My current “project” is to play a Mesmer that is the absolutely most difficult to “track” and find among the clones.
I’d like this thread to be about sharing things that work to do that.
One big thing I now realize is that the good players who are effortless at finding you do it automatically in their brain, just from lots of experience. They don’t usually actively click and look for boons or signets (that’s too slow).
They just see it as their experienced brain perceives you dodge rolling, or running in a circle, especially when you do it at a distance.
So my theory is that you really have to avoid doing that as much as possible, and use PU invisibility to drop target regularly. That buys you a short window before their brain “picks you up again”.
You have these invisibilities:
Decoy 4 secs out of 24 (traited)
Prestige 4 secs out of 36 (traited)
Mass In 6 secs out of 90
Veil 3 secs out of 90
Blink every 24 (traited) It does not drop target, but it does confuse if you drop BEHIND them or out of peripheral vision.
As I see it, you are going to have periods of about 10 seconds at a time where you are going to have to evade by “blending in” before they reacquire you.
A dodge roll is an instant giveaway. So I am thinking I have to do all my dodge/clone production while in stealth, right?
I saw the post about mimicking clones by moving in short, straight lines. No curving angles.
I know some will say they will always catch you if they are good, so don’t rely on this. But I really want to try to explore this.
I welcome ideas from experiences “decoying mesmers”! Let’s share ideas.
The Alien (condi necro),That Wreckin Crew (Mesmer)
Silentshoes (Thief), Wind of the Woods (condi ranger)
