Guild Wars 2

I wanted to post something about this, thought I’d start a thread, saw there was another thread already but after reading it and seeing it was a whinge-fest decided to create a new, constructive thread.

Confusion is changing, that’s a hard fact, and in light of the damage reduction something is going to need to be done about the overall mechanics of confusion in the long run. iMage has been in need of some love for a long time, particularly in the areas of skill CD, confusion stacks, and confusion duration. While confusion is taking a nerf overall, this provides the perfect time for iMage to be buffed, albeit dramatically.

So my question for us mesmers is, how can iMage be improved in light of a 50% (on par with sPvP) reduction to confusion damage.

Some obvious things come to mind. Torch, and iMage, could become a “phantasm” based confusion build. Reduce iMage CD right down, lets go crazy at 10 seconds.

Increase iMage confusion stacks to 5 (in line with other various confusion skills).

Increase confusion duration from iMage, either benefit from caster condition duration, or give the iMage a personal buff.

Increase iMage attack rate.

Effectively one way I see to balance confusion out with the massive damage reduction is to increase our ability to maintain constant stacks (probably at a lower value) on our target/s at all times. Shattering allows for high bursts, but something like iMage and sceptre should allow the mesmer to keep constant stacks on at all times while fighting, far far easier than we have been thus far.

That’s one idea from me.