well i've been wanting to make a new char for a long time and now, i have a chance but i dont know what to pick so, plz vote on what i should pick, give reasons and plz select a secondary. (also give reasons lol)
ty in advance
necro or mesmer? (poll)
dusta
Kyle
I voted mesmer. You will probaly have a tuff time finding a group early on cuz people only know warriors and monks. But later on they are very needed but there is never any there. How easy it would be to kill things when they are shutdown and cant do anything. Empathy and backfire are nice and all the interupts can keep a group alive. As for a secondary. I dont know. ive never made a primary mesmer but i would guess monk. Monk secondary works for everything. you would have to expirement with the secondaries.
Lasareth
Mesmers are fun if you like aggravating and generally pissing off the competition 
Jczech
Mesmer, though I'm biased 
It's just too fun to take out monk bosses (especially certain mursaat monk bosses...), who give everyone else so much trouble, in less than 20 seconds. 
The only downside is most people neglect you until they get to those bosses, but as an up side you eliminate most of the stupid people. But anyway, go with mesmer. They're fun.
It's just too fun to take out monk bosses (especially certain mursaat monk bosses...), who give everyone else so much trouble, in less than 20 seconds. The only downside is most people neglect you until they get to those bosses, but as an up side you eliminate most of the stupid people. But anyway, go with mesmer. They're fun.
Soup4Brains
Necro/Mesmer's a pretty good combo. You can weaken the enemy as your minions beat them down.
Ultimate_Gaara
I love to life leech, so i choose necro
Saridley Kronah
N/E is a really good combo, you have your bone minions / fiends ( my fiends are lvl 18 :P ) and you can heal them with veretas and if your getting killed by a warrior you have meteor shower and inferno to nail it aswel as life leech to take out any unwanted casters.
Guillaume De Sonoma
Necro for me. The minion option really attracted me and soul reaping is a great skill. My secondary would be a mesmer or monk because with soul reaping monks can do a lot of healing and mesmers with backfire can really hurt the enemysability to function.
dusta
im tihnkin of making a mesmer necro, is that a good idea? lol thx every1 for vothing.
is me/n good...?
is me/n good...?
ayb
necro. soul reaping > fast casting.
RotteN
if you're planning on becoming an anti-caster, then fast-casting > soulreaping, you can steal energy from any foe if you need it anyway
Paine
Mesmers own all casters.
Mesmers own all none casters.
I'm talking about the "Competition Arenas" 1 on 1.
Mesmers own all none casters.
I'm talking about the "Competition Arenas" 1 on 1.
TGgold
I pick mesmer. It was great fun, I have one post ascending, and it's really only then that you get people to look at you nicely.
On the other side, playing a mesmer means you need to know what enemies are where, and what their skills are, so you don't become obsolete. (IE: being anti-caster when there are no casters around). Overall, I found my mesmer more fun than me necro.
Me/E is decent for some if you did say, Fast Casting, Fire, then probably inspiration to steal energy. And if you want to interrupt, they work just fine without points in dominaiton (though they help).
On the other side, playing a mesmer means you need to know what enemies are where, and what their skills are, so you don't become obsolete. (IE: being anti-caster when there are no casters around). Overall, I found my mesmer more fun than me necro.
Me/E is decent for some if you did say, Fast Casting, Fire, then probably inspiration to steal energy. And if you want to interrupt, they work just fine without points in dominaiton (though they help).
ayb
except for warrior creatures that dont have much energy to begin with. besides, soul reaping is from any and all adjacent creatures, not just the one you're currently targeting.
help me plz
i voted necro
Gerbill
Personally voted Mesmer..
Really depends on what you're doing though.. in PvE Necromancer with it's Soul Reaping can gain massive amounts of energy, in PvP that's less, since there are less people to kill so to speak.
Mesmers on the other hand with their fast casting.. have more uses.. you can use it for Anti Caster spells.. really lovely..
And since well later in the game you'll have enough Inspiration Magic skills that drain Energy you won't benefit as much from Soul reaping anymore then if you would without Energy drains.
Another nice thing would be.. Mesmer primary.. fast casting or should I say raising.. undead minions. that's just lovely to do =).
but either way with both combo's Me/N and N/Me you can't go wrong really.
if you go for style.. then take the Necro.. because they have a cooler armor than the Mesmer and they headbang.. I mean who doesn't want that.. the Mesmer does a silly riverdance..
I myself have a Me/N and at the moment use only Mesmer skills for PvP shutting down and energy draining is my thing.. it works miracles
Really depends on what you're doing though.. in PvE Necromancer with it's Soul Reaping can gain massive amounts of energy, in PvP that's less, since there are less people to kill so to speak.
Mesmers on the other hand with their fast casting.. have more uses.. you can use it for Anti Caster spells.. really lovely..
And since well later in the game you'll have enough Inspiration Magic skills that drain Energy you won't benefit as much from Soul reaping anymore then if you would without Energy drains.
Another nice thing would be.. Mesmer primary.. fast casting or should I say raising.. undead minions. that's just lovely to do =).
but either way with both combo's Me/N and N/Me you can't go wrong really.
if you go for style.. then take the Necro.. because they have a cooler armor than the Mesmer and they headbang.. I mean who doesn't want that.. the Mesmer does a silly riverdance..
I myself have a Me/N and at the moment use only Mesmer skills for PvP shutting down and energy draining is my thing.. it works miracles
Bmont3779
i voted Mesmer, im a mesmer and i have to say its great. Its hard starting off though, i mean mesmer is a hard class to play as. Your not really doing direct damage, but causing your opponent to do damage to his/er self through your actions. (i think thats a good explaination about what a mesmer does)(you can quote me on that if its good, please give credit to me though). With fast casting you can turn those 8 sec monk rez spells into 4 sec monk rez spells. There is not one necro that has ever beaten me one-on-one (anyone want to try let me know). As a mesmer you will make casters fear to cast their own spells.
-Commander M
-Commander M
Victory Gaint
Mesmer Denial Ftw!!!
rugal nuker
1 thing i can say,necro kick asses.
Rico Carridan
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necro. soul reaping > fast casting.
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If you're making a PvE character, I would make a necro, since you'll normally have a much easier time advancing and finding groups, and you can still PvP effectively. If you're making a PvP only character, make a mesmer; they're hands down the best character for PvP.
Rico
Kai Nui
Mesmer definitely. Soul reaping isn't anywhere as good of a primary as fast casting. Not to mention, if you want energy you can just steal it instead of wasting points into a skill that does nothing unless you kill something. But by then the fight's already over. Necro or Monk secondary work great. There are a lot of cruddy monks out there, so you're going to have to heal yourself a lot.
Cold
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if you go for style.. then take the Necro.. because they have a cooler armor than the Mesmer
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rugal nuker
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Have you seen female Fissue armor for Mesmer?
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Kassad
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male mesmer looks gay.
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Maxiemonster
Mesmer. Well actually, male Mesmer, because Male Mesmer's FOW Armor is endlessly sexy, and I finally got myself a goal again: A lvl 11 Male Mesmer with FOW Armor. Yay!
cloudravenclaw
i like N/Me, Blood Magic is so fun, u can run uw with a 55 monk, or 55 yourself and and solo hydra's
Poised
I voted Mesmer, but Im a control freak, so I really enjoy doing "behind the scenes" stuff, I dont care for up front damage numbers, knowing you can gimp anything out there has its own satisfaction
I would go with a monk secondary if you plan on doing PvE with henchmen, having ressurect and heals can really turn the table when the NPC monks decide to play stupid
If you plan on doing PvE with guild or PUGs, then necro would be a massive secondary, necros can put out so many excellent spells, that, like your mesmer spells, seriously can hinder the enemy.
M/E could work too I guess, but your damage will never ever reach that of an elemental primary.
Funny thing, I found playing a necro to be much harder than playing mesmer, the level of strategy you can pour into a necro is just staggering, the options almost unlimited, but mesmer is hella fun to play
I would go with a monk secondary if you plan on doing PvE with henchmen, having ressurect and heals can really turn the table when the NPC monks decide to play stupid
If you plan on doing PvE with guild or PUGs, then necro would be a massive secondary, necros can put out so many excellent spells, that, like your mesmer spells, seriously can hinder the enemy.
M/E could work too I guess, but your damage will never ever reach that of an elemental primary.
Funny thing, I found playing a necro to be much harder than playing mesmer, the level of strategy you can pour into a necro is just staggering, the options almost unlimited, but mesmer is hella fun to play
Sofonisba
I voted mesmer also. Almost any secondary has its use, but necro is nice for your soul barbs, etc, before you pile on the other hexes. Very nice. So many of those necro skills take so freaking long to cast, your fast casting is actually pretty useful.
Other elementary options:
Warrior secondary if you wanted to use Illusionary Weaponry; Ranger if you wanted to work on the conditions for a Fragility build (guess that's PvP not PvE too much); Monk for fast ressing; Ele for fast meteors etc.
There are many more options than that, of course.
Other elementary options:
Warrior secondary if you wanted to use Illusionary Weaponry; Ranger if you wanted to work on the conditions for a Fragility build (guess that's PvP not PvE too much); Monk for fast ressing; Ele for fast meteors etc.
There are many more options than that, of course.