Guild Wars 2

Please fellow mesmers, please! No fighting in this establishment, may I please ask you to blink out through the portal and stomp this like gentlemen, outside. And for the love of Tyria, no condition builds while doing it. Thank you.

Sorry gotta add to the theory of l2p here. I noticed when going from bronze to gold in pvp that necros at first was such a breeze, most went down quite swiftly and I really felt sorry for them. This changed quite much when playing in gold where they knew how to handle the condi-spam. They cleansed out much better and the fights where more 50/50 or they just took too long time.

Find a mesmer to practice with and you’ll get hang of it.

I can help out if you want, im in EU.

Would be nice with a link to the stats in question. Can’t find them on the intertubes,
or you could update this page:
https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Equipment_acquisition_by_stats

I tried your build in hotjoin quickly, it’s pretty fun! I gotta admit the dual scepters work. Had some problem with clone generation though but that might be that I need to get into the build. Think it’s better for wvw but I just wanted to test it quickly.

Uhm looks to me like you are using something reeally close to the meta build, at least the pvp meta. You changed 2 traits and bunkered up with tougness instead of power and not using staff, which imo is bad due to the loss of mobility, condition generation and clone generation, stomp protection and reviving protection.

I think I would find it hard to fight thieves with that build.

How do you argue when choosing dual scepter instead of scepter staff or scepter/sword?

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Chronomancer_-_Chronophantasma_Shatter

Edit: added politeness.

This is great! Fantastic! Thank you!

Halloj!

Thanks for helping out!

What profession would be best to duoque with? (assuming hypothetically I have friends)

From a mesmers perspective you recently got some weird damage negation going on, you take no damage for like 20 seconds or something, then after that you take quite limited damage for a while and then booom you go down, unless I didn’t manage to dodge you until then. Also, those condition builds you got are a kitten when played right, just melts my face if I’m not careful.

That build is pretty close to what FeintFate plays with, he/she uses shield and Persistence of Memory instead of the torch condi removal thing.

http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAR8enknBlphdqBOqBEgilnjCdxasHreQP0F9sACgDD-TlCFAB6r+zCHBgS2fINdDBqEsKlY8fQAI4BAAwFAAJlHkCIztWA-w

I use it too and it’s really great! I usually run with torch to warm up and then switch to shield.

It kind of depends onyour build.

I got bored with the condi meta and play an interrupt power shatter build.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAW8OHlphNqB2oBEgilTjqeaz2tlMA2gg6sKiirD-T5ACABAcBAG+IAEWZAA

You can use GS instead of staff but it’s more difficult to stay alive but easier to kill. I usually start with staff to warm up then go for GS.

You have so many interrupts it’s hilarious to fight Necros, they usually don’t pack any stability so they get totally locked down. Rev’s are fun too, they can really get messed up from interrupts, thieves are manageable too. Hardest is DH still, they got a lot of stability and some warriors are a pain in the kitten .

Note, I’m no pro, play in Silver but I’m having fun with it.

When I leveled up my second mesmer I sucked at shatter in PVP, I found it very hard to control my clones and get the attacks timed right.
So I decided to level up using a Shatter build. It’s not optimal for PVE but I learned the basic of shattering really well and to me it’s very rewarding to see high dmg numbers in short time frames You might want to use something else for dungeons though..

http://metabattle.com/wiki/Mesmer
Here’s a good place to find great builds.

I recently started playing power again after seeing FeinFates videos and used his/hers build which is really good (not sure if he’s the creator though) . It’s really fun and it’s very playable at least in WvW. Haven’t tried it in PVP yet.

I play with torch instead of shield though, but it’s a skill issue, I’m just not that good managing my rotaitons…

Nuking people never gets boring.

Vids:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn8VS_NxWP3UPifU5LJ70OA

The build I found good:
http://en.gw2skills.net/editor/?vhAQNAR8enknBlphdqBOqBEgilnj6sACgDreQP0FFdxasHD-TVCFABXpEkhDCQJ7PQwDAQf1fST3wCHBAkU+BwFAgUAZu1C-w

I play with a variant of this build: http://metabattle.com/wiki/Build:Chronomancer_-_Chronophantasma_Shatter

And I don’t loose to thieves, 50/50 either I kill them or they run away. with a power build it’s tougher..

Ok Anet you lost me now. Enough is enough, I really love playing mesmer, heck I even got 3 lvl 80 mesmers (because you cant implement a proper build system you kittening kittens) I play once a week, I got a good salary, I spend a quite high sum on those kittening blue little crack gems you pushing but I’m out. You seriously can’t balance a game and it’s such a shame since you got a brilliant game in all other aspects. The mesmer class is amazing in it’s design but you can’t keep it functioning, you guys suck at your job..and I’m not paying a dime more for your services. Bye.

We have lives son, kids, successful businesses, real money, things that matter the other hours of the day.

haha this reminds me of my first days in Anarchy Online in ~2001. I was so angry that there was no information about anything and everyone else seemed to know it all. I was so lost.

OP, this is part of the thing with MMO’s, you have to learn the game, MMO’s are complex creations and part of the fun is the learning. Just asking in general chat is probably fastest (with a 50/50 chance of success/humiliation), a lot of people really want to help new players and especially in GW2.

I got this WTF-feeling in HoT when it launched now and for me it’s a fantastic feeling, there is so much fun to explore and learn. When you know it all you get bored fast.

When reaching lvl 80 the F1 shatter is a very nice thing when traited, it can obliterate most stuff/people with some nice placement and timing. When leveling I think it is a bit MEH and disappointing. I only use it as a last push to kill a mob or if I have one phantasm up and a clone and the mob is beating the last juice out the phantasm I use it to get something out of it, I never use it mid fight. Most of your damage will come from phantasms so think before you shatter, is it worth it. The F1 shatter will do some damage but immediately after all the mobs will focus on YOU so maybe it’s worth they die without doing much damage and it might keep you alive. When you can trait so the shatters give vulnerability it’s another thing, then you can prep the mobs with a F3 shatter for a ton of vuln and then let the phantasms slice them up. F3 and F4 are good for avoiding damage, learn to use them they are very useful when you can trait into full shatter spec with Illusionary Persona (IP) because then they are instant, without IP they are a bit delayed so a bit more difficult to use, especially F3 to avoid attacks but still useful, just in another less precise way.

Most our defence is based on not getting hit at all and I think you know the playstyle from being a thief. As a mesmer you confuse people/mobs instead of stealthing even though we do that to. For me I use stealth for important skills that I REALLY don’t want interrupted, like heal or recharging mantras or some phantasm with an obvious animation like the GS#4.

I use GS/sw+sc, I max out max power/precision/ferocity. Update gear every 10th level, green stuff is enough but go yellow sometimes. I use decoy, blink and condition mantra. Traits that are nice are Deceptive Evasion, Sword spec, and everything that makes your phantasms do more dmg/crit.
If you die a lot, try staff instead of GS.

I’m interested in a EU division if there are enough of us.

Hi,

I saw this weird post the other day with someone talking about a PU build and it had no PU in it but he had that 4% dmg for every readied mantra. I had totally forgot about that little kittener trait. So I made this full power mantra build. It’s pretty straight of mantra build but I used staff / scepter+sword. The blocks hit like trucks and with full glass canon it’s good with defence. I tried with sw/sw but the scepter is nice when chasing someone (the imob on sw mh kinda sucks imo) and with a fire sigil the 3# attack can go nuts on people, but don’t bother with it on thieves.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAW7cl0npMtNqxENcrNipxcqqIdAJkRpbZ8FA-TFCEwAj2fYrSQmK/M8EAYp+TbdDAuAAPOIAkCIilRA-w

Tried some different variants with and without DE but it’s nice to have clones for extra many joyful shatters. The iMage and iSwordsman synergize really well due to their slowness which is an advantage here. I cast iSwordsman at max distance, sc-block, sw-block, swap, iMage, chaos, retreat, scepter #3, spam MOP and F1 shatter (after iSwordsman and iMage hits). At least I tried to do that, worked sometimes. iMage and iSwordsman sort of sync on the second attack together with the shatter and MoP. It’s pretty fun build if you are bored with shatter.

Maybe it’s been made a million times already, then I apologize.
Sorry no video either, maybe in next life

Blocked in Sweden.

Mage class with stealth and clones – take all my money

Edit:
In Anarchy Online there was a profession called Bureaucrat, they could mind control (they called it Charm) monsters (and other players in PVP zones if I dont remember wrong). I think a skill like that would be quite fitting for the mesmer. If they would add something like that I would be happy. Like ranger but with any creature, rangers would be so kittened though.

I can no earlier than 20.00, but I think people with more modest amounts of children in their homes would prefer earlier.

I would be interested in some EU dueling on sunday, preferably monday but I think it’s just me who has mondays as gaming days.

Ross Biddle.2367:

Very, very, simple, easy way

Sup sigil of speed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vR6PDsRSOU

Either slap it on your GS, or tag with your GS (when your zerg rolls into a camp/gate guards) then swap to your sword/OH weapons with the sigil on and watch the swiftness stack.

Pack runes are great with a focus. I’ve been running 6, 4, 0, 4, 0 with GS sword/focus, running glamor mastery with feedback and traited focus for more reflects (lots of glassy range in the meta atm). So self swiftness isnt a problem in that build. Might not be your thing though.

I run 46040 with mantra heal and reflect JUST to annoy rangers, so much fun, that works nice with the heal/swift rune that I just forgot the name of.

Thanks for the cheerups! I still have some hope

Ah of course! Thanks! I’ve started my ugly hacking process just in case I’m alone on this

Actually I just want this function in-game. Here’s the idea if anyone likes it, please make it, if you need an UI artist I’m available.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3p8k0xy8hzbf7z/Duellist%20UI%201.0.pdf?dl=0

Hi!

This is a bit late, the OW competition is half way through but I’ve got this idea that could be quite cool. I myself am a UI and industrial designer by day and a tiny mesmer by night.
I know html and some javascript, I’ve made some projects in PHP and I could probably pull this off with some ugly hacks that make programmers cringe but I’d prefer if a REAL programmer could help me.

Any coders out there who still are looking for a project? I dont wanna exaplain the whole idea here but if you are interested I can send over a PDF with my idea. I can say it involves the mumble protocol and wvw.

serow.6524:

HairyPig.3795:

And if they are, do you have any good classes to recommend as “beginner” classes?

Warrior, Ranger, Necromancer.

My first was a ranger, back when they sucked. Tried to fight mesmers back then and just died so fast so I thought WTF and rolled a mesmer. I think it’s good if you start with another profession, there is so much to learn in this game and having a class that is too complicated just makes it less enjoyable. Learn the game mechanics and the basics then switch to a more advanced class. My background I also from playing too many MMOs and mesmer is very different from the “normal” classes.

I have a tip, make your first a Thief they are fast and got lots of stealth which is good when your new (and easy to play, just spam #1, they are pretty fragile though but it’s good to get that into your play style. The thief play style is in some ways similar to mesmer (they make a great roaming pair in WvW) and by learning thief you will also have a huge advantage if you switch to Mesmer later on. Knowing how thieves play is essential in beating them and they are and have always been our biggest nemesis.

I had a human but got an asura, I hate that the 2h weapons look so small but I play my asura most anyway. Since it’s smaller it feels (falsly) faster. I started a norn and a sylvari mesmer too just to be sure no god kitten cat yet though.

Edit: What I really like about the asura is that the heads are huge compared to the body, like kids so the head armor pieces are also huge (in comparison), and I particularly like the head armors.

Sorel.4870:

No need to panic. Ranger gets staff, Guardian is maybe getting LB, Necromancer is getting GS, and it is relatively likely that thieves will get a rifle. So each of these professions will have access to 5 brand new skills.

That’s why I think there is still hope. If Anet cares about profession equality (and I believe they do, to some extend), they should logically add one mh and one oh weapon. Since Colin said one more weapon per profession, we would likely be getting mh and oh shields. Fingers crossed.

Dual shields that would be like..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAKG-kbKeIo

I appriciate you take your time to make a video but to be honest, it’s really long and the only thing that your build is killing are NPC’s and yourself. I couldn’t spot a single enemy die, I admit I skipped quite a bit so maybe I missed it. Please make more videos but please edit and use bits where enemies die!

Sigil of Speed seems really interesting. Start off the WvW with a quick route of Coyote mayhem to bump up Bloodlust AND as a bonus get 3 min of swiftness, perfect.

Whaa very nice fights! Very impressed with the thief fights, wish I could control it like that.

Guapo.1624:

Wile.5024:

gj putting copyrighted content on the vid, can’t even view it

jenzie.4083:

I can’t even see it with Hola. Fay, which country did you choose in Hola? I’ve tried UK, US and Germany.

To prevent this inconvenience from happening again could you guys please inform me on how to check if the song will block the video aside from actually uploading it to YouTube as that takes forever to do.

This perhaps, not the best music but at least you’ll be sure it won’t be blocked: https://www.youtube.com/audiolibrary/music

I can’t even see it with Hola. Fay, which country did you choose in Hola? I’ve tried UK, US and Germany.

kylwilson.9137:

Look one: Catwoman inspired. Still deciding on a suitable mask.

Profane armor has a nice mask that feels a bit catwoman’ish
http://i.imgur.com/vtozb.jpg

Ross Biddle.2367:

Korusef.3714:

Ross Biddle.2367:

This is what I’m running in WvW atm

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsdWlknpRtlpxGNcrNipxY6eiJHSGQDlMkxB-TFiFABKcEAo+BAYkyvrUCCwpAwE1fkb/hz0HQKAx2CA-w

Interesting choice of runes, why the Golemancer?

Because i recently went to the trouble to get them :p

Also that Golem is super fun, and the stats are top notch.

Does this work still? You get one golem PER CLONE?!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_Ytz733dgU

Zzero.4316:

anyway thanks for listening, im drunk

haha you username sounds like it’s pronounced by a drunk.

Zarathustra.1458:

I know I usually am screaming kitten at anet, but on the last patch cycle I noticed something which has bugged me since beta, it used to be that if you used blink while running it would rubberband you for a second or two after the blink finished. However, now it would seem that the rubbery effects are gone and blink is infinitely more fluid. On this I have to give kudos.

Out of curiosity, did anyone else experience a similar rubber banding on blink?

This post would look so weird to my parents. That aside, I dont think I’ve experienced that, or do you mean that you freeze up like a second after blink so if I blink up to someone else running I end up behind them? If so I thnk it was a animation stop/start thing that stopped the running for a moment. I can’t test my self now so I’m just guessing here..

Korusef.3714:

Ross Biddle.2367:

This is what I’m running in WvW atm

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAsdWlknpRtlpxGNcrNipxY6eiJHSGQDlMkxB-TFiFABKcEAo+BAYkyvrUCCwpAwE1fkb/hz0HQKAx2CA-w

Interesting choice of runes, why the Golemancer?

If asura, is it possible to spawn a second golem?

Bowen.8096:

hey guys im thinking of making a hybrid mesmer, but as far as i looked around there isn’t an up to date build (at least as far as i can find)

Does anyone know a good build / or which build the OP is using?

Thanks in advance

PS: ALSO what is IP and MAIM? (total mesmer noob here)

IP is Illusionary Persona and MAIM is Maim the Desillusioned both master traits in the last trait group..which I forgot the name of now. IP adds the shatter effect to yourself, used in power shatter builds for a 4th shatter effect and MAIM gives 2x torment per shattered clone and is used in condition shatter builds (often refered to as MtD builds).

That bun is now on my shopping list. Might try focus, I recently fell in love with it but the stealth on torch #5 is so good though, I only solo roam so it’s very useful. Thanks.

Iavra.8510:

This is what i’m running currently:
http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhQQNAR8flknpMtNqxGNcrNipxY6eipGSGwElMkxB-TVDFABVfQAkb/hlUiBwDAoQ1BuSJoAXAAkUegiKOZoRINdBJqSwCHBASBUuWL-w

PU can easily be swapped for CI. I use torch mainly for increased survival in 1vX and for cleanses. Also note the Sigil of Cleansing.

Staff has better defense but less damage and can’t chase, so that’s up to you.

Also, i like Traveller’s, but that’s personal preference ^^ You could use Centaur + Mantra of Restoration in something like 0/6/6/2/0 for Mender’s Purity. Giving up Halting Strike will cost you a good amount of damage, though.

I tried you build yesterday (with CI instead of PU), really nice. I am missing some boon ripping though, tried shattered concentration instead of torch spec, first thing I run into is a condi ranger. I melted. The reason I tried this was a warrior I couldn’t hurt due to some kitten boons.
Any ideas on how to get some ripping into the build, without changing the utilities? My play style is so centered around blink and decoy and no MoD in an interrupt build feels naked.

I also tried it with staff against an engineer but I could barely harm him, ran away and switched to GS and he went down swiftly.

Edit: Just thought of Sigil of Nullification but it’s just 1 boon every 10 sec.

I’ve been playing around with the Defender Runes quite a lot and they are really great with a mantra build. I’ll give your build a spin.

Bertrand.3057:

Dear Diary,

That power ranger wrecked me. Masterful reflection only takes you so far. I adjusted by finding some good spots to use LoS, and had some effective escape portals, although it wasn’t enough. Moa would also have helped, but since this was solo queue I was still finding myself in 1v1/1v2 situations and couldn’t count on allies being present to focus the target.

How do you deal with power rangers? Do you call in allies? Is it enough to LoS them? Go in aggressively? Do you try to get dueling experience?

//

Fay: If I’m able to identify on my own the kind of issues I have, and if these are issues that other players have encountered, then at least I can take from other players those strategies or methods they used to deal with those issues. There’s plenty of feedback that gets tossed around without someone giving video replay, and I’m not looking for a definitive answer, it’s more like brainstorming before I tackle the problem by myself.

I agree with Fay but if they’re good and if you start a long way from them it’s quite hard to get up in their face, why did they get stealth god kitten it… Interrupt (if you have that) is fantastic against their channeled LB thing that takes half your health. I find it hard to NOT use stealth against that channeled hell.. it comes so naturally and I swear every time.. one day I will learn.

I really like your videos. You make thief fighting look so easy, which is not. Keep em coming!

adelaide.6213:

I use a 0/4/0/4/6 zerker staff/GS shatter build with vigor shatters and IE.

GS for quick burst and swap to staff for good sustained damage until mindwrack is back up.

I run traveler’s runes and use staff phase retreat for the great mobility (plus it’s good practice for pvp)

I talk more about my build here:
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Looking-for-PVE-Build-Scepter-if-possible/first#post4769926

I’m doing map completion and to get even more used to the shatter play style and not loose my pvp skills I run a shatter build with gs/sw+focus. It’s pretty nice and very similar to yours.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fhAQNAR8dlknpRtdqxINUrNCvxcyU+A15szRlMgbB-TVSBABPcQAoU9HzUCelyvIOCAEt/AK6GW4BAAwFAgUARM1C-w

Almost permanent swiftness up time and the focus + blurred frenzy is nice. Reflects is also very nice to have.
If it’s condition heavy I sometimes take the mantra heal. The mantra cleanse can also be switched for MoP for more dmg. It’s very fun to play shatter in PVE, maybe not the most optimal but for me it works good. I do use the boring meta for dungeons and suck but this is what I use for open world.