Ok I finally found out the answer to my question.

For those who ran into the same problem, to duplicate objects that have derform nodes such as clusters or lattices, and still keep their...

i could use instances, and they would work fine, but then what if i don't two clusters to move or affect their parented objects at the same time?

The reason why i wanted this is because I was...

to make this simple, lets say i have an sphere with a cluster on all its vertices. I then weight half of the vertices to have .3 under the component editor. I then make a lattice over the sphere. ...