Mesmer Clone for Tempest
Hallo,
Me and My friend came accross this funny bug, in which he and me were fighting in the guild arena. He was a Tempest and Me a torch mesmer. We had this rule of no finishing to safe time. So when i went down i asked him to stop attacking me so i can heal up, it’s just then i realised it wasn’t him attacking me but a clone of himself. Tempest don’t have clones right? It was a ranged clone, so i assume it must have been my Phantasmal Mage which i might have casted right before going down. I am sorry that i cannot give more useful details. This happened so unexpected. I assume the torch might be the least played mesmer weapon and this is the reason why it hasn’t been reported before.
A long time ago, people found out that a mesmer weapon (I believe scepter) summons a clone with a projectile. If the projectile is reflected, it counts as the other player summoning a clone instead (even if the other profession isn’t a mesmer). This maybe what happen to you.