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Originally Posted by Barraxfl88
i reinstalled the game, I havent played in years since before the expansions existed.
Now I want to get back into the game, I've lvld a warrior to 20, and a ranger and necromancer. I mostly played the warrior thats why I don't think I care to ever play one anymore.
I'm just trying to find a class to play at this point and maybe get back into the game.
Was curious about how mesmers do in pve and pvp, I don't see alot of them in pre-searing ascalon.
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Sorry about the late reply.
Mesmers! They are amazing classes. The only downside is you have to be just as sophisticated as they are to play them well. The entire point of a mesmer is to take what the enemy does well and turn it against him. For instance, Empathy makes all attacks attempted by the target hurt him for XX damage. Or backfire, which is the caster counterpart (skills).
In PVE they are usually undermined. People have trouble seeing the power of a mesmer because they are very indirect with their damage, and they are fragile to new mes players.
In PVP they are the back bone of any defense. They cancel out monks (by use of Backfire and various interrupts). They wont kill the monk, but they make the monks life a living hell so the warriors/elementalists can kill them with little worry+effort. They can blind the front lines with spells such as Midnight Signet to shut down the melees.
So the main point of a mesmer is to make their targets life a very shitty one so they can easily be dispatched. With the release of PVE Only skills, mesmers have gained a slight PVE standing with Cry of Pain, which can be echoed twice and has very promising results.
Mesmers are a bit daunting at first, but are totally worth it with a good build and good knowledge. Also you need good timing for interrupting enemy spells.