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Carighan,
shatter build is the most viable one now, i didnt saied we had nothing.
Phantasms dont have more lifespan, they has less lifespan because of the huge nerf of the signet from +200%hp to + 50% hp. the +55% hp on base stat doesnt compensate this. So the phants have pretty much less 25% hp then before and 20% longuer cooldowns.
When you summon a phantasm it would start a new attack cycle automaticly, so its a big nerf with the IC move.
Adding to this the 20% Longuer CD and taking retaliation damage from Blurred Frenzy, I would say this Build was Butchered, woulnt you agree?
Interrupts, we agree to disagree.
stealth i did forgot veil. But the torch is a waste of HO weapon compared to sword or pistol, as i saied before relying on the retaliation as a damage source is not good idea with light armor. Imo.
Carighan im confused, post after post you keep defending this new (nerf) patch. wouldnt you (at least) agree with us that longuer cooldowns make this game less fun to play?
Best way to balance is to make all players use same build.
And i was thinking quiting from guardian(game demands 2h weapon now).
Well, we have at least four prominent builds now based around four quite prominent features of Mesmers:
- Shatters
- Phantasms
- Interrupting
- Stealth
The jury is still out how viable speccing around Confusion is now, with the added damage from Retaliation and Torment as the main pressure while Confusion delivers the spikes.
But anyhow, that’s 4-5 builds. Not bad comparing other MMOs. Not perfectly ofc, far from, but also not bad for such a young game.
4/5 builds? I’m sorry but I cant agree with that and i cant stop sharing my unhappyness about this.
- Shatters -> nerfed BF
- Phantasms -> completly butchered
- Interrupting -> this will never be viable, the interrupts dont reset the CD and its near to impossible to interrupt a race like asura because of the low visibility.
- Stealth -> one elite skill and one 3 secs skill. Yea, I can see you make a build aroud this.
One more thing, retaliation? You are a LIGHT armor you are not supposed to take damage, you are suposed to avoid that. So how the hell can you see retaliation as a good source of damage? Oh and Tourment i already explained why it sux.
I am confused Lue, do you actually play mesmer main class? Because if you read the patch notes carefully and you know how to play phantasm mesmer, then you would notice that your phantasms have, in fact, less HP.
Now go read the patch notes and try understand what i just saied, im too lazy to spell it out for you.
And blurred frenzy was not overpowered, it was our only decent close range skill, dumb thiefs got “3” spam, who pretty much makes them imortal. Ele’s have the “bunker” build who also pretty much makes them imortal, and so on.
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One other thing Lue, i am too old to like “updates” that makes us have to change the way we play the game.
I dont like getting my build Nerfed ALL the way.
I dont like to have to re-learn how to fight other classes because of huge updates and “evolving’s”.
Starting to wish BF4 comes out faster.
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Oh kitten carighan, I am a phantasm mesmer and this was a BIG nerf to me around the board.
After a days work and exams, i arrive home to this crap and think “why the hell i wasted money on this game, i thought this was already out of the beta phase”.
Well, i am honestly kitten ed about this patch. I am a phantasm mesmer and all i got was a big nerf with nothing good on the side.
Anet decided to make my phantasms made of paper, increase my cooldown of them and a big nerf to my only decent shortrange/evade attack skill.
With my current build all i will be able to do is summon a phantasm and start running back.
Thx Anet for this “awesome” nerf. x_x
I have a question, why did Anet decided to butcher the phantasm build? was there anyone who actually thought it was too strong? i really dont get it.