Guild Wars 2

Make them immune to non-targeted damage, but have all CC last 2x as long.

This way they won’t die from aoe and zerg cleaves but can still be dealt with in PvP. An aoe chill would affect them 2x as long but being caught in a meteor shower wouldn’t hurt them.

Thoughts?

That would be the biggest pet buff in PvE/WvW and the biggest pet nerf in PvP.

If they could just evade when I do that alone would increase their survivability by a ton.

The only fix I would consider worth while is the total removal of dps from the pet unless traited for them with beast mastery. Instead have pets be utility based.

Jaysin X.6740:

If they could just evade when I do that alone would increase their survivability by a ton.

So, there are 3 aspects of GW2 to consider when coming up with ideas.

1. WvW.
2. PvP.
3. PvE

Is this a good idea for WvW? For zergs… yes. For solo roaming no.
Is this a good idea for PvP? Not usually, because you want your pet to do something like start the knockdown as you dodge so when you come out of the dodge they will be on the ground mitigating even more damage (same reason for solo roaming).
Is this a good idea for PvE? Yes.

Therefore, not a balanced/good idea.
But if you say, “If they could just get evade frames when I dodge but continue to attack then it would increase their survivability a ton.” it would be a good idea.

Aside: Why am I procrastinating real life things on the forums?

Good points Eurantien. And that’s kinda what I meant. Thanks for elaborating. (not sarcasm)

I wish you could give the pet a “stance” beyond guard/passive that would give them different benefits (faster attack speeds, take less damage from non directed, etc)
You choose.