Guild Wars 2

I went with Meraelyan. It’s just a name I made up for characters in RPG’s. I usually apply it to diminutive stealthy/magic-using types. Someone pointed out it’s sort of like “Merlin” so I guess that works, too. This is my first GW2 toon so I’m not quite accustomed to having the ability to use a space with two names or a phrase. Thanks for sharing, all.

I’ve only just started playing GW2 in the past couple of weeks and the mesmer’s the only toon I’ve tried… I’m up to level 25 now and am enjoying a scepter+pistol/sword+sword build with debilitating dissipation and illusionist’s celerity. I focus on condition damage gear. Only a few days ago, though, I was still fooling around with all the weapons and trying to find a goal. That’s what I’d recommend to you as well. Try everything out and see what you like. There are tons of guides to give you ideas. W/r/t how I’m playing specifically, the ideal is this:

Open with sword/sword…
Summon phantasmal swordsman
Illusionary leap
Mirror images
See if you can get another clone from illusionary riposte and then
Switch to scepter/pistol…
Summon phantasmal duelist
Kite while looking for an opportunity to use illusionary counter for another clone
Work in magic bullet to help you get more auto-attacks and more clones
Flip back to sword if you need blurred frenzy

The trouble is that I find fights go on long enough that I keep flipping weapon sets more than I had thought would be necessary. Part of that may be due to my not having bought new weapons in a couple of levels. I hope you have as much fun as I am with the mesmer. Good luck!

p.s. – I suppose this isn’t a lot of help but I don’t have a lot of knowledge yet. I figured someone at a lower level could at least shine a light on what it’s like to play before you have many options.