arcane mimicry - bugged?

There might be a thread on this, but search is disabled.

Anyway, I am a E/Me, and I tried using this skill for the first time. We had a few warriors, monks, rangers, a ritualist, and one other elem in the group. The only other ally that I was able to use this spell on, was the other elementalist. I know for the most part it'll be pretty useless for us to capture a different profession's elite skill, but judging by the description, shouldnt I be able to capture the elite from any other ally? For me, it only worked on someone of the same profession as me.

Strange It have worked for me

maybe i was just unlucky, and everyone else in the group had a non-spell elite?

It works on non-spell elites, so the most likely conclusion is that the other party members had no elite at all.

go and growl your group for not bringing an elite skill :P