Guild Wars 2

The two that I know of are Isle of Janthir and Sea of Sorrows, but that was when Gw2 first came out so I don’t know if it’s moved onto other servers.

This is a great idea. I fully support this and hope great things come from it. I’d gladly test it but sadly I only have iOS Best of luck in finishing the project.

This error has been posted multiple times and has been reported to the admins. Hopefully this would be sorted out in the next patch.

Zulika Mi Nam.1092:

Just remember whenever you need to know what is going on. Go to Facebook and look, then Twitter, then Reddit, or hope the people from a server the devs decided to have a fireside chat with post about it on the web.

Whatever you do don’t waste your time by pausing to look at that splash area on the launcher cause that would just be a silly place to put information.

Facebook, Twitter then Reddit… If only there was a main site dedicated to GW2 where all this information could be posted so people don’t have to go to 3rd party sites to access it… Possibly the official forums. But sadly that’s up to ANet (or whoever posts the information) to decide.
Rant aside, it took me a moment to realise what you said about the Splash area being a silly place and I’d only agree if the user has the ‘auto-start’ feature enabled. During patches (in this case maintenance) where the game needs to download files to update the splash area is visible and all important information should be available from there.

I found that using a sceptor/sword+staff or sword/sword+staff to be effective for lower level Mesmers. Swords autoattack is an AoE attack, but only in melee range. Using Blurred Frenzy helped a lot to avoid damage and with Distortion you can get up to 5 seconds of invulnerability.

In WvW I’d suggest power builds because a lot of people would carry condition removal skills.

Whilst the Staff may be a condition weapon it’s usually used defensively with Chaos Armour and a small blink skill, Phase Retreat. Also using Chaos Storm and Phase retreat will cause a Combo and create another Chaos Armour, a neat trick to remember.

Clones and Phantasms… With my suggestion of using sword or staff to spawn phantasms you won’t have them a big damage dealers. Early levels iSwordsman can do some good damage but later levels it’s not impressive and with iWarlock the damage is nice, but only when the target has lots of conditions on them.
From what I’ve read a phantasms build isn’t as effective as a shatter build. Only get the -on death- traits if you plan on spamming clones/phantasms and can deal/take reliable damage on your own.

There’s only so much a forum can tell you in regards to builds. Any advice to take to heart is find a build that works well for YOU. No point in playing a class with a build that’s boring or tedious to you.

1) CD between shatters wouldn’t matter. I don’t know what build could possibly spawn enough clones/phantasms to take full use / use of all 4, or even 2, shatters in the length of (in your case if the CD existed) 6 seconds. Not even the Scepter, a weapon made for clone spamming can only spawn 1 clone every 3.5 seconds, making the CD for shatters pointless.
2) Again, I don’t think Mesmers can. Yes we can usually spawn 2-3 clones at the start of a fight but once they’re gone we can’t spawn enough clones to take use of a shatter for another 15-20 seconds, depending on build and weapons.
3) Really? A small AoE attack!? Oh no! We have very little AoE going for us besides Chaos Wind, Chaos Storm (mainly buffs and conditions) and iBeserker… if we’re lucky.
The no targeting I ‘somewhat’ understand but Mesmers have to target a enemy to spawn clones and phantasms in the first place, and in sPvP or WvW they’re lucky enough to make it to the enemy with all the AoE that’s being spammed.
4) I half agree with this. Phantasms spawn where ever they want and can move around. With iWarden this sorta sucks because it doesn’t spawn between the Mesmer and the target (which would be nice ANet… hint hint) and requires us to reposition ourself to get use of the shield it provides. With clones they usually spawn on the Mesmer, except for Scepter which spawn at the target and I believe they should spawn at the Mesmer.
5) I like confusion, it’s the only condition going for the Mesmer. But it’s countered by the enemy not doing anything. This condition sucks in PvE because mobs don’t do much at all. In PvP it’s different cause you’re just spamming all the time. Control your spam or get condition removal because Mesmers don’t have much else going for them damage wise.
6) What about Portal? I’ve only ever used it maybe 5 times and that was because a idiot got stuck in a hole and I had to pull them out. In WvW I can’t really see much use for it. So 20 people moved from spot A to spot B… which they could’ve done in the first place… and faster cause of all the movement buffs each class got. Portal is fine the way it is and it’s most likely going to get nerfed again according to ANet.
7) Best elites? Not really. I don’t recall ever using my Mesmer Elites except for trying them out. Small bubble of quickness is nice though but not game breaking. Moa Morf is alright but the target can still fight back (at much reduced damage). Mass Invis, only useful in WvW… When people aren’t spamming skills, which tends to be never. A lot of Mesmers that I see tend to use their Racial Elites instead.

I dont get it in windowed. Only in fullscreen. However windowed it quite blurred but much better then the screenshot.

Edit: As soon as I posted this I noticed that it’s fix all of a sudden. In both Fullscreen and Windowed. I’ve haven’t made any changes to video or graphics.

This has happened to me from day 1 (Launch) and I’m finally fed up with it.

As you can see in the attached screenshot there are lines of pixels missing from the Trading Post. This makes reading and navigating one hell of a headache. I don’t know why this is happening but I suspect it’s because I use a 4:3 monitor.
My graphics card is Nvidia GeForce GT240. Native Resolution is 1280 X 1024.

If you need any more info let me know because I want a Trading Post that doesn’t give me a headache to read.

Whilst I don’t think this will happen or should happen, what Anet should’ve done was have the different types of armour (heavy, medium, light) have it’s own tab instead of having them level wise. Heck even having to filter it by clicking an armour type then level would be nice, it gives the user security that what they buy they’ll be able to use. Because I have done this too. I’ve done this using tokens and end game karma gear and it really does suck.

Weapon wise I think my idea might not work.

Just a few of my favourites from my collection.

Edit: Comparing everyones screenshots to mine really puts in perspective just how square my monitor is

I remember this topic coming up with the SweetFX mod. Anet wont give an official ‘OK’ for a mod but as long as it doesn’t give a player an advantage over other players then the mod should be fine.

Something like a colourblind mode is something that Anet needs to work on. Because those tiny red circles can be a kitten to see if you’re colourblind.

Decoy, Nether Field, Feedback.

Decoy is great for getting out of sticky situations.
Nether Field is great if a mob has a large condition (or buff)
Feedback is great because it’s 0 cast time, no need for LoS, doesn’t interrupt casting and the combo field is great with iDuelist.

Seeing that the Order quests take up about 1/4 or 1/5 of your Storyline quests I don’t see this being implemented.
However it would be a nice feature to have. +1 For it.

Whilst I agree that Mesmers can be tanks I don’t think that they should be. Mesmers are great at surviving, as said by a previous poster. There have been many times where my entire party was wiped out except for myself and I had to try to revive them whilst fending off invaders. Decoy and Feedback are the best Mesmer skills (IMO) and they never leave my skillbar. They have saved my kitten multiple times.

Yes Mesmers can be tanks, but their skills are more suited else where.

That was the first time I saw that login screen and I can honestly say it’s better then what they’re currently giving. And as someone previously said, I don’t understand launchers either I want to play the game, I don’t need confirmation that I want to play the game. Put the login authentication in the game.

For me I could not stand the music for the character select screen. The epicness that it should’ve been didn’t work with nothing happening. I’ve changed it to a simple piece from a completely different game Flower. It suits it more. However the music suits the old login. It made the game feel epic and the music carried over to character select but the epic feel remained. This is just how I feel, it’s odd I know but little things like that can change the atmosphere of the game.

Please bring the old login back!

I agree. Using the greatsword is just annoying. You have the continuous pewpewpew and them grunting everytime the spell is cast.

I logged in just to say this

Awesome post. Actually helpful. Mesmers may be a hard class to fight 1v1 but they can be shut down like any other class. Whilst I don’t think that sword off hand sucks, I would rather use pistol (iDuelist + ethereal field = KITTEN TONNE OF CONFUSIONS!). So many people have killed themselves cause of that combo >:)

Scepters are so bad. I’ve given it a try recently and I really can’t see why Anet has left it so weak. Give it’s #1 confusion like it says in the description!
Clones shouldn’t replace phantasms. If you have 2 clones and 1 phantasm then spawning another clone or phantasm will delete the oldest clone. 2 Phantasms and 1 clone, clones should delete the clone. With 3 Phantasms however I do believe it’ll overwrite the oldest Phantasm. Scepter should be no different. I can’t test if scepter #1 overwrites phantasms but it shouldn’t. Anet screwed up if it does.

My best solo story…

I’m pretty sure it was in Barradins Vault in Plains of Ashford. I was using a Sword/Pistol & Staff build with Esther Heal, Decoy, Null Field, Feedback and the Sylvari ult Take Roots. Traits would’ve been 10/20/25/10/5, giving a equal balance of condition damage (staff) and raw ramage + crit (sword/pistol)

Of course I ask for help trying to empty the vault and making the waypoint ‘uncontested’ but noone came so I try to empty it out by myself. The first mini-boss focused on ranged attacks so clearly feedback was a big help for reflecting damage AND it applied the confusion condition to his own attacks causing himself to be confused, this really helped when he does multiple attacks in succession or when I get knocked down. This also helped a bit for the mage mini-boss but it didn’t apply confusion to his attacks.
Spamming clones and phantasms took a lot of the agro from the mobs, decoy being a favourite skill for clearing all agro from me. Using the pistol #4 skill with null field or feedback made it so each of his attacks applied confusion (not sure why it says 20% chance happening, seems to be 100% ATM). Also having the Staff #2 skill Phase Retreat on a 6sec CD made sure I always had Chaos armour on as I’d use it in all my fields (Staff #5 Chaos Storm, Null Field, Feedback) reducing any damage I took.

Having gotten through all 3 mini bosses Hector was all that stood in my way. I was able to kill all the other ghosts as I fought him but sadly Hector could 1hKO me. Even though it ends in failure I still think that getting that far was my best solo story.
This build has seem me through a lot and I always end up going back to it.

All I’ve done is go to Lions Arch, go to the fountain (you’ll see the event when you’re near) and talk to a azura there and they’ll give you a scanner thingy.
Scan around for some ghosts, but make sure you stock up on candy corn as it uses 1CC per activation.

Search all of Tyria for Candy Corn mines and I do believe there’s a door thing, but I haven’t done that yet.

Surely Anet foresaw this happening right? Glad that they’re fixing it though. Always comforting to see an admin post about current bugs.
Till its fixed I’ll sit here with my popcorn and watch all the people rage. Patience is a virtue and people just don’t seem to have any.

I’m on limited internet too (Kitten you Australian internet!)
I stopped paying attention when I reached the 600mb mark at 78% I assume that the total size would be around 700mb.

Dyes are a gold sink? When did that happen?

Also, I’m one for making dyes account-wide. Not character-wide.

Whilst 0% information is actually given from the OP I’m guessing the problem is on your end. Loading screens are fine, let the game load and don’t alt+tab out during loading. I don’t have a SSD and it only takes me roughly 7-10 seconds to load each zone.

I got hacked 23 minutes ago, I know cause the authentication email is timestamped. Thankfully my email and GW2 account have different passwords.

Address: 119.86.232.177
City: Chongqing
Region: 33
Country: CN

I find this utter BS that I’m getting a verification from another country. It if was my own country then sure maybe it would look less suspicious. I think that being able to block regions or countries would be nice, not sure if it’s been done before but the option would be nice. I’m not travelling anywhere anytime soon so why would I allow other countries access to my account?

I just realised your playlist is from dotHack!
Nice guide, glad to no longer be BLASTED by the character select music when I log in.

CHOAM.7852:

Master tools has the same effective level as Steel tools

What bs! For a description that says ‘MOST efficient’ it sure as hell ain’t that efficient. I saved my master tools for higher levels only to find that they aren’t quite as ‘Master’ as you’d think they are and just gave me ruined crap.

I’m glad someone posted this. It’s sure to be a bug if it didn’t happen at ANY time before this patch. It’s nothing ‘unbalancing’ it’s just annoying. Whilst clones and phantasms ‘remained in the world’ a few seconds after they shattered there wasn’t any ‘remains’… Now there are! I do find it funny when I see dead mobs surrounded by my ghostly weapons :P

Priority over bugs fixes and balance issues? Heck no. I can’t progress on the story quest even though it’s been ‘fixed’ multiple times. I’d rather they get the game fixed before they think about changing cosmetically. Besides, you don’t even have to look at it when you play. As you level up I understand that you’re constantly upgrading traits, even when in WvW or sPvP you’re constantly changing your builds.

I understand that you don’t like it, there will be others that don’t like it. I honestly don’t care if they changed it or kept it it doesn’t ruin my experience and I didn’t even notice the background image till you pointed it out. Fixing bugs is priority.

I like the idea of ‘glow in the dark’ dyes. I’m sure that the Sylvari have been the envy with having a ‘glowing’ feature in darkened areas.

I fully support the idea of having these dyes in the game

Sentinel.8749:

TIP ABOUT THE TRADING POST: Contrary to what the others have said about most items can sell for more than vendor price… the hard truth is, most of the items you get will be listed as 1 copper more than vendor price. DON’T SELL ON TP, because there are sale and listing charges! (15% if I recall… correct me if I’m wrong)
Only sell when the profit is worth your while.

I’m glad that people are explaining this. It annoys me to no end to farm a mat only to be unable to sell it for a profit in the TP because people sell it for 1c more then vendor price. There are enough money drains we don’t need player ignorance contribute to it.

Whilst I do see a lot of people complaining about the underwater combat I think it’s one of the better mechanics I’ve seen. Whilst ranged combat is a lot easier underwater then melee I still don’t see why so many people complain about it.

In regards to few people attacking an underwater boss it’s just because there’s noone else around. If you start a fight with an underwater boss by yourself and people see it, I’m sure they’re gonna help.

Level 80 Sylvari Mesmer here. I almost never use my Mesmer elite skills I think that they don’t benefit as greatly as they should. I always end up using the Sylvari ‘Take Root’ skill. Mass Invisibility just isn’t as helpful in PvE or PvP as I expected it to be. Because others are always using skills they instantly unstealth, making the skill useless. At least with Take Root I’m invulnerable for 3 seconds, plus when I use my sword #2 skill I’m distorted for another 2 seconds PLUS 3 clone f3 shatter I’m distorted for another 3 seconds.
I expected a Mesmer ultimate would be a mass zerg of illusions, that didn’t count towards your total illusion count, attacking your target. I do understand for PvP this would put a even greater advantage on the Mesmer.

Got one in a chest from a dragon around the 200 hours mark. Thankfully it was an exotic that I can use.
I suppose they’re meant to be so rare and it’s all randomly generated loot but 1 in 200 hours is painful. Although I’m not playing it for the equips it still heart warming to know I got one.

I like the idea of a fan being a weapon. I’m surprised with the lack of fans for the Mesmer because the Mesmer art poster shows a woman with a FAN. Why advertise something that isn’t there.
The only focus model that I like is the Krytan (sorry if incorrectly spelt). Only bceause it doesn’t look like a bell on a stick.
+1 support for fans from me!

I really do wish they add this feature soon. Whilst I saw on the latest patch notes (24/9) that they haven’t thought about implementing this feature it would really help the game and community. It’s already a struggle getting a group of people together for the one dungeon, and again when you wanna run exploration mode.
I’d greatly support for this feature to be installed in a update soon.

Your build is very close to mine, except my build focuses on clones being killed, not shattering.

1. Mental Torment is good for your build, if you focus on shattering then maybe spec more traits in the illusion trait, the ‘Shredding recharge rate’ reduces the cooldown for your shatter skills.
2. Empowered Illusions is good if you’re summoning phantasms because that skill applies to phantasm damage. Seeing that clones don’t deal damage it doesn’t apply to them. And I don’t think the skill applies to Shatter, I could be wrong.
3. Desperate Decoy I think that’s a nice skill to have for your build.
4. Deceptive Evasion is great, I use it myself cause it really helps spam clones.
5. Debilitating Dissipation is great if you’re clones are killed before you shatter them.
6. Master of Misdirection, not sure about this one. If you’re going to use Mind Wrack a lot it’s probably a better choice to get Precise Wrack.
7. Phantasmal Haste applies to the Phantasm attacks so if you’re not planning on using phantasms for your damage output then maybe get another trait. Id rather have those 5 points in Inspiration because it gives retaliation to your clones and phantasms, so if they do get attacked the damage is mirrored onto the attacker.

Only other change I’d suggest is changing Empowered illusions to either ‘Rending Shatter’ to cause vulnerability or ‘Shattered Concentration’ to remove a boon.

In reply with trait calculator I used Guildhead. Sadly it’s not updated to most recent changes.

Edit: Formatted for easier reading.

Mesmer was my first class, and I loved the mechanics of it. Yes you’ll find that a lot of your time is spent running around mobs till you learn how to make them target your clones and spam a lot of clones. At first it’s challenging to get a hold of it but you’ll soon find a weapon style and build that suits you. I’m a sword/sword and staff with focus on my clones causing numerous conditions when they get killed or when I spawn more. I didn’t like greatsword because it damage was very weak when you’re not at furthest range. Pistol was great but I already have staff for ranged attacks. Sceptor needs some lovings, it’s fairly weak but that’s because its a clone spam to use with your shatters.
You’ll find that Mesmers are fairly vulnerable to damage but as you learn to confuse and trick your enemies (mobs as well as players) with your clones then the class starts to get fun. Well, that’s how I found the Mesmer.

Depending on your timezone. For me it’s already the 25th.
Here’s the page with the official patch notes, including implementation time.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/10ddhp/924_and_101_patch_compilation_and_other/

After capping my Mesmer I thought I’d give Elementalist a try. The downed state really does need some work. At least with a Mesmer I have the immediate option to to a flash, leaving a clone in my spot. Then once I unstealth from that I have the option to spawn a assassin phantasm.
Elementalist has nothing like that.
Skill 2 is a immobilising skill… Well not sure how that’s meant to help? If a melee mob downed me then they’re already close enough to kill me making that skill pointless. Same applies to ranged opponents. Grab is simply useless.
Skill 3 is a mist form… After you wait for 8 seconds and by then it’s already too late. It also doesn’t benefit you besides staying alive 5 seconds longer. It doesn’t cover a great distance, it doesn’t stealth you so mobs walk right with you as you ‘mist’ away ready to finish you off, it just keeps you in the fight for 5 seconds longer. The only benefit I see from this is that it resets your downed health to 50%.

I’d really like another skill to replace #2. The mist form would be nice if it was accessible as soon as you were downed, stealthed and (maybe) granted swiftness whilst in that form. This will allow the Elementalist to escape from mobs or other players.
If other classes have the option to escape instant death, why doesn’t Elementalist?

Edit: Reformatted some points.

My level 80 Mesmer. Using the tier 1 culture armour.

80, Mesmer. 8/10
The enjoyment of it all really does die off at the end. Sorta sick of the same mobs in high level areas. Visually the game is beautiful, I like the combat, it’s different but can use some improvement. Few bugs really halt progress (Skill Challanges, Quest Bugs) and it makes me want to stop playing.

Overall I like the game. But there is plenty of room for improvement.

When I first played GW2 I made a Mesmer. Its a interesting and challenging class. As Navi said let us know what server you’re playing and we can help you in game as well as in the forums.

Just a small bug.
In the ‘Quest objectives’ it shows ‘Defeat Lord Shim Saliah’ whilst the boss is actually called ‘Lord Zhim Alarjann’.
Nothing big. But still a bug.

I like the encryption key that Steam uses. If a person signs into Steam using a different IP address then the account is locked and an email is sent to the registered email address with the unlock key. And I’m pretty sure that Rift uses it too.
For online purchases they should issue a receipt number to your email and use that as proof of purchase. I have a physical copy so I only have a serial code.

When you beat a game you beat a game. The replayability of a MMO really depends on the user and if they want to repeat all their tasks again. I understand that there is only so many times a user can do something before it becomes pointless and no longer fun but fun is what the user makes of it.
Suggestions? Find a role-playing group. Make a new toon and see how your story could’ve differed if you chose something else (Not suggesting all the way to level 80).
This game offers many experiences and it seems that you’ve experienced them all. Now you gotta create some yourself.
If all else fails. Patience is key. This game has been out for less then a month and they’re still patching and fixing bugs. There will (hopefully) be expansions released in the future so there’ll be new experiences there.
Congrats on accomplishing so much in such little time.

The level of depth in the environment, and on that note, the character creation and storyline. I love how what you choose during character creation will change your storyline. Friend and I started at same time, same race but completely different quests.
Some of the equips look amazing (though I do wish there was more variety, been stuck using 3 different armour sets for the past 20 levels).

People actually help one another in here and I feel that the community feels nicer then most other MMO’s. Group events are fun to join in. I’m loving my Mesmer character. All my friends and I have agreed that a lot of thought went into this game to make it feel more ‘alive’ and it really shows.

According to /age I’ve played 108 over the past 12 days. That’s 9 hours a day. Definitely not casual.

Level 65 Mesmer

As a Mesmer player I constantly refer to my clones and phantasms as ‘minions’ and during large boss fights or world events I randomly shout out “Go my minions! Fight for your master” or something along those lines. I just think it’s great to roleplay your character. I play MMORPG’s to escape from reality so I try to ‘live’ my character the best I can.

Really anything in the 3D setting could effect FPS but only slightly. Given your graphics card the settings in the control panel shouldn’t impact FPS.
For me it was Ambient Occlusion, however I have a nVidia GT240 so it’s not as powerful as yours and yet I run at 35fps normally and 20fps in WvW and graphic intense situations.