So I’ve been playing a ranger for some time now and while the pet mechanic in solo PvE seems pretty good the pet will often get in the way in dungeons or won’t help much in WvW.
I thought about some ways to fix it and I came up with the idea of (optional) “static” pets.
Think of them as a new type of pet that basically are a part of your character, they will follow your every move and are not targetable. When you are attacking an enemy the pet will charge at it, attack him once and return to you.
(If you know Ragnarok Online, think about the Hunter pet; if you don’t this video summarizes it pretty well)
Using a standard pet would still provide higher DPS (since it wont return after every attack) but you could opt to take a static pet for Dungeons and WvW.