Guild Wars 2

Just bought heart of thorns. I’m looking for a good build for general leveling in heart of thorns. Can anyone recommend. I’m running dual pistols condition build at the moment from core game. I can imagine its outdated now.

IM A MESMER…….and i say we nerf eles and thiefs! whose with me!

Why does everyone uninstall? if you uninstall, you have to reinstall and update when you come back if they fix pvp………………..grrrrrrrr

Why didn’t you just stop playing instead of deleting it from your comp. Now you have to reinstall and update when you come back………..and you will comeback.

I just read that it was possible to uncheck show NPC names in the options menu and just enable player names meaning that none of your clones will have a name above there head, only the real Mesmer making it so blatantly obvious who the real one is even Stevie wonder could spot you in an instant.

Is this not a blatant exploit some people are using that seriously damages the concept of a Mesmer being confusing etc and the play style?

Does annet know about this? If so, something so easy to fix why hasn’t it been done already?

Its a bit frustrating as it is basically a mild form of cheating, imagine if there was an option to uncheck stealth so you could see invisible players, thieves would go crazy

Once you hit 40 and can create clones on dodge life gets so much funner and easier. Stick it out till then and see what you think. I used GS and staff and found it quite easy past 40. Also when your cleaning up in pvp you realise it was worth it!

I never seem to have too much trouble with thieves due to how squishy they are. If you see them stealth, get 3 clones up, as soon as they come out of stealth and start laying into you press f4 for invulnerability.
Now they are attacking but doing no damage which they wont realise for about 1-2 seconds. At this time i usually use mirror images, illusionary leap, blurred frenzy and then shatter. Sometimes i just shatter without using blurred frenzy or if i see them go invis before blurred frenzy has finished i shatter aswell. This usually downs them pretty quick.

If they are not dead and the fight continues, switch to staff, lay a chaos storm at your feet, Now if he attacks he takes damage and his first attack will be blocked, use phase retreat to teleport away, use blink decoy etc and just generally be a pain whilst trying to do damage using phantasms and shatters. If he’s still not dead switch to sword pistol as your skills should be recharged now and you can rinse and repeat.

To be honest it never usually lasts that long. The only time it ever does is when they go invis and run away for a bit and come back. But by then you usually have enough time to heal up and all your cooldowns are back.

just be clever, use the environment to confuse. I always blink in the opposite direction the player is facing therefor he just sees me disappear and he won’t see me reappear in his field of view, i usually try and blink and go behind a rock or something while he tries to figure out where i am. Remember you can go invisible too! so if you see him go invis, use decoy or mass invisibilty to give you time to setup, get your distance or just confuse in general.

Goodluck!

I love playing mesmer. It’s by far the funnest class i’ve played in any mmo but………… I cant help getting frustrated at all the bugs associated with the class, especially in pvp where one of these bugs can mean the difference between life and death.

Illusionary leap – This is by far the most frustrating for me. Any slight slope and the clone just runs on the spot? being a shatter mesmer I rely on this skill alot as it sets me up for my dps burst. Can it not be changed so that the clone just spawns at the enemy instead of having to run over? this would fix it I believe.

Blink – This bugs out all the time, tiny changes in height of the area can mean you use it, only to see that you haven’t moved and your still in the same spot.

Invisibility skills – I don’t know much about how the invisibility mechanics work but often i will use decoy and change direction only to see that i’m still being hit by ranger arrows for example for a good few seconds after, even though i’m invisible. This might be lag maybe or bug?

Deception – Deception in the downed state is really unpredictable, half the time i use it i’ll move about an inch from where I was which is completely pointless and not deceptive at all.

My question is are these actually bugs, lag or am I the only one experiencing these issues?