Guild Wars 2

One of the most rational fixes to the F2 abilities is to introduce AoE cursors to the following pet F2 abilities:

All Canine F2 abilities
All Bear F2 abilities
All Moa F2 abilities
Carrion and Whiptail Devourer F2 abilities
Reef, Ice, Marsh, Salamander Drake F2 abilities
Jungles Stalker F2 ability

Rangers need to have more control of these abilities so they can cast their group boons, Crowd Controls, Damage AoE and fields to the PROPER LOCATION AND NOT HAVE TO GUESS OR PRAY! (the AoE cursor should work just like Guard but the pet will return to the Ranger after the skill goes off/attack when commanded by the Ranger)

After that, all pets need a form of passive stabiliy/condition removal/Speed increase (sprint) mechanic that will allow the pet to get to that targeted area promtly to cast thier F2 (traited or baseline)

Lower the cast times on most pet F2.

Large/Flashy pet name plates so we know where the pet is among the clutter of nameplates

Voice emote from the Ranger when the pet is getting low on health (25-30% health)

Fixing the targeting system in this game is a most.

I really like the idea of pressing f2 where your mouse is. This has nothing to do with WvW but yesterday I was playing PvP and needed to fear a thief constantly going into stealth. My wolf would NOT howl for the life of him because he targeted the thief and ran to get near him before howling, then the thief went back into stealth so the wolf was confused and would never howl. In order to howl correctly I would need to take my target off the thief, press f2, then try to tab target back to him while he has Thieves Guild out. It’s a frustrating process and ground targeting f2 skills would be the most amazing thing and make f2 skills more viable and worth it.

Hax.8701:

I really like the idea of pressing f2 where your mouse is. This has nothing to do with WvW but yesterday I was playing PvP and needed to fear a thief constantly going into stealth. My wolf would NOT howl for the life of him because he targeted the thief and ran to get near him before howling, then the thief went back into stealth so the wolf was confused and would never howl. In order to howl correctly I would need to take my target off the thief, press f2, then try to tab target back to him while he has Thieves Guild out. It’s a frustrating process and ground targeting f2 skills would be the most amazing thing and make f2 skills more viable and worth it.

Yes, not having ground targeting is exactly what is wrong with the current F2 functionality for all of the pets that have AoE abilities. This has to be the easiest way to improve the F2 ATM and I can’t believe ANet being around the bush about this. Our pets are our core mechanic but at the same time the poor functionality is holding the profession back IMHO.