Guild Wars 2

Hello everyone.
I’ve been reading every single thread about how to fix illusions/phantasms etc for pve AOE and overall to make em better.

But never saw an simpliest of ideas:
Making phantasms and illusions as basic summon spells ! yes spells that don’t need a target, are following you ( as summons for necro ) and attacking only when you enter combat a closes hostile target to them.
Let’s say that Berserker phantasm CD with it’s reductioin can reach around 12-13sec ?

So make it 14s for summoning, 25s lasting ( zerk lasts 25 seconds when summoned )
so at some point you can have 2. it’s not ideal cause in some perfect situations in boss fight i nearly managed to put out 3 zerks ( still have no cd reduction traits ) but im sure it’s possible.

It would apply to all phantasms.
Cause seriously it’s such a waste to summon for example warden for 2-3 sec and then see him dissapearing cause target is dead.

What Do You think ?

While this strikes me as indeed a very simple solution, it is not very elegant. You’re talking about reducing the Mesmer from the artful juggling act of Phantasms and Clones into a basic pet class (of which there are already two options, Necro and Ranger.) Phantasms are very powerful. They do incredible damage if set up correctly, potentially last the entire fight, and best of all, they take 0 micromanagement once they are summoned. These ’pro’s are balanced by the ‘con’ of the Phantasms being squishy, easily killed, and bound to a target. To do what you’re proposing would require some serious nerfing to get them back in line with balance, and frankly, it doesn’t really solve any of the problems Mesmers currently have which are, in my opinion, minor.

Decent suggestion, but I don’t want my Mesmer to be mashed into a square hole. I’m happy being a round peg. Or an octangular peg, for that matter.

Pet class, no thank you. Sometimes I do wish you could just summon them without a target but I don’t really want it to work like that.