Guild Wars 2

Is it possible to have attacks that bounce between enemies to ONLY bounce off people we are already fighting?

I’ve lost count of how many times my Mesmer has thrown his sword and its bounced around hitting cows and moas who then join in the fight.

I can understand AoE abilities annoying neutral entities however I do not believe bouncing abilities should target people who are not already engaged in combat with you if they are neutral.

With those types of attacks you have to choose when to use them wisely. Knowing they bounce it is a better idea to kite the intended target before using attacks that bounce between targets. If your plan of attack is to approach hostiles and launch Mirror Blade when that hostile is among some neutrals then you should try a different plan of attack.

JustTrogdor.7892:

With those types of attacks you have to choose when to use them wisely. Knowing they bounce it is a better idea to kite the intended target before using attacks that bounce between targets. If your plan of attack is to approach hostiles and launch Mirror Blade when that hostile is among some neutrals then you should try a different plan of attack.

Thanks for the reply.

My problem with this is that why would my character ever want to hit neutrals? Assuming the blade bounces between foes because it is under the Mesmer’s control, I don’t see why it hits neutrals because surely the Mesmer would not want that to happen.