Guild Wars 2

So, I like to use stackable weapons. In my case, condition damage. I get the 25 stacks in WvW before fighting. However, I also use the Masters Bond trait in the ranger tree which gives 25 stacks to my pet. The annoyance comes when I go to cross water and, even with amphibious creatures, the stacks reset when I cross water. Sometimes I take hugely long routes to go around water to avoid this but it’s impossible when attacking/defending bay.

Is this a deliberate tactic to prevent rangers being too powerful or is it just something that needs fixing.

If possible I would like to be able to cross water without losing my Master’s Bond stacks.

I think a good remedy would be to stack Master’s Bond on the ranger instead of the pet.

As I understand it master’s bond is supposed to reset when you swap pets. This is a basic problem with game mechanics, then, because even though your pet is amphious, it is also technically a different pet once you’re in the water. So as far as the system is concerned you swapped.