Guild Wars 2

Hey guys , i have been thinking for a while about pets and the fairly known issue of them in high level PvE content . So i think i may have come up with a solid solution that would quite possibly be an overall solution to the problem . Of course this has nothing to do with pet AI as it is another mater entirely .

Companions defense -This is the Wilderness master minor trait that gives 2 seconds of protection to pet and ranger on dodge . My idea would be for it to give 2 seconds of protection on ranger and aegis for the pet .

-Why one might ask ? Well, the pet will get instakilled in dungeons protection or not , and the block will actually help them survive those nasty burst attack AOEs that everyone dodges and pet eats . I also do not see it being OP in any way in PvP

Instinctual bond – This is the adept minor trait in the BM line, and one of the worst traits in the game currently . My idea would be to give the pet aegis on using a heal spell .

Thoughts ??

I definitely agree. Making one (and only one) profession reliant on an NPC that can’t block or dodge was a bad idea on their part. They need to fix it. But honestly, I think it should be innate rather than traited. Why should we give up other traits in order to get something we should have had in the first place?

These are good ideas but I think this should be fixed differently.

Either way, it needs to be fixed. Soon. Dodging and blocking are the most important forms of damage mitigation in the game, and our pets (roughly a third of our damage and cc) don’t have access to them.

How about dodge rolling provides evasion to pet instead of protection boon?

I wish we could give aegis to the pet, so Thieves couldn’t just C/D my pet over and over again despite me dodging their every move