Hay fellow Mesmers. A little while ago arena net patched the warden so it would idiotically chase down its target like a chicken with its head cut off.
Now why I say that is because the aoe of the warden is so pathetically small that if the target keeps moving the warden will never use its attack. Which means the skills only use is shatter fodder < makes me cry its so sad to see this skill fall so low from 1 update.
The phantasmal wardens main use is projectile protection/reflection depending on if you have the trait or not.
However because of the update if the target is not in range at the start of the summon it will not use its attack and thus make this skill useless.
AND even if it does use its attack from FINALLY getting in to range. The target can just slip out of the small aoe pathetically easily.
Overall a very bad update that may have very well broken the focus phantasm so its nothing more than a 25 second single illusion generator.
MOST OF THE TIME the phantasm will not use its attack on summon and will instead wait a few seconds then chase around the target if the target gets out of range.
I feel that focus is already very week in damage compared to the other mesmer off hand weapons.
SO I DO NOT appreciate any updates that break this already fragile weapon!
What I want the focus’s phantasmal warden to do is
1) on summon for it to IMMEDIATELY use its attack REGARDLESS if the target is in range or not!!!! This way I can have a stable projectile protection, and good damage if I can pull the enemy in to the warden from a Number of tactics.
The focus really is a bad weapon in terms of damage in comparison to the Mesmers other off hand weapons. This is mainly because the aoe of the warden is so small and enemies rarely stay in the wardens aoe long enough to know what moderate amount of damage it has.
The focus makes up for its lack of damage in utility however. Which makes the focus the weapon of a strategist. It takes skill to use effectively and that’s what I like about it.
If arena net wants to improve the focus they can do multiple things instead of breaking it by messing with the ai.
I would say all it really needs Is a massive increase in damage so that people will actually have to be careful not to go in to the aoe of the phantasm however small the aoe is.
Or perhaps the phantasm could inflict some conditions such as weakness and cripple.
Anyway arena net. Return the ai back to its original state and don’t touch it again please