Guild Wars 2

So, we will be able to additionally share 2 seconds of Quickness with our pet. Good start. What about Stability (long overdue) and the new Resistance boon? How about adding a 2 second base for both of those boons to Fortifying Bond?

Thoughts?

Is this datamined or something?

Anyway, I expect Resistance to be transferable once its actually added to the game, but I’m assuming that’s not going to happen until HoT itself because I don’t believe Resistance is going to exist until then anyway (where I believe quickness is becoming a buff in the next patch?).

As for Stability… yah, I really don’t know why they’ve never made that passable. But the fact that they haven’t yet means they probably have a reason for it, and that it may never become passable at all.

I still find it funny that Vigor can be passed, when it has absolutely no effect on non-players.

Only reason I can think of why Stability was excluded beforehand was because of the Stability Training and Shared Anguish combo. Stability Training did not make the cut in the new core traits, so I do not see any further reason(s) why Stability should be left out of Fortifying Bond.

Hmm Not datamined believe it was in the livestream when they did the 4hr one with all the core trait changes

quickness is becoming a boon, so yes whenever u have quickness the pet will as well.

Axe auto + fortifying bond = steroid for pets as your pet get 12 sec of might even tough yours are shorter. So 3 stack for 12 sec per auto.

yessir, BM builds with birds are gonna be stronk. with 3 targets around, you can get your bird up to 25 stacks in a few seconds. engie structures and illusions help here a ton. F2 crits light armor for 6.5k.

previously, we couldn’t run a BM build too successfully. I think 0/0/6/4/4 was the best we could pull off. but soon we’ll be able to max out all 3 trait lines. tons of condi pressure, tankiness and a very scary pet.

I think Hawk/Eagle will be the absolute pick of all the pets after the change. If they get some base condi damage, Expertise Training, combined with the very short F2 CD, 300 range AAs, Sharpened Edges, Rending attacks, Wilting Strike, Beastly Warden, +30% crit damage, +30% speed and (50% uptime of swiftness) with a bunch of might? It is going to be pouring out damage.

yep. I was also thinking we wont be tied down to canines as much…any pet will work with BW, as it’s a pbaoe cast. and yes wilting strike looks good, especially with protective ward’s weakness as well.

mistsim.2748:

yep. I was also thinking we wont be tied down to canines as much…any pet will work with BW, as it’s a pbaoe cast.

I think Drakes will be pretty great with it, since they have a hard time lining up their F2 skills at times. Having the player run directly at them while they channel it will be awesome.

so youre saying all those dismissing pets as a stupid, broken mechanic should chill out and see how their abilities interact with BW? why yes, I agree.

Heimskarl Ashfiend.9582:

mistsim.2748:

yep. I was also thinking we wont be tied down to canines as much…any pet will work with BW, as it’s a pbaoe cast.

I think Drakes will be pretty great with it, since they have a hard time lining up their F2 skills at times. Having the player run directly at them while they channel it will be awesome.

This is what I’m looking forward to. I love our drakes, but it’s so hard to land their F2. What’s worse is their F2 is a game changer if it lands, so that being more reliable will be a huge quality of life improvement. Only downside is I have to pick between a reliable F2 burst and a quickness F2 burst. Though I don’t mind that so much. I like build diversity and both have their advantages.

it disturbs me that the pets can get our vigor
i mean..wtf why
and why not stability

I agree. you see, animals are already vigorous naturally, so if they get my vigor that’s double vigor. double vigor = stability. makes perfect sense.