necro or mesmer? (poll) - Guild Wars Forums

dusta · Aug 20, 2005, 11:47 PM // 23:47

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

Kyle · Aug 21, 2005, 12:33 AM // 00:33

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 · Aug 21, 2005, 01:10 AM // 01:10

Mesmers are fun if you like aggravating and generally pissing off the competition

Jczech · Aug 21, 2005, 01:44 AM // 01:44

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.

Soup4Brains · Aug 21, 2005, 01:57 AM // 01:57

Necro/Mesmer's a pretty good combo. You can weaken the enemy as your minions beat them down.

Ultimate_Gaara · Aug 21, 2005, 02:02 AM // 02:02

I love to life leech, so i choose necro

Saridley Kronah · Aug 21, 2005, 02:17 AM // 02:17

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 · Aug 21, 2005, 02:19 AM // 02:19

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 · Aug 21, 2005, 01:42 PM // 13:42

im tihnkin of making a mesmer necro, is that a good idea? lol thx every1 for vothing.
is me/n good...?

ayb · Aug 21, 2005, 02:06 PM // 14:06

necro. soul reaping > fast casting.

RotteN · Aug 21, 2005, 02:19 PM // 14:19

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 · Aug 21, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13

Mesmers own all casters.
Mesmers own all none casters.

I'm talking about the "Competition Arenas" 1 on 1.

TGgold · Aug 21, 2005, 04:18 PM // 16:18

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).

ayb · Aug 21, 2005, 04:19 PM // 16:19

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 · Aug 22, 2005, 03:03 AM // 03:03

i voted necro

Gerbill · Aug 22, 2005, 03:21 AM // 03:21

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

Bmont3779 · Dec 29, 2005, 05:35 AM // 05:35

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

Victory Gaint · Dec 29, 2005, 05:44 AM // 05:44

Mesmer Denial Ftw!!!

rugal nuker · Dec 29, 2005, 06:21 AM // 06:21

1 thing i can say,necro kick asses.

Rico Carridan · Dec 29, 2005, 06:59 AM // 06:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by ayb

necro. soul reaping > fast casting.

Fast casting >>> soul reaping in PvP.

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

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Aug 20, 2005, 11:47 PM // 23:47	#1
dusta Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: hera lyn Profession: R/Me	necro or mesmer? (poll) 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

Aug 21, 2005, 12:33 AM // 00:33	#2
Kyle Krytan Explorer Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Legends Of Teh Industry [XXX]	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.

Aug 21, 2005, 01:10 AM // 01:10	#3
Lasareth Aquarius Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Somewhere between Boardwalk and Park Place	Mesmers are fun if you like aggravating and generally pissing off the competition

Aug 21, 2005, 01:44 AM // 01:44	#4
Jczech Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: May 2005 Profession: Mo/	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.

Aug 21, 2005, 01:57 AM // 01:57	#5
Soup4Brains Academy Page Join Date: Jun 2005 Guild: Throat Punchers Profession: W/E	Necro/Mesmer's a pretty good combo. You can weaken the enemy as your minions beat them down.

Aug 21, 2005, 02:02 AM // 02:02	#6
Ultimate_Gaara Desert Nomad Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: BC, Canada.. how aboot that eh?	I love to life leech, so i choose necro

Aug 21, 2005, 02:17 AM // 02:17	#7
Saridley Kronah Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: May 2005 Location: Australia, Sydney Profession: N/Mo	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.

Aug 21, 2005, 02:19 AM // 02:19	#8
Guillaume De Sonoma Jungle Guide Join Date: Apr 2005 Guild: aFk Profession: Me/Rt	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.

Aug 21, 2005, 01:42 PM // 13:42	#9
dusta Ascalonian Squire Join Date: Aug 2005 Guild: hera lyn Profession: R/Me	im tihnkin of making a mesmer necro, is that a good idea? lol thx every1 for vothing. is me/n good...?

Aug 21, 2005, 02:06 PM // 14:06	#10
ayb Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: WTS SOUL PST Guild: Order of the Fly Profession: Mo/R	necro. soul reaping > fast casting.

Aug 21, 2005, 02:19 PM // 14:19	#11
RotteN Forge Runner Join Date: Jun 2005 Profession: W/	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

Dec 29, 2005, 05:44 AM // 05:44	#18
Victory Gaint Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: in a box Guild: Archs of Cursed Blood [War] Profession: R/W	Mesmer Denial Ftw!!!

Aug 21, 2005, 04:13 PM // 16:13	#12
Paine Krytan Explorer Join Date: May 2005 Guild: Clan Plus [Plus]	Mesmers own all casters. Mesmers own all none casters. I'm talking about the "Competition Arenas" 1 on 1.

Aug 21, 2005, 04:18 PM // 16:18	#13
TGgold Wilds Pathfinder Join Date: Jul 2005 Guild: Flying Gophers Profession: Rt/P	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).

Aug 21, 2005, 04:19 PM // 16:19	#14
ayb Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: WTS SOUL PST Guild: Order of the Fly Profession: Mo/R	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.

Aug 22, 2005, 03:03 AM // 03:03	#15
help me plz Frost Gate Guardian Join Date: Jul 2005	i voted necro

Aug 22, 2005, 03:21 AM // 03:21	#16
Gerbill Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Frozen plains. Guild: The Llanowar Legion [LL] Profession: Me/N	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

Dec 29, 2005, 05:35 AM // 05:35	#17
Bmont3779 Academy Page Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Lions Arch Profession: Me/	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

Dec 29, 2005, 06:21 AM // 06:21	#19
rugal nuker Lion's Arch Merchant Join Date: Sep 2005 Profession: E/Mo	1 thing i can say,necro kick asses.