Guild Wars 2

Does anyone have a video of 2 good mesmers running a shatter vs a phantasm build in pvp or wvw? I’d like to see how it’ll play out and which build will eventually come out on top.. As far as I love phantasm builds (which i originally rolled as for the first few months of the game), I’ve come to like shatter builds a little bit better because they kill stuff faster (as a pure DPS) and yet still has a bit more leniency in survival via their utilities.

I’ve been playing elementalist in the beta and was so convinced I was gonna go elementalist up until the very day of launch where I remembered my first GW1 character ever named Mocking Bird which was a me/e so I made a mesmer instead.. I still wish I went and made that elementalist i originally wanted. -_- too bad i already made twilight, bolt and minstrel for my mesmer or i would’ve renamed her and transferred the name Mockingbird to an elementalist and switch mains.. -_-

What kind of queen wears purple shoes with that outfit?!

I’ve bought my commander tag but I am yet to use it in wvw. I’m still in training lol. I’ve noticed that commanders usually dive in towards huge zergs and when i tried my berserker shatter build there… well you know what happened.

The exotics are a little lackluster for their price. I’ve had every single exotic pet that can be bought by gold and I still find most event exclusive or promo pets to be more attractive.

Well we all know how vital mesmer roles are in wvw.. What I’d like to know is what is (for you) the ideal build a mesmer commander should run? Are glamour commanders (for veil and portal) better than say.. mantra support? Or shatter builds vs phantasm/projectile reflect builds?

I’d really like to switch my gear but I’m stuck with berserker trinkets at the moment (it’s quite tedious to get another set of ascended accessories).. I can change the stats of my armors and weapons via transmutation though.. Im currently using divinity runes though..

Try it on CoF path 1.. By hitting the searing effigy I’m able to destroy around 3 or 4 crystals surrounding him as well.. Makes the run so much faster. I guess it’s compensation for the 50% nerf in Time Warp.. :x

Daywolf.2630:

Leo Paul.1659:

The bratty princess doll does a lot of cute animations.

Yah I keep one in my mesmer’s inventory. Sounds are the best! …like psychotic.

Yea.. As I’ve said before, Princess dolls fit both halloween AND wintersday

Despite being a mesmer myself, I feel like a nerf (or a “fix”) is in order.. Being able to do so much siege with just my autoattack makes me look like im cheating.. :/

You should really try it out in CoF path 1.. Im able to hit the searing effigy and a whole lot of crystals around him with my laser. O_O I guess it’s compensation for the Time warp nerf?

Yea I’m trying to find a good berserker mantra build that still is able to hold its own against tricky professions like d/d elems. I find that so far, cripple on clone death + clone on dodge are extremely useful for the build (GS/Sword+Focus) in keeping some distance but it still is rather squishy as compared to a berserker shatter build.

So I’m planning to use berserker mantra mesmer in WvW, and I wanna know how it fares against the other professions.. In terms of survivability, I feel like it’s the weakest of all builds and I’m debating whether mantra of pain is worth the slot in utility.. I hear that it’s a viable build, but I’ve checked the forums to see any suggestions but there isn’t a lot of comprehensive guides out there in terms of equipment, traits, and strategies..

As I’m currently limited in terms of equipments (FULL berserker armor/weapons/ascended trinkets), and stuck to my current weaponset because they are all transmuted legendary skins (GS, Sword+Focus), I find that the typical shatter build (20/20/0/0/30) runs the best with my set. If I have more leniency in terms of equipment though, I would really like to run my sPvP build in PvE which is a tank/support mantra healer.

Torch indeed. Get ready to get burned! Bwhahahahahha. Evil community laugh

Best siege: Mesmer. Greatsword AoE range vs structures is insane.

They haven’t even improved the effects of the rest of the old legendaries yet! Not until they make my Minstrel shine!

The bratty princess doll does a lot of cute animations.

Selenya.6410:

Dear Anet, give some love to The Minstrel, quite annoying fail on the design atm, prolly the less appealing among legendaries, but it’s still one of them after all!
Make it shine!

I don’t understand how they are able to make dredge gongs and mesmer underwater trident autoattack look so much better than the minstrel effects.

Im surprised nobody has called us out on this in wvw. I am able to hit a burning oil, gate and a cannon on a corner in 1 autoattack in inner garrison.

I like the idea of the Minstrel affecting armor colors instead.. That way it won’t cause any conflict with the main hand weapon should it be a legendary as well.

I feel like the buff was meant for structures really.. I’m fine with how it works right now but a fix so that I could hit more targets (other than structures), is welcome.

Jski.6180:

Gotejjeken.1267:

Playing the game for 46 days (or roughly 1100/24) is not the same as being here the entire time. You talk about ‘wait and see’ when we have.

Sorry to say, the game keeps getting worse. You just need to get out of the honeymoon phase and realize it.

I think the players are making it bad for them self. These forums are a major part of why they changes the game the way they do but all ppl seem to be able to do is just larges blanket complain because of small bits they do not like. Like the last update ppl hate small parts of it but they will act as if they hate every thing that was done SO Anet will read it as they hate every thing in the patch and fix it as they see fit. This could be seen in the Feb. patch there was a small bit that ppl out right hated but instead of going after the small bits they did not like the ppl went after the patch over all. So things that a lot of ppl liked where also put in to as the community hated it. This was Chest drops from would events. Now because of what the community said Anet changed it to where it is now. Now you see the same ppl who disliked the Feb. patch hate this patch because of small bits mainly the chest bit so the entire patch what they are saying is a bad patch.

If the game is getting worst its because of these forums. Ppl here cant say the good things about the patch they will only talk about the bad things.

Lol u seem to be implying that anet has no discernment whatsoever.

Or at least increase the affected targets again! 5 is too small -_-

All these changes only make me feel like GW2 was released too early. “Wait and see” is for beta. Now that the game is live, it is inexcusable.

I feel like this is the april fool’s patch.. they’ll reveal the real March patch on April 1.

It doesn’t matter as much for a mesmer anyway, but I’d really like to see more sleek GS designs too. These new ones, particularly the Fractals GS looks so bad on a mesmer.

I sure hope they add guild halls and gvg in april but I have this feeling that the april patch will focus more on pve.. probably more ascended stuff, major changes in professions/skills, and updates on dungeons..

morrolan.9608:

So one assumes they will fix this and people will lose the extra laurels?

I’ll bet my The Minstrel that they’ll get to keep the laurels.

this sounds a lot like a bug.. better do them now before they got fixed. 10 laurels is huge.

When is the next patch?

Lafiel.9372:

Oh a side note, I’m quite surprised they made no changes to Cof p1. I had thought the way people farm it wasn’t intended.

Or they could make the other dungeons like CoF 1 so that more people would run them. Look at what happened to AC. -_- Nobody wants to run it now.

Time Warp has been nerfed by 50% yet the duration and affected targets remain the same??!!! And still no improvement to The Minstrel? And still no Ritualist?!!!! Bad patch. :X

Surprise surprise, nothing mentioned about improving the minstrel/meteorlogicus from the patchnotes. How annoying.

they should at least have increased the affected people from timewarp to 7 or something. -_-

How much would adding a trinity change the game though? We can go pure support/tank/DPS regardless, and imposing it would do more harm than good.

I did take a break after grinding myself to death to get 3 legendaries.. But as far as goals are concerned, I wanted to finish my PvE so that I could focus on WvW (which I feel is the endgame of gw2), so I still have lots to do.. I am not fond of alts at all, and so after I was done dressing my character with the BiS equips, I focus solely on putting them to good use.

I agree with the person who said that after getting the things you want, you feel a little more relaxed. I get to enjoy the game more now knowing I won’t have to worry about having my weapons obsolete come ascended.

GW2 is 2nd. GW1 remains the best MMO I’ve played.

Oh yea I forgot about the ritualist. Scratch every other suggestion. I only need the ritualist to make me forever happy in gw2.

Yea I like the flying pages for the FPS.. Incinerator needs an update too.. it’s one of the more boring legendaries out there despite having foot trails.. But please improve the minstrel first!!!

My ideal patch is that Ascended items will remain only as trinkets.. Armors and weapons will get infusion slots but retain their exotic stats. Update to The Minstrel. And the upcoming wvw update. That’s all I need to be completely happy with the game.

Geotherma.2395:

Leo Paul.1659:

I literally just bought 300g worth of keys a day before this promo. Kitten life.

I bought 65 keys this month before the sale, come sale time I needed to pay some bills.. out of money come sale time lol…. Wtb more discounts that aren’t at the kitten end of the month :P

I didn’t even get 1 permanent anything. All I wanted was a permanent hairstylist.. T_T

I literally just bought 300g worth of keys a day before this promo. Kitten life.

I don’t want new ascended stuff. I want to be a somebody in wvw… And I can’t focus on that unless I have all the shinies.. Yea I’m that kind of player.

I have all 3 legendaries that I want and I still have so much left to do (mostly fractals stuff which I absolutely hate.. I’d rather not run fotm but the infused rings can only be farmed there)..

As someone who can’t part with his sword+focus on his mesmer, I feel like GS is a lot better in a shatter build than with staff (remember my alternate weapon is a s+f).. the pull from focus synergizes well in pulling mobs away from you and iWarden spawns right beside the target for shatters. Staff is only better if Illusionary Persona is taken into account, since it relatively keeps you safer. If not for IPersona, I’m sure people would be taking GS instead.

munkiman.3068:

Riddle me this batman… How does a person put in 4 random rares and get a precursor? Since a guildy did just that the other day. Basically go buy yourself 4 of any of the cheapest rares you can in bulk and go to town. I can’t imagine that chance is any worse than a world boss chest.

Actually I got 2 precursors this way already (Zap and the Legend). I use dungeon tokens the ones that cost 210.

The Riding Broom from the witch outfit is a good way to introduce ‘mounts’ to the game… Town clothes could have a skill that makes the character ride something but remain the same speed. That way it’ll only be used for ‘fun’.

If you can change the effects of any of the existing legendaries now, how would you improve it? For me, I’d make The Minstrel leave a trail of feathers and maybe some musical note footsteps..

Oh I see.. It’s good to hear that accessories and amulets can’t be infused. I hope they stay that way.. And no more stat increasing infusions geez!

Oh please do not introduce higher stat infusions. As minute as they are, it still some form of gear treadmill which I thought they wouldn’t do anymore. Increase agony resistance or whatever, but please leave stats alone. A lot of people have been upset with the introduction of ascended equipments already. Adding costly infusions that give better stats would probably leave more people dissatisfied with the game.