Mesmer Patch Notes 12/11/18

MesmerIn this update, we've made changes to Signet of Inspiration and Mimic—two core skills in the current skill rotation for chronomancers in raids. These are fairly significant changes with slightly different purposes, although both have been made to address the issue of stacking power multipliers.

The change to Mimic prevents it from being reset by the chronomancer's Continuum Split skill. This is intended to prevent multiplicative power in the mesmer's kit. We want Mimic to be a skill that allows for unique flexibility in mesmer builds, but its double-casting function created multiplicative power when combined with Continuum Split. This change also gave us the opportunity to give Mimic a scaling recharge time in order make it more versatile for general play.

Instead of the mesmer sharing its own active boons with allies, we've changed Signet of Inspiration to extend the duration of boons that are already on allies. This is intended to put more emphasis on the signet as a skill that augments other support skills rather than one that other support skills feed into.

Neither of these changes are intended to alter the chronomancer's identity as a build focused around quickness and alacrity. However, the power these two skills allowed chronomancers made them a one-stop shop for every boon in the game, which was crowding out other potential roles in raid compositions. In order to reinforce this direction, we've also added quickness and alacrity enhancements to wells.

On a separate note, we've also reduced the power of mirages in PvP in order to lower their burst damage. We want mirages to excel in longer combat engagements, but their burst damage was just too high.

Axes of Symmetry: The physical damage of this skill has been split between game modes and reduced by about 30% in PvP only.Lingering Thoughts: The ammunition-recharge time of this skill has been split between game modes and has been increased from 8 seconds to 10 seconds in PvP only.Tides of Time: Fixed a bug in which this skill could strike foes multiple times per wave.Chaos Vortex: The might granted by this skill has been changed from 3 stacks for 8 seconds to 2 stacks for 15 seconds.Jaunt: The number of charges this skill can hold has been split between game modes and reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges in PvP and WvW.Signet of Humility: The defiance-bar damage performed by this skill has been reduced from 10 seconds to 6 seconds to match the duration of the skill's transformation.Signet of Inspiration: The active effect of this signet no longer shares the mesmer's boons with allies. Instead, it now extends the duration of all allies' current boons by 5 seconds.Signet of Midnight: This signet's passive effect now grants 180 expertise at level 80 instead of a flat condition duration in order to be consistent with other signet effects.Mimic: This skill's recharge time has been reduced from 75 seconds to 40 seconds and is now increased by the recharge time of the utility skill that it affects. The recharge time of this skill cannot be reset by other mesmer skills.Portal Entre: The duration of time the mesmer has to place Portal Exeunt has been split between games modes. The duration has been reduced from 60 seconds to 30 seconds in PvP and WvW, but remains unchanged in PvE.Well of Action: The duration of quickness that the final pulse of this skill applies has been increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds.Well of Recall: The duration of alacrity that the final pulse of this skill applies has been increased from 4 seconds to 5 seconds. Its casting time has been reduced from 1 second to 0.75 seconds.Continuum Split: Fixed a bug in which the rift object that is created by this skill could fail to be destroyed when the the "resign" command (/resign, /gg, /surrender, /forfeit/, /qq, /ff) was used.Bountiful Disillusionment: This trait now only applies boons to the mesmer.Danger Time: This trait's effect now applies to illusions.Lost Time: This trait now delivers its slowing strike when the mesmer disables their target instead of after the mesmer has built charges. Its base strike damage has been reduced by 50%, but its critical-hit damage has been increased by 100%.Mirror of Anguish: This trait has been renamed Auspicious Anguish. It now causes the skill Distortion to instantly recharge when the mesmer is affected by a control effect. It also causes the distortion effect to grant a random boon when it ends. The cooldown of this trait is 50 seconds.Power Block: The damage of this skill has been increased by 20% so that it now matches its tooltip. This trait can no longer critically hit foes.

Jaunt: The number of charges this skill can hold has been split between game modes and reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges in PvP and WvW.what the kitten...

I feel like the continued chipping of mirages utilities with no addition or change anywhere else is going to kill it

@Curunen.8729 said:

Jaunt: The number of charges this skill can hold has been split between game modes and reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges in PvP and WvW.what the kitten...

Yea it already wasn't that great with the previous nerfs, now they are just asking for the spec to not be used at this point.

@Curunen.8729 said:

Jaunt: The number of charges this skill can hold has been split between game modes and reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges in PvP and WvW.what the kitten...

Yeah a very questionable change. At least cut down the recharge time from 30 seconds. It doesn't necessarily feel elite with his change now.

The nerfs keep hittin. RIP boonshare.

Chrono nerfed out of meta :/

Mirages getting screwed, bad players rejoice.

Condi mesmer was a big issue....so why is power mesmer paying for it all?

@apharma.3741 said:Condi mesmer was a big issue....so why is power mesmer paying for it all?

Because people complain about mesmer without actually knowing what the real issue is.Anet doesn't read suggestions from actual mesmer players and nerfs where the crying is, which is and has been for the better part of a year been inaccurate and wrong.

rest in peace triple blinks etc..why delete chaos traits when u can delete signet :thenking:

@Solori.6025 said:

@Curunen.8729 said:

Jaunt: The number of charges this skill can hold has been split between game modes and reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges in PvP and WvW.what the kitten...

@Curunen.8729 said:

Jaunt: The number of charges this skill can hold has been split between game modes and reduced from 3 charges to 2 charges in PvP and WvW.what the kitten...

If they're going this route then surely should go back to 20s charge cooldown and even increase the range to 600. It's kind of meh as a skill now outside of pve.

Chronos needed to be bought in line, just too powerful boonsharing. Good to see it happen at last.

Signet of Midnight: This signet's passive effect now grants 180 expertise at level 80 instead of a flat condition duration in order to be consistent with other signet effects.

So anet still trying to nerf mirage dps in PVE?............ FFS

RIP in Peace, Triple Blinking on Thaumanova Heat Room.

power block nerf is trash.

Rip Mesmer/Chrono being fun to play.Make Chrono a playable-on-mobile-class-only next please

Even the portal duration nerf is a significant change.

Lost in Time is lolworthy, those 300 noncrit damage really hurt! Gz at the balance trolling.Power block nerf, well we had 2 nice grandmasters at domination, it's just too much for a mesmer.Jaunt for an elite is trash.No IH nerf? Guess ANet is saving some for the next patch.

seems its the time to rise the power mirage to the stage <,<

"We want mirages to excel in longer combat engagements, but their burst damage was just too high."

I think this was the funniest part of their entire balance philosophy as they seemed to have missed this by a good interstellar mile

@apharma.3741 said:Condi mesmer was a big issue....so why is power mesmer paying for it all?

This so much. Condi mesmer is cancer so all other mesmer's must be nerfed - logical......what?

wow big hit on mesmer boon sharing... this is the second time i feel this sad... why can’t anet bring other classes up and not keep pushing chrono and mirage down

dang already all these views and responses. lol.

@LucianDK.8615 said:Chronos needed to be bought in line, just too powerful boonsharing. Good to see it happen at last.

Translation: I can't play against mesmer so instead of getting better I'm just going to celebrate everytime they're nerfed.