Please give mages the ability to hit their mirror images ability cooldown again to make them scatter in all directions and the ability to hit it again and make them start all attacking your target again. Also allow the mage to swap places with one of those images with another ability. Having the ability as some mediocre damage ability has never made sense. This ability is supposed to be about creating mirror images as a distraction and for some reason has never been changed to further it toward those goals.
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That would be fun, and that could be limited to the Arcane spec.
But I’d imagine there would be lots of raging about mages having too much mobility.
True, but they’ve already had their mobility nerfed into the ground while melee still haven’t.
It is? Because it’s always been just a bonus damage cooldown. Was there an old tooltip somewhere that said it’s a distraction?
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Well it’s ripped straight from DnD where that is its purpose, but also the damage on it has always been minuscule like extremely minuscule, so why is it a damage cooldown when it adds almost zero damage.
It’s not a damage cd
Different game, different function. 
I think your ideas are interesting but too complicated for the average player Blizz wants to attract. And it would give huge advantages in PvP.
Maybe they just need to up the damage. Dunno.
It was supposed to force the target to come off the mage and make attackers go after them instead.
But… Humans don’t fall for that. It would make more sense to allow the mage to swap places with one
This is the most recent dev note, " *Developers’ notes: The goal is to push mirror images away from a DPS cooldown and give it a defensive component. Now, only taking direct damage will cause an image to dissipate and there is an ICD of 2 seconds to ensure at least a 6 second uptime when taking damage."
All it would do is increase our survivability.
And I’m not sure i would classify it as a huge advantage, i mean sure it could be used well by a skilled player but other skilled players will be able to spot the original
Edit: The Mesmer in GW2 has a lot of mirror image like abilities and it adds some extremely fun gameplay.
What does the ability do?
It casts spells. On a cooldown. And it’s considered a damage utility.
So yeah, it’s a damage cooldown. 
But does it actually do anything except damage?
And give you the ability to teleport more.
It sounds like it would be to me.
Blizzard wants it to be a defensive cd
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Did you read the dev note where it was made more of a defensive now??? Also, our teleports were just nerfed into the ground with shadowlands. Most everyone will be back to using regular blink because of the nerf to shimmer.
But it’s not, is it? Have they changed it at all to be defensive?
Edit: you out the link in that clears up my questions. Thank you! I understand better now!
Want vs there yet are two different things?
Dude read the dev note i already posted for you, it reduces damage taken by 20% now, or ya know just read the actual spell on wowhead. Do just a bit of due diligence if you want to try and argue a point.
Edit: Ah, 1800 posts, i see the type of person we’re talking with now lol
I asked if it did anything different.
I did read what you said. It didn’t say anything about a defense ability. Jimmy’s link did though.
@Jimmysoprano thanks, that’s what I was wondering about. It has a damage reduction to it now. 
… what? I’m sitting here asking questions for more information. Don’t insult me for it. I don’t play a mage. Jesus. Am I not allowed to look for more details and clarification without getting jerk comments?
reminds me of mesmers from gw2
Yeah, Bushy mentioned that earlier.