meanwhile danger, why not post a video of your gameplay against thieves and have the people here (who are obviously just trying to be helpful) critique what you are doing, couldn’t hurt
Necro is probably the most diverse class in the game. You can run minions, power, condition, fear and with any of them still have enough damage output and mitigation to be viable in both 1v1 and zerg situations. If they fixed the bugs im pretty sure people would start complaining that we are OP.
slightly, significantly, potato, tomato… but you’re correct and im sure the damage would show better if I were running a stronger weapon but I am pretty happy with the damage and skill selection the dagger is bringing to the fight
With my build im probably doing slightly less damage but my survivability isn’t in question, you can run w/e build you prefer but your armor can definitely do more than you think
Great advice from everyone, what I do if they stealth is switch to staff and throw a fear on the ground with staff 5 then switch back to dagger/focus. If I get the jump on them (lol when does that happen) I spectral grasp them to pull them straight into a well of suffering then unload auto-attack for 2 chains, then DS 4 then DS 3 to get more space. If they aren’t dead by then, switch back to dagger/focus and use dagger 2 while cooldowns are ticking away. Rinse and repeat. Not going to give too much about my gear and setup because I found something that works very well for me and don’t want to fight against it lol.
Just saw Yak’s Bend guardian getting rolled by 3 SoS…. obvious YB/SoS alliance! Saw like 30 SoS running together to take a keep… yet another example of that fabled SoS/SoS alliance.
Power necro ftw, cranking out 2k auto attacks and 4-5k with 2 burst abilities… that AND the most OP elite in the game hitting around 3-4k per hit… mix all that in a bowl of the highest HP pool of any class and you got yourself a cake
Ingame name: CALL ME MATT
Main Class / Potential Classes (Incase team requires): split time between mes and ele
Region: NA / EST (Dragonbrand server)
Practice Times: any after 5pm est / weekends are open
Experience: PvP is all this game is for lol im in HoM and EB the entire time
Other (Anything else that you would like to add): Have been playing MMO and team based games since 99 , started with Tibia and now hold around 5 lvl 100+ characters on pvp servers, UO GW1 WoW RS DaoC WAR Rift Aion… you name it ive been there
Looking for an active PvP/WvW focused guild as well on DB, pm me in game to learn more about me if you are interested
Anyone else from DB notice how FA stacked seige weps against our spawn in EB lol. I think they held us on the stairs for about an hour. We need more people on EST or I can see this becoming a new trend. Good job btw, you not only stacked from the front but you had people reliably covering all escape routes, if FA is anything like DB then that kind of coordination must have been difficult.
Dragonbrand is now giving away cookies for transfers to server, next is low interest home loans.
Would love to see the current queues on w3 with just a little more talent in the commander department lol.
personally i think with all the nerfs the other classes have received (to include yesterdays) elementalists are even stronger than they were 2 days ago despite the cooldowns and durations that were changed.
gotta say… could be worse…
Not to say there isnt a long way to go before this is “balanced” per se but its not completely broken like it was when they buried mesmers
Hate to not post a link but if you check the mesmer forums for anything by Osicat youll be amazed at how a well versed mesmer can do pretty much anything. Just takes practice.
Mesmer burst IS limited, not to say i have plans to stop playing the class anytime soon but the fact is that setting it up without leap adds even one more step to an already lengthy chain of skills required to get off one “swipe swipe swipe boom” (with 3 clones)that does half a thief backstab from stealth. Mobility and survivability in the class is amazing once you learn how to play it so with that being said its not that im bashing the class entirely, i just feel as tho our “burst” is underwhelming. Also not saying anything needs to change about it, ive learned to play without relying on a glass cannon build to deal near enough damage to a single target (or tightly grouped set of targets) in order to feel powerful.
Meh, mesmer burst is really limited since we have to worry about terrain to get leap off. Im more worried when a mes DOESNT try a burst, usually means bunker but ive seen bunk builds do butt loads of damage… like loads of butts!
Thieves are true glass cannons, if i sneeze i can kill one as long as i avoid getting backstabbed off the bat.
Warriors can wreak havoc in crowds with hundred blades.
Props to all classes for having their own playstyle, each also has its drawbacks. Personally i like playing my mesmer… i feel like i am torturing people when they cant figure out which one i am and why this insane amount of damage is piling up. Hi-larious. Playing my thief i feel like its just “1 and a 5 and a ching chong potato” and its over.
^^ agreed with kodesh. If i didnt enjoy stomping people in pvp i wouldnt play at this point. At some point i would like to see pvp reward contribute to something worthwhile, maybe once they initiate guild halls we could receive pvp-only reward decorations or something.
lol much respect
Thought i could stomp all over this guardian one time and was doing a good job at it, then out of nowhere its as if he gained a thousand points of damage and starting smearing my face all over walls and floors. Decided it would be best to fight another day or at least give myself a chance to pick up where i left off but NOoOoO EVERY TIME I tried to get away he managed to yank me back into the fight. This lasted about 20 minutes and it was as though he were toying with me, i couldnt manage to stay above 2000 health, couldnt gain stability, clones just gave up and ran away leaving little notes that said “good luck with that – Love, Steve”. Finally after being tormented for a period of time i gave up and stopped healing, knocked me over and dropped a deer on me.
Never have i seen someone put so much effort into not just winning a fight but coming off a deficit with a class not meant to do as much damage as he put out, the guy made me facepalm.
Thank you for your comments, I wanted to have 4 mantras to take advantage of the damage increase from traits and that they will not have to be recharged until used 3 times. I am definitely going to try your sigils since i do not want this to be too much of a glass cannon and some toughness would be a great fit. Mantra of domination fits my play-type better since i did not want to use a utility slot for an attack that does not cause a lot of damage since i am not without a wide variety of those currently with the weapon choices. Some sort of control for single target fights sounded appealing.
Going for instant utilities with multiple uses before having to charge again, and while they are up and illusions are on the field i have a kitten ton of damage being put out.
I am sure others have built this before but all i see are shatter mesmers. Can you guys give me any thoughts on this build, be as harsh as you want lol.
I just tried to pug a Fotm 30, and as we get to jade and my entire group stands near the middle after the second phase ends, agony pops with tentacles and they ALL die… in the middle of 3 tentacles.
So I go right on ahead and kill 2 close tentacles grab crystals and throw them at jade taking him to about 30% when someone starts saying
“hey man rezz”
to which I replied
“I cant you’re in the middle of 3 testicles not to mention there are 2 I need to get past just to get over there, Give me 2 minutes and ill finish him”
15 seconds later I find myself in LA… this is why everyone hates pugging and honestly really upset that there is no system set in place for things like that.
I can report someone for Verbal abuse but not that? really frustrating.
when need a list of people like this since anet doesn’t seem to want to punish it.
