Hi guys
I play gw2 for about 7 months now, i really like my ranger, but when i first start my ranger, there is one thing that disappointed me the most is that you don’t have control over pet’s skills. You don’t know when pet will use its skills, you don’t know when it’s off cool-down, the pet use its skill in the wrong time etc…
My idea is you have the ability to swap into your pet(F5), YES i said u can become the pet itself, so you have the power to control when u want your pet to use its skills, when to knock-down, when to tail swipe, when to fear, when to daze… and as the human itself, you can make it run in whatever direction you desire it to, OR the human can gain stealth after standing still after 3 sec. Infinite stealth, if the human move, attack or the pet run pass 2000 range (pet leash range)the stealth will be remove. Think of the pet as a mini you, while you’re in pet form, you can attack, heal down ally, just like a regular character can do, but you’re limited with 4 skills (pet skills) and of course, if the human die while you’re in pet form, you also die.
Here are some examples why this idea would be useful:
In dungeon, Pve : i run Fern Hound and Wolf (the ones with fear) i usually put it on avoid combat. Why? because i use the Fern Hound for the AOE regeneration, Wolf for fear in case if my allies go down and surround with mobs. The problem is when i press F2 on Fern Hound, it either run to my target then pop the AOE regeneration or i have to stand still for it to pop its AOE regeneration. Same for the Wolf. It’s really annoyed me. With this new idea, you can swap into your pet, and use the skills you needed without all the current pet’s issues.
PvP : I actually run 2 canines(dogs), the Drakehound and Wolf ( the ones with fear ), if you run 2 canines(dogs) like me, you guys will noticed that while you’re in the down state, and you swap to the Wolf try to use its fear to buy yourself some times. The first thing, it’ll do is knock-down the person you targeted, not fear even though you press F4 and button smashing F2, praying for the fear to go off before u got stump. Now with idea, you can become the wolf, and actually use the fear first instead of the knock-down.
If you like this idea, please help spread this idea… and HOPEFULLY, DEVs might take a look at this thread!!! Thanks!!!