Mesmer + Heroes

What makes the mesmer unique doesn't work in PvE.

You have effects that are insanely sweet - but it's because of that effect that the skill attributes (casting time, cost, recharge) have to be toned down - and then we are left with such crap as [ineptitude].) In EotN in does to some extent ,thats why I like EotN.
The problem with [Ineptitude] , [Wandering Eye] and [Clumsiness] are the durations , recharge and in the case of [Clumsiness] energy cost , 10e for a skill that is worse than wandering eye is just stupid.

In EotN in does to some extent ,thats why I like EotN.
The problem with [Ineptitude] , [Wandering Eye] and [Clumsiness] are the durations , recharge and in the case of [Clumsiness] energy cost , 10e for a skill that is worse than wandering eye is just stupid. [[wandering eye] and even more so [[clumsiness] are great skills in pve. If [[ineptitude] got the same treatment then it too would be very useful in pve.

the last skill changes to clumsiness and wandering eye where a great example of skill balancing for mesmer. a nerf in pvp yet a puff in pve to keep the profession balanced in both modes.
Its just a shame we don't see more updates like that.

2. mesmer skills. The mesmer just lacks GOOD skills that "have useful effects that cant even be replicated by any PvE skills". (Which is the biggest problem. You have effects that are insanely sweet - but it's because of that effect that the skill attributes (casting time, cost, recharge) have to be toned down - and then we are left with such crap as [ineptitude].)
That is NOT true for all classes. The mesmer though - being build from ground up for PvP - does suffer from that. Yes the skill attributes are toned down but that doesn't always mean they are unusable. Take [[Cry of Frustration] for example. It is nice for its AoE interrupt and damage and there are no PvE-only skills with that useful effect. Naturally, ANet would not make it spammable, but you can add [[Mantra of Recovery] and bring its recharge down to a decent 10s.

Look at energy management skills for the mesmer, there are not that many good energy management skills in the world of PvE-only skills.

It is still not that easy to blow through some bosses in HM, this is when ANet can help the mesmer's energy denial skills (with the PvE/PvP split) to make them really awesome in PvE HM. Currently, they have indirectly nerfed PvE mesmers by granting monsters extra energy regen and energy pool. If ANet would do a good job for the mesmers with the PvE/PvP split, there would be less need to rely on PvE-only skills.

Back to the question of heroes, I use an adapted sabway variant for my AP necro, which can also be adapted to AP mesmers:

[minion bomber MM;OANDUshtSLVVBoBLCJgKgGNVVA]
[blood stained damage MM;OANDUslfSLVUBHVKgKCVV1DBEA]
[sab curse necro;OAhkYgHcoIqUegdQZwuDjIGTVVyF]

This is a dual MM build with the high level minions MM, as the only MM, having a blood stained insignia, so he takes precedence. When his energy level is low or his minion skills are in recharge is when the low level minion bomber MM has the chance to exploit the corpses. His energy level is also fueled by the minion bomber. Fiends damage is boosted further by the curse necro. Obviously this build only works well in places with enough exploitable corpses. The healing is also good enough that I only need to bring Mhenlo along as the only healer and they kill very quickly in HM with many minions attacking a target hexed with barbs.

I have been playing my Mesmer lately and I am finding a hard to time to synergize with my heroes now that I am not a paragon.
Does anyone have a good team build or tips for mesmer + heroes? http://www.guildwarsguru.com/forum/s...php?t=10293264

See section 6. I love those kind of builds, and with a human mesmer it makes them easier I feel...simply call who you're casting [[Fevered Dreams] on and the heroes will lay down the conditions.