Guild Wars 2

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The Mesmer class is not really in a good position in tPvP, WvW or even PvE at the moment. It is stagnated due to nerfs, bugs and some other classes becoming much more viable. I’m starting to play my Mesmer (main since launch) less and less these days, especially in WvW.

Yak’s Bend is a very consistent server when it comes to WvW. We don’t get the bandwagon crap.

You mean swap Sharpening Stone for Fire Trap, right? I’ll give Fire Trap a try. I was also thinking of swapping out one of the Sigils of Agony for Torment but now sure if that is a wise decision.

I recently dusted off my Ranger that I haven’t played for about a year now and tried the latest Zerker builds, Bleed builds and now I am playing with the following Trap build and enjoying it.

http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fNMQNBHhVakRlaWLYxcFqWDIIErCa/G2yOJbLllElqkA-TVSAwAYUCq4EAIU9HKHCgZ6DEr0AwTAg5+DjVmRKAYmDA-w

Does anyone have any suggestions to improve the build? The downfall of the build is no stun break and only 1 trap (if you don’t count the Elite).

I was thinking of replacing the Undead Runes with Traveler Runes so that I could drop Signet of the Hunt for either a stun break (Lightning Reflexes) or another trap however I am concerned about the loss of toughness, loss of ~300 condition damage and the loss of pet speed would hurt the build too much. Thoughts? This build is mostly for solo or small group roaming in WvW.

Secondly, I recently bought the new Dry Top Chef Recipe Bowl of Sweet and Spicy Beans that gives you +40 Condition Duration and 33% chance to leech Health on critical hit and was wondering if anyone else had good results with this food? I would lose 70 condition damage that my currently Koi Cakes give me but the life leech might be worth it.

Thanks.

edit – fixed missing sigil on shortbow

I’ve always been told that Traveler Runes are not really great for a ranger because they don’t speed up your pet’s swiftness unlike the Signet.

True?

Make it also a Blast Finisher as the only other Blast Finisher Mesmers have is on Torch.

Reduce (unnerf) CD on Chaos Storm.

Compared to most other classes, Mesmer’s make terrible zerg commanders.

Whew!

It definitely needs a lower CD.

The bug was reducing the CD rather than affecting the range of AT.

Mesmer

The Prestige: Fixed a bug that caused this skill to lack its range indicator.

Polymorph Moa: Updated the skill facts for moa attacks.
Claw: Added a skill fact for maximum number of targets (3).
Kick: Added a skill fact for maximum number of targets (3).
Peck: Added a skill fact for maximum number of targets (3). Updated the skill fact for number of attacks (4).
Screech: Added a skill fact for maximum number of targets (4).

Arcane Thievery: Fixed a bug that caused the Far-Reaching Manipulations trait to reduce the cooldown of this skill.

Mimic: Fixed a bug that caused the underwater channel for this skill to be shorter than the on-land channel.

Common

Finisher: Added a check to verify that the player’s target is within range before beginning the finisher animation.

Regarding Finisher – I haven’t tested this but guessing this is the end of Portal, Blink, Phase retreat Stomps? Blink, Portal and Retreat stomps still work.

Hope there is a stealth fix to iWarden among other bugs.

WhiteRose.6934:

Dondagora.9645:

For PvP, perhaps, rename yourself to something close to “Phantasmal Warlock” and you’ll confuse your opponents with clones, yourself, and phantasms.

So you mean name yourself like every other mesmer that’s ever played this game?

The amount of “Illusionary [insert name]” Mesmers I’ve seen speaks wonders to the originality of our player base.

You’re missing the point that if you want to cause confusion by looking exactly like a phantasm that you also increase that confusion by naming yourself likewise.

I get the Phase retreat, stuck can’t move so must type /no to fix bug all the time. kittenes me off.

A: Arcane Thievery does not rule.

Camp GS. Profit.

Playing Hambow, I like Intelligence & Paralyzation (+30% stun duration) on Hammer.

For Longbow, I am currently using Strength and Fire although I am thinking that I should replace one of these with Sigil of Perception, just not sure which one.

Build: 0/0/6/2/6

I like 4/4/0/0/6 Shatter for Boon removal in Tpvp but I’m not sure how feasible it would be in WvW.

You could play this game for 100 years and never get 100 red rings of death. Don’t model pre-cursor crafting on randomization that is that extreme (mystic clovers are already random enough).

Keep in mind that Null Field, Veil, Portal, Feedback, etc. are all great utilities to help a zerg but the fact is, Mesmer just isn’t a zerg vs zerg class per se.

Playing Warrior, I basically tripled the amount WXP and Ranks and obtained much much more loot bags in 5 months than playing my Mesmer for 1 year.

We really need our Glamour builds back.

Thanks. I’ve done it a couple times but easily get bored with the monotony.

I was in a pug Fractals the other day and one of the other players mentioned out of the blue that one of his guildies was just banned for key farming. He said that another player in the guild that also key farms wasn’t banned as of yet. The banned message was something along the lines of “exploiting low level content”.

Comments?

You can buy a response from the Gem Store….only 800 gems!

Yes, also if you have a mini out too.

Thanks yes I realize that but was wondering if it was still worth it to throw in rares of the same level instead of exotics?

You get the 7% damage bonus if you have illusions or even a mini-pet out however only you get the 7% damage bonus. Your illusions do not get the 7% damage bonus.

I just want to point out that since the April feature patch there is no real reason to Hotjoin or SoloQ when the rewards in TeamQ are better or equal even if you lose. And yes, you can join as a team of one.

Does Curtain work like Wall of Reflect or is there still the height issue with Curtain on Lupi?

Game isn’t broken but the class is. Reversing the Blinding Befuddlement would be a good start and provide a little more zerg/AoE viability. It’s also hard to boon strip when the best way to do that is Shatter (oh noes retal!)

Portal/Veil don’t get you loot or WXP. Hell, if you want more loot bags and faster WXP, play Warrior not Mesmer.

Greatsword is lackluster in Dungeons because the highest DPS comes from the group all stacking in melee range and sharing offensive and defensive boons. Greatsword does terrible damage in melee range. Sword auto-attack does excellent damage, does a cleave as well as adds vulnerability – never mind the phantasm and other excellent skills on it.

Blurred Frenzy was one of the only ways to stay alive using a Shatter build inside a zerg. I mean half the time, your clones/illusions die before you even get to shatter them.

Can you use traited Warden or Curtain on Lupi? If so, 2/6/0/4/2 might be better than 6/6/0/0/2? It’s been a while on my Mes in Arah.

I often throw RARE (not exotic) lvl 76-80 weapons in the forge. While I do get the occasional exotic, do I still have a chance at a precursor?

People fail to realize that F2P/micro-transaction games can be and generally are more expensive than your typical $15/month subscription games.

Banana Hammock crits you for 9 damage.

I like how we have spent 7.5 weeks in WvW only to have the LS Patch destroy the last week and a half of the tourney. GG

It’s been like that for a while, pre-patch even.

Doubtful.

Also,

iWarden still bugged. Cast it and watch it do nothing.

EPurple.3427:

Lishtenbird.2814:

Nice to see the distortion bug fixed promptly.

(Not nice it appeared in the first place and we had to panic and PM devs to get it fixed.)

Not really, they said “•Updated the description of this buff to indicate invulnerability.”

The description is still “Evades all attacks” instead of “invulnerability”.

Yup, tooltip still says “evade all attacks”.

FREE PYRO!

1. Make Decoy a signet
2. Passive: 25% Movement speed Active: Same as Decoy now
3. Problem solved.

I totally agree. The patch that nerfed Blurred Frenzy, the cooldown for it and staff CD’s was the start of the downfall of the Mesmer class. I can’t remember if the nerf to Blinding Befuddlement was the same patch or before but also made Mesmer glamour AoE builds nonviable.

No credit.

It’s a slap in the face to all WvW players. This happened last year too. The last 7.5 weeks in WvW now feel like they have been wasted. it’s obvious WvW is 2nd class.

Bad planning.

Anet should have really delayed this content patch until after the WvW Season. They really screwed WvW all over again.

Scepter isn’t really great for PvE. Sword/Sword + Sword/Pistol (or Focus when reflects or AoE) is needed is the current meta. Keep in mind you only need to equip 2 swords, not 3 swords.

WvW is a totally different story and you wouldn’t use a PvE build in WvW or vice-versa.

In Fractals, I use Greatsword when fighting Jade Maw and as a backup in pug groups during Molten Duo fight. That’s about it.

Maybe on a good note, you should be able to get that POI easily now.

Keep in mind that condition builds generally suck for PVE.