Guild Wars 2

The Mesmer is by far my favourite profession, perhaps even out of every MMO I’ve ever played and there’s very little I could ever comment in a negative way, when it comes to them. Saying that, there has been something sitting in my mind that could be improved with one thing I noticed quite a while ago.

When it comes to the downed skills of the class, they are far better than they were in the early stages of the beta and I even gave ideas on this forum about how they could be improved and the current skills are very similar, if not the same as what I suggested. However, there is a small problem;

The red arrow and delayed appearance on the real Mesmer, makes the 2nd skill kinda pointless. Yes, it’s good to use to avoid a finisher, but as soon as you avoid it, it’s only a matter of time till you get it again. You disappear and anyone with a little experience against a Mesmer in sPvP will know that the clone will then pop up and to finish off the second Mesmer to appear. Even if you’re not sure which one popped up first, you have a nice big arrow to let you know which is the real Mesmer, making the clone pointless. This just makes the 2nd skill a poor man’s version of the Thief’s skill.

There are many ways this could be fixed. Here are two of the best ones I can think of;

1) The Mesmer and clone appear at the same time and the arrow can’t be seen by the enemy.

This would mean the 2nd skill would be a good way to dodge the finisher but would also waste the enemy’s time as they try to figure out who’s real (which is what a clone is meant to do). People on your team can see the arrow and make a res if able, with no mix up.

2) The second skill acts like ‘Phase retreat’ but with a few seconds of stealth for the Mesmer.

This would be a little like it is now but with no disappearing. The enemy will try to finish or attack and it’ll turn out to be the clone and the real Mesmer is just a short distance away in stealth. This would also give the clone it’s true purpose of deception and time wasting.

Both of these ideas are the best I have come up with, to not be over-powered but still giving a good use for the clone. As it is now, it’s just too obvious which is the clone and thus, no deception or purpose.

so far all the clones are predictable, they don’t even have a off hand…
but i agree i do the second skill as an habit but in pvp it’s just for wasting few seconds of your enemy