Guild Wars 2

Gonna start by saying no, this is not a big deal in fact its a very small detail but I care about it enough I thought it worth bringing up and if anything could be done to remedy it, I would be very much appreciative. The Potion of Ascalonian Mages is something I’ve always loved primarily because its always been directly tied to one of the events I used to lead in our guild in WvW. Our guild would all hop on our mesmers, don the potion, and turn ourselves into a ghostly army. With this we would all look the same and even our illusions all looked exactly the same and sure we’d get wiped against a lot of organized groups but that didn’t stop up from having fun and wreaking havoc across the map. A few weeks back this potion was changed however, so that it no longer worked in combat which I was crushed by, but a little while after it was re-enabled only with one big difference. Now as a mesmer if you are using this tonic, phantasms function normally but clones no longer spawn which really hurts. I was curious if this is the same for the other combat tonics and tried the Kodan one, but clones spawned just fine with it. If theres any way you could repair this Anet so mesmers can spawn clones again like the other combat tonics I would really appreciate it, as its an event our guild loved to do and gave us a lot of fun and laughs.

Also this is more of a question than a request but why do combat tonics disable the users ability to get on siege? The only siege I could man as a Kodan was a golem so I was curious.

And before anyone brings up the valid point of “if the kodan tonic works, why not just use it?” I’d like to go ahead and clarify. One reason is the Ascalonian Mage potion can be easily bought from the TP and doesn’t require going to the bitterfrost frontier to complete the heart and buy the potion with karma which yes, I know isn’t that hard, but theres always going to be a few people who arrive the night of without it and we also try to include anyone on the map with us who’d like to hop on a mesmer and join in our fun, so this lets us be more inclusive. In addition as a Kodan while your clones look the same, your phantasms are see through like normal, while on the Mage potion its harder to discern the difference which makes them better overall and finally……they just look cooler in my opinion which is childish but I like what I like. ^^"