Guild Wars 2

Since the May 17 patch, the mesmer shield 4 skill, Echo of Memory, no longer spawns a phantasm if it fully channels. This is the case whether you are in battle or not. I also did not see Deja Vu when my Echo of Memory blocked an attack. Without the phantasm, no slow or alacrity happen from that skill, thus making it useless.

A guildie just reported to me that the skill works fine in PvP, and doesn’t work in Fractals.

Update: the skill also works just fine in the Special Forces Training Area (raid practice area), and in the actual VG raid instance.

i noticed this too. i was doing t4 fractals last night and was getting confused as to why i never seemed to have the phantasm up. initially i thought maybe it was getting instantly killed by something, but watching my bar carefully it never actually spawned.

EDIT: i just did a quick test in fractals, open world and the special forces area. this only happens if you don’t have an enemy selected. if you have one selected the full channel still spawns a phantasm.