Guild Wars 2

I got this amazing idea from a game the devs may have heard of called “Guild Wars.”

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Game_updates/20090806#Ranger_2

Pets in PvE take 33% less damage and deal 33% more damage in combat.

Also:

http://wiki.guildwars.com/wiki/Pet#Armor_and_health

Animals are naturally infused against the Mursaat’s Spectral Agony

It’s almost like the people who made this “Guild Wars” game knew that pets might need extra protection against NPCs because they do dumb stuff like get cleaved and stand in AoE.

Judging by the release date of gw1 and the date of that patch: there are still 4 years of waiting to go. Sounds about right.