros and cons of each in comparison to each other?

Thank you very much and sorry again for the silly question.