Oh ANET.
You fail so hard with this skill..
Find another solution but giving aegis every 3 seconds is useless.. Its not even a nerf its making the skill not usuable.
3 seconds of aegis will mean someone will hit you and you will end up missing the second buff of aegis and only maybe getting the last one. You most likely will end up block 1 or 2 attacks at most.
Also this isnt very mesmer like at all its a skill for the guardian.
Give us back our blur.. figure it out.
NO
Not going to happen. you dont like it? Make your own game
why do people like you even use the forums.. You legit bring nothing to the conversation other than being a annoying b***
I don’t like things about a game that i enjoy so i put out that information in hope that the devs pay attention..
In fact so many people complained about the scepter that it is even said that the scepter will get a rework in some of its functionality..
NO GREATSWORDS FOR THEIF!!!
They are a bit unimaginative, but they’re also pretty useful. Considering how imaginative the rest of the mesmer/chrono class is compared to other classes, I think they can get a pass on this. =P
The problem I have with the main hand scepter is its the only other option for main hand besides the sword and its visually uninteresting and skillfully unimaginative. if we had a third base off hand this would not be a problem but since we only have 2 it doesn’t really set up up well for future specs.
I guess the best option would be just add another weapon.
Id like the rifle to be 900 range but have a mechanic that would allow it to be at 1200 range.
Example
F2 Skill Mark Target
Mark Your target changing the way your number 3 ability works providing long range skill for each skill set.
This would be cool as it would provide alternatives for more than just your rifle shot.
Rifle Mark target skill 3. Shoot a devastating skill from 1200 that leaves a burning trail along the way.
They are both so unimaginative and boring.
The visual effect sucks.
We have a block on 3 of our weapon skills and its almost redundant at this point.
I would like to see if off the main hand personally as base mesmer only has 2 mainhand weapons and the block on it is just so boring and redundant with the sheild.
but i would settle for the sword because if I was a mesmer I think i would be able to think of more creative things to do with my sword than block.
Ideas.
Main Hand Scepter:
Skill 2
2a.Vortex: Open up vortex that pulls in all projectiles and causes damage in the ground targeted area
2b. Vortex explosion: Explode vortex knocking down enemies in the area.
Off Hand Sword Skill.
Skill 4
Empathy: Throw and illusionary sword at 2 targets each time these foes damage you they also damage themselves. base damage on hit. (Similar to the ranger elite.)
I think this really sets up the mesmer for future elite specs better than the current skills do. You can add another main hand block on a future elite spec if people really miss it.
If they would just fix the AA animation on scepter I would be beyond happy. We are casting a spell not slinging a baseball bat.
So a lot of people really like the warhorse for its ability to support and feel it would be e a gray addition to say.. Staff
I agree. So we need weapon swap
But that would give us too many skills at once!
Solution
When traited for tempest you get two attunement slots that you can select two different attunements
And allow you too weapon swap.
Would open up a lot of new options for the tempest
Engineer: golemancer
New weapon : main hand scepter
New feature: personal golem
Like the ranger you have a pet that can be controlled through your f1 skills
U also go around the world to collect parts to assemble your own unique golem aesthetics only
New weapon: scepter
Skill 1: aetheric blast- u and your golem shoot a blast of energy at your target
Skill 2: overload: u and your golem gain shocking aura after a bit of a delay send out a shockwave to damage and immobilize foes
Skill 3: hyper beam teleport into your golem and shoot a huge wave of energy at your enemies stunning up to 5 targets
F1 skills apply different weapons to your golem and changes the the skill effects for the golem
F1: kinetic gun: shoot out a shot that knock downs foes
f2: Gravity gun: target location shot that floats enemies
F3 etc
New skill type: conjures:
Conjure golem parts and unleash them on enemies
Can be shared with allies
Abortion Ray: conjure an absorption Ray that aids allies and protects them
Yassss I’m seriously tired of waving my scepter like a baseball bat
Ok ok. I know we just got the first one but I don’t think future specs are so far off so here’s me giving my wishes to anet
The minstrel:
New weapon: the war horn
Skills :
empathetic song- deal damage to a for by projecting you lovely voice. target becomes extremely vulnerable. Enemies near the target also take damage and become confused
Phantasm all harmony-summon a phantasm that spa a heal in surrounding areas and enemies who enter are slowed
New skill type:conjure
Illusionary harp: summon an illusionary harp to heal and grant positive effects on allies
Illusionary flute: high in condition damage
Illusionary lute: power damage
Performers illusion: dancing based with a phantasm attached
Elite: conjure pefromance : summon three phantasms for the duration of this conjure. Phantasm all practice the routine you play with your skills. Essentially you loose all phantasms with these performers and your new 1-5 skills are different parts of the performance
Blah just a random idea. I love the idea of a dancer musician class in guild wars 2
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I’m sure this topic has come up but I have a few ideas of how i would like to see this changed!
Sheild #4 skill.
Protective rush- Dash forward leaving a blaze of light that damages and slows enemies and grants protection to allies. Does not require target ground targeted like the warriors spin ahead skill. light feild
Sheild #5
Pulsating Sheild- Push enemies away with a protective bubble for the duration of the channel and heal allies inside.
Sheild #5 part b.
Leave the bubble behind that absorbs projectiles
Or whatever just do something shelild needs to be used!
My dream
All phantasm skills are replaces by new field skills that can be exploded via shatters
Utilities:
1: spatial surge- Teleport allies 600 infront of the direction they are moving healing them for 25% teleport enemies away dealing damage and slowing them
2: time out: create a field that pulses immobilize
3: time swap: switch spaces with enemy
4: future pain: deal heavy damage if the enemy is not affected by the foe will heal for half the damage in 3 seconds
Sheild:
1: phase block- block an attack and gain distortion and reflection for 3 seconds
2: field of velocity- toss sheild in a line infront of you creating a field that slows enemies and grants haste to allies- when shattered also knocks down enemies
Sword field:
Feild of displacement: swipe your sword creating a line field infront of you creating a pulsing field of damage – when shattered enemies in field a displaced
Focus field:
Field of better days: create a field that grants regeneration and might to allies- when shattered heals allies in field
Staff field:
Field of aging: field pulses slow and damage- when shattered gives out all weakness poison and confusion to foes trapped inside for 8 seconds
Great sword field:
Field of the singularity: create a area that taunts enemies- when shattered does heavy damage in 6oo range
I’m hoping not super conditions more power with some control and movement
I’m imagining a reaper like class:
Lots of spinning and dark magic
Using the life force gained as a source of power to unleash
Skill 1: slash /slash/ frozen spin ( a la Marjory )
Skill 2: feebled ground: spin with your great sword in a path in front of you damaging foes in your path leaving behind a dark feild that pulses damage and weakness a
Skill 3: grim reapers: plunge sword into ground bringing up bone spikes in the area around you
Skill 4: shadow vortex: maintain skill- spin with your greatsword creating a vortext that taunts and slows in a 300 radious . Explode vortext damaging foes in a 600 radius
Skill 5: summoned might: slice in front of you dealing damage to enemies and unleashing a wave that gives fear to enemies and might to allies
Probs op but after seeing the rev whatever
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Speculation] new Fire tech = pyromancer spec
in Guild Wars 2: Heart of Thorns
Posted by: Artyport.2084
I’m gonna call this!
Weapon swapping
Mainhand torch
Yeah shaterrabble fields would be awesome
Norn in a Skritt costume, that would be one huge and scary looking Skritt! I like it actually, but it would have to be in the form of a costume like Mad King Thorn’s or something the like. If it worked like a tonic (changing your stature) then I’d be rather annoyed.
This is a costume I’d buy if done as an actual costume.
I God no!
Ud become the size of the race lol
Alright! Since anet decided to no give us new races to play wouldn’t the next best alternative be to give us costumes of the races based off npc’s in the game. That way we could still fight as these character but wouldn’t allow much customization outside of weapons. Most of these characters already have animations
Just an idea!
I don’t see any phantasms hmmm interesting!
Back in the past when confusion damage weren’t nerfed in PvP / WvW there was a build that was destroying absolutely every other classes thanks to confusion. The build was abusing a synergy between “blinding befuddlement” (which hadn’t any ICD) and “Dazzling glamours”. Well that was back in the good old days…
Uh, no. Haha, no.
Glamour builds were quite strong against large groups, but to say that it was ‘destroying absolutely every other class thanks to confusion’ is hilariously wrong. Glamour builds were absolute trash for anything less than an engagement consisting at least 10 players on each side.
On a different note, the title of this thread is clickbait worthy of a ’ 10 SECRETS YOUR DOCTOR DOESN’T WANT YOU TO KNOW! ’ ad…
Oops sorry wasn’t intentional. Originally I put speculation: infront but it was too long
But that’s what they said they would do.
Hey I play gw1
Mesmers are suppose to be confusing and kitten people off.
Also these are mostly fun ideas just to create a theme
I’m really hoping they go down the pyromancer , geomaster, aquamancer , aeromancer root from the original gw1
I think they will start with the aquamancer and fully implement a great support character with the ability to weapon swap and 2 new sets of traits
More like my hope!
They have said that they specialization will vastly changed the way you play your character and what could change the way we play more.
I think they will replace our phantasms with new more active skills
This would justify giving us just an off hand as oppose to a two hand because we would be given more skills through our already existing weapon sets
If we become chonamancers they will be replace with time based skills
Staff: time stop- all targets in area are all immobilized fo 2 seconds and take x damage
Great sword: retraction- use ur gsword to block attack blink enemy backwards and stun
Sword: reversed swipe- slash your for and blink backwards
Focus: cryogenic release- freeze foe after the enemy is frozen gains confusion
Sheild: distortion field allies in area gain distortion enemies gain confusing
Sheild 2: empathy gain a blocking stance for x seconds and gain retaliation each time ur struck create a clone
Gm Trait: remember the time- your clone does the damage or applies the condition/boon of the previous skill used before they were created for one strike
Blah just fun ideas
But this would completely change the way u play your Mesmer and allow you to keep your clones for the shatters
I’m pretty sure that skill is not a sheild skill and is a utility.
Why? It doesn’t incorporate the sheild at to cast. The spell doesn’t relate to the sheild at all. If it is a sheild skill I will be disappointed
I support this idea 100%
This is a MUST. Outfits are cool and all but the ability to customize them just a bit is very important. Especially after the recent count outfit. So many girls running around looking exactly the same. Letting us add a different head piece would be a step in the right direction!
So i’m not asking for all options cuz i get it.. Money/time/resources.
But I think it would be nice if maybe just a few outfits would be able to be the female counter parts.
I only really play pve.
I give it a 7.
When I see the name I just don’t think sylvari
My Sylvari Necro.
Thistlin
Tristin + thistle= Thistlin
my mesmer has been level 80 for a year now and i never really chose a good build for him.
Things to consider.
I enjoy dissapearing a lot.
I love confusion and retailiation
Thats It!
What happened to Malyck?
White mantle?
Livia?
The gods?
Tengu?
Largos?
Ooh and the DRAGONS
No more random stories or random locations or random new tribes
Lets go back deep into the lore.
Kthnxbye
I like the idea, but the problem is that the fact that clones look like you serves an important purpose – no, most people are not fooled by them for more than a few seconds, but those seconds could be vital. In PvE, sure. In PvP/WvW, I need my clones as much for distraction as for damage.
But I’m not talking about clones!
Phantasms is what they would be. And absolutely no one is mistaking us for one of those purple shiny things.
I just want to summon a shiny purple butterfly that heals.
I say no to illusions that dont look like ourselves.
However im all for new phantasms providing more utility.
That’s what I’m asking for phantasms that are not just purple reskins of the mesmer.
But no one is confused by phantasms. So these would just be purple illusions of other things. You guys are boring
Nope, not gonna happen. Then we become frickin Pink Minion Masters. Just buff the phantasms a bit and it’s all good for me anyways. At least in my own opinion.
No!
They would act just like current phantasms with different visuals.
For instance summon the butterfly which does a pulse aoe heal. Can still be shattered and still is summoned on a monster
Please!
We are illusionist
Can we please summon spooky phantasms
inspiration butterflies that aoe heal
Huge ogres that stomp and knockdown foes in the area
U get the gist
1. Support Class. That works with game mechanics but is not neccesarry inorder to complete dungeons but a joy to have around. (not like an in your face guardian)(And with and actual support theme) aka bard, monk, blah blah. alot of us miss this character and feel our role is missing from the game.
2. Focus on making story the core of the game. Deep DEEP DDEEEEPPPP STORY STUFF. Dark and Thick Lore.
3. Allowing for a quick swap between traits and armor to easily swap between roles
So you can have a DPS setup a Condition Setup and a Support Setup and be able to swap between the three easily.
if they allow me to give my human pointy ears I will SHUT UP!
I know people are going to hate.
but i love playing an elf and the sylvari only kinda do it for me.
Ultra cute humans with pointy ears FTW.
I am not sure what the class mechanic is supposed to be. Could you please expand on it. The biggest thing for any potential class is that the class mechanic is unique and not just a reskined version of another class. The unique mechanic touches every build and is what gives the class is feel. You can skin skills to any theme.
Right now if I read this correctly is that you have 2 additional skill bats tied to activating f1 or f2. This unfortunately is very close to the ele mechanic, the stancelike mechanic butIis a bit weaker. It also has bits of the engineer kits as well.
Ideally you want a class mechanic that doesn’t evoke the other classes
The class mechanic are two Sets of skills that act as your secondary weapon set that are triggered to the F1 and F2.
IE.
Songs of Inspiration: turns your Secondary Weapon set into a harp.
Soo Yes they are similar to the engi and ele but different as you have access to both on a cool down and that are always with you.
So its a mix of both. while still being its on thing.
While I get that the guardian is suppose to fulfill the support archetype in guild wars 2. I feel like a lot of people including myself are really missing the more castery light armor supporter of the group feel. I understand people don’t want a healer in the group but it would be great to get that Healer feel disguised in mechanics that work for guild wars 2.
you dont have to read any more below if you dont want to
Artist
Combining Music and Magic and Dance Artist inspire and rejuvenate allies while confusing and debuffing enemies.
The Artist has several utilities at her disposal.
Skill Types
Dances- Dancing are movable skills that have a medium cast time
Routines- Performances that require the user to stand still for a duration creating an AOE affect around the Artist
Songs-Are Channeled skills that can be used while using other skills.
nstruments- Are utility skills that can be used to play a quick song.
i.e. Cry of the flute- Uses a flute to damage and apply torment to enemy.
Weapons:
2h
Staff- Using the staff to bring magic to her powerful dances the artist can heal and inspire allies while damaging enemies
Dance of the monk- Allies nearby are healed and gain protection. (Does not affect you) Small damage to foes
lluminating twirl- Damages and blinds enemies grants rejuvenation to allies. Creates a light field
MH
Warhorn Using the Warhorn to Share their song to debuff enemies.
Song of remorse- causes confusion to enemies and retaliation to allies in the area.
Sword- Artists are not defenseless and they use their agile abilities to strike down foes.
Wailing Weapon- Strike you foe causing weakness and vulnerability
Focus- Channels magic into her dances
Dance of the Dervish- channeling the wind creates wind blades that damage enemies and give allies swiftness.
OH
Warhorn- Uses the Warhorn to grant protection skills to enemies.
Words Of Healing- This song last for 5 seconds allies who enter the radius of your circle are healed for the duration of the song.
Focus-
Sheilding Dance-This dance last for 5 seconds allies who enter the radius of your circle gain a shield of absorption and absorbs projectiles and add +defense. (Skill cannot be used while moving)(Creates healing field)
Special Skills
F1 and F2 are skill that trigger you secondary weapon set allowing you to wield your instruments
Harp- The harp is used to inspire allies
Blissful song- Allies are healed gain rejuvenation and protection for 3 secondkitten
e- Is meant to cause fear for your enemies in the midst of battle.
Song of Battle- allies in area gain might and enemies are vulnerable.
Skill Types
Dances- Dancing are movable skills that have a medium cast time
Routines- Performances that require the user to stand still for a duration creating an AOE affect around the Artist
Songs-Are Channeled skills that can be used while using other skills.
instruments- Are utility skills that can be used to play a quick song.
i.e. Cry of the flute- Uses a flute to damage and apply torment to enemy.
I can use mantras but they are very niche.
Granting them the ability to be aoe makes them tons more useful.
It’s funny how all those who can’t manage to use Mantras want to change them in a way so they can use it. But those who already use them will be ****ed when they’ll change that way.
Right now mantras are indeed precasted skills with a high (well, medium now) casttime. But their actual purpose is that you can use the charges any time, while reviving, while dodging, while attacking with other skills and even while charging other mantras. You simply don’t use mantras as you use other skills.
They have great uses and potentials, but alot mesmers just want to use them like all other classes …
Aoe daze would be awesome for wvw mass interrupt or group damage spike
What if mantras were ground targeted aoe skills that effected targets in that area.
I think that would add more use considering there long recharge times
that sounds pretty cool for a Mesmer using mass invis.
Queen sacrifice. It looks like in the background there is a purple explosion… Which could be mesmer magic that is released to save the city against attackers. The queen dies in its place starting a political battle of who should be the new leader. Also causing frustration over the peace treaty with the charr being upheld. Until another member of the royal bloodline steps up to maintain the royal bloodline instead of caduceus coming into power
I’m looking for a mix.