Guild Wars 2

When my Mesmer hit 40, he cried with delight,
“Deceptive Evasion, I have you in sight!”
Twenty points in Dueling from the Master’s own book,
To create Clones whilst dodging and running amuck.

Out in to the world my Mesmer did go,
To faceroll the world, and to gloat “u mad, bro?”
But what’s this I see, as I dodge and evade?
DEs Clones and the way they behave!

They’re unlike their brethren on the Staff and the Sword,
Who target your foe when you give them the word.
These critters they aggro the closest to them,
It’s sometimes a pig, a cow or a hen!

So hear us, dear Anet, and add to your list,
A fix to this trait with a flick of your wrist,
Make these Clones now behave and attack with the rest,
And not over-aggro and become such a pest!

tl;dr – The Clones that I spawn from the trait ‘Deceptive Evasion’ behave slightly differently from Clones spawned from weapons and utilities in that they attack the closest thing to them, not what you currently have targeted. Whilst this isn’t a huge problem because I’m usually near to my enemy, it has, on occasion, caused me to get attacked by the local wildlife…..and sometimes a Veteran

Apologies if it’s already been reported/noted.

First of all, I <3 Deceptive Evasion.

Second a few things I’ve noted: if you’re not in combat, a clone won’t be generated. From what I’ve seen the clones do target what I have targeted, but usually when I’m doing this, I’m in the middle of “trying not to get killed” and aren’t entirely paying attention. If you don’t have anything targeted, that’s when it just targets the nearest enemy, regardless as to what it is.

It is a problem in SPvP as well. Using staff clone build and trying to do some damage, dodge-spawned clones instead go off attacking everything else. It almost breaks the build in group v group situations, as a lone staff clone isn’t going to do much

ShadowbaneX.6273:

From what I’ve seen the clones do target what I have targeted, but usually when I’m doing this, I’m in the middle of “trying not to get killed” and aren’t entirely paying attention. If you don’t have anything targeted, that’s when it just targets the nearest enemy, regardless as to what it is.

this is incorrect. the deceptive evasion clones always… always attack the nearest target. if you’ve noticed them attacking your current target, it’s because at the time of the evasion clone’s creation, you’re current target was nearest. unfortunately, this is the sad and heavily tested truth of the matter. my hopes for future mesmer changes include making DE clones prioritize current target > nearest target

A timeless poem for the ages, an explanation for my unusually jolly Indiscriminate Slayer deed and a cautionary tale for combat strategy involving dodge clones.

Here’s hoping our lyrical sorrows will fade with the passage of time — and a bug fix.

Lovely poem Maybe you could put your hand to some more poetry, outlining the issue with our various other bugs. They would probably get fixed faster! Maybe I should write a haiku about the warden..