Guild Wars 2

This is mostly about WvW.

Just to confirm, my understanding is that if your character has earned the little star by their name to show that they’ve earned world completion, the star will not show up on any of their clones.

Consumable food / utility items, banner and boost buffs, etc. will also not show up clones. (Although I think that the “Outmanned” buff in WvW may show up)

Combined with the absence of offhand weapons appearing on clones, I was wondering if these distinctions are intentional or oversights regarding how to identify the true Mesmer and their clones. I realize that many clones don’t last long due to deliberately quick Shatters, but some play styles might actually want their clones to hang out a bit longer than just a few seconds, (Particularly if they’ve invested a lot of points into passive Toughness or have traited / used signets for Illusion Health)

That all said, is there any way to hide or remove the world completion star, aside from rolling a new character? Likewise for temporary buffs, aside from just not using food and such?

Thanks ahead of time for your response!

Star is no longer shown on enemies. Not 100% sure if it’s still shown on allies because they did a bit of work on WvW recently, such as titles displaying the old way in WvW.

no one in wvw can see star

wads.5730:

no one in wvw can see star

This isn’t true in my experience. At the very least I’m certain that my team mates can see my star, and I can see theirs. Unless they’ve changed how you can view opponents, I seem to remember seeing stars on opposing forces in the past.

Even if we can’t see the star, (Which would be my mistake, if this is in fact the case) the issue of off-hand weapons and the food and banner buffs etc. is still a concern for me. I’d like to know if this is a “bug” and thus could be corrected, or if it’s an intentional flaw in Mesmer clones put in place to deliberately make the true Mesmer easier to spot.