Guild Wars 2

Arkus.6594:

Happy New Year
and decided to update photo since I finally gotten my White Flame Looks

also the White Glow armored look.

Sweet! Which armor set are you using? I only recognize the T3 norn boots.

What dye is that? or did the glow in the dark came with the sword glow?

I picked up the smallest body type with the tallest height possible. Hopefully it will do.

But I’m gonna most likely pick a Female Norn though. No issues there i think as I tried previewing the T3 stag set with no clipping issues so far except for the 1 handed weapon sticking out of the back skirt. Minor for me.

hahaha. Charzooka is indeed an awesome feature. But yeah, I’m contemplating between Norn and Human only.

Trying out the Norn now, viewing their T3 and what not. See if it is indeed viable in my eyes. lol

Yeah. Figured I’d go for Norn.

Any other known difference between Human Guardian and Norn Guardian apart from the Elites?

Thanks for the quick response mate.

Hey Guys,

I’m having such a hard time deciding whether to go Norn Female (for that smexy T2/T3) look or Human Male. (T2 Shoulders and T3 Armors are beasts).

I’ve read a couple of the posts here stating some clipping issues with the Norn Female? or perhaps most Norn issues as far as graphics is concern, have these.

I can not stand the Norn male looks, gameplay wise…too slow for my taste. Personal Preference ofcourse.

Also, the Legendary weapons looks so much bigger on Norns than it is with humans.

But the Human Elites are far more useful? Hounds in particular are quite useful if you go with builds and traits for that.

This plays a big dilemma for me. Are the Human Elites worth sacrificing for the Norn graphical advantage? ( Huge Legendaries, Smexy female). I don’t find anything bad about the norn elites, except that a lot of the people here say it’s terrible.

I do PVE/WvW. Emphasis on WvW.

Help and thoughts are both greatly appreciated.

I’ve been trying out GS/Sword+pistol lately. Putting sigil of earth in my GS. Same set up as the shatter cat build with a few traits change.

I tested Staff/Sword+pistol first with the same set up and traits.

What i noticed is, in WvW, with GS, you attack faster, your clones attack faster. Bleeds are just all over the place. I get access to cripple as well and burst when i needed to.

Using the Staff o GS, on 1v2 or 1v3 scenarios, with opponents that don’t know what hit them, it don’t matter. But against those that knows what they’re doing, they know when to reset the fight, thats when being more offensive is just the way to go for me.

Call it playstyle difference if you must, but relying on condition damage alone without power to back it up is just too slow for my taste, specially when you’ve been playing with the shatter cat build. What’s new is, the GS 5 interrupt. It’s quite handy, and so useful in situations where i need it, as much as I hate to admit it.

Unless you’re running Glamour build with condition damage, then yeah, Staff is the way to go there.

The problem is the defensive side. Staff is just too valuable when encountering those pesky thieves. So it’s all playstyle and role dependent and which people you party with.

possante.8310:

my main was necro long time ago, than my team need e mesmer and that is my main now., win more tournamnets with mesmer than necro. yes im a mesmer lvl 40 and dont know if LOS is already fixed because only play for a few minutes after patch -.-

if you want i cant take a pic with my mesmer tournaments wins just so you can see i play mesmer.

that trait is OP for a minor trait period. is a big buff and im pretty sure will not last long, we got on this patch lot of bugs/fixes so we dont need those extra might for nothing.

mesmer canon glass were never “glass” but now they are like a super canon. have 9 might perma in combat is OP dont know why you cant see it. (mind warck with 15might , 52%critic damage and +250power from sigil critic damage is just insane)

ele perma protection is a bug, this insane minor trait not, something must be wrong. at this rate game never be balanced because is clear arenanet dont know what they are doing. every patch appear new bugs and buffs that dont remember to anyone

We can clearly see the how it’s strong. But why should we cry for nerfs when they haven’t even fixed the other problems yet. Sooner or later, this will get fixed but no reason for us to call for nerfs.

Let us enjoy the blessings first prior to any nerfs that might come along the way. And it will come for sure. Period.

Like you said, you haven’t played a lot yet since this patch. Wait and see first how the other classes are buffed up.

I apologize if I came up too strong there, wasn’t my intention. I’m just really happy for this buff. Most of the patch notes change are more “fixes” than buffs. As oppose to the normal constant bugs and nerfs.

For instance, iZerker still misses on the 2nd chain of attacks completely. Los is still a lot of issue. In WvW, you have to be literally out in the open to be able to play a shatter build. It’s fun, but we’re so pigeonholed to the point where every one plays shatters and everyone knows how to counter it.

Thanks for the answer Osi. I might try that theory craft you’re talking about. Will let you know how it pans out.

Ummm…for once, after awhile…we get buffs in OUR favor after the constant nerfs and bugs. Call me selfish, but no. I don’t say no to blessings. If you wanna suffer, roll a different class for now. No offense to masochists.

This patch just opened up for condition/shatter specs build. It’s been awhile since a different build opened for us. SPECIALLY in pve and wvw.

You contradict yourself, you’re playing a Mesmer, and you don’t know if our LOS is fixed yet. You’re playing sPVP, meaning you’re competitive enough to play that lane and yet you complain by winning? No, you’re not a mesmer. You’re probably a Necro judging by your post and got hit by a mesmer.

Play a different class for now. Pick the nerfed ones…oh wait…they all got buffed as well!

Hi Osi,

Will putting Sigil of Energy on sword, Sigil of Fire on Pistol, and Sigil of Earth on Staff work?

Will the sigil of fire and sigil of earth share the same cooldown even on different weapon sets? Pistol (Fire) and Staff (Earth).

I wanna be able utilize bleeding more just for those people with speed boosts.

Also, what do you mean by our staff clones can now stand on high ground and shoot down? Does this apply to GS clones as well?

Thank you once again for your support in the Mesmer comunity.

Love your vids! Keep it up!

UPDATE: No videos for bolt in offhand since it’s not worth it as far as graphical enthusiasm is concern.

Will test more since the game stopped for maintenance while doing my test. lol.
Will test Bolt/Focus and Bolt/Torch to see if any skills were altered.

Mainhand:
Tested with Bolt/Pistol, Bolt/Sword.

1. Lightning and Purple glow all around you and your clones, including footsteps.
2. Your clones will have the same lightning/purple glow all around them including footsteps. Phantasms will have the same normal form. No lightning glow there.
3. You will have footsteps even in stealth mode using decoy. So this is a slight disadvantage for wvw if you rely on stealth for that matter.

4. As far as I can tell, no alterations with Utility skills as well including Blink and Decoy.

Offhand:
Tested with Scepter/Bolt and Sword/Bolt.

1. You won’t see the purple Lightning glow when using it as offhand. Just white lightning. And only surrounding the sword and the footsteps. Not your whole body as oppose to having it as your main hand weapon.

2. Your clones will not have the lightning glow as well, not even the footsteps. They will use whatever is in your main hand weapon. (Range Phantasm for scepter mainhand on skill number 5.)

ok, i’ll try to post a vid of it in off hand with offhand skills and blink as well. Haven’t tested it in offhand yet actually.

Just showing a short clip with how Bolt looks like on a Mesmer. I haven’t seen one posted yet.

Please bear with the quality. I’m not good with vids, this is my first. lol.

Also, i noticed that the Lighting effects have a purple mix in them.

UPDATE: No videos for bolt in offhand since it’s not worth it as far as graphical enthusiasm is concern. Attached a Photo of a close up screenshot with more light.

Will test more since the game stopped for maintenance while doing my test. lol.
Will test Bolt/Focus and Bolt/Torch to see if any skills were altered.

Mainhand:
Tested with Bolt/Pistol, Bolt/Sword.

1. Lightning and Purple glow all around you and your clones, including footsteps.
2. Your clones will have the same lightning/purple glow all around them including footsteps. Phantasms will have the same normal form. No lightning glow there.
3. You will have footsteps even in stealth mode using decoy. So this is a slight disadvantage for wvw if you rely on stealth for that matter.

4. As far as I can tell, no alterations with Utility skills as well including Blink and Decoy.

Offhand:
Tested with Scepter/Bolt and Sword/Bolt.

1. You won’t see the purple Lightning glow when using it as offhand. Just white lightning. And only surrounding the sword and the footsteps. Not your whole body as oppose to having it as your main hand weapon.

2. Your clones will not have the lightning glow as well, not even the footsteps. They will use whatever is in your main hand weapon. (Range Phantasm for scepter mainhand on skill number 5.)

3. No graphical skill alteration for utility skills found.

Yes. Clones will have the effects. Also, the lightning surrounding us is a mixed of White/Purple. So much win. lol