Guild Wars 2

So is it me or does 5 seconds to cast any of the F2 abilities on pets a tad too long? It’s about as bad imo as the pistols firing as slowly as the rifles do on other classes. Heck my RL dog that’s distracted by every bird turtle and squirrel on the planet can fetch faster then that.

what are you using for your pets?

jaguar’s f2 is used pre-emptively, Bears are a poor pvp choice but their tanky-ness allows for it’s usage. dogs aren’t that bad if used properly (i run hyena, and Fernhound and they work about 80% of the time i need them, which is basically right on switch +quickness)

never consider a pet to be a last second crutch. use it when you have a safety margin.

I was using the Lynx today and there just seems to be a huge animation that’s a little long drawn out doesn’t really help much with the cond builds. The Arcturos was the same way. Instead of simple swipes like we see with the Earth Dog mobs there’s this large chargeup and then a standup on the hind legs then swipe with both and it takes about 4-5 seconds for it to complete. I wasn’t sure if it was input lag at first but I tried other pets, even the dramatic swoops of birds don’t take that long. It’s just weird.

I only play PVE and even in pve seconds count especially in the large number of mobs like in Orr.

Yeah any pet attack skill with long activation is pretty useless, since by the time it is activated, people can kite away easily.
Drake use fire breath! Pet stands there breathing flames at nothing.
A good immobilize would at least make these pets useful, now there’s only 2s from muddy terrain or drakehound, while many other classes get 3-4s decent cd immobilizes.

This is an issue that has frustrated me for a long time. I am to the point now that i usually don’t even bother trying to activate the f2 skill. By the time I do that my target is long gone. The recent pet attack speed buff helped but its not enough. I usually play inWvWvW and my pets dont last long at all in larger battles which also is a major problem. I sometimes wish i could store the pet and gain a 25% damage boost. At least then i will be closer to what other classes can do in larger scale combat.