Guild Wars 2

I’m really used to a beastmaster hunter in WoW. And I find the ranger here different, obviously and it’s not a bad thing but I have a few questions.

1.) At later levels, does your pet have more survivability and damage? At early levels 1-20, I feel my pet dies a lot against 2 monsters or more and he attacks so slow.

2.) Do my stats effect my pets power? Like toughness, power, ect….?

3.) Is ranger just a ranged class that just so happens to have a pet? Currently it feels that way because my pet dies a lot and seems to be there for looks. /shrug

My pets survivabilty seems fine for the most part. They hold aggro quite well at times.

Look more into some of different pets that you can use. Some are great as DPS, but others have better stats Toughness or Vitality and this is perfect as a meat shield.

Some also have F2 abillites that benefit damage mitigation and that type of stuff.

Good luck!

The pets do have limited survivability in the low levels. However as they level they gain more stats than the player, even with the stat bonuses on gear, but only somewhat. Unless you pump points into the Beastmastery traits, then it’s a whole nother story. The +30 isn’t a base stat, it’s a % giving your pet a 30% boost to all 4 stats. Then if, like myself, you don’t like switching pets all the time you use the #2 trait skill Master’s Bond. It adds stats for each kill maxing out at 25 stacks. Low level it’s +2 I think, but at level 80 the boost is 8. Add that to the 30% boost from beastmaster, maxed, and almost every pet is solid for solo fighting. High vitality pets get the most out of the ranger’s constant regen rune. High toughness pets… all I can say is I am a Toughness Ranger taking hits for 1k-1.2k while my pet Fern Hound only takes 400-500 damage.