Guild Wars 2

Pets shouts / screeches / roars / etc. are fine with their limited radius for applying to my allies but they should apply their buff to me no matter what range my pet is at. I enjoy playing longbow regardless if it is not the best ranger weapon atm but get annoyed every time my pet is in dpsing and I can no longer benefit from their buffs.

Yep, it should.

Indeed, i mainly wield a longbow and most times out of range of my pet

Pet buff will apply to player and party members first. If you are out of range that is as a whole other story.

You know when
your going to activate your skill. If you can get in range of a second or two I don’t know what to tell you.

Probably.

If using a Greatsword, and say you need condi cleanse from bear, by the time you recall the pet and wait for the ridiculous cast time. You’re dead.

i run longbow on variable range and rarely actualy get pet buffed because i use Jaguard so i guess this doesnt apply to me.

Serraphin Storm.2369:

Pet buff will apply to player and party members first. If you are out of range that is as a whole other story.

That’s not true. I opened a bug about it… 2 months ago (https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/support/bugs/Pets-buffs-with-party-members/first#post3097388)
I tried it just before a WvW matchup reset so there was a lot of players near the portals and when i made my pet use its buff… it was very random. I didn’t get the buff every time, such as mine party members.

I run LB with a near 100% crit chance/damage build and I need to keep my Red Moa on defense just so I can make sure I get the Fury from it. I have a lot of fun with it, but I cant help but feel I’m not using a pet how it should be used (it’s not fighting with me). It would be nice if the buff was a sure-thing at any range, but I would be fine if it even just had an increased effectiveness range for the pet owner, that way it could help me as more than just a wonky utility skill.