Guild Wars 2

1. The only reason why people are saying this is because our damage has increased. This is something that is happening with other classes too. No, I don’t think Mesmer is easier to play at all.

2. Power Block, CI, DE

3. I think overall CI is more powerful right now. We have a lot of tools to use for positioning and disengaging already.

4. Yes, I’ve settled on this build and played it almost exclusively since the patch.

5. Yes, I think Chaos is still strong post Chaotic Dampening nerf. I think there is room for the boonshare and bunker Mesmer builds so Inspiration is viable also. I just haven’t played with those builds yet.

6. I think they are interesting and good for the game as they require intelligent skill use and raise the skill cap, but conditional recharge skills should grant more recharge than passive unless the change is made across the board for all classes.

7. I haven’t used it in a build nor have I seen it been used in a build yet so I can’t comment.

8. Mass Invis is a really hard elite to give up but I am excited to see someone integrate Time Warp into a PvP build.

9. I don’t do much dueling but I have had a few 1v1 situations and XvX situations where the opposing Mesmer and I were fighting directly. They have been good fights and remind me of Thief vs Thief duels.

Levetty.1279:

The durations numbers in my head are a little fuzzy but 2 chaos armours (staff 2 through chaos storm and then staff 4) only lasts a combined 8 seconds so will only gives us 16% reduction. Mesmer high skill play giving worse results then other classes passive play again.

And another hit to condi Mesmers while no other condie build is touched.

MailMail.6534:

Let me guess, this was another balance change that only effected Mesmers or did we see nerfs elsewhere this time?

Do you really need to ask?

The tooltip for Chaos Armor says 5 seconds. It looks like 5 seconds when I test. So wouldn’t that be 20% reduction?

I’ve been playing nothing but shatter since the patch dropped. I watched some of Supcutie’s stream and have been playing both his build and shatter + PU. Both use the new zerker derivative amulet with vitality (forget the name, sorry).

Supcutie’s build

GS (Energy / Air) | Staff (Energy / Generosity)

Domination: 1 – 1 – 3
Duelist: 2 – 1 – 3
Chaos: 3 – 3 – 1

Shatter with PU

GS (Air / Fire) | Sword + Torch (Energy / Generosity)

Domination: 3 – 1 – 1 or 2
Duelist: 2 – 1 – 3
Chaos: 3 – 1 – 2

Supcutie’s build is far less forgiving and I find myself caught out in situations where I don’t have enough vigor to set up another spike or mitigate damage, but that’s because I’m not as good a mesmer player. I’m also not very comfortable with staff. When it was working for me it was working flawlessly, especially when I was dueling thieves and chasing opponents.

The PU build is just stupid. If you die running that build you either got supremely unlucky or really kittened up. Stealth, set up spike, rinse, repeat ad infinitum.

What if All’s Well That Ends Well (amazing name by the way!) transferred a number of conditions from allies in the well to enemies in the well when it ends? As it stands, the trait seems really weak.

This would reward exceptional well placement and punish poor placement while giving enemies the opportunity to GTFO from the well so counter-play is possible.

Avenger

/15 char

I’ve been playing Mesmer since release, but over time I’ve found myself drifting to other classes. I’d like to get back to my Mesmer roots, especially with the patch changes coming out. I’m interested in learning more in the PvP/WvW department and eventually getting involved with build theorycrafting.

IGN: Nanker Phelge
Server: Blackgate
Role: Scholar
Playstyle: sPvP/tPvP/WvW
Playtime: GMT -6 (Central TZ) / Evenings

dirtyklingon.2918:

every wvw session my guild does together, we field 15+ people, and have to do several group checks to see if we need to split groups further so every one has a group.

additionally we spend a great deal of time and effort asking where everyone is, simply because we can not see each other on the map.

This. So much this. It is so frustrating that we have to stop in the middle of ops to make sure groups get split when that 11th or 16th or 21st person joins. ANet could really improve the organizational aspect of WvW.

Dat rally…

Amazing skill you have with the D/D ele! I’m inspired to switch back from support staff tonight! Also, the editing was top notch. I loved the zoom in on the UI at important times and the bar across the top that explains some of your thought process, etc.

Keep up the good work!