Mesmer's overpowered?

Originally Posted by Lithril Ashwalker

I agree on insidious parasite for pvp.change it to
same casting time
same recharge
same duration
description: for ?? To ?? Seconds target foe has (??%) chance to miss with attacks. Whenever that foe misses with an attack you steal ??... To ?? Health from that foe.

Needs to have some other part in description to where if blind is on the target
blind doesn't stack with the chance of a miss(IP's) but more like insidious parasite has it's own chance of missing and won't be uberly overpowered when foe is blinded.

Originally Posted by rampage365

empathy and backfire? Sry but those skills have existed in GW ever since GW was created and they never really been "overpowered" because they fit the role of a Mesmer. Total shut down, that is actually the point of the Mesmer. They are suppose to totally shut you down. You have to be cleaver enough to bring hex removal. TBH backfire is probably least dangerous to a monk, it's the other casters that have to worry about backfire. Unless the monk is a noob, they will ALWAYS have some form of hex removal for such skill. All it takes is one hex removal, then heal away. I agree with you that empathy can be totally unfair to melee characters, especially warriors. But again, shut down is a part of what the Mesmer is, it is you who has to be cleave and beat it.

Originally Posted by FinalRebel

Your join date shows your new, but I doubt you are. I absolutely agree with you, perfect response. I play warrior as my primary and I hate mesmers but they can be defeated. Put a mesmer in a hammer knockdown spam they will drop like flies or a heavy interrupt build will shut them down as well. Any monk that doesn't have hex removal is just taking up space in my opinion, hex and condition removal is the purpose of a monk.