Guild Wars 2

Needless to say we are all well aware of the WHaO issue. However, I’m recreating this topic as it has less to do with this particular change, and more to do with the future of Ranger changes.

I’m satisfied with a buff. Any QoL change that boosts ranger’s playability in the 3 branches of GW2 is welcomed. However, the problem I see with this change is not that it was nerfed. The problem is that this change was added so quickly, untested, to the live game.

Clearly copying your pet’s boons has the potential to be overpowered. Rangers have a lot of quickness access (not to mention protection from Guard!), and the ramifications of such a change to this heal skill should have been obvious.

Regardless of how this class compares to all the others with or without this change, it begs the question of “Why was it added in the first place?”

At the end of the day, there is nothing to be upset about, all of this is out of our hands. I appreciate the devs’ work on all classes, not just ranger. I’m just concerned about future changes, namely those for the druid, and hope dearly that this kind of “untested buff->unsavory change” will be avoided going forward. All that it produces is a salty community, watching the shiny new addition deteriorate into mediocrity in less than a day.

tl;dr: This buff came from nowhere only to be immediately downgraded. Buffs are fantastic regardless, but I hope this style of implementation does not become a pattern going forward.