Guild Wars 2

I’m never on our homelands mainly because of us blobbing. You will see me running solo most of the time, sometimes running with other BNF but rarely in a full group.

That FSP blob on their bl just now managed to crash my game…how can playing like this be any fun?

Also, it seems kinda weird for a guild named [TPK] The Player Killers to run away from a 1v1 before even receiving a single point of damage

/edit @Zen: Yeah, that’s me ^^ I might have even fought you but i was kinda scared to face a fully buffed condi-mesmer (with or without perplexity?) with only my trusty torch ^^

Alissah.9281:

keenlam.4753:

There is no healer class, but there is healer build for any class.

Except for thief :C

Spammable blast finishers make for the best support class when provided with the right fields, just saying ^^

Zen.4678:

Iavra.8510:

Zen.4678:

[BNF] mesmer on FSP border near orchard about 10 mins ago, nice fight. Hope to meet you again.

Could be me, i remember some fights there, are you a necro or thief by any chance?

/edit: My char is basically quite dark (if you have enemy colors enabled) using gs + sword/torch.

No, I’m a mesmer as well. Was fighting my clone build, except GS v staff, and Mantra of Resolve v Arcane Thievery.

Hmm…if it was me, i’m unable to remember Nubu wasn’t there at the time so it would have to be either Lilith (human) or me (asura).

Zen.4678:

[BNF] mesmer on FSP border near orchard about 10 mins ago, nice fight. Hope to meet you again.

Could be me, i remember some fights there, are you a necro or thief by any chance?

/edit: My char is basically quite dark (if you have enemy colors enabled) using gs + sword/torch.

Xerion.8014:

Is Dzagonur anti-roaming??

Because i’m getting hunted on your borderlands. The only thing i’m doing there is looking for 1v1’s. If i find them you guys interfere when passing by or bring the zerg to kill me. Pretty sad dont you think?

Allthough i have to say it really made me laugh when you brought your zerg along to kill me. I take it as a compliment.

Take care.

Afaik most of our roamers are very very rarely on homelands (and eb, for the matter). This is true at least for me, BNF, FEAR and some other guilds.

Yes! Let’s all move to Vabbi

Please, don’t spoil Vabbi with your zerginess. And for a change, try not to run from a 1v1 or sometimes even 1v2 (both UW and FSP).

/edit: Thanks to the GuM thief i fought at northeast camp, UW border. I’m still wondering how i managed to beat perplexity runes (13 stacks confusion max iirc) with only my torch to cleanse them ^^

Points are boring, you should be looking for good fights instead

Its like nobody uses condition removal.

Hi, i’m a mesmer.

Depending on what spec you are playing, mesmer currentley ranges from underdog (shatter) to fotm (pu perplexity). We have builds for everything :P

Flamey.1430:

Kontrolle.3514:

Low-skill UW-zerglings horrible matchup,.
Gamebraking lamerbuilds and a horrible player attidude.

Might be the worsed month since release.

Gamebraking? No, you mean gamebreaking.
Attidude? No, you mean attitude.
Worsed? No, you mean worst.

You’re welcome.

I can guarantee you that Kontrolle’s skill is much better than his english ^^

Besides, UW skill generally seems a lot higher than FSP. Granted, they are a lot of D/P thieves and reg warriors around, which aren’t really fun playing against, but here’s still hoping that ArenaNet someday manages to fix these.

I’d like to have it work like this:

1) <random autoattack name>
- 0.5s casting time
- 900 range
- medium damage
- 1s bleed
- 20% projectile finisher

→ I want to to be slighty worse than the engi autoattack because of the clones also applying bleeds.

2) Flicker
- no casting time (but can’t be used during other skills/while disabled)
- 8s cd
- 1200 range
- 1s stealth (basically just there for dropping targets)
- summons a clone at the same position

→ Every mh weaon so far has a clone skill that works as an active defense. We already have enough blocks on other weapons so i wanted a simple target drop to confuse the enemy, like the class was intented to.

3) Chaotic Salvo
- 1s channel
- 12s cd
- 900 range
- medium damage (x3)
- fires three shots:
— first applies 6s poison
— second applies 4s confusion (3 stacks)
— third applies 2s burn
- pierces and hits up to 3 enemies

→ Mesmer need a reliable way to apply poison to deal with high-healing classes (warrior, ele, guardian). It also fits in the mesmer-theme without using RNG.

A FSP looking for duels Mostof you seem to just run away, looking for 1-2 more guys before commiting to a fight.

Also just killed ~6 guys by pushing/pulling them into spawn guards

Wasn’t there already a thread like this somewhere? Whatever…

Pocket Mirror, asura mesmer. (and one of the lost ones still playing shatter!)

I’m still playing shatter. It’s hard vs healing signet warriors and necros using signet of kill-a-mesmer but those are op anyway.

Currently i’m using 20/20/0/0/30 gs + sword/torch for roaming (solo and group) and switch the gs for staff when dueling.

/edit: Retaliation is also quite a pain because of BF and gs auto-attack hitting multiple times. I have to play phantasm-like against it but it’s doable.

GS #3 and Torch #5 are still crap, though.

Blink doesn’t need a finisher. The would most likely be some tradeoff like a higher cd and you/we certainly don’t want that.

GS #3 should really be a blast finisher, though. Also it would be nice to have torch #4 trigger the blast on cast and not when getting revealed again.

Huh?

Could you specify which of us? Most times i have to chase you guys or millers :P

No
/some random letters..

Just reduce the new “orb” buff to giving points on stomps only. This will satisfy those playing for points and won’t affect fair dueling/GvG in the least.

And to those saying GvG is just a “few” players: On most servers, those doing GvG are also your most dedicated WvW players. You know, those who play day and night to gain your precious points.

I would gladly trade my iMage for iDisenchanter every time of the day :P

Condi warriors are way worse than Mace/Shield…met one of those on my mesmer a few hours ago and couldn’t even scratch him. Guess he was using apothecary and gaining like 1500-2000 hp/sec.

You forgot the torch :O The phantasm sucks, but it provides stealth on a nice cd and condi-remove, if traited (that trait is about the only reason for me to take torch, but it’s a good one).

After a few hours of testing i can they that they are indeed very nice. I moved from Staff to GS and the iZerker cripple combined with higher movement speed lets me escape from nearly everybody (and they are still Portal + Stealth in case i need some tricks).

The damage i lost from switching my runes gets more than compensated by the GS so all in all i’m quite happy.

Now i only need GS #3 to be useful, Torch #4 to trigger on cast (well, not really since i don’t have any fields now) and 1 more option to fight conditions and i would be perfectly happy.

Since i’m currently using 6*Rune of Divinity, the drop isn’t that high (-30 on all stats, -6% crit dmg). The boon and condition duration are mostly useless for my build but i will definitely get myself another set with these runes.

I’ll also give GS another chance since now i don’t have to depend so heavy on Staff #2 for escaping.

- to interrupt rezzes/stomps/heals/churning earth-like abilities.
- to stack vulnerability.
- to throw my opponent off balance.

F3 also comboes pretty well with Sword #3, Focus #5 and IP (+ Blink).

It’s a good offhand weapon, yes, but i wouldn’t say it’s the best. Despite all its weaknesses i lately learned to like the traited torch in my shatter-build, providing me with cleanses and stealth on quite a good cd.

iMage is still crap, though. But at least he cleanses when traited.

My order is slightly different:
1. ele
2. thief
3. mesmer
4. guardian
5. ranger
6. necro
7. warrior
8. engi

This is on land, underwater ranger is clearly superior.

Well, the last thread with dev participation is currently on page 20, the last dev post must have been months ago. I don’t think they really read this forum anymore anyway.

Or just leave phantasms the way they are and let people adapt. PvE can cater to casuals, i don’t care, but PvP and WvW (outside of zerg) should actually need some skill.

Don’t forget abot turret and elemental phantasms.

I remember pre-Dogged March/Cleansing Ire/Mending buff/Berserker’s Stance buff warriors complaining about conditions everyday :P

Well, if you throw iZerker or iWarden in a zerg they usually don’t last that long.

If that means that that’s what mesmers do, then no, they aren’t. If you mean necro…actually those are doable because they are more easily kited than warriors.

Warrior bleeds from autoattack alone have about 15-16s duration (and that’s not even counting torment/burning/poison from weaponswap or 9 stacks confusion on interrupt), when properly specced. Mesmer cleanses are on high cds which basically means the warrior only has to kite (remember: warriors are about tied with thief for the best mobility while mesmers have the worst apart from moving around in a small spot) while the conditions do their work.

Well, sorry to say so, but unless the mesmer entirely commits himself to condition cleanse, it’s an auto-win for the condi warrior.

/edit: Also the mesmer has to either take GS or be heavily specced for damage as warriors just outheal any damage otherwise.

Well, feedback is one of the only skills we can actually use in zerg combat ^^ Clones and Phantasms just die instantly and we don’t really got that many AoEs. Pre-patch you could still Blurred Frenzy inside the zerg but now you just die from retal.

That swiftness is probably the only reason why i’m still carrying a focus around…oh, and placing a warden on top of a wall is always fun, too ^^

Also, does anyone else have the issue of walking over the field and not getting the boon?

Only happens when i try to cast the line directly in front of me while running and already am past that point when the cast finishes.

A short video about our 5v5s yesterday vs [DE] from FoW:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcRfMWSG1VA

For anyone interested:
1 Warrior, 3 Mesmers (1 of each Shatter/Condi/Phantasm), 1 Ranger vs 1 Warrior, 3 Guardians, 1 Ele ^^

So far this patch seems really uninspired…1 short cutscene, endless waves of generic mobs and a single dungeons that i can’t rate right now but it seems to be quite short.

If your mesmer is black like mine → Accursed Chains, basically Spirit Links in…non-spirit.

Caladhog

Easy, that’s Chomper :P

Ever wondered where Strugar got all this meat from?

Actually, mesmer autoattacks do extremely low damage compared to other classes.

But since you have quit gw2 (sig), i don’T expect you to know anything about it.

Spatial Surge hits 3x 1000 – 1500 without cooldown

Make it 3x 500-800 at best.

A mesmer cast 6 – 7 spatial surge in 10 seconds.

A ranger longbow fires twice as fast for about the same damage (usually higher, i guess it has better power scaling) with 1500 range.

Really…l2p. Or bind your dodge key to something different from alt+f4.

/edit:

a single condition necro can 2 shot a mesmer

Not 1 mesmer…5 at best, because all this is AoE while mesmers are a pure 1v1 class for the most part.

Well, i see about as many stationary gs mesmers as lb rangers…those are not very strong in dueling…

If possible i always place my safety portals in shallow water. Really hard to see.

As long as Cleansing Conflagration offers decent condition removal and The Prestige still stealth on a good cd, i’m ok with nearly everything.

Actually, i would never take this trait. Those red circles are giving your position to anyone nearby after all.

For WvW i’d most likely go with Melandru.

Hi @those 3 FoW rangers i just killed on ruins. Tip: You can move while shooting a bow :P

You were on WSR, right? If so, could be that i already portalstomped you a few times :> I don’t think it’s much of a problem, even 60s would be a huge cd to sacrifice just for stomping someone.

Phase Retreat + Blink is superior most of the time.