Guild Wars 2

Instead of Summon Sylvan Hound, which I have personally never seen anyone use after almost a year of playing this game, how about changing it to a “Conjure Caladbolg” that acts like a bundle similar to Fiery Greatsword?

(since I can’t make a new post, 12/3/13) :

Sorry, I meant similar to a Charrzoka.

I don’t mind that they remain weaker than profession-specific elites, I actually didn’t mention anything at all about their strengths or weaknesses. I would just like the same amount of variety for Sylvari racial abilities as the others, since they’ve doubled up on summoned pets.

(Summon Sylvan Hound is essentially just a short-lived and slightly bettered Fern Hound).

I made the mistake of using skill points for Sylvan Hound and it was a total waste. It is more or less a slow casting, slow moving projectile. I’d summon it, it would stand there for a few seconds trying to decide what to do, then run at the mob, get hit twice and die.

JustTrogdor.7892:

I made the mistake of using skill points for Sylvan Hound and it was a total waste. It is more or less a slow casting, slow moving projectile. I’d summon it, it would stand there for a few seconds trying to decide what to do, then run at the mob, get hit twice and die.

Pretty much, all the summon pet’s need a look into, they die pretty much instantly and given how long of a cooldown they are on….they aren’t really elite in any sense.

I hate to say this, but it’s true: If you come into the forums saying a racial skill is too weak to warrant bringing, then they read that as: it’s working as intended, because racial skills are intentionally weak and meant as a sort of fun ‘gimmick" to bring along when you’re goofing around. There have been very little changes to racials since launch except maybe a few bug fixes here and there, and there won’t be any changes in the future. They’re pretty happy with how they work right now I think.