Guild Wars 2

I logged on just now and first thing I noticed was Phantasmal Berserker not doing damage straight away. It waits one or two seconds before deciding what to do.

This is a problem because soon as it spawns, nearby enemy mobs (I’m talking PvE here) kill it straight away.

I didn’t see anything about this in the game update notes – is it just me?

happens to me as well. every pvp nerf mesmer takes is ruinning my fun in pve.

Only reason I can see this as being a nerf, is if it’s to stop burst damage. Which is stupid, because in PvP no one will focus down the phantasm.

I’m hoping it’s just a bug, actually.

Hope this isn’t true.
The delay before the first berserker attack already slows down my shattering, I don’t want to wait even longer.

I’ve found that trait Phantasmal Fury in dueling will eliminate that second or two delay.

Kabuki.9103:

I’ve found that trait Phantasmal Fury in dueling will eliminate that second or two delay.

I just tested and I can confirm. The issue happens without that trait set.
Oh well, it’s just another bug! Nothing we’re not used to.

That’s great news! I actually swapped that trait out for another last night. It’s so going back on :)

Wait a minute- are you saying that we can trait our way out of bugs to our class? yipee!…but what if we didn’t have those bugs…?

The fury trait is a good trait to have. I’m more concerned about the Illusionists Celerity trait becoming more and more mandatory.

@OP
it’s a known issue. Either getting Dueling II or Inspiration 5 will give Illusions an instant attack (damage even a bit before you see them). This is the most essential for iWardens and iSwordsmans.

@Vexor
Illusions 5 is mandatory.

The funny thing (or not) is that :

- Its an obvious bug that should have been fixed long ago (always been reported, yet never fixed)
- The only workaround is to build around other bugged trait, that are screwing other areas of the mesmer gameplay in order to have phantasm attack like they should.