Guild Wars 2

Does anyone know how long the Search And Rescue effect lasts for? I popped it to use on a teammate who went down, but he got stomped before I could get there. But like 5 or so seconds later, another teammate went down and just as I was cursing myself for wasting the shout, my pet instantly teleported him to my feet.

Has anyone else noticed this? Or was it just a fluke.

Noticed this aswell. Not sure about the time window though.

I borrow this thread to ask – the range of S&R, is that counted from the ranger or the pet? During some open world events (mainly The Shatterer), I’ve noticed many times that the skill doesn’t seem to do anything, even though I’m standing fairly close to downed players (my pet may be off somewhere though). Is S&R buggy, or is it simply me not using it right?

In my experience it’s the pet’s range, which is why sometimes it doesn’t go off if my pet is lagging behind on a ledge or something. I’ve just started swapping pets right before I start it just to make sure I have a pet in range if I need it in a hurry.

I believe Search & Rescue’s duration remains the same as it was before, which is an 8s effect.

I think someone mentioned somewhere that the pet will teleport the downed person to you even if the pet is dead, can anyone confirm that or is my brain just making things up to confuse me?

I also noticed that if the downed person dies right after you have ported him to you, the pet continues ressing.

I’m starting to think this skill is bugged, it only ever works for me when I’m almost right on top of a downed player. It would be awesome to use it in the range the tooltip says, but maybe its just me.