Guild Wars 2

So we know pet damage is being reduced and pet burst is being nurfed into the ground, so if we still have current AI, are pets worth anything more than utility against moving targets?

…another worth mentioning, is that other AI, mostly Champs Legends, maybe even silver elites… actually seem to do BONUS damage to our Pets. I can regularly get overwhelmed by certain mobs all spamming their Burst openers on my Vit/Tough Ranger while my Wolf seems to be able to withstand them longer. But against Higher Rank mobs… it seems like the opposite situation where even my Polar Bear gets 2-shotted while it takes atleast 3 of their biggest hits to put any hurt on me.

If I could figure out a clean way of testing this, I’d document it with a Video :p

ilr.9675:

…another worth mentioning, is that other AI, mostly Champs Legends, maybe even silver elites… actually seem to do BONUS damage to our Pets. I can regularly get overwhelmed by certain mobs all spamming their Burst openers on my Vit/Tough Ranger while my Wolf seems to be able to withstand them longer. But against Higher Rank mobs… it seems like the opposite situation where even my Polar Bear gets 2-shotted while it takes atleast 3 of their biggest hits to put any hurt on me.

If I could figure out a clean way of testing this, I’d document it with a Video :p

I usually just attributed it to vets and higher as having more damage than normal mobs. Would be interesting if they actually did do bonus damage and your vid can get it fixed

ilr.9675:

…another worth mentioning, is that other AI, mostly Champs Legends, maybe even silver elites… actually seem to do BONUS damage to our Pets. I can regularly get overwhelmed by certain mobs all spamming their Burst openers on my Vit/Tough Ranger while my Wolf seems to be able to withstand them longer. But against Higher Rank mobs… it seems like the opposite situation where even my Polar Bear gets 2-shotted while it takes atleast 3 of their biggest hits to put any hurt on me.

If I could figure out a clean way of testing this, I’d document it with a Video :p

I wouldn’t be surprised if they did as some blanket measure to avoid people cheesing bosses by overwhelming them with npcs and turrets.