Guild Wars 2

Let me explain my question a little more fully:

Lets say you target an enemy Mesmer in pvp. They come at you, and drop down a few clones. If you had this Mesmer targeted before they made clones/illusions, you will still have the real Mesmer targeted. Doesn’t this defeat a huge aspect of the Mesmer class? I feel like I am missing something. How do I break out of people’s targeting when using clones? Is it only possible with some skills? If so, what are they? Otherwise, I feel this really cripples a large part of the Mesmer’s playstyle. The whole purpose of clones was to confuse your enemy. That wont work at all if they can just remain targeted on you despite placing clones/illusions down.

I tested this out with a friend, and they were still able to keep me as their target even when I used abilities like blink, illusionary leap, mirror image, and deceptive evasion (creates a clone when you dodge).

Any suggestions?

Decoy (gain stealth and summon a clone to attack your foe)

should work since decoy -stealths- you, so making you invisible and this way reseting target by all manner of common sense, and you could chain that with stuff like mirror images for mass of clones