Guild Wars 2

this is not a rant post… just a true general curiosity..wanting genuine responses from long active ranger players..or necro’s

why are pets/pet AI/controls so dumbed down in this day and age?

It feels very clunky and not fluid..comparatively

examples..WoW hunter pets..the amount of pure control and pure responsiveness of them, the quests..the significance of having a tank/dps/control pet

does the game engine not really support a stronger design? like is it actually a software issue? (obviously not hardware)..isnt this basically functioning on guild wars 1 engine just with better gfx?

just looking for honest explanation of what I’m missing not complaining

I saw somewhere that they improved the AI on mobs that are comming in HoT, so with that in mind I think it was just sloppy design decisions on their part, all from just the taming pet part where u just walk up and click tame (which is a very different story in WoW). THeyve had 3 years almost to fix this, so its a mixed bag of many things, they just prioritize different things. Another example is the daft personal story, theres no challange there, and the fights are uninspiring (at the end of questlines the major boss can spawn right out of the blue, you dont have to damage him due to NPCs taking him down, and then they see u as a hero somehow for not being able to take him down without u)