this is a massive issue i have, i was debating whether or not to spend the 100g i’ll soon have on commander so we can have 10+ person partys, i’ve always been one to go into a fight way outnumbered because it just makes it SO much more enjoyable but then i found out you’ll always have people knowing where you are which is basically the zerg symbol
why would someone want to “break even” when receiving loot, rather than selling it for lets ~vendor price and no… you’re not losing money
i’ve been in a dungeon plenty of times where my bags full, i can either leave 1s on the floor, or list it for vendor price and in the end receive 80 copper… it’s pretty logical what the right thing to do is
does it happen for all items or just certain ones? and yeah it’s a known bug, a lot of people seem to have the issue on /map at times when i’m at lions arch
chaos storm, then chaos armour, then phase retreat? you’re either fat fingered or have no idea how to play
Maybe both? So tell me how should I play wise woman?
Chaos storm does dmg to the foe, in it it gives 3 secs boons, chaos armour, also does dmg when they attack (confusion) blind etc, and boons for 3 sec.. Chaos storm still up? Use a phase retreat to get chaos armour again..
If you count, when I use chaos armour in the beginning of the clip.. you count 7 seconds of chaos armour.. instead of only 3/5 seconds
?… you used chaos armour and phase retreat at the exact same time while on a chaos storm, your whole post was pointless
less mashing buttons more learning what skills are
with 50 people you wouldn’t be able to get a shatter off due to your target already being dead, stop bullkitten and leave your dreamworld where you think mesmers are perfect since every class has its flaws
Maybe read before trying to be rude….
“if stuff is still alive, shatter”
i’d say the same to you, i said you wouldn’t even be able to get a shatter off because your target would already be dead, if you’d like i’ll also add “let alone do your rotation”
They lack burst aoe dps and so its difficult to reliably get good contribution rewards or kill credit in PVP and PVE.
No they don’t.. plenty of AOE damage on GS+Staff+Shatters… think we might even have the most AOE damage of all classes. Can’t remember the last time I didn’t have gold contribution in an event.
yes they do, Aoe takes at least a few secs to set up, cast chaos storm cast illuisions, shatter (with ru in time).
We have pretty pathetic aoe compared to warriors, thiefs, elementalist, engineers, guardains…
Dont be in denial.
Also you must be on a really low pop server to always get gold, Heavy aoe will kills stuff before you can shatter an the 25stack limit on conditions will cap your possible dps.
Like I said I dont really think its a Mesmer issue though, its the problem wiht the really bad contribution system.
Farshiverpeaks.. yeps low pop server lol… anyway guess you must be doing something wrong then… chaos storm, switch GS, iberzerker, mirror blade (with extra bounce), wave, mind stab.. casting all those takes very little time.. if stuff is still alive, shatter… rinse and repeat…. gold contribution guaranteed, even with 50 people around.
Farshiverpeaks.. yeps low pop server lol… anyway guess you must be doing something wrong then… chaos storm, switch GS, iberzerker, mirror blade (with extra bounce), wave, mind stab.. casting all those takes very little time.. if stuff is still alive, shatter… rinse and repeat…. gold contribution guaranteed, even with 50 people around.
with 50 people you wouldn’t be able to get a shatter off due to your target already being dead, stop bullkitten and leave your dreamworld where you think mesmers are perfect since every class has its flaws
so i’ve recently got avg 2013 and noticed an issue when even starting (EVEN when there was a allowed in my firewall) but i got past it, but now whenever i try to use the trading post it SEEMS as if my firewall is blocking it…
i read somewhere from a dev or mod that the trading post wasn’t like the normal ingame auction houses (the way he explained it made it seem this way, not 100% sure)
so it seems as if it could be the issue
so i’m wondering if anyone else has seen this issue with avg 2013, maybe 2012? also when i disable my firewall it actually works so i’m almost positive that this is the issue
if you’re interested in what happens, i get the circle loading symbol for about 10 seconds and then it disappears leaving a blank page leaving only the collection tab working
i’m still looking over your builds but i’ll just say for the second one; don’t use mantras unless you’re stacking all of them with the 4% more damage for each readied mantra trait
i’ll give you more feedback in a sec
you’re probably better going with time warp and also swap veil out for null field and use debilitating dissipation(clones apply a random effect when killed) rather than chaos storm on fall damage i THINK that might be a better option, unless of course all you’re doing in jumping down from the keep into the people at the door
Healing in PvP is terrible and should be removed.
Same goes for buffing in sPvP.
You guys enjoy the healing system because you’ve never fought alone against several players. In other words, zergers always win, no matter how good you are.
by investing i was assuming you were talking about the gold to gems system, but as the person above me has already pointed out you’re going to need at least 3g for skill books, 1g (or so) for each armour/weapon rune
but all in all, i wouldn’t invest in players… high chance you won’t be seeing it again so just keep saving it up because it costs over 30g for full exotics(22g if you manage to buy every piece for 2g each which is rare, 8g for runes)
tooltip says it steals health on next attack after swapping to the weapon, but so far i’ve not noticed it
i DO get the buff when i swap to the weapon but i get no green healing when i attack and i don’t see any damage on the guy (i’m guessing by “leeching” it means that it steals there health and gives it to me)
i’ve got the same issue and it’s one of the most annoying things ever, it might have something to do with autotargeting being turned off but i don’t know
You can dodge out of it , youll find that the spinning axe skill probably does more damage to you than that as they have to stand still for 100 blades.
sure you can dodge out of it, give me a ground target attack that does 13k damage that you can also doge out of and i’m sure everyone will be super happy about everyone being killed in 3-4 seconds because we all have op abilitys
oh, i’d also like a stun so you’re not able to dodge out of it, i’d call that balance if every class can do it
i donno, i think if you miss a drop then thats your fault
personally i like the realism that comes with this game, if somthing drops and you want it, pick it up, if you dont see it at first, oh well get your vision checked.
a magical bag of loot dropping to the floor where a corpse vanished and you’re calling that realism?
Woah, I need to check this out, because that’s an insane exchange rate. Last time I checked a gold would get you 4 gems… If I liquidate my stock I can probably buy 3 character slots…
people like that aren’t interested in the guild but the advantages that come with it, i’ve been in my pvp guild for about 2 years now and there as sound as can be, leaders/officers aren’t at all power hungry and play the game like all the others
i’d say join a pvp guild where people play to have fun in the game, rather than play to have the best “everything”
Two things I’d like to see, people’s real levels and their achievement scores.
Why? So you can see who can carry you through a dungeon and demand certain achievement levels for running a dungeon? No thanks to the second one. Don’t turn this into WoW.
1) how would that turns this into wow?
2) you can already see peoples real levels in dungeons because it’s on there name plate
Look guys Anet is giving different ways to acquire good gears do dungeon, buy lvl 80 exotic gear with your karma or get it with gold so its just a matter of preference and not that you really have to. But we still have work hard get these thngs…
it isn’t even exotic gear(at least i don’t think it is), which is why it’s overpriced
Warriors are really good when you’re playing against inexperienced people. New players won’t dodge eviscerate, and don’t realize that sitting in 100 blades = death.
you’re saying that if you don’t dodge you deserve to die?
Yes, that’s exactly what should happen. If a player doesn’t dodge a lethal ability, they SHOULD die. Part of the skill element of this game is knowing how and when to dodge.
the ONLY class with a die or dodge ability is a warrior, maybe a rogue with spammable heartseekers too, you’re clueless though, no game mechanic in pvp(or even pve for that matter) should be reliant on whether or not your skill (in this case dodge) is on cd or not
lets give all classes this dodge or die ability and we’ll see this balance, but then again… it isn’t fair because theifs and warriors are melee and it’s so difficult to get into melee range that it’s justifiable for them to do 15k+ damage in 5 seconds
Syn I am not a Thief at all. If you are not reading what I posted, then why are you commenting on my post? Makes no sense.
With the Ranger I was pointing out that another class can be just as powerful. Just have to learn the full ponential. Adapt a little.
because reading the first part you’re commenting on how rangers can slowly damage you because you’re melee so you’re saying it’s justifiable that if the said melee character gets in range he can destroy it in 5 seconds
but no, that isn’t the case at all, EVERY class has a ranged alternative which is viable.. how can you adapt to being destroyed by a melee character just because apparently according to you it’s so difficult to get into melee range so they deserve to hit for 5k+ constantly
Again i said nothing of the sort. If a warrior or thief is kicking the crap out of you in mele. Change yourkittentactics, change your weapons. Dont go toe to toe with them. Yes every class have mele and ranged capibility, some classes excell at one or the other. A clothy is not going to out mele a warrior… in 9/10 cases. Learn to kite. Use tactics.
You cannot just use the same tactics and or weapons with every enemy.
where did i say anyone should be able to tank melee? i’m saying that the damage is over the top, NO class should be dropping others to such a low health within seconds just because they’re melee
maybe if you stopped being so ignorant you’d understand the problem, but alas, you’re a thief or warrior that isn’t listening to any of it because you don’t understand balance
Warriors are really good when you’re playing against inexperienced people. New players won’t dodge eviscerate, and don’t realize that sitting in 100 blades = death.
you’re saying that if you don’t dodge you deserve to die? i know what, give every class an 8 second cd ability that is also a “don’t dodge = death” skill
Syn I am not a Thief at all. If you are not reading what I posted, then why are you commenting on my post? Makes no sense.
With the Ranger I was pointing out that another class can be just as powerful. Just have to learn the full ponential. Adapt a little.
because reading the first part you’re commenting on how rangers can slowly damage you because you’re melee so you’re saying it’s justifiable that if the said melee character gets in range he can destroy it in 5 seconds
but no, that isn’t the case at all, EVERY class has a ranged alternative which is viable.. how can you adapt to being destroyed by a melee character just because apparently according to you it’s so difficult to get into melee range so they deserve to hit for 5k+ constantly
Instead of demanding a nerf for another class, how about finding ways in game or maybe trying to understand and play ur class better. If you nerf the Thief class cause of reasons the OP stated, might as well nerf the Rangers, their long range attacks and skills to do added damage and pets can devistate any other class as well. But wait how about the whirling attack of the warrior, that can also drop several enemies in a second or two. You can go on and on and on.
please do go “on and on” because the only 2 classes that do need to be put in there place is the thief and warrior but i’d love to see how you think an elementalist or necro is op, or how about how op mesmers are because like rangers, they have long range attacks!
You are totally missing the point. I never said one class was overpowered at all, i was saying the opposite. What my point is…. some classes take a little more thpought to take down than others. Instead of hack and slash, use a little bit of tactice. Rangers for example have many devistating moves on the battlefield. By the time you reach them you are severly damaged.
Add the pet like a bear as a tank, the ability to add extra damage to the next 5 shots combined with their aoe skill, and the knockback/knock down ablility of the longbow, they become powerful. Are they over powered… NO. Just takes a little more thought to get past their barrage.
Problem I see with alot of “MMO gamers” today is whenever the run into something difficult/challenging or something they can’t just steamroll thru… they scream “NERF, NERF, NERF!” or “(fill in with class) are so Over Powered!” Usually the case is that they are button mashers and have a singular rotation they use for everything. Or they picked the wrong skills/abilities or weapon for the situation. In otherwords they need to learn the ins and outs of the game or their class.
I see no nerfing to any class needed, or any class being over powered. Remember changing something in PvP drastically changes something in PvE. And this is first and formost a PvE game.
ok so you’re obviously a thief and you’re complaining that a ranged class is slowly dpsing you down because you’re too stubborn to swap your weapon set to a pistol and dps JUST AS MUCH
i’m guessing i’m missing your point again though, right? i didn’t even read past the first part btw
Instead of demanding a nerf for another class, how about finding ways in game or maybe trying to understand and play ur class better. If you nerf the Thief class cause of reasons the OP stated, might as well nerf the Rangers, their long range attacks and skills to do added damage and pets can devistate any other class as well. But wait how about the whirling attack of the warrior, that can also drop several enemies in a second or two. You can go on and on and on.
please do go “on and on” because the only 2 classes that do need to be put in there place is the thief and warrior but i’d love to see how you think an elementalist or necro is op, or how about how op mesmers are because like rangers, they have long range attacks!
this is my personal opinion but it seems as if at lower level stats don’t really effect your damage output all that much, so i’d go with the higher dps weapon
