Guild Wars 2

ShellyL.8163:

Getting humped by a golem…stay classy DR

mighty meak.6387:

i heal and i heal and i heal moar
but w t f
i am alone
no one helps no loves
1vall
i die no win
humped by golem
all is vain

Perfect.

Ah, yes, young padawan, much to learn have you. The Force you must use in order to tame the great bear. If fails this does, much woe to you, but hope you must not not lose.
Recommend Pew Pew I do not, for Storm Troopers miss with theirs always, and evil they are. Join not the Dark Side!

Instead, seek your own path you must. Yes, one day in /m it will be said, “Wish we do that we had assisted the mighty Bear Bow!”

Message sponsored by the “Totally Not a Green Asura” foundation and co.

This post is well-written out and provides a very good solution to conflicts I noticed myself.
I approve!

I really hope Anet’ll be open to suggestions on this…

Sure, here goes!

1. Give Blurred Frenzy its invuln back
Reason: Retaliation. There’s a strange phenomenon that occurs when I attempt to shatter burst a group of 3 or so people with a guard. I reverse-shatter myself. Retal. It’s simply not fun, nor is a random buff that instantly gibs you for trying to burst a group really something I’d consider to be legitimate counter play. Invuln on BF, however, would introduce counter play. For example, when dueling another Mesmer, you could BF through their phant summon—that is, a defensive use of BF.

2. Increase Cry of Frustration’s direct dmg
Reason: Burst that Mesmers lost due to the ferocity patch. The reduction of crit dmg is something that all classes deal with, but I feel that it really did cripple Shatter Mesmers more than something like a d/d Thief, for example. Another reason would be that, in general, Shatter Mesmer is a kill-or-be-killed spec: if our burst is dodged/avoided, we deserve to lose; but if our full combo isn’t enough to drop even a semi-tanky opponent, we don’t have much else left in most cases. Therefore, increasing Cry’s dmg would cost two shatter skills but boost our shatter dmg back into a comfortable pre-patch range.

3. More Boon-Strip on Mind Stab (GS #3)
Reason: The skill does nothing; sorry to be blunt. I use it to burst a bit on rare occasions as well as for trying to strip stability/protection (with little success). It’s been discussed to death, but I think that changing the hard-to-land skill with little dmg into a boon-strip utility-like skill would be a very nice fit for the gs! It could remove swiftness/vigor/stability to allow for your kiting/chasing. I also feel that it’d be balanced since it’s hard to connect reliably and does little dmg. Therefore, removing 3—or even just 2—boons would be all the buff I need for it

I feel that all of these buffs would be balanced and would greatly improve our ability to counter play and punish.

Thanks for reading!

Edit: Haha, some good ideas here already

Hiya!

I’m Filaen, as my signature suggests; and I’m sure most of you don’t know me at all, which is unfortunate and something I’d like to fix!

I made a fun little music video a few weeks ago, and I just told a few friends about it, but I kinda feel like others might enjoy it too. It’s just a small “thank you” to Guild Wars for all the fun I’ve had.

I know I don’t know many of you that well, but I’ve had my own small part in the Mesmer forum for months now: I know that this forum ABSOLUTELY has the best community and is the most receptive of new concepts and ideas. Therefore, even though this video includes Mesmer and Ranger and isn’t necessarily instructive, I believe this is the best place to show it.

So thanks for reading, and I sincerely hope you like it!

Edit: Changed the thread title to be a bit more descriptive/accurate.

Hey, you!

Yes, iPersona is now baseline. It’s beautiful. I do believe it procs the 3 illusion shatter instead of 2 though. Not totally sure!
Yes, Protected Mantras is also now baseline!

Another major baseline trait to note is iElasticity.
So yea

Oh and the trait changes were listed in a thread in the general discussion section of the forums as well as the patch notes section! That should have all the desired info!

Hey guys, same as last week, we’ll try to have a Fight Club at 5pm server time (3 hours from now). If you can come, please do! I haven’t had any duels for a decent while, but I’ll be there. Also, I’m a bit sick, so when I inevitably do something stupid, you’ll get to laugh at least

Moving on..
GoM’s definitely going to move up in the teirs now for sure! We were the first server to develop landsharks as of a few weeks ago, and now we’re moving on to greater things. I present to you GoM’s new X-Ray vision. We know when you are sleeping; we know when you’re awake. We know if you’ve been bad or good, so be good for this forum’s sake!

Also, a quote from the astute developers behind this technology:
“All your base are belong to us.”

I think you should look into the Warrior profession! They use axes, which really look like martial animations when using a small axe. Of course, that’s not really a super great reason; but there’s more!

Warriors have a transformation elite called Rampage that gives them strong physical skills capable of incapacitating enemies with punches, charges, and kicks. You can also throw a boulder at them too if that’s worth anything to you. This elite skill lasts for a good while, so you really can feel like a martial profession for a bit every time you use it.

And also, the Rampage elite has become a bit more popular in PvP as of late, if that’s your cup of tea

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Warrior
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Rampage

Oh, and additionally, the warrior has a set of utility skills called Physical skills: one is a kick, one’s a smash, and one’s a charge stun. They’re not super great, but I think you’d enjoy them!

https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Physical

Devon.9061:

that raccoon… is taller than you….

Small in stature, but big in spirit!
On a more somber note though, RIP Mr Raccoon (2013-2013). I didn’t mean to press 1…

Mercabre.7123:

Reminder: Fightclub Thursday 9pm EST HoD BL (Yes, we’ll be nice and make the run)

Oh hey, sounds like a plan to me! That’ll be 6 pm server time, I believe, to keep it simple for those unsure.
I’ll try my best to make it, and I hope it has a good turn out

Hey, you!

That was indeed a condi pu variant that focused more on aggression/killing power than most builds of the sort, as I’m sure you noticed

I did my best Sherlocking as mobile allowed, and I got this:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsaWlknpRtFpxMNcrNSpxY6ccDpCo0nUeKA-T1hHwAW0HUS9niK/et/AgTBQgnAAUlgkCAm5AA-w

That linked, some notes!

• I left one trait blank because I really wasn’t sure. Well, I could have checked a bit more tightly, but eh! Same with runes. Everything else should be accurate!
• PU is the Chaos tree’s GM trait that grants an extra second of stealth, as well as some boons. It’s good—build defining.
• She can only cleanse 4 condis every 25s or so from her cleanse mantra. You can see the mantra on her profile bars with the wavy purple symbol when you have her selected. If you see she spent both its charges, she’s vulnerable!
• Instead of opting for torch for more stealth, it seems that he took pistol mastery to net him more killing power as well as an extra condi on clone death.
• Yes, there are condis on clone death, as you might know! He has all 3 traits: 2 are majors, 1’s a minor in the dueling tree.
• So, when fighting that! Let me guarantee that AoE’ing him near his pistol phantasms to delete them will take you miles. Honestly, it would’ve made that fight a pretty easy win; she really invested in those pistol phants and lost a lot of defense from traited torch. Add on avoiding the clones on-death traits, and you’d have that Mesmer tied up.
• You’re a pretty good player!

That’s all I have!
Oh, and Erasure’s “Always” is always fun to listen to

Nordic Natedog.4360:

I have to give some props to the WZ char mes commander. You certainly are an annoying bunker mes. I was the asuran pistol thief with Obon tag following in SM (and just outside there) yesterday. My primary is a mesmer too, so I didn’t have that much trouble following you. I’ve been running my newly leveled thief lately since it is fun to do the whole gunslinger thing while giving me a break from mes. Still have to give you the props for being extremely annoying to us GoM.

Yep, that’s Bobo. He’s a definitely one of the best mesmers I know, if not the best
He also has a youtube channel which is well worth a quick look!
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCj8Y8XgL9ngYXCh-j_6DHQw/videos