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As the title says, I’ve been experiencing really bad connection issues since tuesday. I blamed the beta test at first (I did not participate) but as it’s still happening it might be something else.
What’s happening:
I start the game, it works fine for about 5-15 minutes. Then I get a dc. I log back in again and get dc’ed after a few seconds. Sometimes even before the map is finished loading. Repeat until I give up.
Some hours later or the other day it might work fine but the problem keeps coming back.
Restarted client, PC and router several times but it didn’t help at all.
My connection is totally fine while this is going on, I can load and have stable connections to everything except the GW2 servers.
Does anyone have an idea what this is or what to do?
After it was mostly fine for several weeks it’s been horrible since saturday. Rubberbanding and connection lag between 3 and 10 seconds. Sometimes even several minutes of everything freezing. Also random dc’s. Connection and TS fine, just your servers. Completely unplayable for me… if it stays like this I won’t play any expansion but leave this game. Seriously fed up.
Location: Germany
Time: every day, ~ 7:00 pm till 10:00 pm, CET
Server/Map: Piken Square, all WvW maps, sometimes in PvE too.
Rubberbanding, freezing, lagspikes, disconnects. FPS fine, other games and TS working perfectly, just problems with the GW2 connection.
Started about 2 weeks ago, a lot worse after todays patch, WvW unplayable, several people in my guild have the same problems.
Hello.
I’m starting to run staff ele in WvW, with organised guild groups, no GvG at this point.
Traits, utilities, how to play, that’s all pretty clear to me but I’d like to have some advise regarding my gear.
I know most people recommend celestial gear for WvW ele but the arguments I find are either “It’s the best for D/D” or “You are flexible with it”. In my situation however I only run staff and I am only looking for the best stats in WvW. Just ignore PvE, gold/time required to make gear, daggers, all that stuff.
The way I see it (noob that I am) condition damage and healing power are pretty useless for me. Conditions are cleansed immediately (and staff doesn’t put much condi pressure anyway, apart from fire 3 and earth 2). Healing Power only affects my personal healing skill and the regeneration I give to my group. But considering that most healing comes from blasts in water fields those are kinda negligible.
So, what my question boils down to: Wouldn’t a mix of Zerk/Soldier be better than Celestial for staff ele in WvW? Or what makes Celestial the preferred option?
Thanks in advance for your answers.
Did it yesterday successfully with my guild, no bugs. So it’s not a common bug and I’m not sure what might cause it… maybe something related to the megaserver instance you were on?
The class is definitely playable.
And there are people who have a lot of fun with it.
Even in its current state a mesmer is a nice addition to a group, PvE, PvP, WvW.
But… personally (and I’m not alone with this) I lost the fun I had with my Mesmer since the feature patch. Constant retraiting in dungeons to be useful, praying everytime you spawn a Warden, attempt to blink, press sword 3, or do something like that… I don’t have fun with that.
So, as I said, the class is playable and can be fun. But not for everyone and if you want to play competitively (or whatever you want to call it) you might be better off with another class like ele/warrior/guard as they are useful and fun in most aspects of the game and receive more love from the devs.
To get a GS in that build… simply equip one. And optionally take the Greatsword Training trait (Domination Line).
Don’t forget to equip a condition cleanse by the way. Either the Mantra of Resolve or via the Mender’s Purity trait (Inspiration Line). For leveling I wouldn’t take Nullfield/Arcane Thievery/other condi-cleanses.
I also doubt that the Signet of Illusions is necessary. Unless you fight champions your phantasms should already have enough HP.
So my utility suggestion would be something along the lines of Blink, Decoy, Feedback (faster than casting focus #5 and not bugged), Mantra of Resolve, …
I did but it seems I got a bit off-topic… sorry about that.
Hi, I’m a new Mesmer, but not new at this game, and I finally decided to make it my main because it’s the one I enjoy playing the most.
I have a few questions regarding dungeon builds, if you can help me:
1 – What is currently the most efficient dungeon build (post-patch of course)?
As already mentioned, you have to swap traits to reach maximum efficiency.
2 – What is the best beginner build for dungeons, while still being effective? (I’m asking this because I’m not very experienced at dungeons And Mesmer)
I recommend 2/4/0/4/4, traits being Empowered Illusions, Phantasmal Fury, Blade Training, Glamour Mastery, Warden’s Feedback, Compounding Power, Phantasmal Haste, weapons are sword/sword + sword/focus.
3 – I understand that atm there is Full dps build (6.6.0.0.2) and Reflect build (6.4.0.4.0) am I right?
Partly. Those are 2 frequently used builds but there are more. 6/6/0/0/2 is mainly for organised teams at Lupi, 6/4/0/4/0 is a build with good dps and reflects, 6/4/0/0/4 for good dps when no reflects are needed, 2/4/0/4/4 for 100% reflect uptime and the “all-rounder”, sacrificing a bit of damage though, 2/4/0/5/3 and 2/3/0/5/4 are variants of the 2/4/0/4/4 build and viable too if you prefer them.
4 – Which of the above builds is best overall, if I don’t want to keep switching between specs to start with?
As already mentioned, I recommend 2/4/0/4/4 for this.
@startpost:
I wouldn’t use a 6/6/0/0/2 most of the time. 6/4/0/4/0 or 6/4/0/0/4 or 2/4/0/4/4 (or 2/4/0/5/3 or 2/3/0/5/4) are the builds you should concentrate on and maybe use 6/6/0/0/2 occasionally if you want to min/max at a certain boss.
@Xyonon:
That 54050 setup actually sounds viable for trash-clearing with really bad pugs.
You probably know it but I want to point out that in most situations it is still sub-optimal.
1. If you have a competent ele or a phalanx warrior your rotation becomes pretty useless. 64040/64004 with swords/focus and 3 mantras will be superior.
2. At bosses I would generally prefer a 64040/64004. If you are with an organized group it is simply more damage and if you are with bad pugs I can see a survivability problem. At least I couldn’t survive long on a difficult boss without heal (because you used the signet active) without weapon-swapping (Sigils of Energy) because you want to avoid the GS aa and with the only active defenses coming from BF and a few dodges (50% vigor uptime, no sigil boosts).
3. At bosses where reflects are a main source of damage 64040/66002 becomes stronger than 54050, even if you only use 1 or 2 mantras. Reason is of course that the damage modifiers from Empowering Mantras and Compounding Power affect reflects, the 5th point in Inspiration doesn’t.
4. 640xx with mantra heal allows you to stay above 90% HP most of the time which makes Runes of the Scholar better than Runes of Strength. I don’t know the exact numbers on this but it makes the margin you calculated above smaller.
5. If reflect is not a main source of damage at any boss in a dungeon it would be better to skip mesmer completely and come with an ele or war or thief.
I would only consider Runes of the Mesmer for lockdown builds. For a shatter build there is a wide variety of better runes, for example the mentioned strength (or rage) or traveler or basically anything giving power/precision/ferocity with a useful #6 bonus.
Greatsword, sword+focus, staff, those are the best weapons for leveling (imo). Just choose the 2 you like most and take traits boosting what you prefer doing with them.
For example 4 in Domination is good for Greatsword Training and Empowered Illusions or 4 in Dueling for Phantasmal Fury, Blade Training, Deceptive Evasion (and minors) or 4 in Inspiration for Warden’s Feedback and Mender’s Purity.
What I played in the beginning was a scepter+focus + staff condition build with deceptive evasion and lots of teleports, dodges, clones everywhere. Very funny to play and it got me to lvl 80 (and to 75% map completion) although it is a pretty “bad” build, damage-wise. Only for the lvl 70-80 maps (Frostgorge, Orr) I really advise taking a sword or greatsword (and fitting traits) because those can get nasty solo with a weak build.
As member of GW2Community I totally agree with and support this thread.
Phantasmal Haste seems to be fixed.
Illusionary Elasticity isn’t.
iWarden still not reliable.
Portal indicator missing.
Harmonious Mantras and Empowering Mantras traits were swapped.
I am really disappointed here…
Xyonon already mentioned a lot, you can’t say “play around and find what you are most comfortable with” often enough.
I just want to add that you can’t compare Cabal to GW2 at all… the whole combat system works differently without Combo, BM (really miss those… ), SP, different buff/debuff, crit and tank (leech) mechanics. And especially the Force Blader was such a special class, it has nothing in common with the Mesmer (or with any other GW2 class for that matter).
Except low direct damage compared to other classes, not played by a lot of people, if you are good you can do amazing stuff in pvp (which is more a general rule though) … and sometimes using a sword.
A PU condition build is probably the easiest for roaming and getting to know the very basic mechanics.
After a while I would recommend watching some videos of Vashury for example, shatter is much more fun in WvW (and the most fun of any mesmer style imo).
And that’s exactly what i meant when i said “there’s no such thing as a mesmer meta”. Meta is for me what a lot of people use because it’s superior in dps, not too hard to play and helps your group.
If anything we could agree that power phantasm builds with reflects are the meta, while the exact build is everyone’s personal choice.
Some prefer mantras, some prefer Illusionist’s Celerity, some prefer the 3rd Inspiration trait.
@ those critisizing the 10/30/0/30/0:
1. Mantras aren’t actually taking away utility slots, they optimize them. For some bosses you will of course need 3 specific utilities, not leaving space for a mantra, but honestly, how often is that? Most of the time you find yourself with needing 1 utility for a boss, then take blink because it’s awesome and you have one last spot for MoP/ MoR/MoC, whatever might be more useful in the next fight.
2. As Xyonon already mentioned, Inspiration has a lot of great traits. Of course, if you don’t need reflection and don’t care about giving your group a bit of extra support (via Restorative Mantras) you don’t need the traits, but in most dungeons you will need reflect. Also the healing mantra in combination with Mender’s Purity actually opens up another utility slot because you very rarely need more/group-condi cleanse.
And I can’t even count how often my Restorative Mantras saved my pugs from wiping.
3. I dropped Illusionist’s Celerity a while ago and I never have problem with reflects. Atm Warden is still unreliable anyway and even if he is fixed you have to consider that the 3rd Inspiration trait allows you to double trait glamour and often you’ll have a guard in your team, giving additional reflect. And last but not least you have to consider how much reflect uptime you actually need. Example Malrona: Her attacks are predictable and if you know the fight a bit you can easily manage with 4 sec more CD on Warden.
In the end nobody actually said 10/30/0/30/0 has the best dps out there. If you go full reflects for Arah take the mentioned 0/30/0/25/15, if you have a fixed group, modify your build to maximize dps with your group composition.
The strongest point of 10/30/0/30/0 is the flexibility you have with it.
And also what I already said: You aren’t supposed to be the biggest damage dealer in your party anyway so sacrificing a neglectable amount of dps (maybe 0.5% of total party dps… actually less i think) to gain a lot of flexibility is a very good deal imo.
In case anyone needs an assistant/target for testing/calculating, I can offer my help with that. Simply message me. It’s just that I couldn’t be bothered to do it alone.
I don’t think there’s “the meta build” for dungeons. People have their own tastes and run different dungeons in different groups and so on.
10/30/0/30/0 is what I’m running in PvE. Sw/F + Sw/Sw and on certain bosses swapping pistol in. Compared to all the builds mentioned above you loose Illusionists Celerity (which I actually don’t miss at all) and the 3% damage/illusion. In exchange you gain precision, crit damage, Empowering Mantras and 3 major trait slots in Inspiration. With Mender’s Purity, Restorative Mantras and Mantra of Restoration that boosts your survivability a lot and if you need a lot of reflect you can simply swap to glamour traits.
If you happen to have a fixed group for speed runs you could try and maximize dps by modifying the build… but the dps here is already amongst the highest you can get while providing a lot of heal, group support and utility. Perfect for pugs imo.
Also remember: as mesmer you aren’t the main damage dealer (if the group knows what to do), if your dps is 2% below the absolute maximum nobody will notice. People will notice though, if you are dead and/or can’t use your utilities.
Since the patch I have a constant .2 sec delay on skill activation. It’s annoying but I could live with it.
What I can’t live with is the 20-30 sec delay on every action as soon as the marionette event starts (didn’t try wurm yet). This renders me basically useless in the fights and also gave me 2 disconnects.
Really hoping for some sort of fix.
Hello!
I’m rather new to the game but I love the Mesmer and always eager to learn more about it.
IGN: Dob S
Server: Piken Square (EU)
Role: Scholar
Playstyle: Everything (though I did mostly PvE this far)
Time: Totally random