I’ve played a Mesmer for a few days now and I have to say that it is a fantastic class to play in PVP but in PVE it has some useless talents. The mobs, creatures (whatever you call them) do not attack the clones. The do on rare occasion but for the most part, they don’t. Is it a big deal? I would say so considering the profession is built around clones and misdirection. What good is misdirection to a computer generated mob who knows which one is “the real Mesmer”?
In PVP this profession has all the skills to misdirect anybody but in PVE it is thumbs down for me. Maybe if the clones did damage it would it be better. Not sure how the hate (agro) meter works here in GW2 but without clones doing damage, there is no reason for a mob to run towards it.