Guild Wars 2

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I’ve read multiple threads and a reddit post about the changes to Superior Runes of the Ranger, did a test of my own which confirmed to me at least what I had read. Is there any official notification or was it just a completely stealth change?

Reddit link please? More info would be nice.

http://www.reddit.com/r/Guildwars2/comments/3123gk/ranger_runes_no_longer_work_with_mini_pets/

Inside this link is a link to another forum thread. I want to know if there’s an official ANET confirmation. I don’t want people using them if they have no effect.

So finally its gonna work how its supposed to work? I call that a fix, not really a change.

ReaverKane.7598:

So finally its gonna work how its supposed to work? I call that a fix, not really a change.

Except it doesn’t work with mesmer illusions either

Jerus.4350:

ReaverKane.7598:

So finally its gonna work how its supposed to work? I call that a fix, not really a change.

Except it doesn’t work with mesmer illusions either

Sadly, imaginary friends don’t work. You need a real one. Even if it’s a rock, or had died quite some time ago.

I wish they had included this in the patch notes otherwise it’s all here say :/

ReaverKane.7598:

So finally its gonna work how its supposed to work? I call that a fix, not really a change.

Making them not work with mini pets is a fix.
Making them not work with mesmer illusions is kittening stupid.

The only reason I bought them was because I figured that even if the mini bug was fixed, they’d still be somewhat competitive since my damage at 0 phantasms is lackluster anyway.

Stopping them from working with phantasms is the part that really seemed odd.

Anet won’t confirm this because AFAIK this is an “exploit fix” and they don’t want to advertise the existence of exploits. Pretty funny considering how many of them have been unavoidable at one point or another for a large majority of players

I don’t expect a confirmation one way or another until it’s adjusted again.

• Illusions are companions for other mechanics, just as much as other summoned creatures.
• Minis have also counted as companions, which is arguably a bug, as in an unintended ‘feature’. It is most notable for Runes of the Ranger.
• Regardless of what ANet thinks might be bugged, they didn’t mention this change in the patch notes in the last two weeks and haven’t responded to any of the numerous posts on the topic yet. Therefore, I don’t expect them to respond until the next time a patch does something to affect it. And maybe not even then.