Guild Wars 2

Sorry lol, I just started up yesterday and I’m a tad confused. I loved the first guild wars and Mesmer was always the class I popped as my secondary (well… a lot) so now that you get to be stuck with just the one choice (and since I looked it up and saw u can use melee weapons!) I naturally went with Mesmer!!

However, its a whole new game and there is a lot to learn… I am considering rolling an easier class to get used to the game then play my beautiful kitty-mesmer, but anyways a question or two as I am keen: The first skill you start with and first weapon (I guess its some kind of 1 handed staff?) when I mouse over my skill it seems to do 3 things. Now can I set it to do one of those things, or is it a random chance or is it sequential?? lol how does it work, sure enough one of the variations seems to say it will summon an illusion of me and it seems to about 1 out of 3 hits, sadly these “clones” vanish the moment the enemy I am targeting is defeated.

So um… yeah can someone explain this better? Is there a way to summon more permanent clones? What weapon set would you suggest me to try? and is there a detailed source on the internet yet where I can sorta look this kinda thing up?

Thanks VERY MUCH for your time!!!

the three skills you see on the tool tips are the chain skills of the auto attack. when you start a fight with an enemy you use ether bolt, which is the first one in the chain, if you keep using auto attack you use etherblast and finally the last one in the chain which is etherclone which creats the clone you are talking about. after this the chain resets and you attack with etherbolt again.

as for the permanent clones, they don’t exist. your clones always disapair when you have killed your enemy. there are alot of utility skills though that summons more illusions although you can have a max of three illusions active at any time.

i hope this information helps and i hope you enjoy this awesome game:D

Heeheehee! Clones! That makes more sense thanks, I guess I can apply this to all skills that have a list of stuff above them?

I guess they have to dissapear so we can avoid the whole “No I’M the real Bassario!” Situation.

you can indeed apply it to all skill that have that, althoug they are not on autoattack so you need to activate them youselfs to cast the second spell in the chain. for example: if you use the spell illusionary counter you can press the skill again while you are channeling to use counterspell.

there are also phantasms who are the stronger purple versions of clones and have there own attacks, as clones only use the same weapons you are currently equiped with.