Guild Wars 2

Hey everyone,

Okay, so I just got the bifrost for my Mesmer which may or may not be the worst mistake I have made. I for one love the bifrost, I think it’s an elegant and gorgeous legendary, so I thought, “Why not? It’s shiny, it’s pretty and you get an awesome aura.” Anyway, in my excitement I sort of forgot how staffs pretty much suck on a Mesmer in PvE. Honestly, whenever I get mobbed by a group of monsters, my instant reaction is to spam “Staff 1” and I sit and watch my health drop while the enemy’s health is still relatively high. I summon up clones for the extra bounces but even then it seems so much more inefficient to kill these monsters whereas the Great Sword can clear enemies out so quickly.

I know that the Staff is a more defensive weapon and it takes time for the conditions to really do its work, but is anyone else feeling really vexed as to how pathetic the staff is in PvE or perhaps I just am “Mesmer-Inept”?

My current build for my Mesmer is: 20/25/0/0/25 and before that it was 20/20/30/0/0. I recently switched to 20/25/0/0/25 because on my other hand I use The Bolt and a focus, so I really want to squeeze a bit more damage out when I switch to my sword and focus. I also am using ‘dire’ armor with a few ascended pieces with “Superior Runes of the Undead” for that extra toughness/condition damage but I still find that I’m a tad squishy and the condition damage is still relatively low.

Overall, this is just frustrating. I regret getting the bifrost because staffs on Mesmer just do not seem to work as well as the Great Sword. The staff 1 is extremely slow and takes time for the conditions to stack, and if I switch over to my sword and focus I can’t make the most out of it due to my condition damage build.

Could anyone suggest a build or a way to solve this problem? Should I completely give up on the staff and just get a great sword? This is just so vexing. I feel useless in dungeons and bossing because my staff has poor range and low damage and even though it’s supposed to be ‘defensive’ I still find myself dying quite often. Perhaps I’ll just run power/condition damage on my armor and weapons? I have no idea. Any helpful tips would be greatly appreciated.

Hello everyone,

So, I’m currently on a MAC desktop, and I’m not particularly sure if this has anything to do with the problem. But, when I click on “Buy Gems” the window that shows up is just brown. It shows me no options to input my visa card or anything of the sort. Can anyone help me with this?

Thank you.

Hello everyone,

I’m not sure if this is the correct forum to post this topic…

Anyway. I was planning on buying a legendary item, and I’m unsure as to whether or not there is a limit with paypal/visa? If so, if I have reached that limit will I still be able to use gem redemption cards that are available in retail stores? Answers would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

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Actually, are staff’s good on Mesmer? I am planning on getting a Bifrost… I’m not particularly going for pure damage.

I appreciate the feedback, everyone. Looks like I’ll be sticking to Mesmer.
I honestly don’t like guardians or warriors. They’re bulky and ugly, and I hate melee.
Hopefully in the future Rangers will get a buff… but seeing the responses here, I think I’ve made up my mind. Thank you so much everyone.

Hello everyone,

I’m not quite sure if this is the correct forum to post this topic in, but oh well!

So, I’m in quite a dilemma. I just started the game about three days ago and I was coerced into making a Mesmer. Actually, maybe not ‘coerced’ I somewhat was interested in making a Mesmer only because the class looked so unique, and also because the class reminded me a lot of LeBlanc (League reference :P).

After playing for three days I found the play style a bit hard, and I honestly find that the F1, F2, F3 skills are pretty useless and pretty much tickle the enemies. Not only that, but the class is not very mobile, seems very sluggish to me, but on the bright side they seem to have high survivability which perhaps makes up for their lack of mobility.

So, after browsing around I thought of making a ranger. Personally, I enjoy rangers and I’ve always played rangers in other MMORPG’s because I think they’re elegant and the bow is just so darn pretty!

I decided to tell a couple of my friends that I was going to make a Ranger and main that instead of a Mesmer and a lot of them were reluctant about this. They told me that Rangers may have high single target DPS, but they fall off much later in the game. Apparently rangers become useless in WvW, PvP and are somewhat okay in PvE. Whereas Mesmers are always wanted for dungeons due to their great utility. So, I thought, “Oh well, I’ll be the hipster class in GW2, big deal.” But then the hate just kept flying in the direction of Rangers as to how they are completely useless and no one wants to party with rangers etc…

So, here’s where you guys come in. Could you kindly give me the pro’s and con’s of both Mesmer and Ranger? And personally, which one would you pick and the reasons why? Right now I am seriously considering maining a Ranger because the Kudzu looks so darn sick, and I definitely plan on getting one…that’s if I main a Ranger. But, please let me know your honest thoughts on this as it would help immensely!

Thank you.

I was just going to make a post about this. I bought a few cards yesterday and I’ve been waiting patiently for the maintenance to end. If they are going to take longer than what was stated, they should at least make an update to let us know how much longer this ‘change in billing-platform’ is going to take. I’m getting antsy just waiting…