Veprovina.4876

> @"voltaicbore.8012" said: > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > >You can only stunbreak when you're stunned but there's nothing against being knocked on the ground as far as i know. So once you're insta kncocked down, you're dead. > > This is very, very wrong. Any stunbreak recovers from knockdown/stun/daze, basically any condition that is indicated bu the purple debuff icon and lays your character out on the ground. The whole list of things that stunbreak solves is at the wiki page [here](https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stun_break). > > I'm not sure at this point if we need to look at the game's design, or individual players, when it comes to figuring out how so many people can make it so far into the game without learning important information like this. For me, stun breaks are among the first abilities I make sure to hotkey on every class for every game I play, and I very quickly found out that abilities marked as stun breaks got rid of all hard cc's. This also taught me the utility of soft cc's like cripple, chill, and immobilize - I knew that I could throw those at targets in pvp who were using stability and stunbreaks, and find ways to pin them down regardless. > > EDIT: oops had this page open for too long, didn't see that someone basically made the same response already. > Then let me repeat myself. If all my skills go on cooldown, what do i use then? Doesn't happen with "normal" stuns, but some enemy abilities knock me on the ground, all my skills 1-0 get on a 5 second cooldown so how am i supposed to "use a stunbreak" then? I know what sutns are, i use them every day in WvW, and i know how to get out of them. But you can't get out of some stuns and CC effects. Especially if they don't have a tell like some mobs do. Besides, i don't know why you're all arguing with me, if you read my post (thouruogly this time), you'll see that i have no problem with this. don't just read the first thing i said and have a kneejerk reaction, read and understand the whole post.

> @"Mungo Zen.9364" said: > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > I kinda agree, there's too much CC being applied to the player, and your CC often does nothing to even some trash mobs (because they have that locked stun bar all the time). Another annoying thing is that if you get knocked down, it usually lasts for 5-10 seconds. I've never seen this kind of "effect" in simmilar games, at least not for so long. This is either an oversight or a bad idea because it only takes 5 seconds for mobs to kill you when you're not dodging so idk what that's about. What's worse, most of the enemy CC is instant and can't be defended against. You can only stunbreak when you're stunned but there's nothing against being knocked on the ground as far as i know. So once you're insta kncocked down, you're dead. > > > > One example of bad design is 2 parts of the Skyscale collection for example. One has you fighting an obscure Champion event that is extremely hard to get to due to it being in the edge of the map with all the branded enemies, weird terrain and a labyrinthine layout - which is why people don't do the event, that event is dead. Yet you have to do it for your skyscale. The problem? I waited there for about 30 minutes with a mentor tag for someone to show up, only for someone to actually show up, start the boss and log off. So i thought, fine i'll try to solo it. The other problem? It's dirt easy, you just strafe around the 3 hour telegraphed attacks and wittle down his health. Was fighting him alone for 30 minutes and got around 30% of his health down. Do you see the problem about having to do a required event with a meatshield boring bossfight for two hours? And my damage isn't that bad at all, the boss is just that tanky and doesn't scale. Thankfully some people showed up and helped after a while. > > > > Another one, I was doing the Skyscale collection "Skyscale flight" and one of the rifts is in the middle of a harpy grounds thingy near the Skimmer ranch. I thought, i'll just fly in there and hover near the rift. Yeah right... Was instantly shot down by 5 harpies and killed because of perma CC and i couldn't get up. That's not really supposed to happen, i think that's some bad design getting permanently CCd without being able to do anything. That's not fun, nor is it skillful. I finally managed to kill them one by one, then went to the Skyscale spot and got the rift. So it is on ohe hand - tactful. You need tactics in that case, you can't rely on your skills because of the CC so you need to think ahead in that particular instance. > > > > So you do get the tools to fight the mobs and you get mobs to even bypass most fights. But some fights are so hilariously badly done that i can't help but think they're oversights. And it's true, a lot of high level content relies on CC spam you can't be ready for, nor can you mitigate all of it. Level 80 maps are supposed to be hard to deal with. That's why you have mounts so you can skip the CC mobs, Crystal Champion masteries to avoid being dismounted etc. But i do agree they should tone down the CC a bit. I hate harpies with a passion now. But those CC heavy areas are kind of rare in the grand scheme of things so i don't really think it's THAT much of a problem. > > > > EDIT: I just want to point out that i'm an Assassin's build Mesmer and even i can tank most of the hits in high level maps. And the amount of times that i actually can't and get perma CCd is very few and far between. So far i know which mobs do that and i approach them differently so that problem kinda fixes itself. I still think it's an oversight that shouldn't happen, but you CAN deal with it. > > Knockdown can be canceled with any Stun Break > > https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Stun_break > > This game tries to balance offensive and defensive skills and traits among the classes in various ways. You can avoid all defensive traits but, it is to your advantage to use the tools you have available to you to overcome the areas your profession and player skills fall short. > > Doesn't work for me for some reason... All my skills go on cooldown, including utility and elites. I don't see how i can "stunbreak" out of that one... The second part was i assume not directed at me?

I kinda agree, there's too much CC being applied to the player, and your CC often does nothing to even some trash mobs (because they have that locked stun bar all the time). Another annoying thing is that if you get knocked down, it usually lasts for 5-10 seconds. I've never seen this kind of "effect" in simmilar games, at least not for so long. This is either an oversight or a bad idea because it only takes 5 seconds for mobs to kill you when you're not dodging so idk what that's about. What's worse, most of the enemy CC is instant and can't be defended against. You can only stunbreak when you're stunned but there's nothing against being knocked on the ground as far as i know. So once you're insta kncocked down, you're dead. One example of bad design is 2 parts of the Skyscale collection for example. One has you fighting an obscure Champion event that is extremely hard to get to due to it being in the edge of the map with all the branded enemies, weird terrain and a labyrinthine layout - which is why people don't do the event, that event is dead. Yet you have to do it for your skyscale. The problem? I waited there for about 30 minutes with a mentor tag for someone to show up, only for someone to actually show up, start the boss and log off. So i thought, fine i'll try to solo it. The other problem? It's dirt easy, you just strafe around the 3 hour telegraphed attacks and wittle down his health. Was fighting him alone for 30 minutes and got around 30% of his health down. Do you see the problem about having to do a required event with a meatshield boring bossfight for two hours? And my damage isn't that bad at all, the boss is just that tanky and doesn't scale. Thankfully some people showed up and helped after a while. Another one, I was doing the Skyscale collection "Skyscale flight" and one of the rifts is in the middle of a harpy grounds thingy near the Skimmer ranch. I thought, i'll just fly in there and hover near the rift. Yeah right... Was instantly shot down by 5 harpies and killed because of perma CC and i couldn't get up. That's not really supposed to happen, i think that's some bad design getting permanently CCd without being able to do anything. That's not fun, nor is it skillful. I finally managed to kill them one by one, then went to the Skyscale spot and got the rift. So it is on ohe hand - tactful. You need tactics in that case, you can't rely on your skills because of the CC so you need to think ahead in that particular instance. So you do get the tools to fight the mobs and you get mobs to even bypass most fights. But some fights are so hilariously badly done that i can't help but think they're oversights. And it's true, a lot of high level content relies on CC spam you can't be ready for, nor can you mitigate all of it. Level 80 maps are supposed to be hard to deal with. That's why you have mounts so you can skip the CC mobs, Crystal Champion masteries to avoid being dismounted etc. But i do agree they should tone down the CC a bit. I hate harpies with a passion now. But those CC heavy areas are kind of rare in the grand scheme of things so i don't really think it's THAT much of a problem. EDIT: I just want to point out that i'm an Assassin's build Mesmer and even i can tank most of the hits in high level maps. And the amount of times that i actually can't and get perma CCd is very few and far between. So far i know which mobs do that and i approach them differently so that problem kinda fixes itself. I still think it's an oversight that shouldn't happen, but you CAN deal with it.

> @"Linken.6345" said: > > @"Fenom.9457" said: > > Asking to swap different sets will never happen, however this is just more support to my belief we need more options! Why do we not have a general pve Armor set, or even competitive ones that don’t share skins with their ascended versions. If you want armor that is TRULY legendary, you HAVE to get into raids which is really crappy. Seriously, even a single option more, anet... cmon... > > The OP want the skins not the armor tho. It's the same thing though isn't it? The skins are tied to the armors, currently there's no way around that, and i doubt it'll be any different in the future. I know what OP wants, to be able to make one legendary backpack and just use all legendary skins for it, but that's not how the game works, the skin itself is also legendary and has "value" based on that fact. So in order to get 2 legendary skins, you do 2 legendary items. It's like if you would make Bifrost, then got the Nevermore skin for free because you made one legendary.

> @"Fenom.9457" said: > Asking to swap different sets will never happen, however this is just more support to my belief we need more options! Why do we not have a general pve Armor set, or even competitive ones that don’t share skins with their ascended versions. If you want armor that is TRULY legendary, you HAVE to get into raids which is really crappy. Seriously, even a single option more, anet... cmon... Open world PvE legendary armor would be nice! Though trinkets are gained through open world PvE so maybe Anet doesn't want everything to be obtainable through 1 game mode.

I would so love this as well! Also an option to retrieve the books i had to delete due to space issues.

I'll never get raid armor as well... But that's 100% on me, not because "raids are not newbie friendly". They're not, but if i don't even try, then i won't even get the chance to get the armor. So why exactly would i be entitled to raid armor if i don't raid? That armor is for dedicated raiders, you need to spend a LOT of time in that content to even begin to make it. Same for WvW and PvP armors and backpacks. You want the thing - you do the content. And i'm not trying to sound dismissive here, it's just how it is, it's not going to change. Especially because those are rewards for that specific content. Just because you want it doesn't mean Anet is obligated to give it to you by alternative means. Part of the reason those armors and items exist is to incentivize players to try out different modes and content. Practice makes perfect. You said you're not good at sPvP. Well, no one is at first, you just do it til you're good. You can also access it at lvl 2 and do it with other professions if you feel like one of them suits you better than your main, so PvP is pretty chill in that regard, it's not like WvW where you need to be max level (or lvl 60 i think). It's like Skyscale. If you don't do the work, you can't have it. It's totally unnecesary but a huge QoL improvement - same as legendary gear. It's just cosmetic and QoL, so if you want to get it - you do the content. If not, everything you have is not bad in any shape or form and you're not worse for not having it, and that's the other reason legendaries are tied to their content. Because they're not strictly better. They're premium items that require putting time into X content to be able to make. If you can't or don't have the time, you're not worse then those who have it.

You'll have no issues in open world PvE, you can use any reasonable build (meaning you don't expect to do damage with Minstrel's etc.), and you can have fun building weird unorthodox builds and still be able to do content, story, metas, farming etc. But for everything else, they're not that great. Every other profession will be so much better than you at what you're supposed to be doing with half the effort. So take that into account when deciding. But if you just want to level and have fun in open world, then sure, it's pretty fun! Check out the "let's theorycraft fun builds" thread, there's a lot of coold builds that people are posting for mesmers for open world. None of them are "meta" and won't get you into raids, but they're fun in open world.

Chrono is "good" (and i use that word very loosely) in both PvE and WvW. Power/precision for PvW, Minstrel's for WvW. Mirage is only "good" in PvE (condi). It depends on what content you're doing. I'm doing WvW with support Chrono, and open world with a precision crit build. It's "ok", but if you read the forums on Mesmers you'll understand how bad they are right now. That doesn't mean you can't have fun with a Mesmer, it's still a fun class to play, just don't expect any miracles, and expect to be annoyed by your skills not working. As for Chrono vs Mirage, i think Crhono is currently in a better state right now of the two.

Yeah that video tells you pretty much all you need to know about the dodge nerf, if the forum arguments form pretty much everyone aren't convincing enough. :smile:

Here she is! :smiley:   Thank you to all who commented, gave advice and helped me on my journey! :smile: I have to say, this was one of the more fun collections i did, except the grindy map currency part, but that didn't take too long thankfully because i had some saved up from WvW reward tracks, and was able to get the rest while waiting for time gated parts. But most of that currency came naturally while playing, you get some for map completion, hearts, events on some maps so it's not that bad all in all, just a "bit grindy". Would probably be a lot more grind if i hadn't done the WvW reward tracks but the funny thing is - i did those for other rewards lol, not map currency, that was just a byproduct! :tongue: Some breakdown of the collections and my thoughts here: **Newborn skyscales** - that was a fun runaround set of collections, had me really acquainted with the Dragonfall map which i appreciated later. And boy did i appreciate my Springer here as well as Oakheart's Reach and Bond of Faith. I think i couldn't have gotten most of the items without the ability to launch myself off the Springer and glide to where the item is. You were right by saying those are useful, and i'm glad they included LS3 masteries in Dragonfall, helped me a lot! And now i understand why Crystal Champion masteries are so important to have! **Saving skyscales** - another runaround one, but i enjoyed how you need to do different things for each element and stuff. Nice and chill! **Raising skyscales** - The only really time gated one (except the 2 hours between collections). I honestly didn't mind it as i could use that down time to collect map currencies, work on my Griffon and do events for volatile magic. This is probably why there's a time gate in the first place, so you can save up some currencies that you'll need for later. The items themselves were easy enough to get though, but i had like 90% of the materials for food and grow lamp already, just needed to do some Dry top for the recipe, the rest was just crafting. Didn't buy anything off TP. Dragonfall Meta is annoying without flying mounts though... But that's a problem i'll never have to face again. :tongue: **Troublesome skyscales** - the only "issue" i had is with Skyscale lost where you have to do events for them. It's great when that's a Mark II golem world boss, but not when you have to do some obscure event that no one plays like Branded Ley-Line anomaly. I sat there for half an hour with a mentor tag, then some player appeared, opened the chest with the boss and logged out. Leaving me to fight the thing alone and it was not fun for the first 30% of the health, it also took about half an hour with the damage sponge that he is. I don't understand the logic behind this event, does it even scale? I was the only one there, it would have taken me 2 hours to bring him down solo. The boss itself is super easy, i just strafed left and right out of the 3 hour long telegraphs for his attacks, but man is he tanky. Eventually some people showed up and we killed the boss easier. That was the only "meh" part... They should scale that boss better so it doesn't take so long to kill him, and my damage isn't that bad, he's just that tanky. I suppose i could have used the free treat, but i sold it for some Griffon money, and i wanted to do the collection without the treats anyway. If you don't want to deal with the anomaly, use the treat there and save yourself the trouble. But the rest of the jumping puzzles and mount spots were fun to get to. That i liked. After that, playing with the skyscale was also fun, added a bit of immersion that the rest of the mounts don't really have. Except Petey. :wink: **Riding skyscales** - this is the grindy part that i thankfully kinda skipped, but people who spent their currency and then got to the part and only now have to get all of them - yeah, kinda annoying. :tongue: This could have been another collection that gives you 25-50 currency per item found/event done, and by the time you're done with it you'd have enough to purchase the saddle parts. Would have been more fun to have to do events for the collection and that it gives you currency than just farming but whatever, it wasn't so bad for me. All in all, it definitely is an incredible amount of work for a mount but man was it worth it!!! I just got the mount today, and only finished the first mastery and i definitely see what everyone was talking about!!! It's SOOOO GOOOD! I thought, when people said it loses altitude and can't "really" fly, i was a bit iffy about that, but i have to say, i'm pleasantly surprised. You can basically glide through the entire map in one go, especially with the Bond of Vigor mastery, refreshing it's altitude meter here and there. As long as you fly straight, it doesn't lose that much altitude, much less than an unmastered griffon does, and you can even fly up and stuff. Did some metas in PoF, Casino event and Bloodstone Fen to test it out. It definitely is THE mount to have! Even events that don't exactly require a lot of manuverability like Casino, it's just so much easier to get from A to B, and it controls so good! Crystal Champion mastery helps a LOT in making it fly further. Practically cut my Bloodstone Fen farming by half!!! No more seeking updrafts and obtuse roundabout routes to get to the nodes! The QoL i got with the Skyscale is insane! I thought i'd never have a Skyscale because i heard the horror stories on how difficult and expensive it is to obtain. For the longest time i didn't even consider getting it, i tought i'd just have to do without it, but i'm glad i did it, and it wasn't even that bad. Except the grindy part with the Saddle, the rest was pretty fun! :smile: Griffin is done for a while now, just have to make some money for the bought items and i'll have all the mounts! :smile: > @"medivh.4725" said: > I don't even want to or dare start the skyscale after noticing its list of requirements and quest? Just insane I thought that too, but you know what, it's totally worth it. You won't know how much until you have it, but definitely make it your long term goal, you'll be glad you did it!

Just stop trying to defend the removal of a freaking dodge, if this happened to a Firebrand or a Warrior because "ooh 5 seconds weapon switch cooldown is too OP - we need a trade off", Anet would be out of business by the next day how much abuse the cummunity would give them. There is no valid reason to have 1 dodge when the entire game is based on everyone having 2. If they really thought this was a good idea they would have removed it in PvE too, but in PvE, mirage can still dodge twice. I wonder why...

> @"Sobx.1758" said: > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > @"Sobx.1758" said: > > > > @"Moradorin.6217" said: > > > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > > > @"Moradorin.6217" said: > > > > > > As I recall, people didn't like it when Mirage could time its skills to chain blocks, evade utiliies, dodge evades, and distortions. Well timed play could make it pretty hard to damage. That said, it always has solid counters when facing skilled opponents. > > > > > > > > > > Yet permaevade Daredevil with 3 base dodges is perfectly fine and doesn't need a nerf. > > > > > > > > Hehe Sadly, Mes cant have nice things ) > > > > > > ...except when "permaevade daredevil" was actually what you're claiming it was, it got nerfed too? > > > > > > > @"Salt Mode.3780" said: > > > > > @"Woltarion.6829" said: > > > > > > @"Every day pon.5386" said: > > > > > > Who is to know if the profession will be updated by Mesmer players? The profession runs the risk of being worse off after another haphazard revision, so maybe the profession is safer & better off forgotten ?‍♀️ > > > > > > > > > > How could Mesmer become worse ? We just want our second dodge back > > > > > > > > we just want a CORE mechanic back > > > > > > Play CORE mesmer then? > > > > Core mechanic = dodge. Nothing to do with core traits. > > I know, but the especs can and do influence core mechanics too. I didn't write anything about traits, so not sure what you're responding to. Right, i meant specs, not traits. My bad. It was late. Core mechanic means a mechanic that is universal across all professions, meaning dodge. Yes, some especs can change it such as Mirage and Daredevil, but it should never fall below 2 for the simple reason that all the AOE sizes, all the skills, specs and indeed traits are balanced around being able to use 2 dodges, to either dodge once then have 1 available or double dodge to get out of a large AOE. Removing the ability to double dodge and having the 1 remaining be on such a long cooldown killed the Mirage. Not to mention how jarring it is to have to re-learn what everyone else takes for granted, and even if you kinda learn it, you're still at such a huge disadvantage that it's not even funny.

> @"Nocta.9834" said: > ah thankyou, yep that worked, i was thinking youd lose all progression if you switched, so didnt want to risk it! Nah, you can switch whenever without losing progress. It just costs some currency. I find it best to have multiple characters, each with 2 crafting skillls maxed rather than constantly switching. But if you want to keep all your crafting on one character, and you switch crafting disciplines very often, you might want to look into this: https://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Additional_Crafting_License

You can only have 2 active at one time unless you buy a gemstore item. You can switch active crafting disciplines by talking to a crafting master.

> @"sorudo.9054" said: > > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > > > @"sorudo.9054" said: > > > > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > > > > > @"sorudo.9054" said: > > > > > an option to remove armor (like in the make-over shop) would fix this, able to zoom a bit further out could be a small change that helps tons. > > > > > > > > or just starting with a larger window > > > > > > > > the preview window isn't even large enough for some daggers > > > > > > or play the game on a higher resolution than 800X600, i can see everything just fine on my 2715x1527 resolution. > > > > The size of the preview and TP windows are unaffected by resolution so that is a very stupid comment. > > then why is it a non-issue for me? > the suggested improvement would improve it in one go, a bigger preview doesn't solve anything so don't start with stupid with me. You never answeerd my previous question. You can see all the character+weapon in the preview without the borders cutting the weapon off? EDIT: Can you post a screenshot?

> @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > > > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > > > > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > > > > > > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > > > > > > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > > > > > > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > > > > > > > > > Both Mounts have their usefulness. Skyscale is better for long distance 'Gliding' and can get more altitude by clinging to a surface and jumping, whereas the Griffon can dive for speed and reclimb to get altitude again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Skyscale really is more general purpose and useful, but if speed really is needed then the Griffon works best. That and Griffon Diving for speed leads to some really fun flying. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Consider Skyscale your 'legendary' mount and your Griffon as your 'ascended' mount (I'd throw the roller beetle in there as well as an ascended mount for how quick it is on land). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All things considered each mount has its usefulness where they shine, and you should get all of them eventually. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nice! :smile: I'll end up getting all of them now and yeah, each mount has its uses. The most useful to me i think has been the Bunny! It's amazing how such an "early" mount will still be relevant later. Speaks volumes on the great design of the mounts! I mean, even when i had the borrowed skyscale mount in Dragonfall, i still used the Springer a lot of the times. The least one i use is the jackal but only because it's so specific that i don't know where to use it instead of just using the Raptor. Unless there's a sand portal, Raptor is almost always better. Jackal is basically reduced to "a thing you use to enter portals", and there's not many of those around. I wish they could implement more uses for it, some sand roads like in PoF, those are amazing, running on sand so high up! But criminally underused. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I already got the beetle and i'ts literally amazing how fast i can get to places with it! Sometimes i drift wrong and end up splat in a wall or off a cliff but that's the fun of it. :tongue: In more flat maps, it's THE mount to use! Amazing mount! I ended up using it more than i thought i would. I thought i'd get it for completion sake, but now it's my go to mount! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Plus, i know i'll use other mounts as well when i get the griffon and skycale. Probably less, but they did make sure that the flying ones won't invalidate the ground ones and that's admirable. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jackal really is the least useful mount. Raptor is useful when you have gaps to go over, or lots of flat land with obstacles. Skimmer for bodies of water. Beetle for vroom vroom. Bunny can still scale heights faster than Skyscale, Griffon for vroom vroom in the air. However, Skyscale is all around useful everywhere. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Disagree with jackal. It really depends on the terrain, though. I find that the raptor doesn't manage inclines very well. > > > > > > > > > > > > Hmm, never really tried the jackal on inclines. Raptor with no jumping manages inclines for me just fine, had no reason to try anything else honestly. > > > > > > And since i got the roller beetle, i use raptor even less. I just use it if i need to jump far and in citites, but that's about it. :tongue: > > > > > > But i still use it more than the Jackal, idk, they should maybe put in more uses for the jackal. > > > > > > Or maybe increase its speed a little bit to be faster on flat ground or inclinces than the raptor, that would make it more usable. > > > > > > > > > > Jackal is only slightly slower than the raptor, which I believe is by design. Personally, I find it a lot easier to control so it is quite useful for me. Just goes to show that players can have different preferences for things, which is cool. > > > > > > > > > > Much like others, though, the skyscale is my primary choice. I may not always get there first, but I will get there and enjoy the trip. :) > > > > > > > > Indeed, the mounts cover a lot of tastes. Sometimes, especially when there's uneven terrain, i just hop along on my Springer haha. :tongue: > > > > But yeah, i imagine i'll probably fly a lot as well when i get my skyscale. :wink: > > > > > > Even on land on my skyscale I hop up and use the dodge for a speed burst. Swapping mounts is meh. If it could swap between them with no down time then that would be great. > > > > Yeah, that recharge is sometimes really annoying. I wonder why it's there though... I can't really think of a good reason for it. Weird. > > It would be a great QOL improvement if we could switch between mounts without having to first completely dismount then remount. I think people would use more of the mounts more often rather than sitting on one particular mount 95% of the time. I know I would. Oh, that would indeed be great! I wonder if they'll ever make that happen.

> @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > > > > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > > > > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > > > > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > > > > > > > Both Mounts have their usefulness. Skyscale is better for long distance 'Gliding' and can get more altitude by clinging to a surface and jumping, whereas the Griffon can dive for speed and reclimb to get altitude again. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Skyscale really is more general purpose and useful, but if speed really is needed then the Griffon works best. That and Griffon Diving for speed leads to some really fun flying. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Consider Skyscale your 'legendary' mount and your Griffon as your 'ascended' mount (I'd throw the roller beetle in there as well as an ascended mount for how quick it is on land). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All things considered each mount has its usefulness where they shine, and you should get all of them eventually. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Nice! :smile: I'll end up getting all of them now and yeah, each mount has its uses. The most useful to me i think has been the Bunny! It's amazing how such an "early" mount will still be relevant later. Speaks volumes on the great design of the mounts! I mean, even when i had the borrowed skyscale mount in Dragonfall, i still used the Springer a lot of the times. The least one i use is the jackal but only because it's so specific that i don't know where to use it instead of just using the Raptor. Unless there's a sand portal, Raptor is almost always better. Jackal is basically reduced to "a thing you use to enter portals", and there's not many of those around. I wish they could implement more uses for it, some sand roads like in PoF, those are amazing, running on sand so high up! But criminally underused. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I already got the beetle and i'ts literally amazing how fast i can get to places with it! Sometimes i drift wrong and end up splat in a wall or off a cliff but that's the fun of it. :tongue: In more flat maps, it's THE mount to use! Amazing mount! I ended up using it more than i thought i would. I thought i'd get it for completion sake, but now it's my go to mount! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Plus, i know i'll use other mounts as well when i get the griffon and skycale. Probably less, but they did make sure that the flying ones won't invalidate the ground ones and that's admirable. > > > > > > > > > > > > Jackal really is the least useful mount. Raptor is useful when you have gaps to go over, or lots of flat land with obstacles. Skimmer for bodies of water. Beetle for vroom vroom. Bunny can still scale heights faster than Skyscale, Griffon for vroom vroom in the air. However, Skyscale is all around useful everywhere. > > > > > > > > > > Disagree with jackal. It really depends on the terrain, though. I find that the raptor doesn't manage inclines very well. > > > > > > > > Hmm, never really tried the jackal on inclines. Raptor with no jumping manages inclines for me just fine, had no reason to try anything else honestly. > > > > And since i got the roller beetle, i use raptor even less. I just use it if i need to jump far and in citites, but that's about it. :tongue: > > > > But i still use it more than the Jackal, idk, they should maybe put in more uses for the jackal. > > > > Or maybe increase its speed a little bit to be faster on flat ground or inclinces than the raptor, that would make it more usable. > > > > > > Jackal is only slightly slower than the raptor, which I believe is by design. Personally, I find it a lot easier to control so it is quite useful for me. Just goes to show that players can have different preferences for things, which is cool. > > > > > > Much like others, though, the skyscale is my primary choice. I may not always get there first, but I will get there and enjoy the trip. :) > > > > Indeed, the mounts cover a lot of tastes. Sometimes, especially when there's uneven terrain, i just hop along on my Springer haha. :tongue: > > But yeah, i imagine i'll probably fly a lot as well when i get my skyscale. :wink: > > Even on land on my skyscale I hop up and use the dodge for a speed burst. Swapping mounts is meh. If it could swap between them with no down time then that would be great. Yeah, that recharge is sometimes really annoying. I wonder why it's there though... I can't really think of a good reason for it. Weird.

> @"Axl.8924" said: > A fellow charr chrono hah nice glad i'm not the only one amused by charr as a mesmer. Here he is! The crit kitten! :smile:  Years ago when this game came out, when i saw the mesmer profession, i had to make a Charr be a mesmer! Never regretted it, my best character and my main! I'm so used to a Charr being a mesmer that i no longer even question it! And they have such unique combat animations that kinda "feel" heavy, but then you blink around and explode in butterflies and it never ceases to amaze me! :smile:

> @"LucianTheAngelic.7054" said: > > @"DARKSLAYER.4793" said: > > Im fairly new to revenant and I play in groups and do things like bounties and I was leaning towards herald but I want the shortbow so I'm very confused at this point ? . I don't know which is better for me because I play solo and in groups. Like I said I'm very confused > > no harm in having builds for both Indeed! That's what equipment templates are for. :wink:

> @"Sobx.1758" said: > > @"Moradorin.6217" said: > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > @"Moradorin.6217" said: > > > > As I recall, people didn't like it when Mirage could time its skills to chain blocks, evade utiliies, dodge evades, and distortions. Well timed play could make it pretty hard to damage. That said, it always has solid counters when facing skilled opponents. > > > > > > Yet permaevade Daredevil with 3 base dodges is perfectly fine and doesn't need a nerf. > > > > Hehe Sadly, Mes cant have nice things ) > > ...except when "permaevade daredevil" was actually what you're claiming it was, it got nerfed too? > > > @"Salt Mode.3780" said: > > > @"Woltarion.6829" said: > > > > @"Every day pon.5386" said: > > > > Who is to know if the profession will be updated by Mesmer players? The profession runs the risk of being worse off after another haphazard revision, so maybe the profession is safer & better off forgotten ?‍♀️ > > > > > > How could Mesmer become worse ? We just want our second dodge back > > > > we just want a CORE mechanic back > > Play CORE mesmer then? Core mechanic = dodge. Nothing to do with core traits.

> @"LuRkEr.9462" said: > Get the chat link tag from the wiki. Paste it in chat and then you can preview it weapon only or whatever. Works better than the menu. I know that, but that requires alt tabbing out of the game. Doesn't really look good for the company when players have to jump through hoops just to preview skin, and it's even worse when that skin is a premium currency skin you have to pay for with real money. Plus, you run into the same issues as the store preview if you want to see your character weilding the weapon. Idk, it just seems unprofessional that's all...

> @"sorudo.9054" said: > > @"Khisanth.2948" said: > > > @"sorudo.9054" said: > > > an option to remove armor (like in the make-over shop) would fix this, able to zoom a bit further out could be a small change that helps tons. > > > > or just starting with a larger window > > > > the preview window isn't even large enough for some daggers > > or play the game on a higher resolution than 800X600, i can see everything just fine on my 2715x1527 resolution. I play on 1440p and i can't see most weapons fully when in the shop preview. So, how exactly are you seeing them fully? Is there a trick or something?

> @"kharmin.7683" said: > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > @"kharmin.7683" said: > > > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > > > > @"Veprovina.4876" said: > > > > > > @"Lan Deathrider.5910" said: > > > > > > Both Mounts have their usefulness. Skyscale is better for long distance 'Gliding' and can get more altitude by clinging to a surface and jumping, whereas the Griffon can dive for speed and reclimb to get altitude again. > > > > > > > > > > > > Skyscale really is more general purpose and useful, but if speed really is needed then the Griffon works best. That and Griffon Diving for speed leads to some really fun flying. > > > > > > > > > > > > Consider Skyscale your 'legendary' mount and your Griffon as your 'ascended' mount (I'd throw the roller beetle in there as well as an ascended mount for how quick it is on land). > > > > > > > > > > > > All things considered each mount has its usefulness where they shine, and you should get all of them eventually. > > > > > > > > > > Nice! :smile: I'll end up getting all of them now and yeah, each mount has its uses. The most useful to me i think has been the Bunny! It's amazing how such an "early" mount will still be relevant later. Speaks volumes on the great design of the mounts! I mean, even when i had the borrowed skyscale mount in Dragonfall, i still used the Springer a lot of the times. The least one i use is the jackal but only because it's so specific that i don't know where to use it instead of just using the Raptor. Unless there's a sand portal, Raptor is almost always better. Jackal is basically reduced to "a thing you use to enter portals", and there's not many of those around. I wish they could implement more uses for it, some sand roads like in PoF, those are amazing, running on sand so high up! But criminally underused. > > > > > > > > > > I already got the beetle and i'ts literally amazing how fast i can get to places with it! Sometimes i drift wrong and end up splat in a wall or off a cliff but that's the fun of it. :tongue: In more flat maps, it's THE mount to use! Amazing mount! I ended up using it more than i thought i would. I thought i'd get it for completion sake, but now it's my go to mount! > > > > > > > > > > Plus, i know i'll use other mounts as well when i get the griffon and skycale. Probably less, but they did make sure that the flying ones won't invalidate the ground ones and that's admirable. > > > > > > > > Jackal really is the least useful mount. Raptor is useful when you have gaps to go over, or lots of flat land with obstacles. Skimmer for bodies of water. Beetle for vroom vroom. Bunny can still scale heights faster than Skyscale, Griffon for vroom vroom in the air. However, Skyscale is all around useful everywhere. > > > > > > Disagree with jackal. It really depends on the terrain, though. I find that the raptor doesn't manage inclines very well. > > > > Hmm, never really tried the jackal on inclines. Raptor with no jumping manages inclines for me just fine, had no reason to try anything else honestly. > > And since i got the roller beetle, i use raptor even less. I just use it if i need to jump far and in citites, but that's about it. :tongue: > > But i still use it more than the Jackal, idk, they should maybe put in more uses for the jackal. > > Or maybe increase its speed a little bit to be faster on flat ground or inclinces than the raptor, that would make it more usable. > > Jackal is only slightly slower than the raptor, which I believe is by design. Personally, I find it a lot easier to control so it is quite useful for me. Just goes to show that players can have different preferences for things, which is cool. > > Much like others, though, the skyscale is my primary choice. I may not always get there first, but I will get there and enjoy the trip. :) Indeed, the mounts cover a lot of tastes. Sometimes, especially when there's uneven terrain, i just hop along on my Springer haha. :tongue: But yeah, i imagine i'll probably fly a lot as well when i get my skyscale. :wink:

> @"kharmin.7683" said: > Good point. I assumed if one had the tome then one would also have the scrolls, but that's not necessarily the case. They should rename that item to "season 4 scroll folder" instead of a tome. A tome implies that the content is already in it, but it is not, and the description supports that. So it's basically a folder you put your scrolls in. :tongue: