Guild Wars 2

I refer you to this thread: https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Do-Clones-have-an-Odor/first#post4442645

(Please note, I am using the word “clones” to represent clones, phantasms, illusions, and whatever else the game calls the various duplicates a Mesmer can make.)

I have a level 80 Mesmer, so I’ve been playing her long enough to know how my clones work. I am accustomed to my clones getting pretty much equal attention from my enemies. Sometimes they get attacked, sometimes I get attacked.

Lately, I have logged in to a couple sessions where my clones aren’t getting noticed in the slightest. I even did an experiment where I set two clones upon a bad guy and did NOT attack him myself. For over a full minute I did nothing but run away, and try to interpose my clones between myself and the bad guy. The entire time he TOTALLY ignored my clones who were attacking, and just kept coming relentlessly after me who was doing nothing.

For the most part, my clones do minimal damage. I use them primarily as decoys so I can be relatively unhindered while I cast “the good stuff”. Now they aren’t even doing that anymore.

Please tell me this is a bug and not the new “working as intended” state of clones. I noticed this first a couple days ago, then the next day everything seemed fine, and now it’s back.

Have you switched to a full DPs setup lately? Are your Illusions traited for more health and/or running Signet of Illusions?

Tman.6349:

Have you switched to a full DPs setup lately? Are your Illusions traited for more health and/or running Signet of Illusions?

I haven’t made ANY changes, so presumably nothing should be different. Hadn’t used her much since Patch #2. Yet there are times now when my clones are totally ignored and I get swarmed like a department store on the day after Thanksgiving.

EDIT: Everything is fine again today. Maybe this is an odd day/even day sort of thing. I will have to be extra careful after reset!