Guild Wars 2

I’m not sure if it’s doing this in PvP, but I just fought and downed a mesmer in WvW; all of the downed mesmer clones had “[DEAD]” as the nameplate. So, basically there were 2 copes of [DEAD] lying on the ground. I’m going to guess that the PC’s name was not “[DEAD]” and this is some system tag showing up when it shouldn’t.

Otherwise, if the PC’s name is [DEAD]…then downed clones are now showing a toon’s name instead of WvW title.

Who can say! o.O

This was with basic nameplate turned off.

Are you sure that wasn’t your foe’s guild tag?

Illconceived Was Na.9781:

Are you sure that wasn’t your foe’s guild tag?

There was literally nothing else over the clone’s head. No rank of any sort. And, nope, I dont’ think [DEAD] was their guild tag. But, even if it was, there should’ve been the title/rank showing along with server name: there wasn’t. If others aren’t getting it, perhaps it was a one-off glitch.

However, I wanted to report it in case it wasn’t just some random client mumbo-jumbo. Mesmers and clones are easy enough to differentiate between without a great big “[DEAD]” sign over the fake ones head.

Experienced it again. Illconceived was right, and I admittedly just missed that the first mesmer had [DEAD] as their guild tag; that being said…a bug is still VERY present in that ONLY the guild tag is showing on enemy mesmer clones in WvW. I haven’t played my own mesmer, and don’t know if it looks this way from the allied side of things.This time I noticed it on clones from a living enemy mesmer, perhaps it was that way on the first and I missed it amidst the action.

I highly doubt I’m the only one noticing this, and it utterly defeats any “misdirection” worth (small as it may be) that clones have in WvW. This is something that needs fixing.

I’ll see if I can (safely) meet up with some of my guildies from one of our opposing worlds to confirm what you are saying. Clones are supposed to appear identical to the player’s avatar, but historically, ANet has dropped the ball on that a couple of times.

Meantime, if you can, also submit an in-game /bug report; that provides ANet with additional detail that might be useful in troubleshooting.

Sounds good to me, though I’ve already confirmed that others in my own guild are experiencing the same thing. Though, to be completely correct, the problem turns out to be with all enemy “beasts”; enemy mesmer clones, enemy scrapper gyros, and enemy ranger pets -ALL- display nothing but their owner’s guild tag. I have two accounts and have experienced this while playing for different servers.

Something has definitely gone screwy with that system, though for obvious reasons it is only the mesmer clones that have been impacted in regards to their purpose and usefulness.

Already submitted a bug report.

Just to give a tiny bit more information, I did test things with a guildie on an enemy server, and enemy “beasts” display nothing but their guild tag regardless of the individual’s simple nameplate settings.

Similarly, only the guild tag is displayed regardless of the encountered enemy’s simple nameplate settings as well.

I’m including this little bit of info since I know the simple nameplate system was tweaked with this latest update.

It is you who has the WvW Simple Nameplates active in your options, not your enemies.

No. And, I’m pretty sure I said that had been tested. Also, it would’ve been obvious all along if that were the case, because the enemy PC’s wouldn’t have had much of a nameplate either, which isn’t the case. :/

Then the devs need to look into this. I will be doing WvW again soon, I’ll let you know if I experience the same issue.