agreed, i usually use the same traits over and over and skip more then 50% traits because they are quite useless :/ mainly fire needs a change, maybe even lower tier of air, not sure about earth and water… but arcane is quite fine imo
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i dont think this is good idea, pistols doesnt fit elementalists
in another topic i have read that ele needs a buff in PVP, but is fine in PVE… this is exactly vice versa
100 people, 100 opinions
what i tryied ele hits harder then mesmer underwater (except of illusionary mariner, which have something like hundred blades and needs to be dodged), so i dont think dmg is a problem and on earth you have bleed on autoattack, on second skill too, add sigil of earth on trident or +10% bleed duration and you are fine
interrupts in downed state just promotes tactic and team play… bring some kind of invulnerability, stability, stealth or something else, some downed abilities are countered just by stomping in 2 people everything can be countered, its just a tradeoff, as said
i would say 4…
thief, guardian, engineer and mesmer…
but in fact, mesmer is here only because many ppl dont know how to counter illusions, so if it should be 3, i would remove probably him
btw whats wrong with mesmers dmg and survivability? are you playing mesmer? i do and my phantasms definitely dont attack for 3500 dmg, maybe if they go full power and precision line? or phantasm spec? im not sure anyway, mesmer have +-15k hp default, ele have +-10k and necro have +-18k, now talk about mesmer having too much hp as cloth prof…
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yes it is, you can even use some utility abilities like Mist Form, anything what gives invulnerability or stability, there are many choices how to grant almost 100% stomp on profession with interupt but many of them rely on cooldowns quite a lot
i played Mesmer from day 1, still enjoying, but now i got some skill while playing him so i try again my beloved Elementalist who was my #1 choice at first
i like it, very action oriented but ye more modes (mainly deathmatch and CTF) would be nice, at least for fun, not necessary to add them to ranked (comming soon) mode, but in hot joins / free tournaments / etc
Spirit Hammer —→ GG i can just sit on the ground being knocked down from hammer or guardian till death
there are not many things in SPVP you could use influence for and still not break balance + you could farm influence elsewhere and boost yourself in SPVP… but maybe some limited Glory boost for a guild would be nice and not too much
Mystic Forge is here because there are no gear vendors, just chest vendors and to lowers the amount of randomnes you are able to make exact items you want from specific materials in Mystic Forge with a chance of getting critical success ie 1 tier (tier, not rank) higher item
Lowest average score per player is the Mesmer This is hard to believe because I think they are the best class. But I think I know what is happening here…Since everyone talks about how good they are, you have a lot of “Bad” players PvPing with Mesmers hoping to have the edge.
No. The reason is that mesmer has no mobility and in this game you get a lot more glory if you can move fast from point to point to cap. Mesmer is too slow, and standing on one point nets no glory.
i think both of you got the point and a mix of that gives the result
btw are results from hot join or from tournaments? result could differ a lot
it would be nice to add some glory to point holders, they are big part of conquest mode and they are not awarded for it…
i suggest them to get same glory as their point gives to your score as long as they are fighting on that point…
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point holder stands on captured point, nothing happen around – 0 glory
point holder stands on captured point while fighting enemies trying to assault his point (fight icon in interface on that point) – 1 glory per 2 sec (same as score gain from that one point)
point holder stands on contested or enemys point while fighting enemies – 0 glory
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this would award defending of your points instead of just running from point to point seems good to me also exact number of glory is subject to change
thoughts?
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^ this… and even thief guild is hard to beat, they have much more hp then illusions, deal dmg as phantasm do and thief can be almost perma invis… gg
its kind of player skill mechanic, you need to think before acting, not spam the button till you get into range its like this with all abilities, not just illusions
i think that 25 in Inspiration ( +15% dmg of phantasms ) is quite important for Phantasm build, because i heard it stacks with that Domination trait ( +15% dmg of illusions ), thats the core imo
so maybe 20 / 20 / 0 / 30 / 0 ? or 20 / 20 / 5 / 25 / 0 ? this could work for power/phantasm build
Berserker ftw
i love that range of GS + spawning him right on target and not by myself dmg+cripple before enemy can even get to me and i like casting him on walls in WVW
as thief? a problem? oh…
just go stealth, wait and watch for real mesmer… if i dont mension obvious bugs like no offhand on clones, then illusions never move until you leave their attack range and they use only first skill… so just watch for movement and animations other then first skill and ofc if you will know what clones generating skills mesmer have, you will easily find the real one right after skill use and mesmers attack faster then clones even if they use only first skill
PS: main nuke of mesmer is mind warck = shatter, other skills dont do that much dmg, so watch if his illusions are not all going right to you
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heya, what do you think about illusionary persona? It seems very useful for shatter build.
im using it and its very good if you want to go shatter build and you can use all shatters even without illusions when you count as 1 but Illusion line offers condition dmg and shatter recharge reduction (which isnt working maybe, because it shows the same numbers as without it, dont know if recharge is faster) so it lowers your other stats, mainly dmg stats
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it comes down to who gets Moa off first
or who use a dodge on that loooong cast time skill
anyway, you need to know mesmers skills and then determine when to attack and when to def/dodge, mesmer is about waiting for right moment to do something and defend yourself rest of time by running/hiding/dodging while phantasms do their work
I personally think the mesmer isn’t too " OP ", I do however think the clone rate is " OP ". Meaning there should be a limit on how often a clone can be spawned. It’s not hard to keep three clones constantly up at all times during a fight.
it is, you know, skills got cooldown… maybe you mean trait which gives clones on dodge? and it was 15 point minor trait, then they moved it to 20 point major… a think it should be 30 point one… without that trait, its much harder to keep up clones
@sorrow: it gives much more options then 2D space and it’s not the only one thing i mensioned
go back to what? that average looking instanced multiplayer rpg without Z axis? no thanks, id rather go WOW then GW1, but i stay at GW2 anyway
feedback is everywhere, they just dont have time to focus on balance changes now, there are more important problems… so be strong and hope, i think their downed is very unbalanced compared to every other profession, so they will change their or others downed skill 2
if you dont have crit dmg, but a lot of precision and condition dmg, i would say that sigil of earth is good choice for you and maybe air/force/accuracy for offhand? or sigil that increase bleed duration by 10% could be nice + i would change a +10% crit chance of mind wrack to something else, you dont have crit dmg so +3% per illusion or +33% confusion could fit better
wow, complain about mesmer being weak in something? this is one thing that makes illusions balanced imo, they are single target oriented and not like pets, it would be way too powerfull if they would be like pets + it doesnt fit a profession lore of attacking peoples mind, AOE mind control seems a bit weird and OP