Is this the worst class in the game?

but if u want caster and non caster shutdown, in pve a ranger is better Mesmers are better at melee shutdown and caster shutdown hands down.

Rangers are actually better at caster shutdown than melee. Throw Dirt and traps are the only thing i see as shutdown(maybe even a crip shot which mesmers can equal with crippling anguish). Mesmers have Empathy Ineptitude Clumsiness and Spirit of Failure. So bring a PD with Empathy or Spirit of Failure and you have both caster and non caster shutdown. GG?

There is no worst class. It's how you play it.

Coloneh: Really? I like mesmers, and I have good reason. I've played with quality mesmers who were able to shutdown key members of a mob (monks, other mesmers, etc.). The mesmer is a subtle roll, and you're not really going to notice it if you're not paying attention because they're not nuking anything, standing in the middle of 30 bad guys, or flipping all over the place.

It's easy to notice the effects that every other class has. You see shit falling from the sky, you see the guy in the middle of the mob, you see scythes, you see arrows, you notice minions, degen, hexes. Hell, you even see shouts and chants on your status bar.

An interrupt mesmer? If you're paying attention, all you'll see is some guy flipping quickly back to his feet. There's no announcement, there's no glowy aura around him showing that it happened. It just... does. shutting down mobs is pointless, how about killing them instead?

an interrupt mesmer? are you kidding? thats all you could come up with?
1. interrupts are 99% useless in PvE
2. in that 1% where interrupts are useful a hero is going to a much more efficent interrupter than any human. faster.

Any class, is only as good/bad as the person who's playing it. QFT

Coloneh, just because you can't play a class well doesn't mean it sucks. Yes, any retard can slap a leet SF/SH build on their ele and cause massive AoE. Come across a good Power Block mesmer build, and that ele is useless and dead in five seconds.

Anyone that says certain classes suck has their head in the sand. I've played every class but Monk and Dervish, and they all have their points. Played by the right person, they will shine. The thing is to understand their mechanics and perform within those boundaries. As said ad infinitum, sins go in, kill the softie, then jump out or, if they are safe enough, jump to the next kill. Played that way, they are the most lethal 1-v-1 in the game.

It's one thing to say "I hate sins" or I hate playing mesmers". That is a matter of taste. Saying "Paragons suck" just shows your ignorance. That or just flaming for its own sake, which is just as lame.

Yes those skills are useful, but in PvE they are more useful on an Ele or a Necro. Fast casting is absolutely useless apart from speeding up rez chant. Oh, Really?

*cough*

And bring Mantra of Recovery for a bit of fun.