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The Three Musketeers

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What if they weren’t complete noobs. What if they were actually pretty decent. What strategy do you think that these 3 people should use?

Spread out damage?
Single out players?
Etc?

Run away. You cant win a 3v10 vs decent players, and condi builds dont have enkough burst to stop regiving :P

I think theyd be called ‘the prismatic understandeneers’, too :P

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About new armor skins and some feedback

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We have enough full-covering heavy armors for females, I think this is a welcome and much needed variation.

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My eyes are now solid black after patch.

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My eye color was lilac (light purple) and it remained the same :o

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29/10 dyes on sylvari female t3 light changed

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oh my god :/

Well, atleast they fixed an annoying bug in the model for light…

There used to be a see through part if you looked from under at the boob part, there was just nothing, and you saw right through it. Now there’s something, and it was an annoying bug, but not worth the new dye change :/

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29/10 dyes on sylvari female t3 light changed

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As the title says, the dyes on the t3 light cultural for sylvari female changed, and it looks rather horrible now D:

I checked my graphic settings and tried restarting the game and computer.

Here are 2 attachments, first one is before the patch and 2nd is after. (with exactly the same dyes)

Please fix it :’(

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[Lockdown Guide] Making People Hate You

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I like this!

There’s something about your writing that makes it realy enjoyable to read c:

I don’t really see anythind I’d improve atm, apart from the things people above pointed out.

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Class :c

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Here are all the things I like:
I like Necromancers but I am not into mage classes.
I like the scythe weapon so I would like the class to be able to hold a scythe.
I want it to be able to have these weapons or most of these: Greatsword, Staff and Sword.
I don’t want the skills to be mostly defensive. I don’t like standing their like a paladin casting defensive skills I like beating people’s faces of :D
I was thinking about choosing the Guardian class but the question is can I turn the Guardian class around and make it more into a character that kills than/then defends?
I would like it to be able to have a pet system. Is this only available on ranger? or…
I would also like the class to not be like a mage standing far away casting skills. I want to hit someone with a Sword or Greatsword.

PS: I also like the Guardians armor XD

  • Ok… Mesmers, guardians, necromancers and elementalists use magic as their primary way of combat, i think. However, your definition of “mage” is standing far away and cast spells while youre safe. every profession (=class) has both close and far range weapons, even warriors can go ranged, even elementalists and necros can go close.
  • there is unfortanetely no scythe weapon, but necromancers automatically turn their staff in a scythe with their skill effects. Theres also 1 or 2 staves that look klikr a scythe. Mesmers guardians necros and elementalists can all use them.
  • guardian is known for their support, but they can spec damage just as well.
  • all professions have some sort of defense. Some professions use defense while standing still, some use burst healing and some use evasion and mobility.
  • guardian has spirit weapons, but apart from the shield, theyre not that usefull :/.
  • all professions have both close and far away specs, so that doesnt really limit your option.
  • try going greatsword or sword on guardian to do high damage.

Guardian seems like a solid joice for “being up close and personal and beat their faces in while attacking and not casting defensive skills from a safe distance while a shield of the avenger has your back” :0

You should also try Mesmer :D
You have:

  • high brurst damage specs (in pvp you can down someone in like 0.7 seconds)
  • high sustained damage specs with #2 best damage out of all professione (first being thief)
  • build diversity. Even after a year, completely new and fun builds are being made.
  • one of our high damage traits is in the support line, so you can do massive damage and support your friends at the same time
  • clones and phantasms, so youll never have to feel lonely :D
  • faboulous looking skills, that leave people wondering what theyre actually doing (and meanwhile you get an evil grin on your face, knowing you save their life).
  • light armor, which is in my oppinion the most varied and fun.
  • an Official Mesmer Forum Guild, where you can hang out and ask for help anytime in game ^__^.

Feel free to whisper me in game or PM me here if you need anything, and I really mean anything (like fashion advice, or talk about cats) :D

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Question on race/proff combo.

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Race is purely for cosmetics and lore.

Just pick the one you like most, profession skills are better than race skills in most cases.

Hint: you cant go wrong with a sylvari mesmer, or human female

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[Guide] WvWvW/Pve Shatter Cat 2014-04-23

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I used to assume he was a girl, for some reason. I admired her, and she inspired me to become a better shattercat…

Then I met him in person ans he told me the hard truth :’(.

We also duelled, and I managed to survive for longer than 3 seconds, so I came to realise I wasnt that horrible

And now im here, not half bad. I kinda wanted to thank him in game but he never really came online when I was on :/.

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New Weapons

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I want a Fan as well.

Another weapon that might be cool for magic casters would be to have a Familiar. For a Familiar weapon, then animal would likely be small like a cat, bird, ferret, bat, or snake. When “stowed” they would be riding on your shoulder or arm. When in combat they’d be running or flying along side you. Unlike a Ranger pet, your Familiar is simply a weapon and its skills would be where the weapon skills would be. Some familiars could be 2H weapons while others could be 1H.

I want a 2 handed cat :D

  1. [Chain skill] pounce pounce at your foe to damage and cripple them
    Claw Claw at your foe to damage and bleed them
    Claw claw at your foe to damage and bleed them
  2. [cooldown 10] flurry rapidly claw your foe 8 times, crippling and blinding on the first strike, if foe is crippled, immobilize instead. Each claw torments.
  3. [cooldown 15, clone, chain] Illusionary ambush blind your foe, and block for 3 seconds. If your owner (the mesmer) is attacked, stealth them for 1 second and create a clone. if you are attacked, create an illusionary cat to knockback and confuse your attacker, and then turns in a clone.
    Illusionary sacrifice Break your block to stun yourself and daze your foe.
  4. [cooldown 20, combo blast]Cat Leap leap over your foe while striking them for cripple. when you land, create an explosion that confuses and torments nearby foes.
  5. [cooldown 20, illusion] Phantasmal kitten summon a Phantasmal Kitten that shoots a giant purple laser that causes torment, cripple and CATastrophic damage on it’s target, while confusing nearby foes and being adorable while doing so.

Yea, it’s overpowered, but that’s the fun part :D.

I’d also figure a familiar cat cant be furter than 900 units away from you, but sticks around at 300. In combat, it does damage per second you if you go further than 300 away :o.

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Increasing skill: becoming a better Mesmer

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“Knowledge is power” and “one’s knowledge cannot exceed one’s experience”

so.. instead knowledge say effectiveness or say become better, experience give u knowledge.. as well knowledge improve u to gain more efficient experience..

is something like that u can get one the best Tpvp player to maybe in GvG group.. he ll not be as good as he was in Tpvp or he ll not be better than one of the best gvg player.. maybe tpvp player can improve himself faster than other casual gvg players.. cuz of his experiance that ve in tpvp.. so Tpvp and GvG has different requirenment..

so first of all better to make a goal for becoming better mesmer.. Means Where u wanna be better? everything has various effects to become better..

simply pvp is better for self sufficient skills as reflexs.. but u ll need game mechanic knowledge which where u play.. and time u spent consolidate it.. probably they are major things imo..

That is true.

Pvp teaches you to react and know what your opponent is doing, and to not spam skills. Everything you do directly affects how the battle goes (in 1vs1), a mistake or a good move in pvp has much more effect than in pve, because AI can’t take advantage of your mistakes or react to pressure.

Then again, you don’t have to counter AI, because theyre not as complicated as players, so pvp isnt needed to become good at dungeons, and vice versa.

I’ll have to try some PvP then. Never really got into it before, but was curious.

  1. rule for doing pvp: play for fun :D

Also, if you ever need help with pvp in game (like builds or fashion or whatever), feel free to whisper me :D

Oh… I think I already said that :’(

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Bump.. again.. WTF mods?

Also, updates coming tonight.

Your inbox is full. and I can’t wait to read the updates :D

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Blurred frenzy

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I missed the invulnerability it used to have (especially losing the 2 seconds of no condition damage).

Conditions still damaged you when you were invulnerable :/.

Try it with distortion

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iMage aka Torch Phantasm needs some love

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Uhm, just throwing some randomideas out here:

  • It would be cool if the mage had like a channeled non-projectile attack, like those purple beams that the risen in arah use.
    It could pulse confusion every second, 1 stack for 3 seconds. It would keep channeling forever, unless the target moves out of range or line of sight. It’s like a perma 3 confusion untill it dies/broke line of sight or range.
  • Or it can be like the fire ele dagger skill where they breath fire, but instead of burning, confusion :D

I guess the cleansing conflageration trait can get kitten or so cooldown so it doesn’t become overpowered.

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Interrupt Mesmer/ Halting Strike Damage

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I often take halting strike instead of MW damage when running 20/20/0/0/30 shatter. It scales kinda oddly, I think it depends on what skill you interrupt. Sometimes it hits for under 1k when you interrupt autoattack, and sometimes upwards 2-3k when interrupting a heal.
I usually set up my burst with F3 to strip boons, stack up vulnerability and Halting Strike adds a bit of extra pressure. When fighting against many, chaos storm does pretty nasty damage too.

IMO it’s a solid trait and I definitely disagree with Pyro’s “it’s never worth taking”.

Mhm. IMO not taking Mental Torment just… doesn’t make sense for a shatter build with domination :/

The only real interupts you have are Diversion (30 cooldown) and Chaos Storm (35 cooldown), and maybe a pistol or sword. Mental Torment just seems like an obvious choice to me :P.

I also definitely disagree with the “its never worth taking” statement, but maybe it was just a poorly worded oppinion/statement in the wrong context.

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New Weapons

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I would like a fan C:

A character in Assassin’s Creed multiplayer uses a fan, and its amazing :o. she’s not a Mesmer, but oh well.

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New Weapons

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Maind hand dagger, pistol, whip, I actually just want sverything :O

And in some other article they said they were adding all weapons to all professions too C:

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Increasing skill: becoming a better Mesmer

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“Knowledge is power” and “one’s knowledge cannot exceed one’s experience”

so.. instead knowledge say effectiveness or say become better, experience give u knowledge.. as well knowledge improve u to gain more efficient experience..

is something like that u can get one the best Tpvp player to maybe in GvG group.. he ll not be as good as he was in Tpvp or he ll not be better than one of the best gvg player.. maybe tpvp player can improve himself faster than other casual gvg players.. cuz of his experiance that ve in tpvp.. so Tpvp and GvG has different requirenment..

so first of all better to make a goal for becoming better mesmer.. Means Where u wanna be better? everything has various effects to become better..

simply pvp is better for self sufficient skills as reflexs.. but u ll need game mechanic knowledge which where u play.. and time u spent consolidate it.. probably they are major things imo..

That is true.

Pvp teaches you to react and know what your opponent is doing, and to not spam skills. Everything you do directly affects how the battle goes (in 1vs1), a mistake or a good move in pvp has much more effect than in pve, because AI can’t take advantage of your mistakes or react to pressure.

Then again, you don’t have to counter AI, because theyre not as complicated as players, so pvp isnt needed to become good at dungeons, and vice versa.

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Hating on the greatsword? + bonus question

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Staff is a very defensive and or supporty weapon, it’s amazing for difficult pvp, but pve is sadly all about damage :/.

Greatsword is a good aoe and ranged offensive choice. But obviously worse than sword. (Melee>range)

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Sensotix goes Solo Q (HD Gameplay Guides)

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Hey Sensotix, how did you change your link to your youtube channel to be /user/officialsensotix?

My 4 year old account is like that, but my new one just ends with alot of random letters :/.

Edit: I liked your vids :P

I am really sorry but i have absolutely no idea^^

How old is your account? If its 4years+, maybe they just removed it :/. Youtube removed alot of functions in the last few years :P

I also dont want to use my old account, because, well, lets just say it has a dark history x.x

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Sensotix goes Solo Q (HD Gameplay Guides)

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Hey Sensotix, how did you change your link to your youtube channel to be /user/officialsensotix?

My 4 year old account is like that, but my new one just ends with alot of random letters :/.

Edit: I liked your vids :P

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Increasing skill: becoming a better Mesmer

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“Knowledge is power” and “one’s knowledge cannot exceed one’s experience”

  1. The most obvious way to improve yourself, is to just do dungeons and have fun. Get some people you know and who are willing to wait for you.
  2. try making your own build, and try to see what went good and what didnt after each run. How can you improve it?
  3. join the Official Mesmer Forum Guild, and gain knowledge by directly asking things in game. (You can be more specific in game, probably.
  4. find an experienced Mesmer in the guild and run dungeons together, ask for constructive criticism.

I feel like pvp is the best to improve your skill, but that’s just not everyone’s thing :P

Feel free to whisper me or PM me here if you want a guild invite, or just want to talk about stuff.

(Im tryig to edit, but iphone wont let me >__<)

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[Build] Apex Predator (WvW/Hybrid)

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You should let Pyro play those builds you listed above :P

That said, I appreciate your, uhm, excitement!

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Thank you :D

@Stickerhappy, I used empowered illusions, with a berserker amulet vs others using berserker amulets :P

@Keenlam, he swings up, and I’m unable to see him :P

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Blurred frenzy

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I think most fears have the “unblockable” tag (necro traited staff, warrior)

unblockable=/=undodgeable

Maybe you were lagging :/

I often get interupted out of my blurred frenzy… really often

How can you be interrupted from it if you’re dodging the whole time? Doesn’t make sense to me ><

in the world of lagg, nothing, and everything makes sense.

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Blurred frenzy

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Maybe you were lagging :/

I often get interupted out of my blurred frenzy… really often

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Interrupt Mesmer/ Halting Strike Damage

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Halting strike does technically scale with power, but it scales very oddly. Suffice to say, the damage on it stinks, and it’s a trait that is absolutely never worth taking.

I thought this was sarcasm until I looked at your build and saw you had all soldier’s gear.

That build is outdated, it’s source of damage was nerfed into the ground. (it’s still tanky, though)

Also, I really like Halting Strike for interupt builds. On berserkers in Spvp it can crit for about 3k, and on people with toughness still maybe still 2k.

Imo, a much better choice than Mental Torment, because I like keeping phantasms up when playing interupt. I’d definitely take empowered illusions over halting strike, but I go 20 domination so I can take both

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[OMFG] Mesmer Jumping Puzzle Race

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I have to go to a cousin’s birthday today, so I can’t be on GW2 >__<

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GvG-Mesmer- Vashury specs

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Amazing video as always, and maybe now more Mesmers will try out support builds and come to realise its not ‘guardian or gtfo’.

Yea, probably not, but we can dream :P.

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Make AoE and other skills Agnostic

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EB once got bugged before a patch, and everyone appeared as hostile. Basically, waypointing to that one close keep gets you insta killed x.x

It was awesone once you got a decent position, though :P

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Random Build Ideas

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Sure, after a while you get bored of facetolling on known builds anyway :P

Ill come back with some time with results :O I already use 10/20/10/0/30 for shatter, dat Blink :P

I really think they did an amazing job with Mesmer btw. Love all the build diversity and experimenting :D

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Why am I so unlucky? Terrible rewards

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Yea… I played 2600 hours, and the best drop ive ever gotten is a dagger fir 9 gold D;

Its stupid how being ruch is based on luck or mindless farming. I know people with 4 legendaries, but when I took him to wvw roaming, he died like a fly.

His respond: “omg, why do you even try to pick a fight thats 2vs4? Its a PLAYER, ypu cant win outnumbered vs them. Wvw is a zerg game anyway.”

Yea, those 4 were very much average people who I later solod >__< (even though there were only 3 left, but meh)

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Classes... Classes Everywhere :O !!!

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Sounds like a Mesmer to me.

Any decent roaming build can take on multiple enemies, using active defense, like stealth, teleports and evades. The insane active defense allows us to focus our stats on damage, while we trait for defense.

If you run into a zerg, just equip feedback and nullfield, and you have some vey potent boon/condition stripping + reflection. Theyre usefull in all builds, and doesnt require you to change traits every time you decide to do something :P.

Mesmers also have 2nd best single target dps of all professions, 1st being a thief. The best damage builds use 25 inspiration, which is our most important damage trait in pve, and the support traitline at the same time!

You can een take a dungeon build directly in roaming and still own in 1vsX o.O

If you want, you can forum Pm me or whisper me in game, and ill find some videos for you. I can’t find them right now, cuz I’m on mobile :/.

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Boon Duration and Combo Field

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if the mesmer using the signet has enhanced boon duration then yes

Thats actually not correct :/.

Signet of Inspiration transfers boons you have to others. Uses the exact duration you currently have on them. Same with arcane thievery or the flanking strike thing from thief. If you steal 30s fury, it remains 30s fury, wether you have boon duration or not :P

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Mesmer Confusion Q

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Confusion kinda sucks, its just a little “free” extra damage.

There are viable condition builds, but they dont center around confusion, though.

Theres a list of builds and guides stickied on the Mesmer forum, if you’re interested. Or, if you want, you can send me a forum PM or whisper me in game :D

Also, youre much better of with direct damage in pve. condition is awesome in pvp and wve though.

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  • When the pistol is traited (Dueling IX) the iDuelist has a 100% chance to combo when firing from within or through a field.

Just a reminder to remove this note from the Pistol description.

Yay, I am useful! :D

-Claps slowly, but fast and loud enough to make you feel like you accomplished something-

:D

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Im making a Mesmer

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Female Sylvari Mesmer :D

I actually have 3 Mesmers, sylvari human and asura, but the Sylvari is my favourite :P

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Free swiftness on demand....bug?

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Its actually “swiftness on using skill 6” instead of “seiftness on heal”.

An unintended feature, I’d say :P

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Alissah.9281

Haha, I was doing him a favour ;D

As you can see, I was actually the first Mesmer he encountered in his entire superhero carreer, I’m just here to help him prepare for what others are out there :P

edit: I finally got the Mind Crush/yugiyo thing. Searched for Mind Crush on google pictures while brainstorming for a thumbmail, and found the card :P..

I used manipulation mastery and chaotic dampening in chaos, far reaching manipulations in duelling and halting strike/empowered illusions in donination.

I did tpvp a few times, and crippling +debilitating dissipation are rather awesome when you fight on point. I also use shattered concentration for obvious reasons, but not for duels or hotjoins.

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[Guide/Vid] Mind Crush - CS Lockdown

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I prefer the mantra of distraction, its lower cooldown, but most of all instant. It’s a huge deal for interupting key skills or defense when you have nothing else left.

The parts where I used the arcing sword offhand + domination signet were like 3 months ago, by then it was kinda part of the build, so I just wanted to go with it :P. On 7:10 I tried using domination signet defensively, but the 1/4 second cast time killed it :P.

And ofcourse you can use it for the actual guide :D.

I really enjoyed editing, even if I spent like 6 hours ;0. It was fun, so I don’t mind.
And after 6 hours of staring at the preview render, you can’t really judge at how much fun it actually is to watch for the first time, so I got huge self confidence issues xD. Anyway, I’m glad you like it ^__^

edit: if you ever need some tips to making a video of your own, feeel free to ask :P

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[Guide/Vid] Mind Crush - CS Lockdown

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Alissah.9281

Hey, so I’ve been pretty bored at times in my holiday, because my internet stopped a few times (it’s amazing how dependant we are on internet D:). So I decided to do something fun… In the form of editing a video, which I stopped with about 3 months ago.

I tried keeping it short (my definition of short may vary from yours) and as varied/fun as possible, here’s the link :D
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5EymK0fz8Q

I’ll make a thread for it shortly, and add a thumbmail too. I don’t mean to profit from this thread or anything, but I just figured it’s a nice place to start. If you want me to delete this post, just tell me so x.x

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Make iSwordsman's attack cleave

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This would be super overpowered, though :o.

The swordsman is alreayd our best single target phantasm in a power build, wihtout bleed stacks.

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How to counter moa in 1vs1 (WvW)?

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At least in PvP the best way to counter Moa is to thrust your claws into your opponents face. Seriously. If you didn’t dodge Moa, peck his eyes out. Most people do not expect you to fight back and the Moa actually deals out some nice damage.

It’s true!

http://cloud-2.steampowered.com/ugc/559821183741608488/26B4BEBD1116AD369D38CB945F80574CE2E16F1C/

This one I took in the beta. Already then, I didn’t let anything stop me to still my bloodlust… kinda x.x

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All around mesmer

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For PvE you should go all zerker. You’ll die sometimes, but being made of glass teaches great movement and dodging mechanics, which you’ll need in PvP. I also reccomend playing some shatter as well because you’ll learn when best to use each one of them.

Not to be elitist or anything, but in PvE phantasm builds are easy mode, and don’t really teach you anything. I highly reccomend playing a 20/20/0/0/30 or 0/20/20/0/30 in PvE with sword/x and then either GS or staff. Learn the shatter combos and when to dodge. You’ll then have a huge head start in PvP and WvW.

Edit: sorry, if you’re looking for 1v1 builds only go pure phantasm. There are a number in the above build thread.

I believe the OP was looking for some support, and your trait templates have close to no support in them :P

But yea, for roaning from easy to hard: phantasm>condition>shatter=lockdown.

Phantasm: youll win pretty much every 1v1, and have built in support traits. You only have to use phantasms for damage, the rest are for surviving.
Condition: you have to use all your skills to be as effective as possible. You have alot of defense, so running out is hard. It teaches you how to act impulsive, and use skills in a certain order, instead of thinking about what to do very well. It just doesnt have support.
Shatter: has the best burst damage, when full berserker you can down most players in about 2 seconds. In 1VSmany, ou have to make decisions on how many skills you want to use to burst, and how many you want to preserve and use to survive. Mobility and acting impulsive is very important, but there are tactical decisions involved (that with experience, alao become impulsive).
Lockdown: you do somewhat low damage, but you can completely control a single target by interupting key skills. Warrior using GS5 to get away? Interrupt.
Warrior using kill shot? Interrupt.
Thief using the stealth heal? interrupt.
Your power lock is instant, so you can pretty muh always use it. Depending on who you’re fighting, you want to save i to interrupt important skills, or if you really need to, for defense.
The build loses alot of strength when fighting multiple enemies.

Phantasm is the only one that really has support!

This is all assuming were talking wvw, btw.

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Thief - Body Shot immobilize

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After spending alot of time in hotjoins and roaming, I’m not noticing more problems than usual at all :o. 1second of immobilise is fairly easy to deal with, even if that means just tanking it. Condition thieves cant do 9k backstabs anyway :P

@ Wyldkat I love your name :D

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All around mesmer

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Are you talking about wvw?

Try a 10/10/0/25/0 phantasm build, use phantasm traits and a glamour trait. Sword/X +greatsword for group play, or scepter/X for solo. Get around 2500 armor and you should be ‘tanky’.

It’s easier to give advice when you’re more specific, but I hope this helped anyway :P

Edit: you, by the way, described a Mesmer, not a warrior. You can do literally anything with a Mesmer, you just have to specialise in not too many things at once.

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The Lockdown Mesmer Thread

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I wish I could get Furious Interruption to work, it sounds so much fun :/

Whenenver I interupt, I seem to be 600 units away from my target most of the time (80%) :P. Maybe with the greatsword instead of staff it would work better for me… But I like the staff so much :o.

Maybe I’m going to test sw/sw, sc/pi with 30/30/10 or 10/30/30 :D

I think scepter has better damage at <600 range than greatsword, and the magic bullet is on a lower cooldown than wave. Then I can also swap halting strike with empowered illusions, so many possibilities :O

I still think shatter Works better for me, but lockdown is just so much fun for some reason :o.

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A potential good healer?

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Alissah, my toughts on your post:

  • I can change traits if i do thinks like a guild rush. to keep it in dungeons because you need it at guild rushes just makes you look too lazy to retrait for 3.5 silver.

Restorative Mantras is an inspiration master trait, all proper dungeon builds have atleast 25 inspiration.

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A potential good healer?

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Places to use mantra healing:

  • Ice fractal when you’re running around the first campfire.
  • Ice fractal where the final boss ports up and you cant attack it
  • Jade Maw to keep everyone full hp after the agony hits
  • Guild rush to heal people who are rushing
  • Maybe grawl fractal boss, to keep everyone full hp just before the elementals spawn (so they can preserve their own heal vs elementals).
  • Mossman when he stealths and youre kiting untill he comes out.
  • cliffside fractal when the boss is stunned and youre waiting for him to recover
  • etc

I like mantra healing. Especially because you dont need healing power to make it effective (it heals like 2700 with 300, and only 3000 with like 1500). In something like the grawl fractal, you can just let 3 phantasms dps while you go sword/focus sword/pistol, or maybe sword. I think the pistol will stay alive better.

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[OMFG] Mesmer Jumping Puzzle Race

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OMG I have an idea.

Does anyone know that one puzzle, where you have to carry a bomb past griffons, and it decreases your defense to they 2 shot you? Its a really open place with platforms you have to jump on, so someone can stand at a nice spot and film everything.

And here are some ideas for rules:

  • Getting to the finish with the bomb gets you 100 points for first, 90 for 2nd, 80 for 3rd etc. (but atleast 20 points).
  • Getting to teh finish without a bomb gets you 50 points, -10 for each racer that already finished (but atleast 10 points).
  • There are several checkpoints along the way, maybe 1 or 2. (completing the puzzle at the fastest speed only takes like 2 mins).
  • On each checkpoint stands 1 or more Mesmers with glamour mastery and portal, that will port people up who fell down.
  • When a racer reaches a checkpoint, they get 5 points. The Mesmers who stand there simply write their name down when they come jumping. (so somehow cheating and taking a portal up shouldnt give points).
  • Racers get 1 point when they revive downed players (there should be some kind of maximum, but i cant think of anything).
  • For every 1 point, racers get a ‘fun’ reward worth 50 copper. So if someone got 100 points, theyll get 50 silver worth of rewards.
    I was thinking trick or treat bags, candy corn, exclusive food, dyes, tonics, that kind of stuff.
  • And maybe a leaderboard on the forum :P
  • On the bottom are some people who can revive players that fall off, then the checkpoints can port them back up.
  • Maybe a time limit? Like 10 mins, and people who are awesome can repeat it several times to get more points C:.

Ok, ok, I just got a new idea that is completely cheat-proof!

  • At the start, we drop some fireworks bundles, that racers can pick up. They will drop it at the end, as a proof they ran the whole puzzle. the firework bundle would give the points they currently (early in this post) get for finishing with nothing. It doesn’t have a time limit, so it’s perfect for people who aren’t very good at jumping. The awesome people can still use the real bomb that has a 2 minute time limit (the game already makes it explode in your hands).

Ok, that was a lot of text. But im just tossing out ideas here :P.

I actually have another idea O.o.

  • For people who are really horrid at jumping, they can drop the firework bundle at a checkpoint and then start over to get a few points. I’m pretty sure that puzzle is a crescendo, I never completed it myself :’(

Ok, that was even more text, sorry xD

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