Guild Wars 2

I havn’t seen any topics on this, nor am I sure if it belongs here or in suggestions but I’ll post it here for now. What do people think about pets, or should I say families of pets (like feline, drakes, or birds), being able to trait them, similar to how we trait our own classes?

I would think most would agree that the ranger pets need a little more attention due to their survivability issues and the continually pulling them in and out of combat which in effect takes away from overall dps.

What I would like to see is each family of pets getting their own separate trait line for it’s own unique abilities, as well as some generic ones. For instance, every family will have access to beef up their pets via:

Power/Precision
Toughness/Vitality
Ability to dodge attacks (as I think this is needed)
Or a balance of all the above

So if players could tailor their pets to certain situations… like dungeons where they may need a lot more armor and hp, as well as dodge to survive. Other things I think could be thrown into the trait lines are: Reducing cool-downs on their F2 abilities, or beefing up their auto abilities.

As far as unique abilities, i’d like to see each family have the option to trait into an ability unique to that family. For instance, the dog or hound family be able to detect stealth (which I believe is also very much needed). I’m sure people can come up with some unique abilities that would fit into each family.

What do you guys think?

I think it would free up Ranger traits. As of now, to improve your pet, you need to invest in BM. I’m not talking traits and perks, but actual attributes. It’s the only way to improve the pet, and the pet is a large chunk of our damage since it’s split.

Giving pets their own trait line, even if it’s one separate one that boosts stats and let’s you customize what you’re running would be nice. Essentially, I’d say move BM out into it’s own thing.

I have no idea what we’d replace it with in our own trait lines, though.