Guild Wars 2

I posted this is the sticky topic before this sub-forum even existed…. but now that it does, I want to know how you guys feel about this.

My main is a Norn Ranger… and before the game was even released, I wanted to become a Bear while having a bear pet…
It would seem that the elite skill “become the bear” actually puts my pet away while the elite is active. I do not see how this is fair, as all of the other elite skills are able to be used in conjunction with your pet being active.
That alone is disappointing, but it doesn’t seem to stop there. There is a really useful perk called “Master’s Bond” that makes your pet stronger and more durable as you get more and more kills (stacks up to 25x). Well if I choose to use my elite skill, my pet de-activates and my stack of 25x Master’s Bond is also lost. Why would I be penalized for using my elite skill?
The whole thing, in my opinion, should be resolved by allowing pets to remain active during Norn racial transformation elites.

TL;DR

Allow pets to remain active at the same time as the Norn racial elites(transformations)

As it stands currently, the transformations are the only elite skills that hide your pet, and you should not be penalized by losing pet buffs/the ability to use your pet, for using your elite skill.

agreed

I’m a norn ranger too. I have actually fully maxed my BM traits and use my pets regardless of some annoying issues I have with them such as their tendency to aggro everything in sight, standing too far away from me, or how I will jump off a cliff and my pet will take the long way around aggroing every mob and bringing to me ending in my death. I can stow my pet but as soon as I get hit by anything it will come back out whether I wish it to or not, difficulty in manual usage of pet skill, long time outs for pet swaps, name pet resetting, etc…… Moreover, I have noticed that my elite skill where the spirit is supposed to rez and heal allies in the area does not seem to work as described, so it seems a total waste of skillpoints and a wasted elite skill. I love using my pet as a ranger, don’t get me wrong…but some serious issues need to be addressed which is making gameplay very annoying.