Guild Wars 2

lol Azizul is probably right but as its all optional in the shop i don’t care

The Greatest Ally is Thyself

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holy kitten i came back to Gw2 at the right time i love these mesmer changes!

as for the MOA our MOA should be changed to a butterfly, just sayin’

Curunen.8729:

Levetty.1279:

Oh God the power creep so far.

All classes have evolved to super saiyans.

Goodness knows what the interplay will be, but it’s nice to have everything properly shaken up.

yes, having just came back after a hefty break and enjoying things, its still very stagnant they need to shake things up a alot more frequently though but we will see, right now the engingeers sound….crazy powerful juggernaut especially however thats only with flame thrower so patoto, potato and we need to see the other classes yet!

new or revamped builds, argh man that means lots of testing just for the hell of it.

and wait what, pyro is fay, fay is pyro? or i’ve missed the irony/joke here? lol. – either way this may sound dim chukkles

ok just done some ransom PvP, i got about 8 chests….like WHAT?! i need to catch up on some more patch notes, and clear up my inventory god kitten its messy.

on that is there anything i REALLY should keep?

p.s. i missed my mesmer just had some super-fun in pvp, looks like ill pick it up agai slowly after all at least until i decide about HoT

and the mists seemed to be packed solid….i dont remember it being that busy. cool.

well thanks all for the replies, as for when i left it was during LS S2 i liked the story but honestly just got a bit well probobly burned out and a bit frustrated of no PvP ladder.

i have fully updated and already want to buy some of the new armour from the gem store…lol well ill give it a shot i think im going to level up my ranger, i always wanted to know what they where like at 80, and wait until HoT full details to see if / when i pick it up and play the mesmer again.

and nice to see you still around Fay, seeing as you used to (or still are?) a somewhat expert or adopter of the mantra builds, how are they now?

also any of the old guard came back? ChaosArchangel, Osicat, Pyroatheist ? not sure if chaos ever left tbh, but id say those where the golden days of my GW2 play time, trying to hunt them out (and you lol.

Hey there, i thought i would ask in the mesmer section as our community here was a million times better than any of the other forum sections around here and many other places.

is it worth coming back to the game?
- not just form a mesmer prospective fro ma game prospective.

it basically got very stale to me back when i left and WvW seemed…..well…to be going south i.e. a lot less roaming and just massive fights.

- i’ve followed as many changes as possible but i would just like some insight if possible, if its worth investing time back into in YOUR opinion, im not asking for anyone to make a decision for me i would just like to know what ya’ll think on your behalfs.

post in the lore forums, or better yet simply search there, there is literally no end to this topic and so many good theories/speculation all based around the information we have, discussions been on going since the sylvari/story where confirmed at launch.

So, mine at the moment is just real basic armour, i kinda like it though.

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why are we so rare? i mean come on a charr ash legion-whispers thief is just bad kitten , whats scaier than a huge cat popping out of the shadows with fangs saying ‘’boo!’’ then proceeds to stab you…

EDIT: right well cant get my thumbnail to come up kitten you forums.

yeh well put i completley agree i have had a break since LS1 to LS2 updates (came back for feature patch) but we are a shadow of what we used to be and what we could be but this forum is a very close-nit succesful group of positive people and great theorycrafters i come hear above all other forums to discuss things as we get proper conversations and answers most of the other forums can dive into flaming obscurity real fast.

i would like us to get a little attention though

just check it out and make your own opinon you bought it obviously so its now free for you to pick up again, just try it and turn it off if you dont like it.

personally? yes i think the new story content is worth checking out however pvp/wvw wise nothing much has changed.

yup i loved this too, S1 while i thought the underlying story and scarlets concept was great it was just not delivered in a way that was gripping however the start of S2’s story? hell im all over this kitten a ley line?! i mean i was just not expecting that kind of story leap suddenly its gone from ‘’bland and boring (s1)’’ to a concept that concerns everything and as an asura having the snaff prize mentioned and refered to by taimi as an asura equal (maybe a peer?) was great felt personal again.

really well done and i cannot wait for chapter 2 im searching for the ley line currently see if i can expose anything

to be honest jump puzzles can be tough but this type of jumping? i honestly dont know how you can miss.

Asura basically control Tyria, those small little geniuses.

besides that all animations are brilliant seriously a lot more detailed and much more awesome than any other race.

our weapons and gear are small, very true but we can look more bad kitten than anyone imho with the right dye’s whats scarier a big hulking norn or a small goblin cough, Asura who hacks at your ankles and uses gravity to hit harder, faster, stronger then laughs like a crazy little kitten?

Spirit rangers are very good at the moment but it is a very passive play style if you like passive you’ll like that build. (i.e. stand n shoot / hit not much else to it)

please take not that all professions can range / PvP so don’t pick a ranger if your looking for ranged combat alone.

Not off of the top of my head however the PvP locker is a great way to search armour. also you can always make an alt and choose whispers once thats done you can transmog/tansmute it to a white armour piece and send it to another one of your characters.

So i know this is an extremely common topic on any MMO forum however;

i have an 80 Asura Mesmer and i have had it since launch and since it’s pretty clear race changes wont be coming along anytime soon i need to level another Mesmer so i can be motivated to see content (not being able to see gear is seriously getting on my nerves now + clipping) but Human or…Norn? i think Human males look pretty sissy where as Norn males are just freaking huge…. any opinions or suggestions/advice from anyone in the same(ish) boat?

So again sorry to post something which is so very common but i would just like to hear any opinions of asura > human/norn re-rollers and if there happy / dissapointed etc.

thank you for your time.

I love gw2 I’m currently having a small break but for no real reason but i will come back for every ls update i love the LS this is what I’ve looked for in an mmo ever since myth of soma back in the day with there events and is how an mmo should be of you ask me though for achievement whores there should be an option to experience them all and fractals ( solo fractals ) is a perfect way to out it in can also have a tribulation mode like the sab for a challenge, ha boom. Sorted.

Also a proper rating system would be good with some arena fight to the death like matches available. Sorry I we t off topic.

nice vid i will comment more later when im not at work.

on the subjected on recording and following on: i tried once and almost killed my old trusty pc

AmadeoKristoff.5493:

My homeworld sells exotics at 3G+. Not a cheap investment to try for Legend. Like I said, already “wasted” 200G.

the trading post is linked accross all the servers

ignore me! someone beat me to it…hours ago….:D

well i have a much worse PC than you at 7 years and bought a GTX650ti 2gb DDR5 for £90 (was on offer usually £120-150 range) i play on high settings with 30-35fps in towns and 30-60 in the world depending on how busy, WvW in mass zergs can send me down to around 10-15fps but still fine, of course if i swallow my high settings in the culling option i can run it all without a hitch, but im vein

what i can say: GW2 uses CPU more than GPU so you will get a performance increase but the only way to really get the bets of the best is to buy a new CPU, no way around that unfortunately you could try putting bigger RAM sticks in however GW2 doesnt use more than 4gb’s so even with spare RAM you wont see a big increae. secondly this card can play fallout3, Skyrim, Crysis all on ultra settings at 30+ FPS without any problems.

as for bottle-necking your processor being a first generation (and old these days) will bottleneck newer cards and you can’t do much short of replacing the unit IF the board fits the newer ones.

note: its a big card, check to see if you have the space – i run my comp with the side off to fit in the budget card and works a treat (you can expose components they wont break)

as for your current card: GPU: Nvdia GeForce GT240 1GB DDR5 – its absolutely terrible even 5years ago, did you buy this machine as an advertised gaming rig ?

sorry one more thing: your Power supply is fine for this card i talked about and the previous one however if this is just from your spec sheet i would open your case and check, sometimes odd things happen in building machines at mass production.

@AndrewSX i am not saying or defending Anet and/or the mesmer however what has exactly been gutted?

Condition damage needed a drop in WvW, but no where near as much as it recieved and in S/Tpvp its never really been too viable in that respect.

all i can see is the current condi damage meta is a tough hit to mesmers, we pack as much punch as ever i believe its just we cant survive and thrive in certain environments because of this exact meta, having a condi removal on stealth might be fun, though i can now survive pretty well, never done any high lvl Tpvp though so i cannot comment on that too much.

or maybe i just need to go and re-learn my English lol.

GotThesePills.9058:

Are there more PvP modes that allow me to use my own playstyle and participate, and how do I go about accessing them?

What the above poster said is all true and accurate however you can also join WvW (the castle symbol) you are also scaled up to 80 the only difference is your gear, traits and everything stays the same and you can play with a lot more freedom ’’roaming’’ the world alone in a small group or in a big army taking castles camps points and generally epic fights.

it works for the initial hit, not the full channel of the AOE though, i dont think they have changed this since i tested it

Pixel, do you mean a thief? the engie cant use D/S or D/D its rifle, shield or pistol :P

The Guardian actually has the most staying power in this game the warrior is kind of a DPS machine with good survive-ability as far as i understand from the fractals (lvl 57) i do.

i would personally definitely take a guardian and probably an engineer they have a lot of staying power and aides they can both stack fields and have very good combinations, sounds a bit odd but that’s definitely what i would do take healing turret for a little more support you will both have pushbacks and a pull for adds (if engineer uses the right toolkit for the pull)

thats what i would do best way to test is to make a few of the classes take them into the mists and practice on the dummies with your fields and see what boons, conditions and for what durations you can at least find the best classes to compliment each other in this regard.

Engineers i think have the highest skill floor but the ceiling is then not too far from that still if your a kit engineer you have the most skills to work with and use right at the right times.

Thief has a low skill floor but an extremely high skill ceiling, you wont see many thieves playing the class to the fullest (flame me i don’t care this is my opinion) the reason people moan is because they don’t know and wont spend the time on figuring out how to fight and counter them, once you do that you will quickly notice that thieves generally are real bad players, except the exceptional few.

Mesmer has a medium skill floor and i am torn whether to say a medium or high ceiling it really depends, if your shatter mesmer you have a very high skill ceiling without much room for error if your a phantasm mesmer or a condition mesmer due to the builds you have a medium skill floor and pretty low ceiling.

Rangers, never played so wont comment but they look like ‘’fire and forget’’ at the moment with the current Meta of spirit beasts with them.

necro’s, medium i would say i found these (and engis actually) really easy to play in tournaments and WvW necro’s are more passive than active but have fun abilities.

thats my two cents if you want the most fun and unique classes to an MMO go with Mesmer (by far) followed by the engineer.

fun: Mesmer, Thief, Engi.

p.s. Elementalists are going through an identity crisis but can still be very good and they have a very high skill cieling too, however an extreamly low floor so like the thief pick up and play with ease as soon as you fight anyone worth there salt your toast (unless you know your class )

Well some instances have been solo’d and they are by Mesmer, Thief, Guardian and Engineers as far as i am aware, i know thats not what you asked but it might be food for thought.

if this was a traditional MMO What are both your roles you would like to take on? i think thats the first question.

as for every instance i doubt it, Arah i don’t think can be solo’d / duo’d at least not right now but i would love to be proved wrong by anyone! and fractals (a type of dungoen basically) definatly not.

so, what roles would you both usually take on to undertake the task of duo’ing everything?

Have you hit your download allowance / bandwidth if your limited? Also check with the Internet provider for problems in the area sounds like that to me alternately make sure all folders and everything is deleted about gw2 then redownload the program from the site

P/D P/D is my use, i just use stealth to re position myself but generally is a full bleeding build, tis very fun, and most people don’t know whats happening in my experience as most thiefs are backstabbers d/d or d/p as soon as a thief is a different build i get the feeling people are more like ‘’hmmm this isn’t normal?’’

however i suck at fighting other thieves which is anoying! (however i am still really new to the thief so :P )

if people still die to HS spams, i really do feel for them, cant remember the last time i lost to a HS spam thief on any toon, i do however see them a lot i guess there the ‘’thief is OP let become one’’ crowd.

meh.

i like it all ready and don’t have a problem with it but a black beam with purple lightning (well lightning esque best way to describe it!) would be brilliant, i think it needs purple somewhere so it can A) be identified and match our awesome colours.

a bit harsh, wish.

if you go D/D + SB condition build you will slaughter everything, grab Caltrops + traited caltrops on dodge (10 trait points i think needed?) and you will start dropping groups like flies, the further you level pick the traits that simply let you dodge more and keep gear to as close to your level as possible (although i did 70-80 with lvl 54 daggers)

the poison field + fire arrow (sorry i forget the name) packs a punch when you need range and a ranged evade too when they get close use Daggerstorm + dodge + auto attack and they will fall down like a ten ton hammer (slot caltrops skill when you get it too, for faster drops)

I have only got my thief to 80 (and in yellows) a couple of days ago and i am currently playing P/D + P/D build, similar to the above posters one which was linked, my experience is i cant escape much but this is completely my own fault (like 100%) its a very fun build and i love the bleed damage its refreshing from my mesmer, i can dodge / kite all day if i play well and/or not against an exceptional player in still learning the ropes but it seems like a very ‘’in, out, im over here!’’ build which is extremely fun effective at roaming too, i took a camp in my yellow gear yesterday packs a big punch!

I have both at 80 ( the only two at 80 ) and tbh I like both, out of combat thief is much more mobile but in combat the Mesmer and theif both take the crown depending on builds and weapon sets.

The Mesmer is very fun and very good at roaming solo or on small groups I can’t take camps at the same speed with my Mesmer and thief the only thing thief can have above the mes is the mobility to escape but again depends on builds mesmers can get stealth we can target ambient animals to escape via staff #2 then blink and stealth etc etc.

Honestly there’s not much in it, thief is the easiest to use as a solo roamed due to stealth access but thiefs if fought go down very fast more than any other class, the difference and here comes the skill ceiling when a thief can and does predict a lot he becomes a very tough foe to catch however the majority u see sent that good there just on the bandwagon for roaming.

As for Mesmer and the skill ceiling it is high for sure but not as high as our community makes out 90% of the time the thing top mesmers have above every other player is there positioning same with most other classes however I still think the Mesmer has the most diverse builds.

I love both classes but Mesmer edges it as I find it more interesting and suits me more though I am playing my thief more lately as he is a new 80.

Pve… I think all classes are good thief has a ton of blast finishers which are awesome and to be honest I think is more challenging in Pve than most classes simply due to how squishy they are mesmers are common place a lot but you can tell the good from the bad however there is a much bigger gap for thiefs especially in fractals and when you start to get to high level fractals a good thief can put dps most with the most dodges etc the best add killer by far and add support into that too.

Mesmer I would say is much harder in PVx and thief harder in high Lvl Pve and as for spvp well there both easy for Tpvp however mesmers are not desired too much at the moment and thiefs have a love hate relationship but prettying pigeon hold into a sword and dagger build and it’s variants.

Take your pick there completely different what do you prefer though more melee or more ranged? Both classes can do both a bit but yeh.

TV series as previously suggested is the best route, Tajke Game of Thrones for example there is an author with pride in his work, he was approached multiple times by hollywood for a movie and he said no each time because he said ’’there’s too much to fit into it, even a trilogy’’

Game of Thrones is now one of if not THE most successful TV show of our generation, and its done very, very well.

can this happen again? i don’t think so, not soon you would need a huge budget and a director (or team) as GoT has which read every single book multiple times before finally filming and ended up being passionate about it, that’s the hardest part finding somebody who likes and is passionate about what they are directing/filming these days.

To be perfectly honest i don’t think Guild Wars (Tyia’s) lore is deep enough to captivate the audiences needed, same with WoW (i only put this here as there doing a movie – big mistake in my book but you never know)

to much would have to be changed or retconned to make sense with Tyria’s lore its not like a game where its easily done / fixed the whole begging, middle and end need a clear narrative otherwise it will end up being like Lost, crap (though this was the stations fault for ordering more series than was agreed)

beacuse i have fun in:

S/Tpvp
WvWvW
PvE (fractals mainly and helping people out)
the world…

just find the game fun so i do as much as i can i do not try to complete dailies or run specific dungeons i just do what i fancy, works a charm.

have you got a picture of what you want the horns to look like in the set? i have had a lot of success with colouring them.

just another person who is not interested in countering and learning how to counter the thief, i have no trouble killing thieves so i rolled one as i think i can do better, to my surprise they are hella fun, and as a post sayd below (has always been my stance anyway) is not OP, not a noob class and relies a lot on skill, more than what some people realise.

Asura are fantastic but the daggers are so small on them i ended choosing a charr, i love the way armour looks on them as opposed to humans (im the minority on this i think). not only that the lore for Charr and Asura’s are more intreaging than the humans in my opinion and more room for unique expansion. (humans god story’s have been done before)

But as for your choice i would choose human daggers are nice proportions and the armour looks great, my one regret about my asura Mesmer (main) is the armour detail its just SO small, the weapons don’t bother me much but the armour as of late is quite a bit (still love him though).

dani.1956:

Nobody ask the right question for the devs ! The question is :
If this personal portal is implemented why mesmer got the skill in pve ? Should it be replace ? Hell yea !

hell no.

Black Teagan.9215:

Mesmer is 10x better

Theif is a wasted charslot in pve and is replaceable with every class

it is really not replaceable, i always bring a thief to FOTM (50+) and he is excellent, area stability, weakness, stealth runs and great dps, i would never go to FOTM without one.

Guard
Mes
Thief
Engineer
Ranger/Necro/Ele/War

thats normally the class combo i take and it works wonders.

good guide i will be sure to check this out when i am online tonight, thanks for the effort.

Ross Biddle.2367:

You have to be realistic though. If everyone gets Watchknight portals, then that means Mesmers have access to two portals, or a portal and a free’d up utility slot ;D

not really its used on use so you have to get stacks of them and Anet said they are not going to be cheap as they know this is a powerful tool.

keep the current versions except increase scale limits to infinity to make them more difficult.

Bring in instanced versions @ there spawn points to keep people out in the world of more difficult content in 5 man form and the infinite scaling version so a whole guild could take part, relevant achievements for levels of scaling difficulty, standardize the loot in chests as per normal to not alienate small guilds and have them award influence too for another way to gain loot and influence to spend from the events for small guilds, flat influence gain of a respectable amount as well.

AntiGw.9367:

DrixTrix.7168:

whats wrong with flipping?

Flipping is the current “flavor of the week” pointless complaint.

ah makes sense.

on a side note: @ Chullster, Flipping or ‘’playing the auction house/tp’’ makes the most money in every game, and of course even in life unless maybe you have bill gates / steve jobs type of visionary.

what impresses me;

1) player skill.

thats it, big shiny legondaries mean nothing to me, i like it dont get me wrong but i stopped being impressed by loot after vanilla WoW raiding, i guess i grew up a tad and went to pvp more than raiding

whats wrong with flipping?

When Every MMO is released its ’’amazing’’ then a month to two months the true light shines, GW2 has been THE most positive MMO for years, LotrO was slated as being geared too much towards fan’s of the genre and depended on that, as did star wars no matter how good the story that seemed to be there only driving force. Wildstar and ESO are not out yet so there’s no point in mentioning those at this point in time, ESO has great potential but if you ask me (beta) the combat is terrible at the moment feels like a 3rd person FPS with clunky movement.

Aion…argh what a missed opportunity its widely regarded that this could have been such a great MMO instead NCsoft missed the mark almost completely however there concept was fantastic, alas never came to pass.

GW2 Vs WoW comments, to be honest i think GW2 can hold it’s own and will hold its own against this behemoth now WoW has been on a steady decline and i personally know a lot of people when i used to play are getting in contact with me and coming over (or back) to GW2 thats a good sign, however fully comparing the two is futile WoW as old hat as it is GFX wise has had 10 years to polish itself, it did that then started to slowly rub that off, WoW should also be in a league of its own as its an anomaly the player base this had will from subs most likely not repeat itself in decades, if ever. dont forget the majority where still as always form the middle east.

LoL, Neverwinter, D3 ….. i dont think you can put these against GW2 as an MMO neverwinter is heavily instanced just like the diablo series so its not a true MMO more a CO-OPMO which is no problem there great in there own right and LoL is as already stated MOBA and the most played game on the planet.