Since we will be able to assimilate pets what will this mean for some traits?
On first glance this, in a sense, buffs some traits such as empathetic bond and shared anguish assuming that while the pet is non existent the conditions and cc do not transfer but disappear.
But what does this mean for nature magic & boon swapping which is a core part of that trait line? Since the pet is not there, we can assume the boon swapping from fortifying bond and we heal as one will not work at all.
What about the marksmanship gm trait ‘predators onslaught’ that boosts your and the pets damage by 15% against crippled targets? Since the pet is not there the trait goes for a 30% modifier to a 15%.
What about beast mastery and all its minor traits that give the pet more stats? with no pet around they are literally useless traits.
Now i know that you are not forced to keep the pet assimilate all the time, but still this whole deal seams kinda poorly thought out unless allot of core ranger traits get a overhaul.
I would imagine we will have to get some of the bonuses? But at the same time, I can’t really imagine a super buffed Ranger on steroids running around wreaking havoc all over the place… Tbh, I don’t know really. If we get NONE of the traits involving our pet, it would be pretty bad, considering how many traits involve our pet. On the other hand, if we get ALL the bonuses our pet receives, that would be reeeeally strong…
My best guess if you want to use BM and NM still your likely to still have your pet out most of the time. But if your pet gets close to death or you end up in a situation where you know your pet can’t handle it or is a risk you can merge with it and still be functional in combat. And separate once gain when the coast is clear.
So the F5 becomes a defensive ability for your pet kind of. While you can still UTILIZE your pets abilities while it is riding out the storm. And once you want/need it again you pull it back out.
Im playing “pick” druid with jaguar/smokescale in wvw. I merge with jaguar to sneak up to someone then engage. Swap to smokescale to chase them as they try and seperate. Seperate from smokescale to apply more pressure.
Or also in WvW. Im running a would be melee zerg build with GS. Merge with pet during the clash so I can have its abilities and it doesnt die. Seperate after to have it cleave downed. Remerge when it gets in danger again. Depends on the cooldown of the merge.
Like even bears could be useful if we gain access to defy pain when merged. But that would likely be for a non beast mastery build.
So you could still play BM/NM builds as before But have a bit more reliability as far as your pets abilities and survival goes.
Who knows except the devs, testers, and peeps with early access. We’ll get to find out 10 days from now, which is much more promising compared to Druid where we had to wait 8 months from the reveal, then got a hands on 3 days before the expansion launched.
At least now, we can have a decent amount of hands-on time with Soulbeast, and they have over a month to tweak and work out the kinks. If they’re smart about pet traits working with Soulbeast, it would be akin to how Robert Gee addressed some Mesmer traits when Chronomancer introduced an F5/Continuum Split for their profession.
Knowing he’s still on board means that, at the very least, this would be addressed. If not, they still have time to work it out before and after release.
OH there looks like there will be a major overhaul of everything, wooden Pot mentioned and shows on his stream that warrior has charges on kick for some reason
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