Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure if this is something that has been suggested already, as I was unable to find any threads posted in the last little while with this idea. While I think the illusions are an interesting tool for Mesmers especially considering the spike/burst damage potential they bring to the party I am of the opinion that there isn’t enough PvP utility to them.

What I would like to see is a way to use illusions in more interesting ways instead of the whole “summon illusions, shatter illusions, rinse and repeat” way that they tend to be used. The problem, as I see it, is that the illusions simply spawn and attack while, for the most part, standing still. I think it would be pretty cool if they mirrored the movements of the Mesmer so, for example, if the Mesmer runs to the left, the illusion runs to the right. This would, of course, require the skill to be able to be cast without a target requirement and, since the current skills all require targets, this is more of something I would like to see implemented down the road, instead of rewriting any of the existing skills.

I just think that in PvP situations it’s very easy to differentiate the Mesmer from their clones. I want to see the ability to use them in more creative ways like, for example, when trying to escape, the Mesmer pops a clone. The clone runs layered with the Mesmer for a few steps before stepping out to a random side (right/left) and then the Mesmer veers right in an attempt to escape. As the Mesmer turns to the right the clone turns in the mirror direction and the pursuer has to make a split-second decision – which one do I chase?

I don’t know if this is something that would be easily created but it’s my own personal opinion that this one little thing would add a lot more depth to the Mesmer’s illusion skills compared to how they are now.

I’d love to hear the community’s thoughts on this and I also want to know what you think about the current use of Mesmer illusions and/or what you would do to add depth to the skills.

Sounds interesting, it is a bit boring them doing there attack, then doing nothing for 10 seconds straight. I think they should dodge roll and manuever around.

It would be cool but i honestly don’t think the engine could handle it, it would also require a massive rework of our class as it would make us incredbly powerfull and hard to kill, and we are already dam hard to kill atm with all our active defence and escapes. Cool idea though would be fun but i don’t think its viable with the current class build and the game engine

McNuggetBandit.8376:

It would be cool but i honestly don’t think the engine could handle it, it would also require a massive rework of our class as it would make us incredbly powerfull and hard to kill, and we are already dam hard to kill atm with all our active defence and escapes. Cool idea though would be fun but i don’t think its viable with the current class build and the game engine

I completely agree. It would be an interesting idea to toy with but, as we both mentioned, because of the way the clone skills are designed it would require an overhall of this system which would change the way the class worked entirely. While I would love to see this, or something similar, I think it would be better if it could be possible to code a single skill to work this way instead of reworking every one of the skills. This could avoid the need for a full rework and make tweaking a lot easier since only a single skill would require working on.

Thanks for the feedback!

there would be more thief and necros crying on this forum if that to happens lol

ichal.9504:

there would be more thief and necros crying on this forum if that to happens lol

Thieves have an unparalleled ability to remain stealthed and Necro’s have ridiculous survivability through Soul Shroud. They have no right to complain. :P