Guild Wars 2

Maybe it isn’t really the full point of the clones but I find it disappointing that clones don’t do the animation for a full auto attack cycle. What it means is that I can’t actually mimic my clones (as a scepter user) to mislead my opponent. The clones only cast the first attack of the 3-part auto-attack, and they do so at a rate faster than my auto-attack resets to the first attack. I understand that they shouldn’t do the effect (2nd hit is a confuse, 3rd hit makes another clone), but if I make a clone I should at least be able to copy them and have my opponent have to guess which copy was actually the source of the confuse and the new clone.

As a completely separate question, does anybody else use sword scepter? I’m having a lot of fun with the double counter (2 and 4). It probably isn’t that strong of a combo, but I’m actively enjoying playing it in PvE.

For the weapons that they do the full cycle for, they attack slower than you.
So unless they revamp a lot of things it won’t really matter.

Even if they attack slower you could put conscious effort into attacking at their speed (removing the auto-attack). With the scepter, they repeat the first part of your 1 attack at a rate that, while slow, is faster than you can possibly do it because the attack itself doesn’t reset in that time. The clones, which are supposed to be a copy of you, are doing something that you are actually incapable of doing. This seems like a huge oversight on one of the most clone-centric weapons at your disposal.

Only the Scepter Clone doesn’t do a full auto-attack cycle. MH-Sword Clones do all three attacks of the 1-H Sword Chain, though they don’t move once they start their first attack rather then the “root” on the third strike. Staff and G.Sword Clones don’t have chains, so their use of the auto-attack can be called a full auto-attack cycle.

And it comes to no surprise that its the Scepter Clones I hate the most, along with the Scepter as a weapon. I only end up taking it, when I absolutely know my MH-Sword won’t cut it and I want an Off-hand weapon available instead of going G.Sword and Staff for pure Range.

Solesaver.8764:

Maybe it isn’t really the full point of the clones but I find it disappointing that clones don’t do the animation for a full auto attack cycle. What it means is that I can’t actually mimic my clones (as a scepter user) to mislead my opponent. The clones only cast the first attack of the 3-part auto-attack, and they do so at a rate faster than my auto-attack resets to the first attack. I understand that they shouldn’t do the effect (2nd hit is a confuse, 3rd hit makes another clone), but if I make a clone I should at least be able to copy them and have my opponent have to guess which copy was actually the source of the confuse and the new clone.

As a completely separate question, does anybody else use sword scepter? I’m having a lot of fun with the double counter (2 and 4). It probably isn’t that strong of a combo, but I’m actively enjoying playing it in PvE.

I enjoy scepter/sword quite a bit. It seems to be great for closed in spaces where i can’t kite. also the blocks while not so damaging in dungeons (since i dont take aggro as much) are great crowd control with that 15 second daze on the offhand sword block. wish the trait to reduce the cooldown on the two blocks worked though.

MLieBennett.9031:

Only the Scepter Clone doesn’t do a full auto-attack cycle. MH-Sword Clones do all three attacks of the 1-H Sword Chain, though they don’t move once they start their first attack rather then the “root” on the third strike. Staff and G.Sword Clones don’t have chains, so their use of the auto-attack can be called a full auto-attack cycle.

And it comes to no surprise that its the Scepter Clones I hate the most, along with the Scepter as a weapon. I only end up taking it, when I absolutely know my MH-Sword won’t cut it and I want an Off-hand weapon available instead of going G.Sword and Staff for pure Range.

I really like the scepter for its consistent clone generation; I just really wish they weren’t so obviously clones with their auto-attack cycles. If MH-Sword does it properly, is this maybe a bug? I’ll bring it up in the bug thread.

Staff and Greatsword clones attack much slower than your normal Auto Attack.