Guild Wars 2

As someone already mentioned, clones generated by a GS still seem to attack using the “old animation”. Aside from that, great change, #3 is much better now, and #1 is now more on par with other longe range dps weapons(ie: longbow)!

SevenSigma.7462:

Vvix.9570:

Aside from focus I consider greatsword to be the weapon I use in most cases, it’s just straight good damage and range, and I’m a fan of both(even tho I hope they’ll make our GS skill #3 be a litttle better in the future…)

Thing is, GS is a single-target weapon. #3 has too small an area, and Phantasmal Berserker is not very reliable. Staff, on the other hand, has both superb single-target damage (Phantasmal Warlock) and Chaos Storm, which can single-handedly turn the tide on a group fight.

Also, why Scepter over Sword?

I know my weapon combination choices are far from the usual and difficult to understand, didn’t help that I should have said that I was doing mostly WvW with the said combination, I still use them at pve, but I swap combinations often there.

I’ve used sword + focus(and pistol) before in WvW, and it’s great(warden aoe + pull + sword number 3 + sword number 2 is an incredibly powerful aoe combo, granted it depends on a lot of things going right, including the sword skill #3….), but, given that I’m running a build that relies(some) on confusion to deal damage(running 20 pts into the illusions trait line), and that I just like having range at all times in WvW, I decided to run scepter instead of sword. I still wish the scepter skills had a bit more range, or a trait to increase it.

About the GS x Staff topic: I find the cripple from the berserker just essential in WvW(and in Spvp too for that matter), it’s great for catching people, it’s our only real long range snare. With that said I’m sure it’s likely that I could do even better with staff over GS, maybe I just need to find the right build for it. And I’m not sure what you meant by saying that the berserker wasnt very reliable, could you elaborate please?

I have a really weird love/hate relation with focus(and I know I’m not alone here), I always have one, and probably end up using it at one of my weapon sets 80% of the time. The warden is by far the biggest dps phantasm there is(esp if combined with phantasmal haste) for us mesmer, granted we need still targets for it to be actually effective… and there it lies the core of my love/hate relationship with the focus. The curtain is just an incredible skill(especially for WvW) and a huge plus to me when I’m deciding between focus and other offhand for the present situation.

Aside from focus I consider greatsword to be the weapon I use in most cases, it’s just straight good damage and range, and I’m a fan of both(even tho I hope they’ll make our GS skill #3 be a litttle better in the future…)

Everyone seems to love staff, and with good reason, it’s one of the most solid weapons for mesmer, but for me it just doesn’t seem THAT appealing, although I still use it in Spvp atm. Maybe I need to try it more at WvW.

At the moment the combination I’m running is Scepter + focus(or pistol) and GS at pve and WvW.