Guild Wars 2

1. Mesmer
2. Engineer
3. Ranger

They just really need to fix Illusionary Leap. I spend way too much in-combat energy attempting to avoid fighting my opponent on slight inclines… On top of that, every offhand weapon besides the pistol has some manner of bug that makes them undesirable (iRiposte’s animation lock, iMage’s blatant unpowered state, iWarden’s attack bug.) The mesmer doesn’t need that much work, a couple of bug fixes would address almost all of the problems, but they do need to be fixed…

Besides that, the engineer class has suffered since the launch of the game from well documented issues, and the ranger class has always existed in, what feels like, an unfinished state.

Hello Osi,

I’ve really enjoyed using and tinkering with your builds. I’ve had some great success using all 3 of them, but lately I’ve been focusing more on the Shatter Cat build. I really like the potential present in the high skill cap of the shatter mesmer; it feels rewarding to learn and master. Unfortunately, I’ve been getting progressively more annoyed by the recent iWarden attack bug and have started looking for alternatives. I tried sword/sword for a while and though I liked it I felt the animation lock time of iRiposte was too punishing to use effectively. I would like to ask what your opinion on sword/pistol would be for a Shatter Cat variant. As well as what, if any, trait changes you would recommend for such a build.

On another note, what is your opinion on Signet of Ether for the Hidden Cat build? It seems like it could work well, especially with the Signet Mastery out of the domination tree reducing its cooldown close to Ether Feast’s. Although doing so would require one to drop the 15% illusion damage, the extra phantasm uptime and passive heals sound like they could be a good fit for the build.

I look forward to hearing your thoughts.