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With the changes Confusion got in this patch, I've talked to other players saying how Condi Mirage in PvE was basically buried. Now I don't know it if was meant to be a fundamental change for all game modes, but I'm pretty sure from what the patch notes say, they were meant for competitive modes only.

Meaning that PvE Confusion was meant to remain similar prior to the patch. But apparently, it may not be reflecting that. Is it a bug? Was it an intentional design decision? Can a dev please confirm this confusion? (Pun intended, but you get the point.)

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over 6 years ago - /u/Anet_KarlMcLain - Direct link

The "This condition remains split between PvE and PvP/WvW" part has unfortunately caused unintended confusion.

To Clarify: Condition damage contribution of the damage-over-time component of confusion has been removed from ALL formats. 'Remains split' was meant to indicate that the base damage ticks are higher in PvE still, even without condition damage contribution.

over 6 years ago - /u/Anet_KarlMcLain - Direct link

Originally posted by rukkhh

What's the idea behind giving mesmer an axe as elite weapon for the expansion, only to make that spec completely unusable in any proper PvE scenario? Chrono does literally figuratively twice the damage now.

From the forums (If there's any other conversation on this, I'll copy it here)

Moving Confusion to have condition damage contribution ticks made it a damage-over-time condition in addition to its 'hex' style punishment of using skills. We needed to make a choice as to whether or not the condition was going to be used as spammable DOT, or rarer/shorter, with more potency. We've decided to push Confusion to be burstier and once again focus on punishing skill activation. The reason for keeping any dot component is to message that you're under the effects of the condition, so you can be informed of it without looking at your buff bar. With that said, we'll be moving weapons like Mirage's Axe toward Torment, rather than Confusion, as soon(tm) as the process allows.