Guild Wars 2

it seems to be that the effect of the 6th rune triggers with minipets. is this intended?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQDVNwYtD1w

Interesting.
I concur. It does seem that having a minipet active does trigger the 6th bonus of the rune set for +7% damage.

http://wiki.guildwars2.com/wiki/Superior_Rune_of_the_Ranger

It is also a potentially exploitable bug so you may want to instead email this to exploits@arena.net and include all information you mentioned in the video. Minis as they are currently implemented are not supposed to grant any bonuses to combat.

As a side note, that is a strange 6th bonus considering companions do not even exist in the game…unless ranger pets are what they consider companions. Wiki may need to be updated to reflect this fact of ranger pets being companions as the current definition of companion references a conceptual npc that does not exist in the game.

Minions and elementals seem to be companions as well. Even though illusions are not.

I do not think 7% damage is that much of an exploit but this seems to be a bug that should be fixed. At least you cant use minipets in a pvp match

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Minions and elementals seem to be companions as well. Even though illusions are not.

I do not think 7% damage is that much of an exploit but this seems to be a bug that should be fixed. At least you cant use minipets in a pvp match

Players are currently paying over 20g per rune for a FLAT 7% damage increase (Strength Runes)…..I would not consider it insignificant either.