Guild Wars 2

Thanks for your replies. Its nice to know that I am not alone in my thoughts.

My problem I think, is with this whole idiotic clone system (although that may be because it just doesn’t seem to function at all properly at my level? ~ although even if that’s the case it seems just messed up; all other classes that I have played are fun and seem to work whatever level you are at).
Some people have mentioned bugs…I presume they are referring to the fact that quite often the clones do a whole lot of zero damage to any target (watching the damage counter registering a whole ream of 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0’s with an occasional 14 or something? the only clone that seems to guarantee consistent damage is the pistol clone) and also clones particularly those summoned with staff just stand there and don’t bother to attack at all (presumably because they would do zero damage anyway?)

At this point I don’t think I will ever get on with this class the way that it is structured at the moment; I would certainly like to see an almost complete reworking of it, and bring it much more into line with what the Mesmer class used to be like in GW1).

My main point of consternation is as someone else brought up, the lack of any real interruption. One of the strongest points of Mesmer, and one of the reasons I used to like it so much in GW1 was the interrupt specialisation of Mesmers. (That excellent and satisfying feeling of being able to take control of how the battle went via tactics and finesse rather than brute strength).

Overall I feel greatly saddened by the demise of such a unique class, and yes one can only but wonder at what on earth the developers were thinking of when they redesigned it like it is now.

I am a fairly recent newcomer to GW2, but a GW1 veteran that was there pretty much from the launch.

Does anyone else think the Mesmer Profession in GW2 has been really totally messed up?

My favourite profession in GW1 was always Mesmer, I loved the class through and through, I loved the way that they were so versatile and stylish, but all the good points of the class from GW1 seems to have been taken away, and replaced with rubbish.

For a start I totally detest the f1-f4 shatter skills I would love to see it replaced with something that actually works, something more along the lines of boosting original Dom/Illusion/Fast casting/Inspiration setup instead of this idiotic clone nonsense which to me just seems to be completely dysfunctional.

Maybe its because I haven’t reached high enough levels yet to really see the profession fully develop (currently lvl 32), but I am very disappointed so far, and find myself longing for my old Mesmser skills and builds, and find myself just really disliking the way the class has been done in this game.

Anyone else feel the same disappointment?