EvilDead.6375

Well, this patch just killed the Chronomancer for me, completely, and like another had posted, sucked all the wind right out of my sails for the class. So many people rely on the CS reset of mimic to do so many more things than just provide the already difficult task of Chrono rotation in raids... This may seem like small potatoes but; not being able to triple blink to escape enemies in WvW, or triple portal my team-mates to a location in a timely fashion, not to mention the cooldown reset of mimic now absorbing the time of the skill used is just ridiculous. I am in 3 mesmer guilds, and we are, to say the least, utterly disheartened. This is quite possibly the worst Wintersday, ever.

I understand you wanting to make it so every class has to contribute in raids, that's fine. Then just nerf the boon share, NOT the mimic reset. THAT ability is the one and ONLY really unique ability of a chronomancer. ANET, you are just plain making it so people who enjoy the Mesmer class.. just don't want to play the game.

Basically.. with this update, you have completely broken the use of Phantasms, period. Also, I can't begin to say how displeased i am with Shield skill 5 (Tides of Time) being turned into a aim-able arrow function, for no reason. It needs to be able to be locked onto the target that you are engaging, and deployable with no extra aiming, or steps needed to keep the effectiveness of the Chrono- stun-locking an enemy for the team/squad. It takes extra time, and makes it useless to engage multiple enemies while stunning the one you are targeted to. Of my 5 mesmers, on 2 accounts, i have 4 setup with a Chrono-Phantasm build. this now makes my build utterly useless for both support of my team, and survivablilty. I beg you.. please return the function of the Phantasms, and the Tides of TIme. These changes were not necessary, and uneeded. Mesmers need to have more survivability, and the ability to shatter the Phantasms... NOT just clones.... and NOT more power... I CAN'T be the only one who plays this way.