Guild Wars 2

I was pretty upset after the last patch because I felt like the shortbow was nerfed quite a bit and my ability to put bleeds on a mob has been lessened… however, I’ve started to realize that, while my pet used to tank mobs, even at lvl 80, it now no longer takes aggro… ever. I think I was able to stack bleeds more easily (in pve that is) because the mob was always facing my pet, and not running after me non stop. I’ve been dealing with that by being mobile, but I’ve used a bear since I started playing so I did have a tank with me at all times… except now, I’m not sure how to make mobs aggro to him… is this working as intended? Or am I doing something wrong? I have 0 points in Beastmastery… but had no problem pre-patch…. just wanted to see if maybe I needed to move some points there, or wait for a fix… any ideas?

Daze it with your short bow we turn aggro to pet almost every time. I’m at 70 right now so up to this point it’s worked.

Yup I’ve noticed that as well, mobs just walk straight throgh me pet and go straight for me.

Not much fun as you back up and pick up about 8 forest trolls !

You’re not the first one to report this, there’s already a thread talking about aggro problems
https://forum-en.gw2archive.eu/forum/professions/ranger/Pets-don-t-tank-anymore/first#post439327
but strangely enough it’s only affecting some rangers. If it was a general problem you would see a lot more posts about this.

I am only level 40 but I have always waited till my pet has scored a hit before engaging which almost always ensure they have the initial aggro… granted sometimes I out damage the pet (using a snow leopard predominantly) and then I am in backup mode but that has worked for me…

Yeah, it used to be like that for me up to lvl 80… even when I was farming frostgorge, my bear had no problem holding aggro. Often time I run my pet in, and don’t even hit the mob, and he still somehow aggros straight to me, and ignores my pet… its rather frustrating, because that was one of the perks that I liked about being a ranger. Anyone know if speccing beastmaster would help?

It is a Risen thing , and no beast spec will do you nothing

So if all rangers send in support tickets saying our pets are broken, do we win and get them fixed? cuz i personally want my pet to deal damage, and tank.

Darkami.4906:

It is a Risen thing , and no beast spec will do you nothing

I noticed it on Risen from day 1, but recently it’s happening to me with all mobs.

Even if I send my pet in to aggro the mob first, even if I go down to a low level zone, it still goes straight for me instead. Pets are a Rangers’ main thing, if their aggro has been nerfed then I feel a lot weaker.

Update: I tried it with other pets… it seems that the only ones that no longer tank are the bear pets and the moa pets. Had no problems with wolfs or drakes.

Bears and moa…..it wouldn’t be the same bears that the bots were known to roll with right? Its all comming together now..