Guild Wars 2

Ynot.8397:

King Amadaeus.8619:

Darek.1836:

King Amadaeus.8619:

Nordic Natedog.4360:

I’m curious to know who the SF Major warrior that was roaming around FC’s borderland was today. He appeared to be a full zerker, hitting pretty hard, and then fleeing as good as an ele after downing a guy with other foes nearby. It seemed he liked to run and have a good laugh after doing so.

Was he a male Sylvari with a Legendary GS?

Pfft what am I even saying, if it was Palace none of you would have survived to even post in here…

think I fought that guy a long time ago, he barely beat me. now that my build is around 20x better Id like to fight him again.

I would tell you where to look for him, but:

A. Nobody knows
B. Once you did find him it would be too late for you

Challenge accepted.

There are cons on Anet’s side, not for us. My post pretty clearly states that I’m in favor of a PTR, and I never say anywhere that high level players can’t participate.

There are pros and cons to both types of testing.

Test servers allow for a lot more feedback, and generally more intensely tested skills/abilities. At the same time it also takes more resources (both human and technology) and means there is a lot more illogical feedback to sift through.

Getting feedback from select players helps to focus down on the feedback, and helps them address the tPvP meta more quickly, but therein lies my problem with it.

In general the top tPvP players are very good at what they do and have a great understanding of the game and it’s mechanics, but some of the best analytical players (read: those who understand the minute details and the mechanics of balance) can easily be either playing other modes or simply not as talented. Anet is missing out on a huge source of information by not letting these players provide feedback for them.

I honestly think that while a test server will require more resources and work, the end result will be far superior, which will lead to a happier community overall. One of John’s arguments (an argument he says he saw on the forums, not necessarily his own) against test servers is that people don’t want to be forced to play a game in beta. My response to that is no one is required to play on the test servers. It’s simply there as an option for those that are interested, as a lot of players would have a lot of fun helping to shape the game in that way.

I feel like a lot of areas of the game have been neglected over time because of such a heavy focus on the s/tPvP and the top players in general.

Anyway, that’s my two cents. No one from Anet will probably ever read this buried in this thread, but I wanted to share my thoughts anyway.

So I thought of this while listening to the first half and wanted to pitch the idea here before I go post it on the Suggestions and/or sPvP forum.

Pyro was talking about solo queue and comparing it to LoL in that you can alter roles after joining, as opposed to this game where you’re locked into your build once you enter the tournament.

Two things came to mind about this. The first is that you can actually log off and log in to another character once you see who is part of your team. Obviously this isn’t ideal, but in theory you could make another character with all the weapons/armor you might need for different builds and be able to switch out when you decide on a role. Clearly this isn’t a solution though.

My thought was regarding something I heard from a dev on one of their interviews. They mentioned that they’re currently working on a template functionality that will allow you to swap trait layout, armor sets, and weapons with a 1-button click. If that’s the case this would be a huge boon to solo queue, because it would allow players to define roles after the group is formed. Obviously the coordination will rely largely on the members of your team, but that’s true in LoL as well.

What do you guys think about this? Seems to me like a good solution, but I may be missing something in my thought process.

BlackDevil.9268:

When roaming in small groups you’ll be most likely forced to do shatter yeah.
I guess boon spreader could also be a bit useful, but not as optimal kittenter would be.

I think this depends on your group size and makeup. I’ve found the phantasm/boon sharing build I have in my signature to be extremely effective in my groups. I do tons of damage and put out a lot of boons at the same time.

I honestly think the small amount of damage boost I’d get from going shatter wouldn’t really make up for the benefit I bring to my group as phantasm/support.

Great show guys, always fun to hear your thoughts (even though sometimes I disagree slightly)

I love the way you guys approach everything so analytically, it’s very similar to how I play.

As others have said, Kylia summed it up perfectly. Promoting the use of the scepter is fine, but explain how you use it instead of claiming that all other Mesmers are ignorant. That statement is easily the most ignorant sentence on this post.

I’m not sure what he has against what he refers to as “talking heads” either. In other posts he even claims that they’re ignorant and then says that the people who take the time to experiment know what he’s talking about. I’m pretty sure there are very few Mesmers our there who have experimented anywhere near as much as Kylia and Pyro. They’ve brought a lot to the Mesmer community, and I’ve gotten some of my best build advice/ feedback from them.

Now that I’ve said that, Kylia/Pyro any time you wanna theory craft hit me up, it’d be a blast to join you guys

Everyone keeps saying it’s not good because other foods are better. Why not eat this food, stack swiftness, then eat the food you’re using for your build?

You’re not married to one food for the full 30 minutes.

Once you hit the shatter button, they no longer count towards your 3 illusion limit. So if you hit Mind Wrack for example, you can immediately summon 3 more clones while the old 3 run toward the enemy.

In theory, you can have up to 15 clones up at a time, assuming you summon 3 clones, shatter, summon 3 clones, shatter, summon 3 clones, shatter, summon 3 clones, shatter, summon 3 clones, all while the other guy runs away to avoid the clones actually shattering. Of course that’s ridiculous lol, but I’ve seen 9 at once before, it’s definitely possible.

Man, that second match was awesome! Sadly we apparently were only in the same place once or twice in both matches, but was still fun to watch haha thanks for sharing.

Mad we lost but well played, your coach was great!

Myst.5783:

…and to SF, one of the many reasons I love you.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=73SB0qwniXU

Eh this kind of stuff doesn’t bother me any more. Fact of the matter is there are people on all servers who do it, and sometimes people are just having fun.

As a matter of fact, I’ve been having fun recently eating a bunch of Zhaitaffy and throwing up on people after I kill them

Classy? Nah. Funny? You betcha.

Hey guys, sorry for the delayed response, I was gone pretty much the whole weekend so I didn’t get to check the forums much.

@TwiceDead – I think sword/torch is a decent option if you want to go a more defensive route. You’ll have another source of prot/regen/aegis to share from the torch stealth, but you lose out on the multiple sources of might/fury and the possible AoE interrupt for even more might. If you’re aiming at more defense it’s a viable option, but I just feel I give up too much going that way.

@Ross – Signet Mastery is something I’ve been fooling around with as well. Obviously you give up some phantasm damage, but if you have more than 2 people in your group I think it definitely provides a greater overall DPS increase.

I’m also glad you mentioned water/monk runes. I had been debating those for a while because I also solo roam and wanted to find a nice balance between personal offense and group buffs. Swapping to those I lose 140 power and the minus -20% condition duration, but the extra 60% boon duration is amazing. I think I’m going to make the swap full time, since I’m always stacking might with my sigils anyway, and 80% might duration is huge, and I find it more than makes up for the 140 power I lose.

The build is changing bit by bit as I experiment with different options, and if you want to adapt something like this yourself you have to decide what balance of group support vs. personal offense you want to bring. That said I’ve had huge success with the build so far, so I highly recommend you give it a shot!

Please do this! Even right click functionality to add/join group in guild would make life so much better. I truly don’t understand why this isn’t in the game yet.

I’m assuming by Ether Renewal you mean Ether Feast, the heal?

Regardless, here’s how I brake down condition removal utilites:

Disenchanter – Most effective 1v1, but is a little less reliable than the other skills because it relies on bounce.

Null Field – Far and away the best for AoE removal, and it strips boons, and provides an ethereal field. Love this skill.

Arcane Thievery – I use this a lot solo, swapping condis and boons can make a huge difference, but again only effective if solo.

Mantra of Resolve – I honestly hate this skill. It seems so underwhelming consider the utility and effect our other removal brings us. That said, it is instant cast, which can be nice in a pinch (and it also means you can cast it while channeling something else).

So it largely depends on what you plan on doing (zerging/groups/solo roaming etc) but that should give you a good idea as to what works best.

Master of Timespace.2548:

Zumi.6384:

Yep, this is one of my favorite things to do haha makes thieves so mad.

Also, if they drop those other fields they use to stealth in and out of (I forget the name of the skill), just go stand in them. Chances are the thief will hit you and be de-stealthed

Or you might take a nice 8k burst…

From my understanding they use HS to combo the stealth. Which means all you have to do is dodge and you avoid it a lot of the time. And if he destealths he’s usually very low on initiative at that point.

All I know is I’ve done it and it’s worked for me, don’t know a ton about thieves

I’m literally laughing out loud at my desk reading this thread.

Decease is either a complete troll or the single most clueless Mesmer to have ever graced these forums. Without being too rude, literally every comment you’ve made about phantasms and pvp is 100% wrong. No other way about it.

Cleaving phantasms – Simply stand next to them, opponent uses a cleave attack, he hits the phantasm

iDefender – as Pyro already stated, he takes 50% of the damage for either you or your phantasms. This means if anyone attacks you or any of your phantasms they will take retaliation damage from the iDefender.

Mesmers are incredibly good at avoiding cc. In fact I’d go so far as to say that we’re one of the best classes in the game at it. Tons of stun breakers and in combat mobility. Only thing we lack is stability.

The sheer fact that you claim that all pvp fights are over in seconds shows how little you know about any form of pvp. Not everyone goes into pvp wearing pve glass cannon gear.

If you’re a troll, congrats, you got me to respond. If not, please go learn the class before you come on the forum spreading completely false information.

Yep, this is one of my favorite things to do haha makes thieves so mad.

Also, if they drop those other fields they use to stealth in and out of (I forget the name of the skill), just go stand in them. Chances are the thief will hit you and be de-stealthed

WARNING: The tears of thieves are known to directly result in Mesmer nerfs and therefore it is not recommended that you ever kill one. You have been warned.

Yay, a mesmer using confusion! Are you running a full condi spec Angelic?

Just to clarify, I’m pretty sure the OP was being sarcastic

OP = O ops ijustrealizedidon’tknowhowto P lay

From my understanding, interrupting skills are working in PvE, even on bosses. Seems that the “Interrupt” text pops up on a boss, even if the skill wasn’t interrupted, so you still get the benefits (might in this case).

I just looked again, and here’s an interesting alternative (especially if your main focus is might)

20/10/20/0/20

You can get might from weapon swapping (3 stacks), interrupting (5 stacks), shattering (up to 3 stacks), and double bouncing (6 stacks from GS and 1-2 stacks from Staff). That’s a lot of ways to get might, and it shouldn’t be difficult to get quite a few stacked up quickly.

And that’s not to mention vigor on crit, prot/regen when you take damage, maybe even retal from shatter if you want, and the random boons from the signet/chaos storm!

The more I think about it the more I think it could work very well in PvE.

phtotrope.3761:

I like the idea behind this build, but I mostly PvE and I’d like to do something other than the traditional phantasm zerker build. Any recommendations translating this to PvE?

I’ve been thinking about this since reading your comment an hour or two ago. I have to say that I don’t really have much experience in PvE, so I might not be the best person to ask, but I think it should translate pretty well.

The main thing I could see changing would be Dueling III, since I’m not sure you’ll be blocking as many attacks in PvE. When I’m running a dungeon I try not to hold aggro at all, so the aegis might not come in handy as often, but I could be wrong.

Other than that my only other thought is that Mass Invis isn’t very good in PvE, and you’d generally want to run TW. The problem there is you no longer get the buffs from PU as often. Maybe just the Decoy is enough to justify it since the Signet is on a 45 second cooldown anyway, but you also might want to consider dropping 10 points from Chaos and putting them somewhere else.

Maybe Inspiration for group vigor or glam cooldowns? (maybe swapping Decoy for Feedback in that case?)

That’s what I have off the top of my head, but maybe someone with more PvE experience would be able to give you a more detailed answer. I hope that helps!

I agree with gorma. I’ll be honest, I’ve switched to shatter a few times simply because of hearing everyone claiming “Phantasm requires no skill, you’re playing easy mode, shatter is so much better blah blah blah”

After playing with it for a while I can safely say I came to two conclusions:

1) Shatter requires no more or less skill than a phantasm build. They’re simply different strategies. Sure, there are a few more buttons to press as a shatter build, but it’s not any harder. You just have to know the strengths and weaknesses of your build, no matter what it is.

2) Your effectiveness with a build entirely depends on your playstyle. There are people who are insanely good with shatter (Osicat for example) and those that are insanely good with phantasm. I find that I prefer phantasm much more, and I destroy people in WvW with it.

tl;dr – Any type of build is fine as long as you’re comfortable with it and understand it. Don’t let other people tell you how to play!

This is great, thank you so much for the all the great info. I had a feeling it might be a bit too low, so I’ll probably save up a bit more so I can get a proper machine.

I’ll definitely be saving this post though so I can go back and reference it. Thanks again!

I remember a Thief had said he was recording the Theif/Mesmer matchup. Anyone know if the video was put out anywhere? I really wanna watch it!

Ilithis Mithilander.3265:

kokocabana.8153:

I think getting an SSD will help with slowdowns when recording. The regular mechanical hard drive has trouble keeping up with loading the game and recording at the same time.

For sure, I would definitely use a different drive to toss your recordings onto. Having one drive run Windows, the game, and recording might max out the read/write times. I’m not sure how much it would help, I just know having everything separate is a good thing like kokocabana said. Whether an SSD is necessary is questionable.

As for upgrading, there are a ton of people on this sub-forum that would be glad to help and enjoy tossing theoretical computers together. The only things we really need to know are what your budget is, what resolution you plan on playing at, the graphical settings you want to play at (low/med/high/mix of them), and what FPS you expect to get at that resolution and settings. Also, in your case, listing what parts you plan on moving over to the new rig, like the case, power supply, hard drives, etc.

Awesome, thanks! I’m hoping to run the game on medium to high settings. As for resolution I actually play full screen on a 42" 1080p plasma TV. And it may sound noobish, but I’m not sure what to expect FPS wise. Really I just want it to be smooth for roaming in WvW. As long as it’s playable and not painful to watch

My budget is probably between $300-400, and I’m thinking I can probably keep my old case, optical drive, hard drive (although adding another is an option), and perhaps power supply? 400W probably isn’t enough though. I assume that the rest of it needs to go to see improvement.

Thanks again!

Hi Ilithis Mithilander, thanks for the response!

I’ve tried recording using Bandicam already and it was practically unplayable. Any time I got into a fight with more than one person it looked like a slide show.

As for the general playability of GW2, I have everything on the lowest settings, and it seems to run OK. It gets very slow in larger WvW battles, but for the most party it’s decent. Load times are pretty awful though.

With that said it looks like my CPU and Motherboard will likely be the first things I’ll need to replace, which is exactly what I was looking for by posting this thread. I’d start from scratch but I really don’t want to buy another copy of Windows, so I’ll probably keep the tower intact and replace whatever I can, because I don’t think a Capture Card is the way to go for me.

Thanks again for the input! Time to start researching…

Helios.3598:

If it actually adds 5 stack per intterupt then that’s incredible. I’m definitely traiting it for WvW. I’m thinking of going perhaps with a GS/Staff, 20(II,X)/20(II,X)/30(IV,VIII,X or XI)/0/0, hybrid build. I’ll prolly stick with Runes of the Centaur and perhaps some boon duration food.

Yep, it does add 5 stacks. I thought the same thing at first, because the tooltip is worded very poorly. The build you described is incredibly similar to the one I posted a little earlier. Check it out, it’s a hybrid phantasm/support build: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Build-Phantasmal-Boons/first#post2302442

Pyroatheist.9031:

That being said, it’s still a very poor trait due to the very nature of interrupts. The only possible use it has is randomly firing interrupts into a zerg in wvw.

I agree that it’s poorly designed due to the nature of most interrupts in general, but it’s far from a poor trait. I’ve personally been using it with great effectiveness in groups. Between the Greatsword and Staff’s AoE interrupting abilities, you’re all but guaranteed to get at least 1-2 interrupts on groups larger that 2 people.

That said, the fact that it is random makes it somewhat unreliable, but I haven’t had a situation yet where I haven’t gotten at least 10 stacks of might from it.

In regards to the OP’s build, I actually like it a lot. It seems like a pretty active build, but I can’t really comment on it in practice because I rarely zerg at all. I love all the new builds popping up!

styx.7294:

I won’t be able to play tonight but maybe try Zumi, Lime or Taquito, since they have the biggest mouths apparently =) One of ’em should be on

For the record, I don’t believe that list is in any order, because I would argue that Taquito and I are right up there with the biggest of the [RH] mouths

Also, I hope to be on tonight, although I’m not sure what I have going on. If I do log in though I’ll see what I can do to put together a group.

Or are these specs so bad that I should just start from scratch?

Thanks skcamow, that’s exactly what I’m going for. We already have 1-2 guys who provide a lot of healing, and I prefer offensive support anyway. Chaotic Dampening is tough to let go, but I find it far more bearable in a group than when I’m solo.

Also, I just took a look at the build you posted, and I like the concept a lot. I love how many different builds are coming out since the patch, and they all work in their own way. I give you extra kudos because I’d get bored playing a full support Mesmer, just not my playstyle But if you enjoy it, it certainly does bring a lot to the table.

Yeah sorry, I forgot that the site was out of date. I just picked VIII because I knew that’s where Bountiful Interruption was. I’ll put a note about that in the description. Thanks for the reminder.

Hey guys,

So I built my machine back in 2009, and I’m hoping I can upgrade it without having to start from scratch. It runs GW2 reasonably well currently. The only issues I have are load times are ridiculous, and when I try to record my gameplay (something I really want to start doing) it becomes unplayable.

Here’s a full list of the specs of my current machine:

Rosewill R220-P-BK Black SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case

GIGABYTE GA-MA770-UD3 AM2+/AM2 AMD 770 ATX AMD Motherboard

EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Support Video Card

CORSAIR CMPSU-400CX 400W ATX12V V2.2 80 PLUS Certified Compatible with Core i7 Power Supply

AMD Phenom 8650 Toliman 2.3GHz Socket AM2+ 95W Triple-Core Processor HD8650WCGHBOX

G.SKILL HK 4GB (2 × 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model F2-6400CL4D-

Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST3500418AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive

SAMSUNG 22X DVD Burner Black SATA Model SH-S223F – OEM

What would you suggest I upgrade first to get it up to par for recording?

Thanks in advance guys!

In the future I’ll be using this post to track all of my videos, but I’ll also update the Phantasmal Boons build whenever I change something

Videos of the build in action:
Bad Company (This is more of a Guild video than anything, but I’m using the build in it).
The Good and the Bad (Not the best fights, but you can watch me lose and learn from it!)
Out Of My League – A relatively long 1vX fight using the solo version of my build.
Build Discussion – Coming soon!

I was tired of being forced into shatter in order to feel like I was bringing any real benefit with my group, so after being inspired by various other posts and some experimentation I came up with a Phantasm build that brings a lot to a group, while is able to easily switch a few things and be extremely effective solo.

Here’s the build for groups: http://tinyurl.com/phantasmal-boon-v2
And here’s the build solo: http://tinyurl.com/phantasmal-boon-solo-v2

It works by summoning phantasms, stacking boons, and sharing them with your party. I often found myself getting Regen, Protection, Aegis, Vigor, Retal, Fury, 9-25 stacks of Might (depending on if my interrupts proc) and 2 random boons (obviously doubles since just about every boon is covered) with rather long duration and sharing them with the whole party.

Gear/Food

My armor and weapons are a mix of Valk/Knights/Zerker/Cavalier. You can mix and match as you see fit, but I’ve found this gives me a very nice balance of high damage and good survivability. The runes are 2x Hoelbrak/2x Water/2x Monk. This gives me 60% boon duration and 80% might duration, which means the massive stacks of might I share will last even longer (I explain how to stack these later).

For food I use usually Might on Dodge, but sometimes I use -%Condition Duration if I’m solo. Having conditions duration almost halved is great when I’m solo because I don’t always have Null Field, but in a group the extra dodges and might to share are invaluable. I’m using Sharpening Stones for extra Power.

How it works

My goal is to do lots of damage and spread lots of boons. Upon engaging a group, I’d usually do something like this:

1) Pop Chaos armor (Prot/Regen/Swiftness if hit)
2) Drop a Chaos Storm on the group and stand in it (Aegis/Retal/Swiftness and 5 stacks of might per interrupt)
3) Auto attack for a few seconds for Might/Fury
4) Right before Chaos Storm ends, Phase Retreat for extra Chaos Armor
5) Pop Decoy (Prot/Regen/Aegis) and swap to Greatsword**
6) Summon iZerker (Vigor on crits)
7) While running towards enemy (to ensure you get the bounces), use Mirror Blade for 3 stacks of might.
8) Use Illusionary Wave for another 5 stacks of might per interrupt.

At this point you should have Protection, Regeneration, Swiftness, Aegis, Fury, Vigor, Retaliation and, of course, tons of might. The amount of stacks and duration can vary quite a bit because of the inherent randomness, but rest assured it’s quite a bit.

9) Pop signet to share every boon in the game, and continue to DPS/destroy your opponents.

**It’s important that you decoy BEFORE swapping to Greatsword, because you want a staff clone for the extra boons on either you or your party members. Also, make sure you’ve stopped auto attacking so that those staff bounces don’t break your stealth.

With this build I bring a lot to the group between the buffs, null field, and mass invis, and I still do lots of damage (and collect lots of bags!) thanks to the iZerker.

Solo Play
I also solo roam quite a bit, so I planned the build around it’s ability to easily swap things out for solo play. Here are the changes I make when I’m roaming.

Null Field – This becomes Arcane Thievery, since it melds well with the traits I switch for solo play. This is also the skill I swap out if I need a situational utility.

Signet of Inspiration – This becomes Blink. It’s just too good solo not to have.

Traits:

Domination VI —-> Domination III – Pretty self explanatory. 15% damage is better solo, 9 more seconds of group buffs is better in a party.

Dueling III —--> Dueling I – The extra range on Blink and Arcane Thievery is great survivability solo.

Chaos IV —--> Chaos III – Also works well with both Blink and Arcane Thievery.

Chaos VIII —--> Chaos X – Bountiful Interruption is great in groups, but the reduced cooldown on Staff seems much stronger when running solo.

Enjoy!

Winterfell.8915:

Obsessed by stacking now haha!

24 stacks of confusion and around 15 bleeds that thicks in 136 in sPvP, maybe you can get even more in PvE:P

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la-1YlHMA0g

Sweet! Now all I need is a guy to stand still for 32 seconds while I summon 3 duelists :P

Honestly what I’m upset about was that moving IC was the wrong fix. I agree it helps promote build diversity, and it’s certainly not game breaking. My new phantasm spec is still awesome.

IC shouldn’t exist as a trait in my opinion. It’s so incredibly powerful that Mesmers because addicted to taking it by default, and feel like they lost a lot whenever they don’t have it. My new build doesn’t use it, but it does feel a little bit slower/clunkier now.

I just wish they would get rid of the trait, reduce some of our cooldowns to compensate, and replace it with something good, but not so good that it feels mandatory.

irishhaf.1692:

Where is this mythical solo player from GOM Ive never seen it, you guys do know 5 people is not considered solo by most every other server on this end of the rankings.

A lot of our players solo roam quite often (myself included) but we’ve been roaming as a group a lot more lately during primetime. Working on our teamwork and group play.

Snow Ghost.6817:

Haven’t seen too much of you guys along with RISE this week, would have liked to have had more fights with you.
/salute

I can safely say I haven’t seen a single [VP] all week

Although from my understanding you guys have been in EB a lot, and we spend most of our time in the borderlands. I need more fireworks in my life!

Tots.3056:

[RH] Why don’t you GvG us? Forum war proves nothing.

Like styx said, I’m totally down for a 5v5, but we don’t really have numbers to go beyond that reliably. Sometimes we get more, but it varies quite a bit from night to night.

Yeah, you always took ticks from conditions during BF even before the patch.

Wayne.9714:

styx.7294:

Tots is gonna come on and be like “No, meta was a typo of metal. I meant you have PvE nubs who farmed Juggernaut at the front of every zerg, you noobs”

So……… this whole thing could be done better with gif’s, meme’s, and the like or did you guys stop doing that while I was gone?
I think when I took a break popcorn was the “meta” on the forums?

Oh the gifs never stopped, just take a look at last week’s thread haha

And don’t let Styx fool you, he loves gifs!

Take a look, this is was the exact reaction Styx has each time he sees one of our awesome gifs

curtegg.5216:

Well, given that one-hand sword is less than useful and I am working to my legendary scepter, I guess I’ll see what happens.

The sword is still incredibly useful. The nerf was harsh, but let’s be reasonable here, it’s still a great weapon.

itiinco.6702:

Osicat what do you think about the Scepter in WvW after this Update? Two Clones after each Autohit ending? It is a Illusion production now better then a staff?

From my understanding this was a bug that has since been fixed. I could be wrong though.

Curunen.8729:

Now?

It was always good. Now it is borderline crazy.

x/20/30/x/x for life.

I was so addicted to my shatter/phantasm build pre-patch that I never gave PU a real shot.

Now I’m running 20/20/30/0/0 and I’m loving it!

skcamow.3527:

@Zumi, I confirmed you get 5 stacks of might on each interrupt.

Awesome, thank you. I think I’ll probably just swap in BI and Signet of Inspiration when running with a group then

Sinaya.4201:

Don’t be discouraged by folks’ “It’s all been done before” attitude. It was new for you, therefore it was new.

Please don’t put words in my mouth or assume I was being discouraging in any way. In fact I immediately stated that it was a good write up/build.

I know you’re just trying to encourage the OP (which I totally agree with) but I don’t like being portrayed as the bad guy

First round Thieves? So much stealth! There can only be two outcomes:

1) We get destroyed

2) We win, and the tears of Thieves everywhere cause even more Mesmer nerfs

Ahh, when you say “to gain agro” I assume you mean it’s intended as a PvE build. Sorry!

I play WvW and PvP so I tend to just assume that every build is created for those modes. Ignore me =P

I like the build (it’s similar to one I plan on playing around with) but it’s definitely not new. This build has been around for quite a while, just hasn’t been too popular until the PU buff

That said, good writeup. The one thing I don’t agree with is the skill rotation. I honestly find myself rarely, if ever, purposely including the scepter auto in my rotation. It’s ok when you have nothing else to do, but it’s painfully slow and underwhelming to the point that I’d rather use one of our myriad of other skills to more effectively generate clones.

That’s great and all, and I do the same thing generally.

But the main point of the thread is to see if anyone knows how swapping weapons with different stats works.

In the end I’ll probably just buy the new weapon, but I’m curious.

So after the patch I’m testing out a GS/Staff phantasm build I put together. Liking it so far, but since the only time I used GS pre-patch was for PvE, all I had was a Berserker GS. My staff is Valkyrie.

So my question is, if anyone knows, how exactly does weapon swapping with different stats work? Out of combat I lose the HP when I swap to the GS. Does this mean that if I’m at 1k health and swap to GS I’ll immediately drop, since I lose about 1300 HP?

I’m trying to figure out if it’s worth buying/putting a sigil on a new Greatsword. (Plus I’d have to transmute- and therefore destroy – my zerker GS since I love the SAB skin I put on it).

Here’s my build, if it helps: http://gw2skills.net/editor/?fgAQJAWRlwzKq3QTmGb9IipH9GyBckUoapWJF42FC-jEzAYLI8FAJKQJvkl+QTgCiVwioxqYw0npW7GIVMi3QrWGAmFA-w

The extra precision is nice on the GS for bleeds, etc. but I don’t want to drop just by swapping weapons!

BlueFrog.3261:

Zumi.6384:

Bad news guys…it’s not 5 stacks of might, it’s 5 seconds of 1 stack of might…..

lets not spread lies, it’s definitely 5 stacks of might.

Can anyone else confirm this? I was told by another mesmer that he was only getting one stack. I’d love to hear that he was wrong though.