So I’ve been thinking about “new” Beastmastery traits, and how it’s almost a must-have in PvE (imo) and is represented as an enhancement of class mechanics, aka our pet. Now this particular trait caugh my attention of how much potential it COULD have. My thought is – changing the trait’s grade to Grandmaster (instead of Honed Axes for example), and making PET’S critical strikes grant might to 5 nearby allies.
Before you go “Durrrr, that’s just a dumbed-down version of PS warrior!”, yes, I know it’s the same (but less effective due to precision pets having no cleave), but then again – in current state pet brings nothing but personal dps to the party, ofcourse you can bring in some for soft cc but there’s so many faster and more reliable ways to achieve those. Such change would tone down the un-welcome-ness of the rangers in pve parties and add some party-contribution to the profession, except 7% crit and temporarily 10% damage buff. It also wouldn’t make too much noise in pvp/wvw, since pet almost never hits a moving target.
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