Guild Wars 2

It would be awesome to have the choice of pet skin in combination with the skill set you want.

Reasons to do this:
I (and I’ll bet other rangers also) really like our chosen pet combination.
(My chosen pets are the Jungle stalker & the Wolf).
The Jungle stalker gives me some extra offense while the Wolf has proven himself to rescue me multiple times when needed by his defensive skill pack.
I’m not that happy about the pet skins though, ill rather have two devours which suits me more.

I am sure that more ranger experience the same feeling as I or.. the other way around, where they don’t like the skills but would love to have the skins of that pet.

Option 1: How is it possible to do this:
Create a long, hard “legendary” quest line that when completed lets you equip a pet template.

The template lets you choose
1) The wanted pet skill set which has the base stats stuck to it.
for example when choosing the wolf skill set you also get the wolfs base stats.
2) The pet skin in my case the devour

Option 2: Give it another spin
Legendary quest completion lets you choose between several predesigned pets which just like legendary’s have swappable skill sets.

few pets/animals that are not yet designed as pet but would suit this position because of their skin would be:
- Rockdog
- Raptor
- Junior Dragons

Are there more Rangers which have any thoughts about this ???

Despite all evidence to the contrary, ANet is trying to make a PvP game with skills that are very well telegraphed and are easy to counter. If they allowed us to personalize our pets to the degree you’re asking for, it would be impossible for players to anticipate your pet’s abilities and be able to counter them in group combat. As cool as your idea is, it simply wouldn’t work in the type of game ANet is trying to make.

Now that said, I would certainly support class specific quests for all classes that reward us with things like unique skins, pets, and skills. I just don’t think it’s realistic to expect your pet wolf to ever look like a devourerer.

dry top , wants an armadillo pet.

f2 = Curl (pet defends against attacks with Retaliation+protection for 5secs Due to hard shell) of course this is Tyria that shells hard as nails.
5secs of retal 30secs cooldown

skill 1
Claw , animation same as cat , 1/4sec activation , slightly lower Co-eff than a fenline.

skill 2
Wince = Slash your foe after making a fake wince attack (applies 4-6secs of weakness) 15-20secs cooldown , Same Co ed as Canine knockdown skill (163 damage) aiming for a 25%-50% up keep of weakness.

skill 3
Tail whip = Same animation as the Drakes tail whip.
Less damage than tail whip by 1/2 (about 140 damage) , Aoes Kicks up a Cloud of Dust/dry dirt applies Blind for 3secs Cooldown 20secs
pos a shadow field for 5secs , applying 1secs of blind for 3 Pulses , maxing at 6secs if target stays, or reapplied for an amount of time if cleansed. (making a decent passive control skill though they can still move.)

the 5sec uptime is to Represent the time it takes for the dust to float off the ground and the pluses apply after those 2secs.

a Steady tanky pet , with Sub CC condi/damage , its under side is soft to its belly (not high toughness)

stats i’d say
power 1,374
precision 1,718
toughness 1,374
Vit 4,809 or 3,435 (bear or drake hp)

sharp claws, medium attack speed (no double attacks)
low toughness outside of f2.
lots of HP due to its natural survial skills being in the desert.

canine has 1.7k power , this proposed armodillo 1.374k , shouldn’t by any higher and only slightly lower when using its skill 2.

skill 3 using its shell to force an attack dragging dust with it, but due to its lesser size can produce a knockdown and just ends up blinding people with flying dirt.

its main strenghts Staying power , and CC blinds and weakness (short durations)

as soon as i saw that little critter in dry top i’ve wanted it as a pet. this vit, squishy tank pet might fill a gap at a price of faster Damage and knockdown , in return for Staying power though blinds and weakness attack, could make Vital attacks miss or hit for less.