Guild Wars 2

So, I roam a lot on my druid, and I love it…but I have to say…smokescale and bristleback are soooo strong in competitive play, especially when compared to pre-HoT pets or even to the other HoT pets like the wyverns. I don’t know if the answer is in nerfing these two pets or buffing the other pets or a combination of both, but I think it needs to be addressed.

Again, I love these two pets and druid/ranger class, but the smokescale and bristleback are just such heavy hitters; the bristleback f2 skill does more damage than rapid fire, which is nuts…at the very least, it deserves a longer CD…and the smokescale shadowstepping attack hits like a truck.

Smokescale and bristleback are great, but I think there should be more than just two options for viable pets for competitive play (wvw as well as pvp)…compared to them, the other pets are just nowhere near good enough to take either of their place, and I think that’s an issue.

LionChain.7694:

I don’t know if the answer is in nerfing these two pets

That’s not the solution. Don’t repeat the shortbow/longbow logic – “in order to make core pets more attractive, we felt the need to nerf HoT pets even more” – yeah, that’s typical Anet logic, and I’m sick of it.

OGDeadHead.8326:

LionChain.7694:

I don’t know if the answer is in nerfing these two pets

That’s not the solution. Don’t repeat the shortbow/longbow logic – “in order to make core pets more attractive, we felt the need to nerf HoT pets even more” – yeah, that’s typical Anet logic, and I’m sick of it.

+1 to this. Bring the core pets up to a competitive level, don’t nerf the pets that are actually viable.

psizone.8437:

OGDeadHead.8326:

LionChain.7694:

I don’t know if the answer is in nerfing these two pets

That’s not the solution. Don’t repeat the shortbow/longbow logic – “in order to make core pets more attractive, we felt the need to nerf HoT pets even more” – yeah, that’s typical Anet logic, and I’m sick of it.

+1 to this. Bring the core pets up to a competitive level, don’t nerf the pets that are actually viable again.

Ftfy

People just can’t stand that we finally got pets that are actual threats, instead of something they can safely ignore.]

The smokescale literally has almost identical stats to bears, the only thing that makes it seem powerful is that it’s got a skillset that’s actually good, instead of the mostly worthless grab bag most pet families have. All melee pet families should be reworked to be this functional.

The bristleback isn’t that much better than the existing ranged pets, it’s just that it’s damage-focused instead of defensive like devourers or control-oriented like spiders.

Also wyverns are an absolute dumpster fire, and that’s just not acceptable. I suggest replacing their movesets with the moveset of the respective Adolescent Wyverns, which aren’t nearly as janky.