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Hello all,
Hope everybody is having a great weekend and enjoying the new elite specializations play through opportunity.
I am writing this post as I have been exclusively playing on “Mirage”, the Mesmer’s elite specialization for PoF. As a Mesmer main and as someone who loves the complexity of the class, I have found a couple of areas within the spec which I believe can be improved or changed in order to add more flavor to the concept and allow for synergy with the core Mesmer trait lines.
I have posted a thread on Reddit proposing changes and would greatly appreciate if you checked it out and gave me feedback.
As a side-note, I’d like to thank the Developers and Animators for all their hard on the elites we’re getting in PoF. Although execution still needs some work, (and I’m sure things will be adjusted before release for multiple elites) I feel that the core goal of adding different niches to each class to promote build diversity was very well implemented.
Thanks all!
But is it Organic? PLS
We are a PvX oriented guild, with an emphasis on raiding and PvP. Our goal is to share good laughs with each other and enjoy the game. The guild was formed with three close friends as the foundation and is steadily growing. We are willing to teach newcomers the ropes of the raids and are an inclusive community. We’re heavily Discord based, so joining us in voice chat will help introduce you to our members.
We’re NA based, and our language of choice is English (although a few of us speak other languages as well). We’re Fort Aspenwood based, but switching to our server is not at all necessary unless you’re looking to WvW with mutual guildies.
We’re particularly active at the night time and weekends since most of us hold day jobs. General age range is mid to late 20’s, but you’re free to join if younger or older.
You can contact myself, Toaly.7243, in-game via mail or whisper me (if you catch me online) for an invite.
This is a community built on friendship and fun times, if that’s something you’re interested in, join us.
I think we’re agreeing, but in different means. I apologize that I failed to mention that I was looking at the PvP side of the coin, I do not PvE often and quite honestly do not have enough PvE experience to form a solid opinion on the state of the profession there.
As you did say (and I agree), a big mechanic of the Chrono was quickness on revival and allowing others to stomp with quickness via Well of Action. I do agree that Quickness stomps were crucial in the Mesmer’s survival, however, as it was originally bugged and it did make much of the game feel trivialized, as stated, I don’t think it necessarily was a bad change (even though I personally would have preferred if Quickness still affected stomps, but not revivals).
As you said, yes, I do agree the Chrono Bunker build would still “function”, but it would by no means be effective as it would be taken down very quickly and not be able to set the same parameters as it did before, mainly due to the changes in stomping and revival.
I do however insist that Alacrity should be split and not have been nerfed. All chrono builds are suffering because of it.
And hey, give them credit, there’s a lot to read :P. They may read it, just not post.
They nerfed glamour traits that no one has ever seriously used (And were also useless because resistance is corruptible). Did a minor buff to scepter that doesn’t actually function as a buff because the actual projectile is so slow that it bugs the attack chain.
Killed the entire chrono traitline.
Yes, killed it. It’s useless outside of the super speed on clones, movement speed minor, and continuum shift.I challenge you to seriously find a use for the alacrity/quickness on shatter. Or the crit on slowed enemies. Or the slow on interruption. Or alls well that ends well. Or the slow on a certain number of crits.
Lockdown mesmer already has an extremely high skill cap, with less rewards than standard shatter mesmer.
30% more crit on a class with 40%+ crit standard, doesn’t really matter. Especially when the prerequisite is that you do your burst while the enemy is slowed.How accurate do they expect us to be with that? Give us slow on shatter or something kitten .
Oh, and have I mentioned that they’ve been silent about these mesmer changes on the forums & reddit?
Completely silent, despite having plenty of time to converse with pro mesmer players, or just the general player base.DESPITE HAVING A CDI FORUM THAT THEY HAVEN’T USED FOR ABOUT A YEAR
Well,, although the changes you highlighted definitely do hurt the Mesmer (regarding Quickness and Slow), they also affect every other class that relied on it.
I am trying to focus solely on the state of the Mesmer, it’s traits, and unique mechanics (in this case, Chronomancer).
Although Alacrity does not on it’s own remedy the on-going issue known as the Mesmer-Tango (Nerf, Buff, Nerf, Buff, etc…) it most certainly allows bursts which we can all agree the Mesmer relies on to be executed more frequently.
With that said, the cooldown reduction on Shatters, such as Diversion and Distortion could potentially save your life.
I played a couple of games today after the patch and found my sustain to be okay, but there was definitely still much missing, and bursts were just not the same. I was actually even running a build similar to my favorite build prior to the patch, which includes Runes of Melandru for Toughness and Berserker Ammy for Raw power. Bursts were okay, just lacking in substance, as stated. Since I don’t usually run the Domination trait line, but instead the Illusion trait line, I found that my sustain was indeed okay, but not as good as it was prior to the patch, and mind you, sustain was not OP at all. Mesmer is mostly skill-based and has a high skill cap, as you mentioned (on some builds at least).
Prior to the patch I was running Runes of Durability (which was removed), and Berserker Ammy which is why I switched to Runes of Melandru in the mean time; less vitality, but reduced condi damage fairs well, especially now with Necro Buffs.
All in all, I strongly believe Alacrity needs be restored and balanced with how I mentioned above.
I think we’re agreeing, but in different means. I apologize that I failed to mention that I was looking at the PvP side of the coin, I do not PvE often and quite honestly do not have enough PvE experience to form a solid opinion on the state of the profession there.
As you did say (and I agree), a big mechanic of the Chrono was quickness on revival and allowing others to stomp with quickness via Well of Action. I do agree that Quickness stomps were crucial in the Mesmer’s survival, however, as it was originally bugged and it did make much of the game feel trivialized, as stated, I don’t think it necessarily was a bad change (even though I personally would have preferred if Quickness still affected stomps, but not revivals).
As you said, yes, I do agree the Chrono Bunker build would still “function”, but it would by no means be effective as it would be taken down very quickly and not be able to set the same parameters as it did before, mainly due to the changes in stomping and revival.
I do however insist that Alacrity should be split and not have been nerfed. All chrono builds are suffering because of it.
And hey, give them credit, there’s a lot to read :P. They may read it, just not post.
Hello all,
I am Luke. I’ve been playing Mesmer for as long as I can remember, making it my main profession. I wanted to quickly propose a couple of changes, based on close situational and theoretical analysis, post-balance patch.
Before I dive right in, a quick insight, as stated, I’ve been playing Mesmer for a very long time. I play a variation of the Meta Power Shatter build, running Illusions instead of Dominations for extra sustain and support. Although there is a general consensus amongst the Mesmer community that Power Shatter needed to be buffed due to insufficient DPS, I found that that was not necessarily the case, as the point of a Mesmer (and by Mesmer, I also mean Chronomancer, depending on the build set by the user) was to rely more heavily on burst damage, rather than sustainable damage over time.
Now, to get right to it. The changes which, in my opinion, and that of many others (upon reading Reddit and the forums, as well as communicating with players in-game) is that Mesmer was essentially brought out of line and is now not really worth playing in comparison to other professions which have a much lower learning curve, require less effort to play, yet are more sustainable and deal more damage, with less effort.
My biggest concern, as of now is Alacrity. Alacrity itself was never the problem and did not need to be nerfed. Alacrity however, was overpowered in it’s implementation, allow me to explain.
A perfect example of what I am referring to is the Bunker Mesmer build. As a Mesmer, I very much disliked this build. It did not require crazy amount of skill, and made games feel very boring, dragged out, and just not fun. The problem with the Bunker Mesmer guild was not however, solely Alacrity, only part of it. If we choose to analyze the Bunker Mesmer build, it’s strengths lied in: Almost instant revival time, AoE Quickness via Well of Action, Immunity via Well of Precognition, Blindness via Chaos Armor, and lastly, the ability to reduce cooldowns significantly over time and increase DPS over time on nearby allies. Now you may think, well Luke that IS Alacrity. Yes, Alacrity was responsible for this, but Alacrity, the mechanic was not the problem, the implementation was.
So obviously, with today’s patch, Quickness no longer affects revivals and stomps. That addresses that issue, as the Bunker Mesmer by him/herself was useless, it is through team support that is was essentially invincible and offered the same treatment for it’s nearby allies. Second issue, Well of Precognition. The well itself was overpowered, we can all agree on that. Sure, it caused for decaps if placed on a point, but who would seriously place the well right on a point? In points like mid on Legacy of Foefire, not a big issue, as if there were multiple teammates, and at least one was standing outside the well, the cap would still resume or remain contested if challenged by the opposing team. As decaps could easily be avoidable if placed strategically, the well basically granted immunity from all direct damage, again OP. Now, changing the well to grant Aegis is not a viable fix. Let me explain why. Firstly, Aegis was specifically a Guardian mechanic, it’s sort of like if we were to give the Necromancer Alacrity, it does not thematically make much sense. Apart from thematics, the well itself now becomes useless as sure, it no longer decaps points, but it now is not worth taking over other active defense utility skills. I will explain how to fix this on the next paragraph, along with all my other combined proposals. I do agree that the Chaos Armor nerf was necessary, constant blinding also made the game kind of bland.
Note I am not only speaking about Bunker Mesmer, just using it as an example to highlight why these nerfs were largely put in place and why the approach taken was not the best one. I am not discussing the other changes such as the uneventful scepter buff, and Feedback now being a ground-targeted skill, a double-edged sword.
Now, for the fixes I propose to bring the Mesmer in line. (READ BELOW IF THE ABOVE BACKGROUND IS TOO LONG TO READ)
-Split Alacrity into: Self-Alacrity and Shared-Alacrity.
— Shared Alacrity should offer a 33% Cooldown Reduction as now, after the patch.
— Self Alacrity should offer a 66% Cooldown Reduction, as prior to the patch.
Now Luke, that’s dumb, as discussed on the balance stream, this will just mean players can bring more Mesmer and the Bunker nightmare returns. NOPE. Let me explain: By making Shared Alacrity only come from one source, and not stackable on duration, Chronomancers are still giving a nice buff to their teammates without causing a significant, game-changing DPS increase or even Defensive increase.
Self Alacrity, which can only be applied to the Mesmer themselves is stackable in duration and behaves like it did prior to the patch.
As this patch included changes like the end of Stomp and Quickness Revive, and this change proposes a weakened Alacrity (current version) to be shared to teammates without stackable duration, the Bunker Mesmer can NOT make it’s way back. That and with DPS changes to classes such as the Thief, who is now on-par with other professions, damage wise, this broken build will no longer have a chance to be a thing.
Now that the most crucial change is taken care of, what about Well of Precognition? Well, sure, don’t give it Evasion, that is overpowered, but also do not give it Aegis, that is underpowered and just not in line thematically with the Chronomancer. Instead, change Well of Precognition’s mechanic to AoE Condition Immunity (nice counter to Necro and Cond-Rev) and make it a combo field which grants Evasion for those who leap through it. This will add a nice set of utility to the Mesmer and allow for stategic gameplay of allies in high-pressure situations.
These two small changes will not only restore Chronomancer to have it be in line with the current Meta, which of course is still in development, which I acknowledge, but allow the Mesmer to be a viable and fun profession to play once again.
Thank you for reading!
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Welcome to Americana! (Hope you got The Offspring reference)
As a fresh, newly started guild, our purpose is to recruit 30-50 members and create a personable, fun experience for members to interact with each other and enjoy all the content the game has to offer.
Although our name is well, very American, we welcome members from all over the world. To expand on what was said above, we are looking to establish a community of players who are respectful, diverse, and love to share a good laugh.
Whether you are a seasoned veteran of the game, or a new player learning the many ropes the game has to offer, please feel free to send me a message, Toaly.7243 and I will personally send you an invite.
Server: We are not based on a specific server, so you are more than welcome to join regardless of the server you play on. (NA)
Method of Communication: Guild Chat. I will however strongly consider establishing a TS3 server, or Discord Channel for us to communicate in as the guild grows, if it’s desired amongst guild members.
Rep: Rep is not required, but appreciated. As we are a new guild, your contribution in aiding the activity of the guild is much appreciated.
Preferred Language: English.
Age: We welcome all ages, so long as a level of maturity and respect is present. Preferably 18+.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send me in-game mail; I’ll be more than happy to answer any and all guild related questions, and hopefully recruit you as a new member.
Thank you for taking the time to read our guild post, have a good one!
Welcome to Americana! (Hope you got The Offspring reference)
As a fresh, newly started guild, our purpose is to recruit 30-50 members and create a personable, fun experience for members to interact with each other and enjoy all the content the game has to offer.
Although our name is well, very American, we welcome members from all over the world. To expand on what was said above, we are looking to establish a community of players who are respectful, diverse, and love to share a good laugh.
Whether you are a seasoned veteran of the game, or a new player learning the many ropes the game has to offer, please feel free to send me a message, Toaly.7243 and I will personally send you an invite.
Server: We are not based on a specific server, so you are more than welcome to join regardless of the server you play on. (NA)
Method of Communication: Guild Chat. I will however strongly consider establishing a TS3 server, or Discord Channel for us to communicate in as the guild grows, if it’s desired amongst guild members.
Rep: Rep is not required, but appreciated. As we are a new guild, your contribution in aiding the activity of the guild is much appreciated.
Preferred Language: English.
Age: We welcome all ages, so long as a level of maturity and respect is present. Preferably 18+.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to send me in-game mail; I’ll be more than happy to answer any and all guild related questions, and hopefully recruit you as a new member.
Thank you for taking the time to read our guild post, have a good one!
Hey all!
I’m Luke, nice to meet you!
I am posting here with hopes to recruit a couple of new members for a newly formed Guild, The Insighters.
We are all about being social and joining a close, friendly community.
We’re not necessarily based on a specific server, but will run Dungeons, Fractals, etc if desired.
However, the main objective of the guild is to enjoy the game with friends and share some laughs, and delve into interesting topics. We currently do not voice call, but I can definitely set one up if the interest is there.
Anyways, if you’re interested in joining, please leave a post here and I will invite you as soon as I see you in-game.
Thanks a lot for reading, and have an awesome day!