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Also returning to guild wars. Stay Mesmer or go Rit?

So the story goes... got legendary survivor on a my mesmer years ago and got completely burnt out. Tried coming back several times, but got bored with mesmer PvE... well not bored. More like a love hate relationship.

Now I'm coming back again. And I'd really like to start hitting FoW, Underworld, DoA, etc which i never got around to back in the day. I've been reading up on Frostway and was thinking of rolling a Rit. Or should I stick with my mesmer and deal with begging for spots?

Additional info: I'm upto 21/50 on HoM with the mesmer. I understand HoM unlocks are account wide now? Another reason why i'm thinking of moving away from a mesmer... I don't think my reactions are what they used to be and I find that i can't interrupt anything in hard mode.

Posted Sep 13, 2011, 5:44 AM UTC

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iamablackbeltmanFrom The Blackness•

Begging for spots? Trenchway, Frostway, and Tway, and UBway can all make good use of a mesmer.

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Skyy_High•

No reason to stick to one class like glue. Considering how easy it is to get maxed equipment, you should be able to play on multiple professions. HoM unlock are all account-wide, the only reasons to stick to one character exclusively are a) GWAMM, if you care, because that does transfer to GW2, and b) some titles are easier to get together (ie, Legendary Cartographer and Legendary Vanquisher). If you're just playing in elite areas though, no need to stick to one class.

Mesmers are difficult to play in PvE, but they do insane aoe armor-ignoring damage now. Rits do insane damage, but it's almost all single-target.

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hobberHobbes Lochwood•

I play almost exclusively as a Ritualist. I strongly suggest changing... if you don't mind recompleting the mission+bonus titles you have already started. Remember mission+bonus should all be on one character so you get the cross-continent title as well.

Ritualists, in general, aren't very twitch-based (such as with interrupting professions), aren't very mash-based (such as mashing a ranger's barrage), and allow you to be generally lazy. Some people find this boring... I find it refreshing and spend most of my time chatting with the alliance while summoning my spirits through a mission :)

Are you only going for 30/50 though? If you're just a few minipets / armors / weapons behind, then stick with mesmer. You can easily farm war in kryta weapons, some cash for armor, and black moa chick (minipet) without a Ritualist. Beyond 30/50 will take much longer, though.

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NobleVGrandiose Healer X•

Almost everything good about Rits can be done without being primary. I'd stat mesmer.

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DyceFreakDancing Dyce•

Well.. a SoS Rt with channeling only and pumped up spawning power is the best SoS in the game, providing a wall that can tank even aataxes.

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Treees•

If interruption timing is your problem, you could always build a Mesmer around energy or health drain.

Personally I like my Ritualist. I have a SoS build with a Mesmer secondary and a healing Rt/Mo build that I enjoy. If I were you I'd level a Ritualist and have fun with both characters.

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