Guild Wars 2

Protect Me no longer causes the pet to take damage for the Ranger.

Guard does, but only 50% and it’s not a stun break and also adds damage taken by nearby allies.

As someone who used to run Protect Me, I’m very sad.

Protect Me! and Signet of Stone competing with each other was poor creativity and they have finally corrected that mistake.

Good morning, sunshine!

They reworked shouts in the last patch.

• Search and Rescue: This skill has been reworked. It now commands your pet to teleport a nearby fallen ally to your location and then begin reviving them while granting regeneration to allies.
• Guard!: This skill has been reworked. It now commands your pet to guard nearby allies, taking a portion of the damage directed at them and granting you might.
• Protect Me!: This skill has been reworked. It now breaks stuns on allies, grants you protection, and causes the next foe to attack you to be taunted by your pet.

I guess Guard will have to do for now. At least it has half the cooldown that Protect Me used to have, so it might be fine or even better. I’ll miss the stun breaker.

I don’t know why anyone would pick the current version of Protect Me. It’s so much worse than the old version.

Protect me is still a stun breaker. It also has a lower CD, taunts the next player who attacks you, and provides 4 seconds of protection. You can also use it on a point now without losing the capture. It’s a rework, not a buff, not a nerf. But imo, it’s improved strongly!

I never used it before. Now I use it a lot. AOE stunbreak+taunt+protection – what’s not to like?

i didnt use it either, i use it now. it works great and gives some nice offensive oppertunities too. Im very happy with this rework and good cooldowns aswell.

Guard should really be a stun breaker, then I’m happy with the changes.

I like the shout changes, since Anet managed to keep them (barely) unique (enough).

Xaylin.1860:

Good morning, sunshine!

They reworked shouts in the last patch.

• Search and Rescue: This skill has been reworked. It now commands your pet to teleport a nearby fallen ally to your location and then begin reviving them while granting regeneration to allies.
• Guard!: This skill has been reworked. It now commands your pet to guard nearby allies, taking a portion of the damage directed at them and granting you might.
• Protect Me!: This skill has been reworked. It now breaks stuns on allies, grants you protection, and causes the next foe to attack you to be taunted by your pet.

I’m going to recommend your promotion to Admiral.