Guild Wars 2

I believe rangers should have a turtle pet with some hard kitten toughness and vitality!

It would be pretty humiliating for your PvP opponents if they turn to flee but find that a turtle is somehow keeping pace with them and nipping at their heels. Considering the limited range of motion on a turtle’s limbs, it would be a challenge for the animation team to make it walk at normal speed without looking ridiculous. They might need to just replace its lower section with a cartoon-style “motion blur” whenever the pet is running.

Also, before this thread goes any further, you’ll probably want to specify which sort of “turtle” you’re talking about. The word means different things (terrestrial, semi-aquatic, etc) to residents of the USA, UK, and Australia. All of the turtles that I’ve seen in GW2 have been aquatic.

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It would be pretty humiliating for your PvP opponents if they turn to flee but find that a turtle is somehow keeping pace with them and nipping at their heels.

Not if it was a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle . I would definitely have to name mine Leonardo .

You would be surprised how fast tortoises (mostly baby/young tortoises) can move. If you watch some youtube videos of them chasing cats (or other things) around, you’d find they move much like the drakes would.

Honestly though, not moving could be the turtle pet’s “thing”. Mesmers can leave their clones behind, so maybe the Ranger leaves the turtle behind if he runs away. And if he gets too far away, the turtle burrows and digs it’s way up beside the Ranger. Would make the turtle more of a “bunker friendly” pet.

The ranger pets need a buff anyway, maybe that’s the easiest way to give them a buff. Give them each very unique abilities/mechanics. People would be like… "Just let them keep that point, they’ve got a Bunker Guardian and a Turtle Ranger.:

Those Kappa in guild wars 1 didnt seem to have an issue hunting me down dispite being turtles. I know there abit different but a Kappa is really just a turtle, useing the same basic method, would maybe make it workable…I personally wouldnt mind haveing my Hound of Balthazar or Panda again I miss them so much.

Oh…on an unrelated note…Pet Undead Chicken…that is all.