Sodeni.6041

Personally I would love to have a spear-wielding mesmer that does lots of direct damage. And he would lose shatter skills and get new core skills. Until now I don't have a well thought-out final version but that's my core concept. :)

What new elite spec, theme or role would you like to see for the mesmer in Expansion 3? I'd really love to read your suggestions! :D

> @DuckDuckBOOM.4097 said:

> It's what I said chrono should have been when it was announced. F4 CS should have replaced distortion. F2 applies torment/slow instead of confusion etc. F1-F4 reworks can work with all mesmer core shatter traits. Tried out scourge and loved it. Like reaper and sand shroud are great reworks of core mechanics that function with all the old traits. Even old weapons like dagger are given new life with sand shroud.

Yeah I agree with you! I just think that Anet doesn't want to "rework" the tons of shatter traits or add something for a "new" f1-f4 shatter to the existing ones if there were different elite specialisation shatters. It's a pity to be honest.

> @Tseison.4659 said:

> I agree with this 100%,

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> F1: can be Mirage Advance AND Illusionary Ambush together (to reflect an almost Thief like steal skill)

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> F2 & F3: can be some sort of condition/cc skill.

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> Then F4 can be the distortion/ a shifting sand’esc skill.

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> Then they can make room for new utilities, preferably ones that break targeting and/or cause your enemies attacks to target clones instead since we do use “deception”,

Yeah F4 could stay as distortion since it offers a lot of utility, especially with the new trait that lets illusions become mirrors.

> @tnhalbertsma.7682 said:

> Interesting idea, although for the Power build it's pretty useful to be able to cast f1 f3 and f4 (f2 isn't too good)

Yeah that's why there could be a trait you need to take that changes your f skills :)

You usually don't shatter as a mirage and therefore f1-f4 are hardly used. I would love to see them changed or at least changed by choosing a specific trait.

I think retargeting should be more available for the mirage. Illusionary Ambush is the only skill that allows you to do that if you don't use axes. That's why I think Illusionary ambush should be a f1 skill (as well).

Sand through glass and Crystal sands basically create a mirage mirror. That's all they really do, it's not that good for having to use an utility slot. Although, as core skills they would totally fit with the mirage.

What do you think? This is what I experienced throughout my 30 hours of playing the mirage in PvE. I hardly use shatter skills (except f4 for the trait) and think they should be replaced with different skills.