Guild Wars 2

I have found a bug with the fern hound and other pets with buffs on f2,
if you switch pet rigth after the boon gets applyed out of combat and then switch back you can apply the boon again.
This results in having a perm reg or other boons without specing for them.
Fix this plz as its so insanly op and game breaking.

you dont even need to switch right before.. if you let the f2 go on cooldown, swap pets and again it will look like the skill on cooldown but is still usable…

I tested this. While it may appear OP, it really isn’t. And it’s hardly permanent. At most, you can get a minute, depending on how long you keep the pet out. And even then, the regeneration is iffy even with a BM-specced pet.

It’s definitely not ‘game breaking’ in the least., but I’ll test it some more to see if there’s a combination to that effect.

Update: At best, I can get the moa to give the frenzy buff for two minutes if I continuously cast it for about five minutes or more. That appears to be the max timer: 2 minutes.

And you’ll waste a lot of time trying to get that.

Potentially, this could benefit a large group if done under the right circumstances, but it’s still not game-breaking nor insanely overpowering in my humble opinion.

Personally, I wouldn’t even bother doing this as you’ll lose all the benefit from Master’s Bond because you must switch pets. And the benefits from the Bond is way better than a one or two minute buff at best.

Again, just my humble opinion.

With boon duration i can get 1 min reg and 1 min furry in about 15 sec, or about as long it taks to decapp and capp a node.

I’m also specced with the boon duration. Again, even so, it’s hardly overpowering or broken. More to the point, it’s not effective nor efficient to lose the bonuses Master’s Bond gives instead.

For example, if you’re using a cat, Master’s Bond will give the pet a bigger bonus than the 20% increase with fury over a one or two minute span.

Again, it’s just my humble opinion, but this seems a very minor issue.