Guild Wars 2

Drednyte.7601:

@thnoobler

Man we just made history! We actually had forum posts to each other that wasnt negative!

nope nooope can’t have that nope.

devona’s dumb lawl go to war now :|

True we do have a few good leaders we’re pretty lacking on the wvw guilds aspect though. I can count the number of wvw-centric guilds I frequently see on our side on one hand, which is unfortunate because I do see these occaisional beautiful moments of what I can only describe as a mapwiping rapetrain.

Personally I would like to see a new opponent in place of devona though, it just feels like after the last 2 weeks we need a more balanced matchup to encourage players to form more wvw guilds on our server.

On the heals: I’m actually specced out heavily for team heals on mesmer, you’ll frequently see me spreading boons like wildfire with my mantra fueled regen and signet of inspiration in a zerg

Sure I may not have the crazy damage everyone wants to have, but I can at least keep the swarms alive for a few moments longer.

-dreams of mesmer mantra heal swarm-

My mantras hit so hard

For a new class I’d say Acrobat.

Picture a class that is fueled by endurance instead of cooldowns, and each ability runs off of your endurance.

They’d have an extended endurance bar of course, probably to 4 segmemts, and use it to use reaction and acrobatic attacks that all focus on battlefield positioning and evasion.

I’m hoping mantras get a small bit of love, Mantra of Pain I think could use a small damage buff (+150 to 200 damage at 80), maybe a slight reduction in cooldown on mantra of confusion.

Kinda wish there was an elite mantra, but that’s just me XD

So I’ve been test running the Rune of Vampirism runes (4 of them specifically) since they don’t list a cooldown for it’s lifesteal ability and I run mantras

Unfortunately the leech seems unpredictable as all hell….is there an unlisted 10s cooldown to the rune or is the leech just as buggy as the mist is?

Being a Charr Mantra-spec Mesmer, I’ve kinda slipped into one of those “things you never see” combos, kinda curious what other combinations are used but insanely rare

You could also build around mantras with the inspiration trait for restorative mantras. With a spec in that, you’ll have heals and interrupts primed for use even when you’re downed, and never have conditions pile up.

Combined with using your illusions and acting like a clone, or by regen/prot stacking with multiple duelists, you can have a ton of sustainability

Mantra GS/Scepter+Pistol builds can pile on 5 interrupts in a row, 6 if you slip in a signet.

Trust me, mesmers are bathed in interrupts if you build around them

When it comes to the moa morph argument I say this: increase the cast duration by an extra second and give it a glow effect like pve boss power attacks so players know when it can be interrupted.

AliceJutta.3824:

TheComet.6471:

My god…I tested something.

Run Flock or Water runes with healing power gear on.

Enjoy your 8-9k self heal per healing mantra use and a 5-6k AoE heal.

How do you exactly heal that much? I have a full healing gear, the exact same build which you linked above and I heal 2 to 4k per self heal and ~2.5k AoE.

bad math on my end XD

Still an extremely potent heal though.

I’ve recently been dabbling with Signet of Inspiration in place of mantra of pain when running dungeons (I use mantra of pain for rapid AoE heals in a zerg in wvw though), works nicely with on heal triggers, although it’s not a mantra o.o;

And to think that greatsaw is for healing o.o

My god…I tested something.

Run Flock or Water runes with healing power gear on.

Enjoy your 8-9k self heal per healing mantra use and a 5-6k AoE heal.

yeah if you’re running Dwayna runes you also cause regen each time you chant mantra of healing and each use between cooldowns, I play with a necromancer and elementalist, everyone charr with warband support in my usual dungeon groups and with my heals timed for when we all summon at once, they all survive their full duration

I’m curious if the Sigil of Water scales with healing power…I’ve been running that on my scepter for awhile and if it does, sweet jesus I’m going to start running it on everything

Edit: The Monk runes also look pretty tempting, also some pretty heavy heals out of that set although you don’t have that awesome +20% regen duration bonus

I get a laugh out of the lack of sustainability you guys mention with mantras – with healing power gear on, they turn me into an absolute tank.

I use my regen bonuses from Dwayna runes to give me frequent protection, which in turn piles on top of the +200-300 or so toughness you get from traits while casting mantras, meaning when I need to get a quick mantra of pain heal off, I can do it safely with minimal risk.

Dungeon running as of late has shown me that if you run Scepter/Pistol+Greatsword with a mantra build, you have 5 interrupts available for a fight, with some cooling down fully when you reach the last one. Breeders as so easy to fight with this build in AC

edit: also this makes running Warband Support worthwhile (I play a charr), the healing and regen being spread around keeps those troops alive for their full duration so they can take aggro off of me

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgIQNAR7al4zionRTkGZNJi5DB3pHQnz9coFUSRsdhA;TkAqbM3Iuxej7G5NrNGYs/A

That’s for the most part my build, just add in full cleric’s exotic armor and cleric’s accessories and you’ll see where this is going.

Tons of interrupt capability too, great for dungeons.

If you’re looking for hard damage you could take 10 points out of inspiration and put them into duelist for 4% damage per prepared mantra, you can just about double your total damage with that. Havn’t tested with a Domination/Duelist build yet, but that could be pretty wild with 3 mantra casts and increased damage per mantra

Katsumoto.9452:

Feel like playing my Mesmer again now! I’m only lvl 19 on it but why not.

going to warn you though, mantras are weak as hell until later on, although mantra of pain is nuts on low level mobs XD

I’ve been running full mantras as of late for wvw and dungeons, and I’ve fallen in love with the things.

I heal every time I cast a mantra for a good amount each time, I can interrupt even when downed, condition removal on command…I love it! The best part is this current build runs full Dwayna Runes so I can arguably get 3 triggers for the regen on heal ability from the rune set.

Running:
-mixed AC/TA and Cleric set – switching over the the AC/TA set stats as I get the emblems, will be using the precision to run lifesteal
-Scepter/Pistol for sustain/tank, GS for damage or if I need to sweep a defensive wall with a berserker

20 Duelist – dodge to clone is pretty much why it’s there. The bleed will come in handy when I get my AC/TA set
15 chaos – regen at 75% health and protection when I gain regen, ties in nicely with the inspiration tree and dwayna
30 Inspiration – This is where the fun is, I run condition removal on heal, healing mantras, and shatter heals. this shines when I can place two phantasmal duelists and stand between them, letting me stack a bunch of protection and regen until they pop.
5 Illusions – reduced illusion summoning comes in handy

anyone else try running full mantras?