Guild Wars 2

So is this just bad design?

https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/mesmer/Tests-for-phantasms-and-weapon-grades/first#post3002415

It looks like other than the slight increase on Ascended weapon stats (power, precision), the increased damage range of Ascended Weapons does not increase Mesmer Phantasm damage at all. My understanding is that Engie Kits and Ele conjured weapons are in the same boat.

Will this be looked at before Mesmer Phantasm builds start to fall behind on the increasing damage curve?

Just to add,

Mesmer Phantasms seem to use the weapon damage range from lvl 80 exotics even if you equip ascended weapons.

Is this a bug or is this an oversight?

Engineers have a similar problem with kits. Engi kits are the only option for weapons swap, yet the kits weapons skills do not scale with weapons damage.

Yup and rangers have the same problem with their pets.

Why should a phantasm mesmer craft ascended weapons then?