Guild Wars 2

Holy fuq, new patch isn’t even out, and people want to judge it by some notes that haven’t even made it into the game yet.

Change can be good, get off ur high horse and wait and see what’s install.

Can confirm, having the same problem. Game loader crashes, and I can’t even get into login option.

For ele’s at least, double ranged boonstrip shatter, with mantra daze, IMO is the only way to really do it.

Stay alive and dish out as much damage as you can to force a water attunement swap, it’s here where you want to do a bulk of ur DPS. Daze when they attune, and follow through with a GS shatter burst.

Keep the pressure up as they’ll try to heal, you could stagger ur f3 at this point and try get a nice chain off on them. Other than that I can only suggest trying to take them on with a panic thief or something.

Thought they might have some nice synergy, since block = burn, however the block from destroying the projectile does not proc the rune.

Depends on what you’re doing, and whom you’re with. If we’re talking about PvE, then you could get away with it no problem, if you’re running in a big group, say WvW, sure, you could also be fine. However, when it comes to 1v1 roaming situations, small scale skirmishes and sPvP where you’re more than likely to be targeted, than no.

TBH I think you’re also missing the point, that this build you fought excels at remaining in a fight. There’s no gap closing, they can’t burst you down instantly, they rely on you hanging around long enough for you to kill urself. If you want to complain about it being honor-less, turn tail and walk away lmao.

I really liked the fast paced, action bursts, it really epitomizes how freaking awesome conditions are in this game. Such quickly executed encounters, flawless. What more could you want from such a fluid combat system.!!!!11111!!

leman.7682:

Sooo, is it working as intended or not?

Are you daft?

Branden Gee.2150:

Thanks for reporting this issue. This is not the intended design!

ErazorZ.5209:

Gw1 had the 55hp monk, we have every class that can bunker and never kill eachother.

I don’t even know why you’re saying this… 55hp monk was never a viable PvP option in GW1 with enchantment stripping etc. Why are you even giving this even an example? Especially given how the game mechanics between the two games are vastly different.

I agree with toning down certain things, but by saying everything needs to be toned down?

I would try! But I’m literally in the middle of Australia atm. MAYBE when I get back????

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YEAH! STUPID PU OVERPOWERED TRASH YEAH! NERF SPEC PLZ!!!!!!! Fk me I hate mesmah so much. Wish der was a counta 2 PU Specz, I wish I cood lyke run away and not take damagiz or something wtf wow. Anet why u no balance for 1v1s? How do I win my 1v1 lobby against PU trash so stupid invis nerf, please nerf blinks, wtf how do I see clones from real one? omg.

See how stupid this looks? Stop crying for nerfs for things that can be avoided by simply running away. Stop crying cause some classes are OP 1v1. Stop coming on here demanding nerfs to an already under powered class. GG no re.

KarinaCO.6948:

iNtEnTiOnS.9562:

It’s time to roll PU condtion/power based braindead builds in wvw?

I’m oneshotting cheese builds like spirit ranger.

This is a joke right? Plz tell me you’re joking? right?? ?? ???? ?? ? ??

You forgot that we’re now OP, with our new interrupt healing builds we not only contribute so much to zerg and group fights, but we’re basically core. Mesmer Heal OP power of destiny → New Meta.

Pyroathiest.4168:

Shockwave.1230:

In PvP I’ve been using portal. I try to keep track of when it’s about to expire and shortly before it goes on recharge I’ll create a portal exit, but the completed portal isn’t usable. Is this the way it’s supposed to behave?

I’m assuming it’s always done this, but it’s frustrating to have an active portal clearly there that you want to go through but it won’t let you no matter how furiously you press F. It seems to happen sometimes when I don’t use it to its full duration as well, I’l lbe in combat and unable to escape using this unusable two way portal.

To get a feel for the range, do this:

Drop your first portal. Run, out of combat and with swiftness, in a straight line for precisely 12 seconds. That is the absolute maximum range of portal.

Or the distance from the center of the minimap to the border.

Ptolemy.5086:

If you can’t take a joke shut the kitten up

Lol. 2ez.

Ptolemy.5086:

Pyroathiest.4168:

Ptolemy.5086:

Decoy actually transfer target from mesmer to clone

This is not true. I’m not sure why you would think this.

Mistake happens.
Deleted my game 2 weeks ago. after over 1.5 year of playing. It become really time consuming lately with my WvW guild. Can’t play for 2-3 hours every day. Need to spend time in real life not in a fantasy. Now i can’t stop trolling forum:) It is kittening addiction.

I think trolling forums is the lowest someone can go. You deleted the game, so that you can just come on here and work people up? Productive.

maxinion.8396:

Restorative mantras basically does not scale with healing power, as Xyonon says. Healing power is a full waste on mesmer, since that’s our only group heal.

It gives group heal mantra heals of illusion mantra. Simple u cast, after 2.75 secs den u heal for like 3k. That’s like 1kHP per secund AoE. Better than worrior. Worrir soon hav pocket heal mesma new meta. Trust me. It’s going to be the new meta. Everyone will see… Its OP.

OP re-roll mesmer and then come back and talk. Legit sick of all this dribble about mesmers being OP, when ATM, mesmers are rather kittene.

Ptolemy.5086:

theCOREYCOLAK.5698:

TBH, Power’s probably the worst stat. I run a super tanky healing mesmer machine. With healing mantra, healing power possibly is by far the best stat available to me. I equip all mantras, because ATM I think they’re incredibly OP. Being stunned? 2 seconds of stability, AND like 2.5khp. I’d much rather that over damage.

I’m predicting new meta Healing Power tank support hybrid PU mesmer.

That meta already in the game. It is Guardian:)

Guardian’s dont have access to mantra’s. Guardian’s have lower Healing potential, sure they have shouts and dodge roll heals. But we’ve got mantra heals, mantra stability, and mantra of condi cleanse with OP shattered conditions, Combined with IP and wow. You’re basically all the support a team needs. I like to run runes of mercy so i can revive ultra fast, and grant protection when i do so. 1k Healing power on interrupt? Tyvm Anet for making Mesmers OP HEAL MASTERS. Inb4 nerfs and qq from guardian community.

Serious guys, you heard it here first, Mantra Ultra Heals 2.0 Mesmer of Healing Power. Potentially our highest skill cap build yet.

High skillcap. Ultra Heals. Lots of potential. New Meta.

TBH, Power’s probably the worst stat. I run a super tanky healing mesmer machine. With healing mantra, healing power possibly is by far the best stat available to me. I equip all mantras, because ATM I think they’re incredibly OP. Being stunned? 2 seconds of stability, AND like 2.5khp. I’d much rather that over damage.

I’m predicting new meta Healing Power tank support hybrid PU mesmer.

Do you offer lessons?

jportell.2197:

• Shatter is a mostly predictable rotation.

If you’re playing shatter right, it shouldn’t come down to rotation, but when it suits you. Yes rotations are easy to predict and dodge, however, if you’re doing it right you shouldn’t just be going through your rotations. IMO that’s what separates the good from the amazing.

But I don’t think it’s really fair to call something “Highest skill cap/floor.” Each play style requires different approaches. If you’re going for a successful stun/lockdown build, you require a secondary party for DPS to be truly effective. Shatter on the other hand is more if a self sufficient nuking machine. One is support, the other is dps. With that in mind, you can’t really say one is more difficult than the other, because like Pybro said, each play style basically has infinite levels of unreachable skill. Yes, even PU(disgusting, should die, burn, gross, ewww, yuck).

Flick us a message of what you need, and I’ll help out.

Nymph of Meliai.6739:

if you shatter using diversion and distortion – then shatter mesmer starts to look quite good with the new changes.

I sincerely hope this is a joke.

Would much rather see AoE regen and prot or something like that on interrupt. Even like, AoE heals for 1k would be more useful than this…

It’s kay. We’ve got improved condis and support build viability coming? That’s fun right? I mean… who doesn’t love slow paced style of play???

Nymph of Meliai.6739:

it was broken… you think I come on here complaining for nothing?
Swap is still broken though.

I noez rite. I mayk swops wif mi clone. I pop all my ilushuns mirrir imaeg. pop all. den i start spommin swap n shattar, i press mi f1-3 fast right yeah rel fast. nothin happins i dont swop, i dont hit shatter. persun runs away and i say gg.

Anet need fix mesmer. Dey mustnent even play it.

if dey play they woud fix al probslem lik teef, teef backstab wot do I do. Plz nerf anet. Plz plai ur classis.

MSFone.3026:

Power Block just made my next build Shatterlock. The stun overwriting the daze on CS really bugs me, so 30 in dom has just never seemed worth it to me. But this… The control it will add to Shatterlock is just amazing and to me makes 30/X/X/X/30 hands down superior to the standard shatter build.

With no DE, I kinda beg to differ. Both play-styles have their places, one is to disable, the other is to provide burst damage.

dis mayk me criez errytim :’)

why not.

Pwent.2639:

Super exited, love your shatter vids. That being said posting a clip of you in the dueling arena with food fighting someone without.

How dare you use food in a duel as a full gl kitten $ha tt er with next to no condi defense! And naked? The nerve you have!

Edit: I give up with the filter….

I’m not a big fan of not taking DE, mainly because it’s just soo good. In regards to interrupting important skills, I’m afraid there’s no easy way to it.

I suggest just playing a few of the classes you have difficulty identifying, or just taking notice of animations etc. Also knowing the cooldown of their main abilities (elite, heal) and other important ones, maybe like warrior burst etc, helps to predict roughly when they’re gonna use it next so that you can concentrate more on looking for those tells.

Sword offhand’s nice for reliable dazes, pistol offhand’s probs what you want to go if you’re needing burst/sustainable dps. I like focus, but… The nerf to TC was too much that I dont really take it when I’m doing an interrupt build.

Personally, I dont really like the idea of a roaming interrupt mesmer. I like to stay between home and mid. If you’re running portal I guess you could go far, but at the end of the day it’s all situational.

Don’t do it for Aesthetics, go Asura. The added annoyance and smaller animations makes it harder for people to pick you out.

Jackums.3496:

1.4k toughness
2k power
97% crit dmg
37% crit chance

With no food or stacks.

Yeah, my bad, went to check out my exact stats today, and the crit chance is with food and stacks.

Top, Legs and Shoulders = Cav, Ammy and Earrings = Cav, everything else zerker. You should end up with like 1.4k toughness 2.2k power 100% crit dmg and 60% crit chance without food and stacks. I recommend trav runes.

Staff is your friend, S/S can be fun when solo, but focus is a must for CC in groups. Portal is a must, learn to use it well and you’ll be fine.

Boonstrip Shatter = Always.

fedecane.6259:

I think it makes no sense at all that if I get blinded while casting a phantasm then the skill fails and the whole CD

Hahahahahahaahahahahahahahahahaha. Ty for the good laugh. Working as intended.

Chaos.3579:

The reason many people don’t like it is because it gives a ridiculous amount of survivability…

It’s not even the fact that it gives ridic survivability. It’s the fact that you can achieve such with very minimal skill.

1. Mesmer
2. Ranger (Please bring it back to its roots)
3. Elementalist

TBH, We need phantasmal instagib. Legit.

Channel 10 seconds, instagib target.

10 second cooldown.

DaShi.1368:

The OP is also a bit of a stalker creep, it seems. Anyone else getting creepy in game whispers from him?

Lets be honest here. Does this kitten really need to be in the mesmer forums DaShi? Why is this even a thread, no you’re not playing an OP profession, yes you’ve got lots of hours, yes you’re more comfortable with your class so you can pull stuff like that off. Everybody, given the right circumstances has the chance to 1vX, it all comes down to how much time you’ve invested into your profession, how well you know your own play style and whom you’re versing.

Deax.1572:

Xavi.6591:

Unless things change, Celestial is getting a huge nerf. I would stay away from it for now.

Could you by any chance provide the source of that information?

Here

Vuh.1328:

Ugh yeah you guys are right, i just have to change my mindset and never touch warrior again.

Guess i should really give WvWvW a shot

If you find warrior fun, then by all means, play warrior.

Iavra.8510:

Ranger pets aren’t limited to the ranger’s line of sight as well. That’s just how AI works in this game.

I know right? I really like how the game feels so life-like. So natural.

This is probably the most annoying thing about GW2… Where’s the promised re-worked ranger that was talked about after launch?

deathTouch.9706:

Throw in a few “roaming” TC/FA guilds that use mostly PVT as their standard of gear and you got yourselves a typical TC/FA/Mag reset night.

lel. Don’t really know how you could possibly think us roamers use PVT.

eldenbri.1059:

Fairly often, I see a post that says phantasm builds are “no skill” builds. It doesn’t feel that way to me when I play.

Here’s how I see it. If you’re losing a 1v1 as a phantasm mesmer, or find it a difficult spec, then you’re not an amazing player. Phantasm play can be skillfull to an extent, but offers very little return if you do have “uberl33tskillz”. Personally, I find shatter more OP then phantasm, if you know how to use it properly, the rewards are substantially higher then if you can use a phantasm build.

Phantasm is pretty bad in group play, that’s why you’ll only see it being used exclusively for 1v1’s, basically, and you have to be honest with yourself here. Yes you are moving, but you’re not being active, yes you’re dodging and moving, but your damage is coming from clones you press one button to summon as you kite. To me, that’s the definition of an autopilot build. Similar OP builds include thief p/d and s/d, warrior h/m/m, and the the zoo builds(necro and ranger).

Then take a look at what other builds require you to do, d/d ele, s/d ele, shatter mesmer, burst thieves, burst warriors, power rangers. The level of reaction required to not only successfully pull these off, but reactively adapt to certain situations and do so well, does requires you to be engage more. Higher risk, higher reward.

1. See PU Mesmer.
2. Run away.
3. Laugh that the mesmer’s playing such a useless spec and be happy that they can’t do anything about it.

16/14/10/21/5 -traits

Hammer/Staff. Runes of the Confusion and full apothecary armor. Use double energy sigils.

What you want to do is dodge roll swap weapons and keep dodge rolling, spamming your shatter. Be sure to equip every mantra, they’re really stronk. Do this and i guarantee you’ll start crushing noobs.

“Portal Bithc.”