Well because these are the worst clones and don’t do anything useful, they are also the worst at proccing Sharper Images (GS>Sword>Staff>>Scepter). The only redeeming function is that they appear right beside the target when created with skill 1. The three other clones use skill 1 of the MH weapon they are created from, why doesn’t the scepter clone?
If they did, I could imagine that every ~5 sec the clone would destroy itself and create a new clone at its target, in the process triggering the traits that cause conditions on illusion destruction at the location they were. Creating one clone with skill1 and two clones with Mirror Images, that means one is now at the target and two are by the mesmer, but in a few secs all clones reappear at the target for a shatter.
I think clones work best when they are moving and causing a distraction, having a clone disappear and reappear would be good for disrupting the ability of the enemy to track the mesmer especially when using invisibility skills. Is that too overpowered or even more confusing to the mesmer themselves or is there too much of a danger that mesmers will start getting mistaken as bots?
I have made multiple threads about scepter and no devs ever cared to answer. I think for them scepter is fine as is, after all they increase projectiles speed 30%!!!!!!!!!!!! For this weapon to be viable they need to change every skill on a scepter and that won’t happen, so better forget this weapon exists and wait for main hand pistol which will take aprox 2 years…
Fact: every Thief tells you to “l2p” when the subject is to nerf stealth.