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Byron · Dec 05, 2007, 03:30 PM // 15:30

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Originally Posted by RaZoO

Whoever said mesmers are there to make warriors happy is right.

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Awaiting DF invite.

Nek · Dec 07, 2007, 12:10 PM // 12:10

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Legends say Korean mesmers were able to tell exactly how much energy you had in your energy pool (including when a monk switches to a higher set), and makes it very easy for them to decide if it's worth casting a surge/burn on you. I've seen countless bad mesmers that hit me with back to back esurge/eburn even though it already registered -0 on the first hit due to hitting my low set, or mediocre mesmers that randomly surge me for -0 without knowing my set or energy situation.

How exactly do you know what sets opponent monks are on?

By moving closer to look at the animations, or by judging their teams' movement?

TheOneMephisto · Dec 07, 2007, 12:56 PM // 12:56

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Originally Posted by Nek

How exactly do you know what sets opponent monks are on?

By moving closer to look at the animations, or by judging their teams' movement?

By looking at their hands?

You can easily at least tell if they're on a shield set or a regular casting set (And which casting set sometimes), and if you play against the same monk for a while and pay attention you can figure out which of his offhand/wands is his high set.

Gigashadow · Dec 07, 2007, 09:00 PM // 21:00

Make your high set use the same skins as your 40/40 healing set IMO (although the high set will look different from your prot staff, and they might notice you're now casting prots without that staff on).

Lord Sojar · Dec 11, 2007, 05:33 PM // 17:33

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Originally Posted by Nek

How exactly do you know what sets opponent monks are on?

By moving closer to look at the animations, or by judging their teams' movement?

You can also watch their casting patterns. The casting pattern will get frantic when they switch to a higher energy set during high pressure situations. Then suddenly, they will cast very sparsely, which is a sign (typically) they have switched to their HIGH set, at which point, you toss out an eburn and surge to deplete that, and inform your team to spike them down. Gaging pressure situations vs monk energy takes a while to figure out, and playing a monk extensively helps a lot as well.

My belief is, to be an effective Mesmer, you need to play all the other classes first, and master playing the other casters (I am not the best front line player in GvG, but I can do back line and mid line). Know thy enemy.. I hate clichés. Oh, but once you have seen which set is the high energy set vs the standard (the low is almost always a shield), you can just watch their hands.

I believe that the difference between a great mesmer and a decent mesmer can be seen in the first 2-3 minutes of GvG. A great Mesmer can figure out their enemy after 2-3 minutes of pressure, a decent mesmer cannot.

emp · Dec 11, 2007, 08:46 PM // 20:46

If you know how to play mesmer, don't forget to communicate the vital information you see in match to your teammates. You should have a pretty good idea how to break enemy's defense or what makes match especially difficult for you.

You may have the information your frontline needs.