Nubs pissing me off! Why do they think Mesmers Suck? Explain!

kwillance

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Seriously is it because they suck and knows nothing about Mesmers?

mostly when I try to join Groups even with Guildies some think they are useless as in shittest class

and I tend to do alot of FoW and most groups think mesmers are shit

I can prove that my Mesmer can do more damage than a Ranger or something in FoW.

Arrrg!

elektra_lucia

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What skillbar do you use

kwillance

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actaully they don't even Ask for the skillbar, they don't even accept to party ¬_¬

I'm not stupid lol

whenever I do go to FoW I use Hex Eater and Shatter Hex

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Generally starting a topic with the above title will only evoke negative reactions from the rest of the community, especially with regards to mesmers. So you may want to keep that in mind before you post.

But...

Mesmers in general are underappreciated. Mostly because people don't know how to use them or understand how they work. Search these forums and you'll find a plethora of threads with a ridiculous amount of discussion on this topic.

Hope that helps.

(Hides in corner and waits for dean harper to respond.)

kwillance

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It really annoyed me today becuase I was in ToA and this guy said

"Clearing all FoW looking for Pro Players that knows about the game"

when I try to join the party with me Mesmer, he denied so I decided to ask why he din't accept me to the party. He din't even bother checking my skills -.-

This guy thought that Mesmers are useless and said looking for Pro Players on his addvertisment, so he obviously doesnt know what he is talking about o.O

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Lots of people don't acknowledge a good mesmer is a pivotal team player and makes everyones job easier. Mesmers are a great class but many people dont take the time to learn to play one properly so are a poor representation of the class, which in turn makes it that much harder for you to get a group.Also without a team the mesmer is not as self reliant as the other classes. I'd find another guild where you are appreciated.


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Originally Posted by Katsumi Rikyu

Mesmers in general are underappreciated. Mostly because people don't know how to use them or understand how they work. I disagree, i think the above statement was true a year ago, but many GW players have been around the block in the 2+ years of GW. People do understand the mesmer , but just decide to pass on what they are bringing to the table. This is true in pve and pvp these days.

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Sadly, some people may have taken a mesmer in a group before (who was not as good as you) and had a bad experience.

People tend to look at the mesmer class at best - the windriders. Computer reaction time to interupt, beats humans handsdown. Windriders or any other mesmer monster goes down hard and fast, human mesmers are no different. So in their minds, Mesmers are not as good at interupting (when humans play them) and are squishie. People believe that mesmers are good for interupts only, they look at the skills (all available) and say that there is no nuking (no good AoE), no direct unconditional damgage that an ele couldn't do better, hex removals are left to monks, etc.

I've had that happen to me before, I was trying to do a NF mission, when a guy was asking for more players to do it. I joined, then he rejected me. I asked why he rejected me? (And he didn't say, needs mnks or experienced players or professionals or whatever, just for more people). He told me Mesmers suck in PvE.

I was a bit ticked at that, and did the mission with heros and henchies. I almost got masters.

Any group that is good, will accept a mesmer in it. Mesmer rock in some areas, and are good in others.

elektra_lucia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kwillance
actaully they don't even Ask for the skillbar, they don't even accept to party ¬_¬

I'm not stupid lol

whenever I do go to FoW I use Hex Eater and Shatter Hex I never called you stupid, I asked for your skillbar and you went on about something irrelevant. Care to answer my question now?

What skillbar do you use ?

kwillance

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Shadowspawn X
Lots of people don't acknowledge a good mesmer is a pivotal team player and makes everyones job easier. Mesmers are a great class but many people dont take the time to learn to play one properly so are a poor representation of the class, which in turn makes it that much harder for you to get a group.Also without a team the mesmer is not as self reliant as the other classes. I'd find another guild where you are appreciated.




I disagree, i think the above statement was true a year ago, but many GW players have been around the block in the 2+ years of GW. People do understand the mesmer , but just decide to pass on what they are bringing to the table. This is true in pve and pvp these days. yea that is true howver I do agree with both of you guys

elektra_lucia

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What skillbar do you use?

kwillance

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Quote:
Originally Posted by elektra_lucia
What skillbar do you use? #

first of all, this topic isnt about what skills I use, it is about peoples understanding of Mesmers!

however here it is.


I use this for FoW. I don't use any inspiration becuase I have enaugh energy management and I max my Domination and Fast Casting instead.

elektra_lucia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by kwillance
#

first of all, this topic isnt about what skills I use, it is about peoples understanding of Mesmers!

however here it is.


I use this for FoW. I don't use any inspiration becuase I have enaugh energy management and I max my Domination and Fast Casting instead. What runes do you use?

Well pardon me but I didn't expect you to reply with garbage. After all, you said you're not stupid remember . It was a simple question, you could of written out the skills. Anyways, your skillbar is bad. Which has everything to do with the understanding of mesmers. Due to bad mesmers running bad bars (like yourself) people don't always realise how good mesmers can be.

Hope you have the answer to the thread now.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by elektra_lucia
What runes do you use?

Well pardon me but I didn't expect you to reply with garbage. After all, you said you're not stupid remember . It was a simple question, you could of written out the skills. Anyways, your skillbar is bad. Which has everything to do with the understanding of mesmers. Due to bad mesmers running bad bars (like yourself) people don't always realise how good mesmers can be.

Hope you have the answer to the thread now. well...not bad with PvE,since PvE is so damn easy when not on HM or not in elite missions

kwillance

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Quote:
Originally Posted by elektra_lucia
What runes do you use?

Well pardon me but I didn't expect you to reply with garbage. After all, you said you're not stupid remember . It was a simple question, you could of written out the skills. Anyways, your skillbar is bad. Which has everything to do with the understanding of mesmers. Due to bad mesmers running bad bars (like yourself) people don't always realise how good mesmers can be.

Hope you have the answer to the thread now. you are funny =] I like that

and why do you want to know what runes I use when you just said this sucks?

and umm FoW is Full of Hexes, Shatter and Hex Eater seems to do alot of damage

elektra_lucia

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well...not bad with PvE,since PvE is so damn easy when not on HM or not in elite missions
It's a bad bar. I can complete all the games running nothing but heal other on my monk. It does not make the skill bar good. His skill bar is bad, and considering he said he was more powerful than a ranger (which he is not) this whole thread is a joke.

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you are funny =] I like that You are bad at guild wars.

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and why do you want to know what runes I use when you just said this sucks?

and umm FoW is Full of Hexes, Shatter and Hex Eater seems to do alot of damage I will tell you after your answer me . You're right that there is a lot of hexes, your skill-bar is still bad, though.

kwillance

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Quote:
Originally Posted by elektra_lucia
It's a bad bar. I can complete all the games running nothing but heal other on my monk. It does not make the skill bar good. His skill bar is bad, and considering he said he was more powerful than a ranger (which he is not) this whole thread is a joke.


You are bad at guild wars. ahh now I understand that you are mainly full of shit, so I will just ignore you from this point but hey thanks for your useless advice! keep studing

elektra_lucia

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ahh now I understand that you are mainly full of shit, so I will just ignore you from this point but hey thanks for your useless advice! keep studing You didn't ask for your advice, you asked why people think mesmers suck. I told you.

P.S. I think you mean studying.

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why? because all they can do is run gimmick builds or spam cry of frustration to become useful..

they aren't bad.. good but their are just better options.

PvP .. mesmers are leet.

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Well, either you think all classes are equally good at pve, or you don't. If you think they are all equally good, you should state at what point in the game's development, because class balance changes constantly with all the updates. If the classes were all equally balanced last week, but class X just got a buff to skill Y, then they aren't equally balanced any more.

If you don't think everyone is equally good in pve, then you should provide your personal ranking of best to worst (for example, I think necros and paragon primaries are the top). Then, expect people from the classes near the bottom of your list to say "I can't believe nubs people think class X sucks". And so forth.

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I like where this thread is going.

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and if your playing a class that is hated by most.. you need to learn to be good on your own..

me.. i play an assassin and i completely hero/hench through the games

and when i try to let other people come with me they are like oh noez a sin failure.. so heros are wonderful..

and you cant make someone else like something.

its our right to hate you for whatever reason we may have..

we just cant act upon that hate <:

margretli

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What skill bar do you use elektra_lucia? Since you seem to be the know it all in this thread. Care to "educate" the rest of us?

elektra_lucia

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The argument was about the guy saying his build was better than a ranger, and does more damage and how he could not understand why he could not get in groups. There are plenty of ranger bars which would do more damage.

He said 'Nubs pissing me off'. I never said I was a good player; however, I didn't make a thread saying people are nubs, while proving myself to be COMPLETELY illogical and ignorant.

Generally I won't even pug a large fow group (with a mesmer). There's no point. You can do it in such a small group now. There are plenty of ways to get more money; however, to answer your question:
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Care to "educate" the rest of us? Not really.

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I hate how mesmers need certain skills to even be accepted in pve. I mean some skills are crap in pve :P. but I find it boring luging around the same skills over and over again to get in groups (diversion, hex eater vortex, interupts) hex eater vortex and e-surge is like the only accepted elites in pve -_-. oh and Mor i think...

elektra_lucia

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Fast cast fire?

God Apprentice

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Because when the group leader is looking at choosing between:

W/Mo with Healing Hands named "Ehpik Drginslya"

or

a Mesmer

The leader will say: LOL! Mezs cant tankorz!

Mesmers really are underappreciated.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by elektra_lucia
Fast cast fire? You would call him and his build bad, then go and suggest this .

Topic is old. Can't turn a ho into a housewife, etc etc

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lol a good mesmer is better then a bad warrior we all agree in all senses a blank spot is better then a bad warrior but this thread resembles this
im 1337 you all are noobs
im 1337er your a noob
im more 1337er then a ranger
your a noob
im the MOST 1337 IN TEH WORLD
post ur build then
im 1337
post your build
im 1337 you noob ranger noob
what is your rune set up
im 1337 mesmers are 1337 you all are teh noobs ARGH
my point is that this is pointless plz close for the record good mesmers are good bad mesmers are bad who woulda thunk it

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I like where this thread is going. Are you also waiting for the pics to come ?

elektra_lucia

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Quote:
Originally Posted by Taki
You would call him and his build bad, then go and suggest this .

Topic is old. Can't turn a ho into a housewife, etc etc It was a question. Look at where I wrote it... Under accepted builds for PVE. From my observation people accept fast cast fire mesmers. I think they're bad too but that's just what I've seen accepted. I don't pug much though >D.

I am not doubting a wammo with mending is bad (it's terrible infact), I am not doubting a fast cast fire mesmer is bad. However, I think they are pretty accepted in PVE. :P. You will probably read this wrong and argue for the sake of it, so please re-read it until you grasp the point ><.

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Rangers had 0 love when prophacies was first out. Just getting an accepted into a Fire islands group was near impossibile as a ranger back then...

Im sure your an OK mesmer. The reason it seems to me that people to not accept Mesmers, is out of ignorance of the class. Which was the case with Rangers too. then as more people played it they learned how useful they can be.

Now Mesmers are popular but most people... Including myself do not follow conventional builds with mesmers. So there is no real cookie cutter accepted build for them... And some people just do not always see how they can benefit a party... Since there is an ABUNDANCE of rangers using the mesmer substitute for interrupts is not nessesary, no matter how good the mes is... Now if your in an areas where there are less rangers then normal, I'm sure you can get a group pretty quick... But since Rangers are now a very popular class, your class kinda got left in the wind... Just like dervish with Warriors... People still prefer the warrior in the party instead of a dervish. just the way it is... Hopefully you have a mainstream character you can use for parties, and do the dredging stuff with H/H on your mesmer till the respect returns for them...

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personally, to me you seem like an arrogant Mesmer, maybe thats why people wont accept you into groups. Now wait a mintue! your going to say that you dont say anything to the ppl who you invite to join... they just kick you! Well, maybe thats bc there are too many arrogant Mesmers out there who are jerks and people had a bad experience with them. As a Mesmer, their very definintion is to be discreet and deceptive, not arrogant and flamboyant(armor is an exception in some cases). I'm really sick of people coming in here and telling ppl that they are really good at being a Memser, when they have no idea what they really are supposed to do. No one is a perfect Mesmer here, we all ask questions of eachother and share in eachothers' knowledge.


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lol a good mesmer is better then a bad warrior we all agree in all senses a blank spot is better then a bad warrior but this thread resembles this
im 1337 you all are noobs
im 1337er your a noob
im more 1337er then a ranger
your a noob
im the MOST 1337 IN TEH WORLD
post ur build then
im 1337
post your build
im 1337 you noob ranger noob
what is your rune set up
im 1337 mesmers are 1337 you all are teh noobs ARGH
my point is that this is pointless plz close for the record good mesmers are good bad mesmers are bad who woulda thunk it perfect

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elektra_lucia

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I don't ask questions about being a mesmer. Agree with most of what you write though :P.

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Quote:
Originally Posted by elektra_lucia
I don't ask questions about being a mesmer. Agree with most of what you write though :P.
well, i was just saying, in general, its helpful to ask questions of your peers, and especially nice to have insignt on different aspects of the class.

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well the mesmers i played with are dumbasses, maybe its becuz they dont know how to play it right, im not a mesmer myself but they look hard to play and so it wasnt one of my choices to make a mesmer, i dont even understand how they work but i dont disrespect them since they seem challenging

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Why would you want to max out fast casting? Even in pvp mesmers dont run fast casting maxed out, they usually don't run it past 9.

If I were assembling a "pro" fow clearing group and wanted a mesmer on the team, I would probably want energy reducing skills on that skillbar(AV, SV, spirit shackles....stuff like that)combined with Famine. Then again the team would probably think im a noob for wanting Famine over Barrage lol.

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Personally, I feel that mesmers are underappreciated because what we do in the field isn't obvious. Under normal conditions, the only things that are aware of what the mesmer is doing is the mesmer and his unlucky target. You can see a warrior swinging a weapon around, you can see an elementalist calling down a meteor shower, you can see red bars go up while a monk does his thing... But you can't see a mesmer turning a tough enemy into a disabled pile of jelly.

As long as others can't see what we're doing, the unenlightened assumption will generally be that we're not doing anything and are just dead weight on the team.

elektra_lucia

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You're bad if you can't see someone interrupting lol.

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I've found that 99% of the time the credit for interrupts goes to the party's ranger rather than the mesmer - even if the ranger in question didn't bring an interrupt to begin with