Hi all,
This is relative to WvW.
I was a BM/bunker build before the patch. However, I’m finding my pets too squishy for their damage output (even with 25 stacks of might).
So … now, I’ve been trying out the Nature Magic traits, primarily guard/ nature’s voice.
I’ve been running:
Roam/ Small Group
10/0/10/30/20 – Cleric’s gear with runes of Altruism – Sword/horn and SB or GS
Zerg
20/10/10/30/0 – Cleric’s gear with runes of Altruism – LB or SB or Axe/Horn
The problem is that I can’t find my rhythm with this new grandmaster trait and shouts (guard). It doesn’t seem very synergistic. It’s a long cast and very rarely do I want my pet standing in a small pre-defined area. Combat (especially roaming and small groups) is very fluid. So, I find myself casting shout, enemy moves out of zone, so I order my pet to attack him via f1 or f2. Guard resets, I hit it and do the same thing over again. In zergs, I hit guard and then return (f3 I think) immediately to keep the pet with me.
It just doesn’t have a fluid feel to it like a regular self/ group buff you cast when playing another profession. It feels slightly gimmicky or something. Also, I find that guard is buggy. I will use ground targeting and sometimes the pet will simply guard where I’m standing rather than the target area. Does this happen to anyone else?
This isn’t a QQ post about the patch. I’m wondering if anyone else is having a better experience using the new grandmaster trait than I am. Perhaps, I’m using it wrong in WvW. It’s much easier in PvE to use. However, it still has that gimmicky feel to it … like it’s not a straight forward group buff since I’m always reordering my pet to do something else the moment I hit guard.
Any advice?