Jan 05, 2015, 04:26 AM // 04:26
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Pre-Searing Cadet
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Coming back: Assassin or Mesmer?
So, I'm just now coming back to GW1 to play with some friends and we're currently looking to work on missions/main story line. I'm stuck right now between playing an assassin or mesmer. Both characters are about the same level and have just gotten to Lion's Arch. I looked at team builds and such on the PvXwiki, but most of those seem to be geared towards really far endgame speed runs and such. Assassins look to be good tanks in some of that, but since I'm so far from any of that, as are my friends, that's not really much of a factor for me.
So, out of the two professions, which do would you recommend leveling/using? Also, are there any builds or type of builds that are good to be using for this basic missions and such?
Thanks
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Jan 05, 2015, 10:56 AM // 10:56
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#2
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Ascalonian Squire
Join Date: Dec 2014
Profession: Me/
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Hi,
Both of them are really great or fun, so it depends of your way to play, this two characters are really different anyway.
Just pick the one you really want to play
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Jan 05, 2015, 08:55 PM // 20:55
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#4
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Grotto Attendant
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Canada
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Assassin and Mesmer are each extremely good in their respective areas of the game; that is the Assassin is a superb melee class (a bit less so since the Dervish update made one of the scythe elites stop working with critscythe builds, but still really good with daggers or any weapon really), and the Mesmer is a superb caster class.
Do you prefer melee or casting? If the former, Assassin. If the latter, Mesmer. Yes, technically Assassins do have the energy to run caster builds (and indeed they used to have a really nice one using Signet of Judgement and Assassin spells), and yes, Mesmers can use Illusionary Weaponry, but by and large the Assassin is melee and the Mesmer is a caster, so whichever type of gameplay you prefer - there you go.
Some people will remark that the Assassin is the better class for speed clears and farming. That may be, but speed clears and farming don't have to be done on your "main". Most people do have an Assassin just for farming stuff or doing speed clears, but that Assassin's generally not their main character.
That's not to say you shouldn't main Assassin, not at all, but, it is to say that speed clears and farming are not an argument for maining an Assassin, they're just an argument for having one.
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Jan 05, 2015, 10:11 PM // 22:11
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#5
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Tea Powered
Join Date: May 2008
Location: UK
Profession: N/
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I think I would prefer Assassin.
It's a little rough early, but so is playing a Mesmer.
But once you can start just cycling your chains with basically no downtime, the game crumbles before you.
A Mesmer requires a bit more effort to get anywhere near that - meaning Assassin's Promise and PvE skills.
That said, you might find the lack of durability a little frustrating as an Assassin, especially if you don't have much support in your team. Mesmers, sitting in the back, is less painful.
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Jan 05, 2015, 11:25 PM // 23:25
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Jungle Guide
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: In Z-Way We Trust.
Guild: [PhD]-[ァアァ]-[pupu]
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Any/Me
Asura Summon > Arcane Echo > Echo > Ebon Sin > Echo > Ebon Sin > Ebon Sin.
Hf with that
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Jan 06, 2015, 10:28 PM // 22:28
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Grotto Attendant
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Canada
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Side note I find hero mesmers way more potent than human mesmers because hero mesmers can actually interrupt and do so in a godly manner. Human mesmers can throw up panic sometimes (but so can hero mesmers) but otherwise seem to usually fail miserably at actually shutting down enemies. Whereas mesmer heroes do an excellent job of it.
The same cannot be said of assassins, or really, any melee profession. Hero AI fails hard at running melee builds.
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Jan 07, 2015, 12:07 AM // 00:07
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Forge Runner
Join Date: Mar 2008
Profession: Me/
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Zahr Dalsk
Side note I find hero mesmers way more potent than human mesmers because hero mesmers can actually interrupt and do so in a godly manner.
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You're just not good yet playing as mesmer.
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Jan 08, 2015, 02:21 AM // 02:21
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#9
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Grotto Attendant
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Canada
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In terms of hero parties, Assassin completes his party; Mesmer merely replaces a hero in an already-complete party.
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Jan 08, 2015, 06:20 PM // 18:20
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#10
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Tea Powered
Join Date: May 2008
Location: UK
Profession: N/
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Heroes can't run AP-EVAS.
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