Guild Wars 2

Hello,

I’ve not played for quite some time but I have always had issue’s with the framerate in Guild Wars 2.

For comparison, I run -

i7 6700K
GTX 980 Ti Hybrid in SLI
16GB DDR4 @ 3000Mhz
Installed on a 1Tb SSD

Personally, I think it’s game related rather than hardware related. If I were to walk into The Grove (Centre City where all the shiny effects are) my framerate would half itself, even though my GPU’s & CPU aren’t remotely close to 100% usage (Or throttling). I used to get similar experiences when doing world bosses.

I have the exact same issue – Curiously, on the day the issue started, Nvidia had released a new driver and I believe Windows had a platform update. No idea whether this is related to the crash, but it’s a coincidence none the less.

I’ve had a little play around, including rolling back to previous Nvidia drivers and removing the newest Windows updates, however, the issue remains. Saying this, I am inclined to think that the problem is with windows rather than Guild Wars itself.

If you happen to come across a fix, please do let me know.

My Specs -

i7 6700k
Nvidia EVGA GTX 980 TI Hybrid Sli
16Gb DDR4
Windows 10 64-Bit

Fay.2357:

Chip Skylark.2367:

Don’t waste your breath. Mesmers will be OP forever. ArenaNet closes threads that threaten the Mesmer supremacy.

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Shatter-Mesmer-needs-nerf/first

Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to view the world through another person’s eyes. It seems like it would be such a scary place, filled with incomprehensible occurrences and decisions that just can’t be understood. I wouldn’t want to live that way, and I’m glad I don’t have to.

+1 to this ^.^

It’s amusing to see how many “Mesmers are totally OP” threads pop up; with so little justification offered.

Curunen.8729:

Did you have Chronophantasma traited?

That is a source of horrible buzzing until you shatter them once and they only have one life left.

Yes I do have Chronophantasma traited – It’s a shame it can’t be toggled

Thanks for your help

OtterPaws.2036:

Tweaked GS animation for what race? Asura and Charr look the same to me

Ah sorry, I play a human mesmer. The greatsword now twirls during the animation – I had assumed it had been changed for all races

Sorry for the confusion.

Afternoon,

Returning to the game – Couldn’t help but notice phantasms now have a sound effect akin to a low humming/static sound whenever you stand near them.

I couldn’t find any patch notes that detail this change. Is there a way to toggle this off?

By the way – Has anyone else noticed the tweaked greatsword animation?

Kind regards,

Cloud

That’s a lot of information!

Many thanks for all of your replies

Morning guys,

Having played around with illusions I can certainly see the syngery between the two trait lines now (Illusions & Chronomancer Chronophantasma)

I’ve always considered dueling to be a better trait line than domination for the phantasm fury, ferocity stack, sword cooldown and and the ability to use a mantra 3 times and gain a damage stacking bonus.

Is there something I am missing from the domination trait line that makes it a better pick over dueling?

Kind regards,

Cloud

Prompt replies

I’d be genuinely interest to hear/see your builds! Up until now, I have considered the illusions trait line to be the “PvP shatter” trait line with almost no relevance in PVE.

My personal opinion is that duelling offers more “useful” options than domination – not to say that domination is bad!

Might I ask how you guys trait your builds?

Many thanks

Thanks for all your replies!

Dropping dueling for illusions is an interesting suggestion, especially considering the phantasm cooldown reduction effects the shield block. I do however, really like the ability to use mantra of resolve 3 times and the ferocity stacking bonus from traiting the sword.

Strangely enough, until now I’ve not even considered swapping in illusions!

Might I ask what you guys do about condition removal? Personally I have almost always used mantra of resolve and in general, I really like the skill.

What are your opinions on swapping domination for illusions? Both are offensive trait lines that offer different utilities.

Kind regards,

Cloud

Thanks for the reply Fay

For quite some time I have been running with domination and I really like the traited greatsword!

I’ve been exploring the new Heart of Thorns maps with a friend who plays a reaper necromancer. Watching her, I think it made me realise how tanky necro’s can be! That’s not to say that mesmer’s don’t have ways to mitigate damage, but perhaps I need to work a little harder and pay more attention!

I think I will stick with domination and hopefully, improve.

Whilst you’re here…could I ask for your opinions on runes and sigils?

I really like the superior sigil of energy but for a while now I have been debating on swapping out superior sigil of air for something else…

With regards to runes, I am currently using Chronomancer runes (I use 2 wells)

If you wish to add me in game, my name is – Cloud Snowfall

Regards,

Cloud

Hello fellow mesmers,

I’m looking at tweaking my chronomancer build. I am happy with the dueling and chronomancer trait lines but am having a little trouble deciding between domination and inspiration.

Inspiration offers alot of survivability and in general, healing whilst domination offers a little more damage and greatsword cooldown.

I have linked the two builds below

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAR8encfClphFpBufCUrhlVj68ISiorcDGhAo+Yj2pF-TRCFABAcRAKU9HkUWlkSF+UCmmuH43fYgDowCPpAA-e

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAR8encfClphFpBufCUrhlUjicAugAo8DOhCoeZr2rF-TRCFABAcRAKU9HkUWlkSF+UCmmuH43fYgDowCPpAA-e

I’d love to hear what your opinions are!

I don’t post very often but I always read your posts & they have helped me shape my mesmer to where she is now

Kind regards,

Cloud

PvP is an unbalanced mess where teams group together & zerg for single points.

The real question is; Is it your team doing the zerging or theirs?

I do fear that if you nerf lost time to strongly, players won’t touch it & will feel forced into playing other builds

Great Job on the beta weekend and Chronomancer in general – Had a blast!

Meet Cloud Snowfall,