Guild Wars 2

Yasssssss, Wyverns and Dinosaurs are coming!!! And more!

Not going to lie…I started squealing like a kid being given a whole kitten cake and freedom in a candy store. Those Wyverns…and that smoke Dino…and and and…oh HoT needs to come now!

Wyverns look incredible. So hyped to start playing my Ranger again.

They’re also being given to all Rangers, not just Druid. So, if you’re not keen on being a healer you’ll at least be getting a cool new companion.

Don’t forget TIGER. But … wyverns and dinos .. omg all so lovely.

Only thing that peaked my attention… sadly that was the only thing… druid was a let down

I think i’m gonna reroll Druid now, Dragon Hunter sucks and is the worst elite spec confirmed!

Amineo.8951:

I think i’m gonna reroll Druid now, Dragon Hunter sucks and is the worst elite spec confirmed!

I hope Dragon Hunter is actually good at killing those Wyverns. Would be weird if not.

The Fire Wyvern’s F2 seems underwhelming. The fire field disappears as soon as the Wyvern stops casting.

Is Dinosaurs a Ranger or druid pet? I would be very disappointed if I can’t use my wyvern on my ranger.

They said very clearly that the new pets are Ranger, not limited to Druid. They repeated it a couple of times to make sure we heard it.

I liked the one that had ranged projectiles. Great alternative to spiders/devourers.

What worries me is that several pets are condition damage based and we know pets start with 0 condition damage and we do not have a way to increase that to a good amount.

Pets getting baseline condi damage better be something they bring up in the balance changes they are talking about later.

Dondagora.9645:

Amineo.8951:

I think i’m gonna reroll Druid now, Dragon Hunter sucks and is the worst elite spec confirmed!

I hope Dragon Hunter is actually good at killing those Wyverns. Would be weird if not.

Well it’s a dragon hunter, not a wyvern hunter :P

Puck.9612:

Pets getting baseline condi damage better be something they bring up in the balance changes they are talking about later.

700 condi baseline, 1000 traited now.

Yah, I really hope pets condition damage is going to be something they look at with them adding a new pet that’s basically built entirely around condis.

EDIT: Actually, based on the pictures of the stats from the livestream which I just took a look at on Dulfy, its not really a “hopefully” even. The Wyvern has 700 condition damage in the clip, and the Bristleback has 1000. Presumably both without Expertise Training. So it seems innate condition damage on pets is definitely a “thing” now. Awesome.

Really glad there are new pets. Kind of wish there were a few more, but its a decent enough amount, and at least most of them are new pets and not just variations of existing families.

Amineo.8951:

I think i’m gonna reroll Druid now, Dragon Hunter sucks and is the worst elite spec confirmed!

That honor belongs to Tempest

Donari.5237:

They said very clearly that the new pets are Ranger, not limited to Druid. They repeated it a couple of times to make sure we heard it.

Sucks that to tame them you need to be able to access the heart of maguuma though, so you HAVE to get the expansion for those
(Though I already have it so I dont care -shrugs- )

This is great! And yeah, it’d have been a major downer had they been tied to the druid line. Yay for new fuzzy companions!

pictures got darn it,, pictures please!

I’m very happy about all the new pets. They are all so cute! Must have them all.

http://dulfy.net/2015/09/25/gw2-druid-ranger-elite-specialization-livestream-reveal/

gannondorf.7628:

http://dulfy.net/2015/09/25/gw2-druid-ranger-elite-specialization-livestream-reveal/

Thanks for this sweetie!

Purecura.1795:

gannondorf.7628:

http://dulfy.net/2015/09/25/gw2-druid-ranger-elite-specialization-livestream-reveal/

Thanks for this sweetie!

You’re welcome

Giving evade frames to F2 skills was a great addition, I can see smokescale becoming meta in dungeons (and those damages…).

amazing. i was worried we arent getting new pets at all. But they all look so amazing and have excellent skills from what i saw – smoke-field being the highlight imo (dragonfire looks the best). It even looks like we are getting some modifications to pet stats (that pet had condi dmg i think), which is really needed considering the condi dmg rework.
Things are really looking up for the ranger

All of my hype for the new dinosaur pets. I AM SO EXCITED.

I’m a fan of the new pets. But we can only swap between two at a time. And I want to use them ALL. T_T

Oh well. This is great news. While my main Ranger might not be going Druid (my alt Ranger is for that), she will be scooping up these pets. <3

Windu The Forbidden One.6045:

Dondagora.9645:

Amineo.8951:

I think i’m gonna reroll Druid now, Dragon Hunter sucks and is the worst elite spec confirmed!

I hope Dragon Hunter is actually good at killing those Wyverns. Would be weird if not.

Well it’s a dragon hunter, not a wyvern hunter :P

Well I mean, a wyvern is a subset of dragon in other media.
I would think them close enough relatives to where the dragon hunter should be fine

going away from the healing healing and always healing, i think i see some interesting possibilities for a condi build with the daze-root-bleet trait and a Bristleback pet

just wondering if i can come up with a good power build, i’d love a greatsword wielding druid

will these new pet also be clustered in classes? tiger – feline, Bristleback – dinosaur, wyvern – dragon, Smokescale – i dunno, mytical beast

still think there are some really nice pets in the “old world” that could be added…

I don’t know, but the announced pets are in the pet selection UI since yesterday (greyed out, of course).

Did anyone catch the F2 for the tiger? I can’t seem to find it anywhere on the internet. I think it’s a pounce-like attack with some sort of boon, but I didn’t see which one.

cafard.8953:

I don’t know, but the announced pets are in the pet selection UI since yesterday (greyed out, of course).

They weren’t grayed out in the PvP lobby. I got all excited when I first logged in yesterday, and then let down when I couldn’t use them.

I am super excited for the Wyverns and Dinosaurs.

I’m really excited about electric wyvern for pvp, hoping it does more dmg than wolf Think it could be a nice counterplay to a bird.

Sword leap + quickdraw in dino smoke field could be interesting.

Does anyone know what the tiger’s abilities are? I don’t remember them saying anything about it.

cafard.8953:

I don’t know, but the announced pets are in the pet selection UI since yesterday (greyed out, of course).

They also forgot code the tiger as amphibious, since it’s not in the underwater pet menu at all.

Would be nice if they released the pets early. I think more people will buy the expansion when they see the new pets running around before release.

octagon.6504:

Would be nice if they released the pets early. I think more people will buy the expansion when they see the new pets running around before release.

Considering the fact that you can’t tame the pets outside of the new areas… I don’t see how that’d even be possible.

Also, that’s what the beta is for.

Possible by adding them to others areas as well.

Hmm i kind of felt undewhelmed about the Wyverns, they kind of reminded me of winged slugs that crawled along the ground.

minor thing and maybe its just me, but i think the eyes on all the “non-normal-animal” pets look really weird and not like eyes of a living creature…