Guild Wars 2

After logging in and finding my beloved Superior Rune of the Ogre missing from my MM panel, I’ve discovered that both it and my equally dear Superior Rune of the Pirate have inexplicably and without warning been culled.
This it outrageous. As a steadfast minionmancer, I am apalled at the loss of the only minion I actually cared about, my sweet rock dog.
Seriously. What the heck. Has anyone else noticed this? WHY would they remove these, and as it appears, many other runes all of a sudden? I don’t recall it being unbalanced in anyway.
Freakin’ loved my rock dog.

“Several PvP build components have been removed in order to promote healthy gameplay:

• Removed Minstrel Amulet. Anyone who has purchased this amulet will be refunded their gold.
• Removed Rune of the Ogre.
• Removed Rune of the Lich.
• Removed Rune of the Pirate."

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Game_updates

Unfortunately I do not know why they removed those from the game. I did want to give you kudos on the title of the thread, though. I actually barked a laugh out loud reading it.

“Healthy gameplay”.
Okay.

Because runes that passively spawned completely passive and uninteractive pets was an extremely common complaint from PvPers, and didn’t promote any interesting gameplay. Unlike MM/Ranger who have a lot of interplay with their pets, these spawned mobs don’t interact with your build in any meaningful or active way, they just passive add damage that you don’t have control over.

Really no big loss.

Some people seem to think it’s because runes that summon on hit ruined DH traps.