Curse

Mesmer-Ranger · Feb 25, 2008, 06:24 PM // 18:24

Hey, After Bein Pretty Dissapointed after playin WOW as the payin is anoyyin, played it or 1 month and gave up, deleted it, bought guild wars, i want to be mesmer cos i always thought they looked pretty cool but dunno what to be second prof. i like ranger but dont know if it will be good, Any help?

tijo · Feb 25, 2008, 06:27 PM // 18:27

I would suggest a caster secondary profession to take advantage of fast casting. Anyways you'll probably end up using your primary profession more than your secondary. Also you can always change once you hit a certain point in the game.

Alicendre · Feb 25, 2008, 06:39 PM // 18:39

I'd say take /M and stick to your primary skills except for a hard rez.
Then unlock the secondaries you like when you're ascended.

Kattar · Feb 25, 2008, 06:42 PM // 18:42

/Mo for rez, as mentioned. You could go /E for more damage, although I wouldn't recommend it. /N is a good one, as some hexes mix well with Illusion magic.

That's all I can think of right now...

Mesmer-Ranger · Feb 25, 2008, 06:46 PM // 18:46

Yh Thanks, Spose Il Play And try Out Some diferent ones and see which ones i like best !

Painbringer · Feb 25, 2008, 06:59 PM // 18:59

ranger= You can have a pet which helps hold aggro for you in the beginning areas. Later on not as good but You can name your pet

Necro= Not to bad some good spells that will come in handy

Monk= When in doubt monk it out (hard Rez)

Warrior= I advise no till later (you can have fun with Illusionary weoponary)

Elementalist= Very powerful spells that can be copied (glyph of lesser energy is your friend)

No wrong choice you can change it later on in the game

Kattar · Feb 25, 2008, 07:03 PM // 19:03

Interestingly, I chose Ranger as my first secondary. I thought bows and pets were cool...I was very wrong. Changed it as soon as I could.

gremlin · Feb 25, 2008, 07:03 PM // 19:03

I went mesmer monk as I couldn't think of anything better at the time, it worked fine and got me through most of prophesies.

Nothing wrong with ranger as a secondary and if you like the skills go with that.

Toutatis · Feb 25, 2008, 07:28 PM // 19:28

My mesmer started off by taking Elementalist as his secondary profession. Glyph of Lesser Energy is an excellent energy management skill that is extremely useful until you build up a decent repertoire of inspiration magic skills

*cosyfiep* · Feb 25, 2008, 08:10 PM // 20:10

I have three mesmers---my prophecies one is secondary ranger---she does a lot of interupting and the distracting shot etc helps out on that, and troll ungent. (and she uses a bow-long ranged attacks)
my canthan mesmer is a secondary rit--can rez pretty dang fast! (and can heal too)
and my elonian mesmer has a dervish secondary, not going really well with that one, but I needed to unlock the dervish skills so----------(and there are a few healing spells in that line).

I think there are some good choices and then some not soo good choices (I would put sin, warrior and dervish on the not so good end).

I havent tried /p or /n so I cant really say about those.

Numa Pompilius · Feb 25, 2008, 08:35 PM // 20:35

Having monk as secondary is never wrong in PvE, especially as Mesmer self heal is a joke.

Necro is almost as good, curses complement the mesmer skills quite well.

Ele is viable but not good, you'll basically become a weak-but-fast-casting-ele-with-severe-energy-management-issues, the skills don't synergize with mesmer skills.

My suggestion for the easiest PvE time: monk secondary.

Earth · Feb 25, 2008, 08:47 PM // 20:47

Ele is actually a very decent secondary for a Mesmer, just don't go fast casting ele.

GoLE is my best friend, you know?

Pyro maniac · Feb 25, 2008, 09:03 PM // 21:03

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earth

Ele is actually a very decent secondary for a Mesmer, just don't go fast casting ele.

GoLE is my best friend, you know?

a mesmer choosing a secondary for e-management
what's wrong with this game ^^

Would say either monk (people like hardres), ele (for GoLE) or ritualist (splinter + ancestor is good + rit got better hard resses)

Kattar · Feb 25, 2008, 09:05 PM // 21:05

Quote:

Originally Posted by Earth

Ele is actually a very decent secondary for a Mesmer, just don't go fast casting ele.

GoLE is my best friend, you know?

Yeah, ele is great for that. I meant don't go FC nuker, as you said. Although I didn't say it.

Everytime I see FC nuking, I die a little inside...

HawkofStorms · Feb 25, 2008, 09:55 PM // 21:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Katsumi

Yeah, ele is great for that. I meant don't go FC nuker, as you said. Although I didn't say it.

Everytime I see FC nuking, I die a little inside...

Yeah, especially in RA. I mean, a mesmer can do so much damage in RA fights against scrubs with no hex/condition removals, and you waste it spamming fireball/firestorm.

Anyway, to the OP, don't worry about it TOO much. Later in the game, you can change your secondary profession at any time.

Crom The Pale · Feb 26, 2008, 12:18 AM // 00:18

I find that my Mes/Rit is very fun and usefull.
With Signet of Illusions its a very powerful char.