Guild Wars 2

That is my single suggestion to help pet’s out a little more and help them from getting nuked in dungeons.

Other mechanics should also be added, or numbers tweaked, in addition to this. But at a minimal this makes sense to me. We as players dodge big attacks or out of AoE to stay alive, so why shouldn’t pets be able to do the same.

15 points in wilderness survival gives you this ability. What? You want protection without traiting WS? Sorry, that’s over powered. And it is OP, I’ve ran hundreds of dungeons and solo’d tons of players and professions in spvp and wvw to know this. It’s fine the way it is.

protection is not the same as invul. I’ve seen silly pet’s stand and get one shotted while I evaded. Not cool. If you think it’s OP, then maybe while invul, they can not attack either.

Also, pet’s should have their own, separate heal skill.

Separate heal skill? Bears regen themselves on attacks. Signet of the Wild heals your pet really well and when popped the pet bursts big hits. In skirmishing you can trait “pets heal on critical” and on BM you can get natural healing, if you want.

I don’t let my pets die though so this isn’t such an issue for me.

And regarding the other post…if you want invulnerability, not protection, use signet of stone…do you know how OP ranger would be if pets were invulnerable on dodge? We can dodge a lot (50% endurance regen on WS 5 points) so…yeah. You need to practice.

I think Chopps is aiming at a world championship in arrogance and rudeness unless he’s bored and trolling his butt off, I suggest you others ignore him from now on I know I will.

Manekk.6981:

I think Chopps is aiming at a world championship in arrogance and rudeness unless he’s bored and trolling his butt off, I suggest you others ignore him from now on I know I will.

Him and every other Ranger messiah that makes bold claims with little to no proof.

Guys just ignore anything that Chopps says. He is a known troll/fanboy who tells everyone that they are not doing it right and refuses to acknowledge the horrible shortcomings of the ranger pet. Invunerable pets while dodging would make sense, and take away their ability to attack during this time. That would make it so they are not totally useless in massive AoE fights. However, I hate the idea of dodging just so my pet wont get BBQed, but that is the flip side of this coin.

BTW Chopps, I am still waiting on the video of you doing Subject Alpha P2 or 3 and keeping your pet alive the whole time. That way when you either let your pet die or do absolutley nothing but keep your pet alive the whole time, I and others can point out what a horrible failure it is.

I too suggested pet evade or invulnerability on dodge in another topic so i agree 100% i think invul would be better then evade because IIRC invulnerability doesnt stop conditions being applied, in my opinion they should make dealing with pets be about using control ie knockbacks, immobilise, stun. the job of the pets is to be a distraction, hunt down wounded prey and track hidden targets, thus fulfilling the paradigm of a woodsmen class, if a player or mob is focused on the pet and not the ranger he should be quickly defeated, ah but ofcourse this isnt the case today.

Jay The Dude.5830:

I too suggested pet evade or invulnerability on dodge in another topic so i agree 100% i think invul would be better then evade because IIRC invulnerability doesnt stop conditions being applied, in my opinion they should make dealing with pets be about using control ie knockbacks, immobilise, stun. the job of the pets is to be a distraction, hunt down wounded prey and track hidden targets, thus fulfilling the paradigm of a woodsmen class, if a player or mob is focused on the pet and not the ranger he should be quickly defeated, ah but ofcourse this isnt the case today.

Invulnerability would also prevent any kind of animation issues that they obviously seem to have a hard time dealing with (pets not using F2’s until their attack is done ect.)

Chriogenosis.1764:

Guys just ignore anything that Chopps says. He is a known troll/fanboy who tells everyone that they are not doing it right and refuses to acknowledge the horrible shortcomings of the ranger pet. Invunerable pets while dodging would make sense, and take away their ability to attack during this time. That would make it so they are not totally useless in massive AoE fights. However, I hate the idea of dodging just so my pet wont get BBQed, but that is the flip side of this coin.

BTW Chopps, I am still waiting on the video of you doing Subject Alpha P2 or 3 and keeping your pet alive the whole time. That way when you either let your pet die or do absolutley nothing but keep your pet alive the whole time, I and others can point out what a horrible failure it is.

No, I don’t hVe to prove anything to you. You’re a mean spirited person. I am not a troll. 1300 hours, Bolt, and tons of ranger fun.

The only difference between us is that I have fun and win with ranger while you lose with ranger and complain. That’s a fact, not an insult.

Chopps.5047:

No, I don’t hVe to prove anything to you. You’re a mean spirited person. I am not a troll. 1300 hours, Bolt, and tons of ranger fun.

The only difference between us is that I have fun and win with ranger while you lose with ranger and complain. That’s a fact, not an insult.

Its a simple fact that you’re lying about keeping a melee pet alive against Subject Alpha P2/3. You’ve never given an explanation of how you do it besides “use the call function” and as someone who’s run those paths dozens of times with some really experienced groups and other experienced Rangers, all proof is that the required strategies to keep the pet alive doom you and doom your group in what is one of the more unforgiving fights in the game.

Chopps.5047:

No, I don’t hVe to prove anything to you. You’re a mean spirited person. I am not a troll. 1300 hours, Bolt, and tons of ranger fun.

The only difference between us is that I have fun and win with ranger while you lose with ranger and complain. That’s a fact, not an insult.

You may have fun, that is a matter of perspective. But win? No, you dont win, you simply survive. You do nothing that anyone else cant do 1000x better. A cursory glance through yor posts here proves it. You are a fanboy. You want the ranger to be amazing when it is not. I dont lose with ranger, I have done everything in PvE that can be done (not really into WvW or PvP), and I have finally admitted that ranger is so far beneath everyone else that it is broken. So claim I lose all you want, myself and everyone else will know you are wrong. Your 1300 hours on your ranger further proves that point. With 1300 hours, you probably have not had time to do much on other classes, which would show you RANGER IS BROKEN. As for the video, I was refering to another post of mine where you so smugly stated you coudl easily keep your pet alive during Subject Alpha 2 and 3, which any good ranger can tell you is nearly impossible. And if by some miracle you do keep it alive, your whole build and concentration would be just doing that, so your pet would be either running constantly, or in swap, and you yourslef would be worthless to your team on Alpha. THAT is a fact. So call me mean, call me a loser, I really dont care. I at least have grown up and quit pretending ranger is worthwhile. So continue in your own world fanboy, cuz I am done talking to you until you get with the program.

Edit: spelling issue. Still cant figure out how to only quote part of a post

Nice idea, i like it. I hope the devs do something about pets. I don’t like playing pet support anymore, no matter how thrilling it is to keep it alive during dungeon runs.

P.S. Kudos to you Chubbs for playing 1300 hours and having fun. I got only to lvl 3 in spvp and i saw some pet problems. I guess people see what they want to see.

Chicho Gosho.6507:

Nice idea, i like it. I hope the devs do something about pets. I don’t like playing pet support anymore, no matter how thrilling it is to keep it alive during dungeon runs.

P.S. Kudos to you Chubbs for playing 1300 hours and having fun. I got only to lvl 3 in spvp and i saw some pet problems. I guess people see what they want to see.

Chubbs! Why is that not my account name? I like it!

Chopps.5047:

15 points in wilderness survival gives you this ability. What? You want protection without traiting WS?

what game are you playing?

Chriogenosis.1764:

Guys just ignore anything that Chopps says. He is a known troll/fanboy who tells everyone that they are not doing it right and refuses to acknowledge the horrible shortcomings of the ranger pet. Invunerable pets while dodging would make sense, and take away their ability to attack during this time. That would make it so they are not totally useless in massive AoE fights. However, I hate the idea of dodging just so my pet wont get BBQed, but that is the flip side of this coin.

BTW Chopps, I am still waiting on the video of you doing Subject Alpha P2 or 3 and keeping your pet alive the whole time. That way when you either let your pet die or do absolutley nothing but keep your pet alive the whole time, I and others can point out what a horrible failure it is.

The thing about subject alpha is: His AoE works like a player’s AoE. It hits a maximum of 5 targets, and prioritizes players over NPCs. So as long as everyone is stacked like they’re supposed to be, you don’t actually need to do anything special to keep your pet alive. So yeah, Chopps isn’t as pro as he seems to think. Now, if he were to post a video of his ranger soloing subject alpha, while keeping his pet alive the entire time, I would eat my words with a spoon.