Guild Wars 2

Im going to keep it short and to the point for you guys, i have questioned many other ranger players that i know and we all agree with the fact that this particular shout says:

“Instead of attacking, your pet will protect you by absorbing all damage you would take.”

ALL Damage…

well this is not the case, it only protects your from regular damage, not conditions or AoE, this doesn’t make much sense for it to say ALL damage if thats the case.
Now, a fix to make this shout negate all damage like the tooltip clearly states should be applied, and for those of you ready to say things like “oh, that would make them overpowered with the stone signet too!” or “dude i do no damage to rangers now thats not fair!” well guess what, now you’ll actually have to learn to fight both the pet AND the ranger so that when the ranger DOES pop the shout, the pet will already be low enough that the full damage negation will not work. Also those of you questioning the condition aspect of this argument if it were to be changed to take condition damage in addition to direct damage, it would only be the condition damage applied AFTER the shout has been activated, so that all condition damage currently affecting the player will still be active and not removed.

I would really like to see this change implemented or at least have the tooltip fixed to say that it only negates direct damage and not AoE or Conditions, please give me your opinions and lets see if we can make this happen!

The problem I have with this skill is that it is a self-destruct button for your pet. When your pet dies, the swap cooldown lasts a very long time. If both of your pets die, traits like empathetic bond stop working, which, in the end, leaves you more vulnerable and lowers your DPS potential. Personally, I’d like to see the removal of animal abuse skills and traits that require the suffering of the pet. Necromancers treat their minions better than a ranger treats his pet… I would much rather see Signet of Stone not require a trait to effect the ranger than “Protect Me!” becoming more likely to kill your pet. I’d rather see the skill reduce incoming damage than kill the pet. If the skill remains the way it is, it should correctly display what it does, though.

I feel that this shout should be a bear F2 skill instead of a shout.

Cecilia.5179:

The problem I have with this skill is that it is a self-destruct button for your pet. When your pet dies, the swap cooldown lasts a very long time. If both of your pets die, traits like empathetic bond stop working, which, in the end, leaves you more vulnerable and lowers your DPS potential. Personally, I’d like to see the removal of animal abuse skills and traits that require the suffering of the pet. Necromancers treat their minions better than a ranger treats his pet… I would much rather see Signet of Stone not require a trait to effect the ranger than “Protect Me!” becoming more likely to kill your pet. I’d rather see the skill reduce incoming damage than kill the pet. If the skill remains the way it is, it should correctly display what it does, though.

Watch your pet’s health and swap it before it dies.

Just go sigil of toughness instead

runeblade.7514:

I feel that this shout should be a bear F2 skill instead of a shout.

Not even an F2, just replace the regen on the bears bite skill to “causes X% of damage from nearby enemies to be redirected to the bear” boom, bears instantly useful in PvP and the immense amount of healthbar is more useful.