" Posted 22 August 2012 – 02:00 AM
“Guard” seems to have been significantly improved. I may have more details after reviewing footage, but… so far…
It grants about 5 seconds of Stealth to the pet.
It also granted my pet 15s of Protection… but I have quite a lot of +Boon Duration.
When you assign the area to guard, the pet will walk to the wall, then float up.
Once it is up there, it obeys normal movement rules and won’t go up or down walls.
My pet could reach places previously unreachable… such as the tops of lamp-posts and statues.
I did not get a chance to test it in WvW, but pets might be able to go up and down walls with “Guard.”
On the Keep control point, the pet was able to climb up to the above platforms without problem.
The Pet will fight hostiles that enter the area, but if they leave the area, the pet will return to its spot.
Using any pet command will break “Guard.”
Walking too far from the pet’s area will break “Guard.” (Decent range)
A cat stuck on a lamp-post cannot attack anything not on the lamp-post, but ranged pets can.
While you have a pet in Guard mode, you cannot capture a control point. (assume it is a bug)
Changing “Guard” to another skill, while the pet was on guard, did not break guard.
Guard did not seem to break randomly as it did last week."
According to the above webpage, using Guard will allow pets to climb walls in WvW to attack players or siege weapons. Is this effect intended or a bug?
