Guild Wars 2

LionChain.7694:

Please nerf PU. 50% increase to stealth duration is OP, considering with my stealth skills, including double Mass Invis via Continuum Shift, I can stealth for almost 30 seconds straight. Please remove the increase to stealth duration and instead change it so that the boons you get while in stealth last longer, and maybe you get two boons per second of stealth instead of just one. But please get rid of the increase to stealth duration.

*Points and laughs

Lol PU?? Lololol ni haven’t seen PU in a while, lol I would rather run chrono or something else. PU is dead son, reroll your class or l2p PU is worthless now adays. You would be better off playing straight mantra or condi mesmer. PU is n only useful for survival in wvw. Other than that gl killing any decent players worth their salt.

Look, I have mained mesmer for 5k hours and been in game since late 2012 earl 2013. I’ve done wvw GvG group fights, I’ve roamed and dueled. I’ve spvpd. I’ve pved. Mesmer as a class is amazing, without how much damage or how much dots or conditions aside, mesmer as a class offers interesting ways to disengage enemies and engage the environment. That being said mesmer since the first days has been gutted over and over. Hence we are called veil bots or portal bots. People only care about us because of our utilities, which themselves are being replaced by other classes. Scrappers stealth gyro works way better than veil or mass invisibility. We have had our endurance nerfed, our vigor nerfed, our staff had been nerfed 3x and maybe more. Our focus hasn’t been fixed. Our alacrity which is the bread and butter, the foundation of chronomancer was gutted, wells were nerfed. On top of that our confusion and torment nerfed gutted and also given to other classes. Torment alone was nerfed several times pre and post HoT. Our Ai pets (phantasms/clones) are good in 1v1 or small groups but large scale fights we are only useful as portal or veil bots (were since wvw is dead). Our condition damage has been nerfed. You will never know what fear truly is or was, since you’ll never experience a true confusion glamour mesmer, or a rabid pistol torch mesmer. Or even an immortal retaliation mesmer. Mesmer is on life support at the moment, and as a proud owner of 2 female human mesmers I proudly salute and await our demise. Go read the mesmer forums, go read the pvp forums, the wvw forums. If your logic were to stand ground we should ban human females and asuras because there’s way too many of them in game. Mesmers are a fun class that few ever truly master because it has a high skill cap, but it’s interesting enough that most can enjoy even in basic settings such as JPs.

Kill me now please

P.S. Since I don’t want to just troll, explain first of all what type of setting you mean most*, pve, wvw, pvp?? Second overpowered in which way??

Ally.4382:

I appreciate your time and effort you put into your comment and yes a few people have quoted Gaile tonight and the information was taken aboard. While we haven’t exactly come up with any new ideas tonight. At least I know where Anet stands on this type of stuff a little better. Maybe it’s the different countries or something, maybe I’m not tuned in enough but I thought everybody was supposed to be taking certain things a bit more serious nowadays with regards to online harassment. Maybe it’s because “Online” is not a physical place and can’t be held against any one country’s laws etc BUT I always think more can be done to cut out the middleman (police or whomever they be) by preventing it occuring ingame first. And as such was looking for other ideas outside of our current block/report system.

Seriously this is scary lol. That’s it I have taken great offense to this thread. I came in here looking for level headed discussions and logical sound arguments as to what constitutes online harassment. I feel desecrated. This thread made me feel uncomfortable. I couldn’t go one minute without feeling abused.

I’m going to report this thread and send an email to the mods that we need more moderation on these forums. We need to stop people from saying mean things and ignoring my feelings. We need more rules such as: , No use of strong words or language. Only talk in a positive and passive non aggressive tone. No words such as no, or insults or even disagreement.

We need more moderation and bans to stop people from spreading their toxic views on others. I want to create a safe space for all gamers from all countries. I want Anet to staff moderators and auto moderators at all times and watch everyone and to have keywords that can immediately remove any toxic user on this site. This is 2016 people we need progress. “We need some muscle over here!”
I also want Teamspeak to have auto moderator programs to stop harassment of individuals on teamspeak, I want twitch to ban all toxic user from spamming those hateful memes. I also want every player in GW2 to have their account linked via Gmail and verified fb through verification so that if those users are not following guidelines properly we can report them to the right authorities. I also want
The time for change is now, first proposition is for Anet to make the game 18+ only, we need to show the community that only mature aged players can engage in this new and fair enviroment. Players under 18 should have a guardian consent and be chaperoned by their respective guardian or care taker. We need to remove useless rules such as moderation* and trial* which only prolong the inevitable ban hammer, instead we should have a system that any user reported for harrasment, yes no more block, we should have categories or degrees of the crime committed, from spam to threatening, any user reported should be banned for 24 hrs and then subsequently banned for 2 days and so forth. If the same user frequents the game, his IP should be blocked.
Come on guys we need to stop this in just unfair oppressive atmosphere in the community, together we can do this!

Wow this is a real case of the Safe Space MUH feeelz crap. Look Ally no one is threatening, no one will show up at your house. No one cares or knows your name. You aren’t an A-list celebrity or wealthy rich persona to be targeted. This is a game, this is not real. Any threats made you in this platform hold no water. You can be the better person and stop taking everything personal. I’ve been called a troll, a pedo, a creep, a loner, a weeabo, a ton of things. I’ve been told to kms, listen I’ve been gaming for 14+ years, I’ve done a crap ton of cringy stuff on the Internet and in the end it’s just the internet. All we are telling you is to not take anything personal, everyone in here deals with these issues and half the time it’s trolls and idiots who have nothing better to do. You want us to kick people out and ban them from a game just because you found something offensive, just report them and move on.

Hello Fam,
Its yo boy Daniel, now I took the liberty of making a semi passable build. To be honest I am ashamed to even post it, but I want your feedback. So far it sort of can work, but i feel like it is sort of a jack of all trades and maybe thats why it is meant to fail. Its a condi shatter but with paladin amulet, yes, it sounds bad already but hear me out. Paladin amulet with nightmare runes. Staff shield sword. Its meant to be a sort of hybrid point support spec. Its mean to cc and use the staff to stack those passive condis, while at the same time having enough power damage to tickle your enemies. The link is posted below.
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAW8encfClphVoBeoBEgilnjCdCynHreQT0F9sACgDD-TZRHABCt/g9lBA4gAMwVAQgHAAA
I know it sounds horrible but so far it can sort of work, i want feedback, please give it to me.

I too created this build Post HoT Launch:The way I ran it was illu/isnp/chrono: insp: standard, illu:standard, chrono: down down mid, with WoE heal, blink, WoP, Signet of illusions and GW. On top of that I ran vipers and rune of guardian or rune of tormenting/nightmare/mesmer. Staff shield sceptre or sword, sometimes I would use cele to be tanky as hell. Sorry but but I kept giving this build out to others in OMFG and people ignored me because bunker was too pro. I really got bored of bunker. This build is ok but it is lacking now that alacrity isn’t as reliable as it used to be. Lesson to learn from this is to post a build as soon as you think about it to the forums and tag it somewhere. Otherwise anyone can claim to have made the build. Another fact is that sometimes we all come up with builds and can in fact stumble upon the same traits just with variations in trinkets and play style. Also can please improve this build. I still find it lacking atm as a build I love mercenary but I find that if my team lacks dps I am just a meatbag. I wish we had something like Vit power precision condition or Vit power condi expertise

Lol and i was here last year, where were you when mesmer was not OP? like you know when terrormancers, engies, and burn guards were OP? what about cele eles running around? Dude you suck against mesmers. To be honest yes mesmer is strong atm. The current game type and meta make bunker mesmer way too strong, but it also doesnt have much damage against good players. Against good players all i do is stall forever. A side note is that to tweak the current bunker mesmers, the whole class needs a rework, condi mesmer is dead, burst mesmer dies too fast to other specs that dont require so much effort to be as efficient. So in short mesmer needs a rework, and you need to get better at this game. Pick up a mesmer and test how good you are with one.

unknownchaos.1425:

Narsil.6579:

Darn it Obs lol, still running that build i see. You gonna get us nerfed bro, Running like 9 clones and then shattering and having 6 or 7? man obs why you so mean??

Lol.. Hello Narsil. My other Mesmer runs the full glass mantra daze build. I enjoy that aswell. But I always liked that condi build more. It’s just a better solo build for all different situations.

As for being mean.. I don’t have a mean bone in my body plz..

I am friendly ty

I am joking, Im sorry Obsi, I forgot about your mission to spread the love all across servers. Where we can all exist happy and love one another Un-conditionally. xD Keep up the good work :P

Darn it Obs lol, still running that build i see. You gonna get us nerfed bro, Running like 9 clones and then shattering and having 6 or 7? man obs why you so mean??

This is basically almost xerrex’s condi shatter build. Not saying you stole it or anything, just alot of us run this spec and tbh lately it feels weaker than the other builds. For example GS interrupt or shatter builds usually are better for those quick bursts. Specially in tpvp. I love this build don’t get me wrong. The issue i find with this build is against earth traited eles or diamond skin as a whole.

Healix.5819:

Narsil.6579:

Module: plsapp.dll

Your computer appears to be infected by adware. You can follow this guide to remove it.

Haha thnx, I went into the gw2 location and removed the gw2 file from there and put it into my desktop. I ran it as admin and it worked. Thanks for the heads up on the malware issue. I know my younger siblings randomly add programs and software on this pc and I am uninstalling whatever i find out of place. I haven’t hit delete WIn32 yet… yet xD… I know my way around deleting most worms, malware, from past experiences, but the real hotfix was just moving the gw2 data folder around.

I am trying to install gw2 in another computer i have laying around. After a patch the client doesnt download fully, always crashes. What can I do to fix it?

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a t s e.9614:

but playing AI based class takes skills guys. You have to calculate for how much time you can afk until your AI kills everything.

Seriously what else do you want from us? I play berserker : Takes no skill, phantasm op. I play bunker: You have no skill you just never die. I play condi : Pu mesmer Op nerf, no skill. By this point people only want me to stand still and bend over. I think I should just roll a warrior or necro or ranger, or guard and either Zoo pet the whole place, or Stun or spam bow, cus I no longer have cred. This , please Anet remove my phantasms and give me an actual leap without having to target something, give me 25% speed trait or signet, give me a trait like eles or warriors to cleanse cripple , chill, immobilized etc… Please Anet gift me the power to have actual attacks and not kitten clones and phantasms for heavy damage. So i can finally hex people to death and not get a big rant on how my class is Op.

Seriously , this is nothing new, its the new rune sets and might stacking, my phantasm hit some poor guy for 11k when i went down, do you know how much 11k is?

On another note, I wouldn’t mind giving up my phantasms and clones, for some viable attacks that don’t require targetting, actual legit cleanse and speed traiting. Oh and while we on that track, less RNG spam on conditions and more trusty reliable fields , ty all

Like what if mesmers were a hybrid of thief and warrior Initiative and Adrenaline, and our skills were more like hexes, and once in a while we could proc a phantasm to do a one time burst while we could actually use our weapons

I need help and tips for my mesmer, atm this is what she looks like, please be gentle.

Here is my lovely mesmer, im new at posting pics, please be gentle. Also i need some tips or armor ideas, i am planning to change the bottoms, boots and maybe shoulders

eaxe.8570:

Who moved my cheese?

We had to throw it out, it was starting to age rather well. Hope you like Kraft singles!

Waisenpai.6028:

There are plenty of great elementalist in BP. Sigh T__T

Why don’t you ask Min?

Wait is this Min, the min I know from Bp?? XD . -Notice me Senpai! Sure ill whisper you.

CountzuCrytus.7256:

Ele is one of the classes that benefits well from all Stats, they’re one of the few classes that go well with Celestial stats. I wouldn’t recommend playing celestial in a WvW zerg per say. Since you want damage then the obvious choice is go zerk. What i do recommend though is to start with a tanky set like PVT and slowly swap out piece by piece towards a full set of zerk as you get comfortable playing the class and staying alive.

If you play a full zerk ele as a underlevel, you will get 1 shotted by a backstab thief since your hp will probably be below 10k easily.

Ok thnx

CountzuCrytus.7256:

In the current meta most people play staff ele in zergs. Your main focus is usually to stay away from the hammer train as any backline would do and throw down water fields/ static when the commander requests them.

Since you are a under level your main focus will be to stay alive, a dead ele is a useless ele.

So I recommend going 10 earth 20 Water ( as a level 40). In earth get Earth’s Embrace which gives you Armor of Earth at 50% hp. This way if you get low hp you cant get stunned and you can dodge out of the way and heal up.

I would have you go 20 into water for the cantrip and water CD reduction. A big part of your job as a staff ele is to throw down water fields, so being able to do them more often makes you much more effective. The cantrip mastery is more for survivability for you. Most of the cantrips have a really high cooldown and they are your main survivability utilities. So being able to shave some cool down on them will help you stay alive easier.

Ty erm what stats benefit an ele though? also I like to play aggressive, sort of semi selfish, I just don’t mean to run with the zerg, I sort of like to deal damage while being survival, err idk how this would translate into ele though, but thnx for the traits, i will use them def

So I have been maining a mesmer for a while, a good 2500 hours of play. Before I became a mesmer, I had a pink skinny female Charr with some random name, lvl 45 ele, I came across an old arcana d/d buildon these forums (around a year ago). I would find people in the middle of a zerg fight who were low and insta crit them. It was fun and I will never forget that ele toon. Now I am serious and if someone would please help me with a good WvW zerg build for a lvl 40-60 toon. Also help me with stats and food or traits. Atm I am running 20 in arcana and 10 in water. My ele is lvl 40 atm and I plan to craft her to lvl 60 and then WvW her to 80 before the next patch. Please help she is my last lvl 80 and so far Mesmer is my love, but ele was there before i made my mesmer xD

Tl:DR Can someone help me with a build for a toon who is 40-60 and plans on running with the zerg or atleast being slightly to roam if you could.

hendo.1940:

If you’re on NA servers, drop me a message on Serah Mahariel and I can run it with you.

I prefer to play warrior but if you wanted to see how I performed versus bosses on mesmer I can do that too – though like I said, I’m horrific at Lupicus on mesmer.

Def would love to learn, I mainly PvP or WvW, I just speed clear or run dungeons when I need a new makeover kit, or name change. Currently moved to Vabbi cus i wanted a challenge, turns out Vabbi got semi bandwagoned xD

hendo.1940:

Maybe we should do some duo Arah and I can watch you pull out your greatsword for situations that don’t even require it.

I know the GS isn’t that much damage, in fact I do know it is a waste, usually the sw is better due to is leap and high single target damage, usually I run it for the AoE, I know that maybe i am sacrificing the damage output, and once the berserker is out, i only have wave (if unless its a boss with defiant, then its useless), then i have the ground target spike, and the mirror blade, which in sense, it is not that much. I somehow still love GS, again ive ran sw/sw pistol/sw ,logically more damage single target , and probably if your focus is one boss or etc it is the best way (group wise or solo). I just love GS I will admit that, and i do know its short comings. Sometimes I just wanna tag everything lol.

That being said, I would probably learn more from you in Arah since its the only dungeon I need, and the only 1 where i need 2 paths for dungeon mastery.

Dungeons, bosses and any aspect of this game, fall mainly on learning the pattern, sequence, and timing. I know from some runs, that most guardians, warriors melee it, put it in a corner or etc. Again I don’t run arah fairly that well, and I have seen people in this game and other, solo anything even with no armor and a starter weapon, it all comes down to timing, position and the know how. Nothing is hard until you discover how it works, once you learn the trick the rest is just practice and experience.

maxinion.8396:

Narsil.6579:

hendo.1940:

Narsil.6579:

From speed runs (if what you plan on doing) usually run focus/sw with GS. Mainly because if you are doing speed runs, most of the time you are stacking and the Warden is stationary , deals more damage AoE wise, the curtain light field + leap= retal. The curtain + whirl = Cleanse bolts (condition clear). Usually I run this (ran tbh). That being said, if you are semi casual, not really into speed clearing, staff can be more group support. Still deeps is always good if you have a coordinated team, also more risky.

< is member of elite NA dungeon guild
< has a mesmer with berserker, assassin and centaur sets
< does not own a greatsword
< has never felt the need to use a greatsword
< does not intend on purchasing a greatsword
< has never been asked to use a greatsword by guildies

I’m not sure what speed run meta you’re following, but ranged weapons aren’t a part of it unless you mean staff eles – which you don’t.

Ahh ok I am so sorry, I did not know we had alot of elite NA dungeon guilds, please tell me you’re not the type who runs through glitches, map terrain *shortcuts and or abuses certain bugs and exploits to speed clear. On a side note I did not say staff wasn’t better, I just like my greatsword, and if unless you are from DnT, I can give less craps about your guild. To top it off, I am not throwing around gear sets and runes. I seen 5 necros speed clear and I have seen several other classes. For my comp its usually 4 warriors 1 mesmer. Op is asking about weapons with high damage, usually the GS focus sword is my combo for kiting and stacking, now please explain how you use staff.

lol, hendo is DnT

And he doesn’t use staff, he uses sword/focus + sword/sword, like I said in my posts.

Ok then good, so he does know what he does, but personally I can careless, usually if you run with a group that knows its bases, good, if not , good luck. I wish i could run certain set ups, but sometimes I am pugging it, I have to sacrifice some damage for survivalist, or else id rage at pugs on my party about dodging and whatnot, I mainly WvW so when i do go to PvE, Its me and strangers, try carrying randoms through CoE, watch em all die, and be the last one kiting and raging.

Hence my love for GS and focus sword, I can always fall back on kiting on full zerk if my group sucks, the price I pay for being WvW heavy

hendo.1940:

Narsil.6579:

From speed runs (if what you plan on doing) usually run focus/sw with GS. Mainly because if you are doing speed runs, most of the time you are stacking and the Warden is stationary , deals more damage AoE wise, the curtain light field + leap= retal. The curtain + whirl = Cleanse bolts (condition clear). Usually I run this (ran tbh). That being said, if you are semi casual, not really into speed clearing, staff can be more group support. Still deeps is always good if you have a coordinated team, also more risky.

< is member of elite NA dungeon guild
< has a mesmer with berserker, assassin and centaur sets
< does not own a greatsword
< has never felt the need to use a greatsword
< does not intend on purchasing a greatsword
< has never been asked to use a greatsword by guildies

I’m not sure what speed run meta you’re following, but ranged weapons aren’t a part of it unless you mean staff eles – which you don’t.

Ahh ok I am so sorry, I did not know we had alot of elite NA dungeon guilds, please tell me you’re not the type who runs through glitches, map terrain *shortcuts and or abuses certain bugs and exploits to speed clear. On a side note I did not say staff wasn’t better, I just like my greatsword, and if unless you are from DnT, I can give less craps about your guild. To top it off, I am not throwing around gear sets and runes. I seen 5 necros speed clear and I have seen several other classes. For my comp its usually 4 warriors 1 mesmer. Op is asking about weapons with high damage, usually the GS focus sword is my combo for kiting and stacking, now please explain how you use staff.

From speed runs (if what you plan on doing) usually run focus/sw with GS. Mainly because if you are doing speed runs, most of the time you are stacking and the Warden is stationary , deals more damage AoE wise, the curtain light field + leap= retal. The curtain + whirl = Cleanse bolts (condition clear). Usually I run this (ran tbh). That being said, if you are semi casual, not really into speed clearing, staff can be more group support. Still deeps is always good if you have a coordinated team, also more risky.

1v1 me bro, you can start practicing now and we can fight in 100 days, I mainly WvW , and am a mesmer, so… I keed.. maybe not xD

FinalPatriot.8034:

Shan.1983:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3fUhFuUP-E

Give that man a like.

By chance, does anyone know what build he is using and the gear? This looks a lot like what I’m trying to do only with actual skill.

Also number one rule for mesmer and thieves and any other class, have a good internet and good setup. I play on bad connection and lag a ton. I usually still outplay some, but on good days I can attribute my success to 20-30fps (if lucky), usually thats when i bust out the squishy builds, when fighting, take into consideration Opener , position, terrain and pressure, those dodges are vital and resets.

The main person to ever get me into mesmer : Seven Mirror

First time I ever saw the dude in action , he made mesmers seem easy.

Osicat for shatter in my case.

Now for the list of people that hands down are on another level in terms of skill and play: (Also note, some of these i have met or played against so I can vouch) (except Osi and Wing, which I really respect their shatter vids)

Seven Mirror
Andromeda
Pryest of Lyssa
Osicat
Obsession
Bamf Joe
Wing

Not in any order, and im mainly wvw and roaming, dueling, so not from spvp or PvE if there is such a thing. So most of these guys are WvW oriented, and some sadly have left us, or retired, or gone Awol, or I havent seen them in a while.

I one day want to be as pro as these guys, 2500 hours on mesmer and hoping to reach high skill one day The Purple Army ftw!

So first of all, these new changes that have been posted, I feel like a little girl squealing… seriously Thank you Anet, finally thank you!!

So getting to the point: If unlocked old backpack skins, if i bought before various sets of armor, weapon skins, etc, that essentially accidentally got deleted or transmuted over time. Skins that were once in a time available, like the tentacle backpack and etc.. Will I ever get back old skins, i have already unlocked, even armor pieces, or have to re do dungeons?

Again thank you for these updates, an almost retiring player like me has something to look forward all month now

If you like roaming, want to relax or enjoy fights, enjoy ganking, roaming, and or enjoy minimum lag, come over to Vabbi, whisper me, send me an email ingame, or on forums, to be invited, looking for roamers of all kinds, and it doesn’t matter whether you are hardcore or laidback, we accept all!

I run something similar. although in dungeons at times ill run with air or centaur or trav runes for the speed. Other then that rubys are good for the deeps, err i would switch out duelist for Warden. Warden is stationary but most of the times stacking or mobs dont run around much so the warden does but damage on top of that proc reflect plus AOE condi cleanse and retaliation from the light combos on curtain from focus. Also can replace that feedback for a nullfield or signet of midnight or defender. Up to you though, I have a signet set up DPS I run for dungeons , its main task is to invul me and regen with ether while dealing high DPS but Im still testing it atm

This isn’t a new concept, I ran this before , I ran this concept after the class rebuff, when we got ether signets. the way I ran it was usually sword sword pistol sceptre, i would go 20 in illusions for the phant haste, go 20 in dueling for the DE, which would leave me with 15 in chaos and 15 in inspiration, I would run Disenchanter with decoy and blink, or in duels or roaming, use decoy disenchanter and Phant Defender.

Pros: Signet of ether paired with Duelist + swordman + Disenchanter + Defender , Riposte (clone on block) Sceptre (clone on block) 2 blocks , DE ( 2 extra clones on dodge) + Decoy.

i gave this build the Football Team, when I would duel people in spvp or duels and just bring this build for troll, because you can almost always never run out of clones or phantasms if done right.

The constant cycle of clones and phantasms will wear down your opponent. It does have one drawback. You will lose without the phantasms, and giving up the 25 in insp , the 10 in domination, will reduce your phantasm damage by a lot, on top of that you are forced to run berserker to make up for the damage, and thus you will be squishy alone. so a 1vx against dps classes , you are likely to die faster.

In theory in 1v1 you can beat a lot of classes, but you will lack the direct burst to down someone fast enough. In fact this is the dps equivalent of a PU condi mesmer. Its only downside is you have to go all out zerk.

there are variations i have tried out, but I will let you decide the outcome for yourself.

Plus the 5 and 15 in Chaos synergize with the signet of ether and witht he 15 in insp. the 15 in illusions is a big plus!

good in theory but it does have some fatal flaws when you get to see them in fights.

Also run illusionary defense in chaos. In duels this build with be fun and kind of an overkill with illusions, i do warn you, it has some serious drawbacks in roaming, maybe i havent experimented enough.

Ptolemy.5086:

I don’t think phats are week in 20/20/30 build. Empowered illusions, Phantasmal fury, traited sword and pistol in full zerk can give a lot dmg to phats. But if i have to bet on that fight my money are on cond Scepter/torch Staff. Cond PU can have 25k hp 3 k armor and 2000k cond with little direct dmg comparing to power phat build with 2300-2400 armor 16k HP and 3600 attack.
Personally i usually avoid cond builds. Even if i can kill them fights are too long and tiresome. Funny part is I don’t even need to run or hide from cond mesmer i can simply walk away and he can’t stop me.

if you wanna play a balanced phant build play 10 20 30 10 or 0 20 30 20 0 , 20 20 30 is strong but kiss that cleanse goodbye, unless you run null field and lemongrass then you are gonna lose on that vunlerability and bleed stacking but then you could run s/s GS or pistol gs, atm i am trying out phant power PU with all out condi cleanse :P

Arius.7031:

Narsil.6579:

Arius.7031:

EFWinters.5421:

Darek.1836:

FC unofficial duelers server (I heard TC has a lot too? haven’t been there so idk)
SF unofficial gank server
DR unofficial thief server..
GoM unofficial cyah later when new PvE content comes out server
AR unofficial perplex everything server
Ebay unofficial we’re the new kaineng server

FC is the perplex everything server. They all believe they are top notch at roaming because of it too.

So true. Made me laugh cus it’s soooo spot on. I love FC, don’t get me wrong… but they spam a lot of super cheesy builds (that usually involve plex), then get it in their head that they’re better skill-wise than everyone else by a country mile.

I MISS YOU!! ima start grating the cheese when you get back home, come visit us DH

Lol you’re op without cheese. PU Mesmers are fine, Tensas are broken. NERF.

This is why I love DH you guys always duel and smash us and then duel us in open spaces. I still need to have my rematches with Thebeggining thief idk if its from DH or NSP or CD but I need my duels, this SF blob week is getting me down.

PU phantasms if you play it right, bonus points for using signet of ether and LoS, only problem is both are horrible builds to 1vx with properly against a good organized party, not enough long sustain against condi’s in general, so yeah PU is strong but play against 2 good condi specs to 1 good condi spec and 1 zerker and you might be forced to retreat..

Arius.7031:

EFWinters.5421:

Darek.1836:

FC unofficial duelers server (I heard TC has a lot too? haven’t been there so idk)
SF unofficial gank server
DR unofficial thief server..
GoM unofficial cyah later when new PvE content comes out server
AR unofficial perplex everything server
Ebay unofficial we’re the new kaineng server

FC is the perplex everything server. They all believe they are top notch at roaming because of it too.

So true. Made me laugh cus it’s soooo spot on. I love FC, don’t get me wrong… but they spam a lot of super cheesy builds (that usually involve plex), then get it in their head that they’re better skill-wise than everyone else by a country mile.

I MISS YOU!! ima start grating the cheese when you get back home, come visit us DH

EFWinters.5421:

Darek.1836:

FC unofficial duelers server (I heard TC has a lot too? haven’t been there so idk)
SF unofficial gank server
DR unofficial thief server..
GoM unofficial cyah later when new PvE content comes out server
AR unofficial perplex everything server
Ebay unofficial we’re the new kaineng server

FC is the perplex everything server. They all believe they are top notch at roaming because of it too.

Sadly roaming in FC is somewhat dead, atm EBay has lost all glory I once saw when I was up in BP fighting you guys. So far the only legit decent group i see is the mass of BSty +NA+AD group I see run around actually take stuff, until SF shows up and people disappear. I wish you all luck on your way to t7 or t8. My respects for the dying and departing Q.Q On a side note, there is that one thief that always is after me from BSty, I love that female pink hair human :P

Pyroatheist.9031:

Narsil.6579:

P.S. I also despise it when people use the whole “terrain and line of sight combat” crap , if they hide behind things or use portal tactics etc, I will disengage and kite until they are in an open space and then I will nuke them, throw siege over them and emote.

And those people will continue to use those tactics. I’ll use those tactics as much as I need to as well. In a 1v1 situation I won’t need to, but you can bet that I always know where the closest place to break line sight or pull a z-axis blink or drop a portal for a safe getaway is just in case a fight goes real bad real fast.

Not saying its bad, but I had it done to me in a 1v1, the guy kept hiding behind everything, and by 1v1 I mean an actual duel. Roaming I don’t mind it, but if someone keeps doing it against 1 person, I will disengage and frolik away from them, usually ill try to get the higher ground on them, look for edges to push them off, or lure them out into open space, or catch them off guard next time around. So far the only class that irritates me atm is a condi dire p/d thief. If played right they can get away and come back, usually i save my cds and just run away while using reflect and chaining invis if anything.

P.S. All I mean to say is I don’t frown upon it when roaming and fighting multiple people, in fact I enjoy it. I hate it when people disengage and PU , portal , blink 1200, there is no honor in a system that has unbalances. You will always either get killed fast with direct damage or burn down by conditions, or people will run away. I stopped caring what people think is skill, I just target the mesmer or thief and proceed to nuke the crap out of them. I enjoy PvP but I stopped caring for what is skill play and what is honorless.

Pyroatheist.9031:

You stop runners on a condie build by tagging them with torment. That kills them when they run.

Overall, there is absolutely no such thing as ‘honor’ in combat. People will run and people will fight dirty and outnumbered and call friends and do anything they need to win. Your job is to beat them despite that. That’s simply how it works.

Even then a Warrior , guardian , thieve, ele, engie, mesmer can cleanse and disengage pretty good, even rangers. People try and bring this whole “Honor” crap , the reality is no one likes to lose. I’ve fought shatter mesmers with a shatter build and Bunker phant mesmers, most of the time they have the 1200 blink trait and portal crap , reset and then come back, by that time I either wait for them or run away and laugh. I’m done with this whole “Skill play” , everyone runs and disengages when they can’t have an upperhand in a battle. 1v1 I’ll never run away, if I lose I lose. 1v2 I can run because I know i won’t outdo 2 good players if they have either strong builds or actually have good synergy against me.

P.S. I also despise it when people use the whole “terrain and line of sight combat” crap , if they hide behind things or use portal tactics etc, I will disengage and kite until they are in an open space and then I will nuke them, throw siege over them and emote. People should advocate more build diversity and push forth new ways to fix pvp instead of using this whole honor excuse. I have stopped caring about roaming with skill or whatever. I am done caring how I beat someone, this game needs some fixing and I won’t care until it gets fixed.

Pyroatheist.9031:

MailMail.6534:

skcamow.3527:

MailMail.6534:

Pyroatheist.9031:

MailMail.6534:

All I’ve got to say is: why use PU when you could be using Chaotic Interruption instead?! :O

Because chaotic interruption isn’t particularly good?

On the contrary… In my experience it has been devastating in lockdown builds, especially in combination to Temporal Curtain. You can essentially trait it with many of the Mesmer weapons, but I like the focus pull the most.

Yeah CI is definitely good, but not as good as PU.

A good Lockdown Mesmer will be able to beat a good PU mesmer. All it takes is simply finding the right Mesmer (which is easy) and then you know… locking him down. Chill will kitten the CD of stealth, and most lockdowns “should” be able to keep the damage high & steady.

Yeah….that’s not true at all. PU mesmers don’t have many things that actually can even be interrupted, and it’s fairly easy to bait out a lot of the interrupts and just stunbreak them. Additionally, lockdown mesmers are forced to spend a lot of their build devoted to (obviously) lockdown, and are often very low on condition removal.

Shh don’t tell him about Blink , Decoy and Mirror of Anguish…

Ok I like interrupt builds, but they have one main problem: Stability. Try fighting 2 good warriors or a good warrior alone, or a p/d thief, a GS ranger, a good guardian, and the perplexity rocket boots engie.

Going 30 into chaos is a huge sacrifice, PU only because of the boons and stealth bonus, but outside of that I would rather go glass, go 30 20 0 20 or 30 20 0 0 20 or something, go big or go home. alot of roaming builds are meant to counter cc because of the cc warrior wave we had earlier. I know people want interrupt to be the next big thing, but trust me we would be flooded with posts about nerfs, and Mesmer being OP with too much CC, stealth and phantasm damage or something.

Im going to wait till conditions get toned down. First people were angry about the DPS meta, now they are angry about the condition meta. I don’t know how mesmer will be next patches or all classes as a whole.

After Runescape fell from grace, and the onslaught of bots, the Mods decended down and saw that greed and corruption had reigned the lands. I a high lvl 137 full Ovl and 600m bank then 1337 player of course, didn’t mind the bot slaughter with every patch. Until one day everything changed, the Mods did a world wide regulation spell, only a lvl 101 <age will elite skillcape could pull off. Almost no one survived , and so Mod Mark stepped up as ruler, I saw that the new landscape was not the home I remember , having been a member since 2004 to 2011 I waved goodbye packed it up and left MMorpgs. A friend told me of gw1 but gw2 was coming out, so I bought it. I was on board with the Dragon fights, I remember my first Jormag fight it was so epic. Exploring was fun, fighting was fun, wvw was a scary place. I reached lvl 80 and now the fun has faded. I have tried to move on to other games but gw2 is just too beautiful , I love my mesmer. Please Anet, implement more PvE explorations, more dungeons, instances, bosses, fights, gear weapons, armor , with special effects, unique abilities, I really love this game but idk it just doesn’t feel the same…

King Amadaeus.8619:

Narsil.6579:

King Amadaeus.8619:

As someone who has one of each class (fully exotic geared minimum), and plays 7 of those 8 regularly (ugh rangers…), Mesmers just feel like they are closest to being “good” balance-wise of any class.

Warriors you mean warriors… Mesmer as a class is somewhat balanced, PvE we can come close to warriors and guardians in terms of damage and sustain, in pvp though, we got PU aside from that in 1v1 anything can work, but roaming or group play , even zerg play, our flaws start to show, I won’t say we aren’t able to be useful, but in terms of balance and usefulness, we do need some rework,

I do fine in roaming/group/or even zerg play. I don’t veilbot for people or portal their golems either.

same but usually for zerg play i give up PU, it is good, but when you fighting in lots of AoE and CC , those small sec of regen or stealth wont help, I usually run more bunker with either gs staff and stuff

NYRKKIPAULA.8051:

What BlackDevil said, PU power builds have almost the same burst kittenter (as some people think you need to build up for phantasms to do damage or run a torch offhand…).

Also to note is while traiting chaos line you get +300 toughness and 30% boonduration while illusions give shatter recharge rate and condidamage, which means you can run a fairly tanky build with as much offensive stats as a shatter. TBH the only thing I really miss when running a PU build is the on demand distortion when using shatters.

In GvGs a PU mesmer is better at surviving other hitman squads and applies the same if not better pressure to backline classes than a shatter. In WvW raids your job is mostly to just veil and maybe timewarp (which then gets applied to your support/tank class roles and is completely wasted).

I run both shatter and pu builds while playing wvw (be it roaming, raiding or gvg), having fun with both specs but pu is just overall better spec to roam with.

Ok glad you brought up the point that PU and phantasms: Ok PU works in 2 ways to give a build advantage: conditions , 20 20 30 or 10 20 30 10 or 20 30 0 20 , the important

Sharper images 2nd tier trait in dueling #15

damage trait is Illusions inflict bleeding on critical hits.

Bleeding: 5 s (213 damage)

since as a power or hybrid mesmer you don’t have access to the 20% phant boost, or the shatter’s illusion regeneration boost (illusionary celerity) as well you will have to sacrifice either GS cd trait for torch or sacrifice 10 in domination for mender’s purity, you will have no weapon cds, or unless you sacrifice DE for duelist discipline (pistol cd) , Shatter and PU hybrid power builds have same or it can be disputed burst, PU relies on phantasms if you go full power like i do, so destroy my phantasms and me having no cds pretty much gets me killed and thus PU is a way to stall, 1v1 it works it is strong, 1vx it gets harder and since i have to sacrifice 10 in dueling for 10 in inspiration for mender’s purity, or run null field , arcane thievery, I will still have limited access to condi cleanse on me, fighting a hard condition build will destroy me if I don’t play smart, stealthing can cleanse you for some, but it won’t do much since our regen isn’t that high compared to thieves regen and the 1 sec of stealth is alright but not when you have like 5-6 conditions on you ticking.

I run rampagers with centaur zerk weapons and trinkets , 10 20 30 10 or 20 20 30. high burst high damage , and etc, but i run condition food, because the dueling tier trait with phantasms is insane, you can melt bunker builds because you are not only applying damage but bleeding, the sacrifice is in condition sustain, or at times against a good guardian, he can destroy your phantasms quick enough. Against bad players , yes I can handle it and win , but vs 2 good players , I can assure you I may not live if i try to keep up the damage and I am forced to retreat or die.

Curunen.8729:

I would be interested in an option of swapping all phantasm summon skills for normal player skills, and play only with clones.

Omg imagine if our leap was normal and we could leap without a target. What I want is Anet to stop making us an inbetweener, we are not fully an enchanter class and not fully a melee class, we are in between, I would gladly give up my phantasms and clones for more actual skilful fun play. For example gw1 hexes as buffs and debuffs, while having phantasms and clones and specials and effects. For example when we do a certain hex or skill or spell , we have access to create 3 clones that look exatcly like us and for 2 secs they will copy our every move, once those 2 seconds are up they disappear and during those 2 secs we can apply direct damage (auto attack) or a debuff )apply weakness or poison or burn, but then switch to another hex that would give us might and grant 1 phantasm based on our weapon type and that phantasm would do 2 cycles of damage and disappear. Its an idea but it would make gameplay way more fun and i would feel like i am an actual “illusionist” not just someone with pets that have better Ai then ranger and more damage.

King Amadaeus.8619:

As someone who has one of each class (fully exotic geared minimum), and plays 7 of those 8 regularly (ugh rangers…), Mesmers just feel like they are closest to being “good” balance-wise of any class.

Warriors you mean warriors… Mesmer as a class is somewhat balanced, PvE we can come close to warriors and guardians in terms of damage and sustain, in pvp though, we got PU aside from that in 1v1 anything can work, but roaming or group play , even zerg play, our flaws start to show, I won’t say we aren’t able to be useful, but in terms of balance and usefulness, we do need some rework,

BlackDevil.9268

Try playing a GS focus sword shatter against PU builds you can thank me later, shatter isn’t about the survivability its about the raw damage, yes I understand it will become harder but you shouldn’t blame one trait as the culprit, I said once and I will say it again PU alone is like using chaos storm for 3 secs and getting 2 boons random, the only reason it procs so many is because of the 2 first tier traits ( Illusionary membrane and Metaphysical rejuvenation), but people forget that and attack the trait regardless, instead of suggesting ways to remove those or tweak them differently. Also shatter can do one thing PU cant : Instagib, unload insane damage in one go, i seen mesmers deal insane damage using shatter, PU is more of a phantasm type, it builds up the phantasms but cant instacrit anyone down, hence most classes if traited can just run away and return. Atm Dire P/D thieves are gonna start popping around perma stealth, even worse then the mesmer, even PU doesn’t save you from the onslaught of condis, ive started using shatter , or phant hybrid builds now because PU has one fatal flaw, true active condition clear..

Also shatter can counter PU really well if played right and so can phantasm, ive done tests and fought other mesmers, shatter has faster phant and clone regeneration, phant builds can stack phants on the target and still have condi clear at most.

Any mesmer build can work 1v1 on anyone, 1vx is a different story, too much sustain from dire thieves, perplexity thieves, bunker condi rangers, zerk axe gs warriors , cc warriors, perma retal regen bunker guiardians, I can go on.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Narsil.6579:

Ross Biddle.2367:

Chaos.3579:

there are alot of very egotistical elitist trolls in this forum. (you know who you are, or you will after this post.)
i have a education for you.

before we start let me educate you that this is a thread about “balance” (we will get back to this.)

you seem to all have a incorrect idea of balance due to your philosophy of “winning is all that matters”. you will call anyone that tries to educate you on balance or a philosophy on what is right and wrong in regards to winning or fair combat a scrub. how is this not elitist and egotistical?

here is the actual mindset you need to have when determining if something is balanced or not in this game.

1) the purpose of this game:
the purpose of this game is to have fun (duh!). but not as a individual. in actuality all are supposed to have fun on both sides of a confrontation.
the purpose of this game is not winning as you seem to think.

2) the purpose of balance:
the purpose of balance in this game is to keep the game fun for both sides. if there is a imbalance then it causes aggravation for one side or the other and destroys the point of the game.

3) there are still TONS of imbalances in this game ranging from many class’s, builds, skills, and stat types.
it is not perfect as you trolls seem to think. its funny how you hold yourself up in high esteem because you think this way, AND will troll other people who object this idea by calling them scrubs*. HA

the philosophy of “winning no matter what is used” is not a philosophy that belongs in the discussion of balance. its simply a way for egotistical trolls to alienate themselves and those around them in to winners and scrubs.
there is no point to it that will help this community or really anything really besides feeding their own ego.

you are a embarrassment to the Mesmer community and don’t belong here

You’re only showing your ignorance by talking about a concept you clearly do not properly understand. Inform yourself. Maybe then you’d use the proper terms to at least show you’ve read the thesis in which you’re trying to talk about.
http://www.sirlin.net/ptw/

Playing to Win has everything to do with game balance. Just as Fun has everything to do with game balance. Fun has everything to do with playing to win.

Ross has a point Fun is subjective, people play sports, some for fun, some for competition, same with games, some people want to do everything to be on top, others reach the top enjoying what they do. Trying to force your viewpoint of what fun is on others will make you alienate others, finding people who share the same view as you , will make you grow more.

Or make you degenerate more, which I’d argue is the case coming from his point of view.

By this point anyone who brings up the argument PU is easymode or etc is easymode, I ask them to tell me exactly what PU or said build is, to give me the actual description and how it works, turns out most don’t even know what it really does, and most just hate it cus they see PU everywhere…

Nausicca.6038:

Narsil.6579:

Xaylin.1860:

Nausicca.6038:

Xaylin.1860:

Mesmers do not deal significant damage while stealthed. Get over it already.

Uh, with GS/ sw-sw, I can tell you I deal significant dmg with a PU build. It’s not a full shatter burst, but it’s really impressive coming from a build that “sacrifices” 30 points into a defense trait.

I didn’t say that PU builds can’t deal damage. But stealth heavy PU builds won’t deal significant damage while stealthed because they run Torch. Of course, your weapon set up is able to deal damage through Phantasms but you sacrificed your most powerful stealth skill for it. You won’t exceed 15s of stealth per minute (traited Decoy, Veil, MI). Not really a stealth heavy build. Neither the maximum amount of Phantasm damage.

he should refer to my previous posts, I explain why PU means : less stealth more damage, more stealth less damage. You sacrifice one for the other,

Ha, you made my day guys, thank you. And it’s “she”, not “he”. But I forgive you, you couldn’t know :p

Omg im so sorry but oh yeah about the phantasm in stealth, every other class does it (if they have access to stealth) : example: Thief procs stealth summons thieves guild unstealthed, engie procs stealth : drops crate, ranger procs stealth : pet still visible and does damage while ranger is incognito. its because pets are indirect damage outside the entity itself, therefore they dont count as direct damage, direct damage uncloaks the mesmer or thief or etc.

Xaylin.1860:

Nausicca.6038:

Xaylin.1860:

Mesmers do not deal significant damage while stealthed. Get over it already.

Uh, with GS/ sw-sw, I can tell you I deal significant dmg with a PU build. It’s not a full shatter burst, but it’s really impressive coming from a build that “sacrifices” 30 points into a defense trait.

I didn’t say that PU builds can’t deal damage. But stealth heavy PU builds won’t deal significant damage while stealthed because they run Torch. Of course, your weapon set up is able to deal damage through Phantasms but you sacrificed your most powerful stealth skill for it. You won’t exceed 15s of stealth per minute (traited Decoy, Veil, MI). Not really a stealth heavy build. Neither the maximum amount of Phantasm damage.

he should refer to my previous posts, I explain why PU means : less stealth more damage, more stealth less damage. You sacrifice one for the other, also explain why PU builds hurt : mainly heavy phant or heavy bleed, or hybrid,heavy conditons, but sometimes I just want to write a guide on what i have learned and share with others how to read opener combos, how chaining works, what juking is, etc, but Pyro does a good job so I always think it should be common sense, half the time it isn’t.. people say they can’t keep track of me even in shatter mode, its a compliment, but really just need to play the class long enough for it to become second nature