Guild Wars 2

Fluffycalico.2715:

I am having no issues getting my pets to land attacks. They also do a fair amount of damage. As for the comment about rampage as one my pet normally keeps 6-7 stacks on me.

People should really post if it’s PvE or PvP as Riku did above me – Cause info like this only stands for stationary targets in PvE! It’s the exact opposite in PvP!

riku.2091:

I’m pretty sure a lot of what ANet has put out there about rangers supports MY idea of what their intention of the ranger is.

And I personally don’t find this a fix. I find it to be an extrememly lazy alternative to admitting you rolled the wrong class or actually having pets brought up to speed.

Plus, we do have stow option for pets for when we do puzzles or are just traveling and don’t want to pick up aggro. Or anything. It just brings them back out when you take damage.

Well, I’m gonna try and break it down as good as I can.

I’m pretty sure a lot of what ANet has put out there about rangers supports MY idea of what their intention of the ranger is.

That is your oppinion, and that is how you choose to see it. It’s a free world, so if thats how it is, thats how it is… But the diffinition of their Ranger, where for quite some time, a person with the most focus upon ranged combat (it has been changed since) A class that, out of their diffinition, where the best ranged class there was (exceeding in ranged combat, I do belive the words was)

I personaly dont think that, that fits the picture before me.

I think we (Ranger players) can all agree, that the Ranger is great. Then again, some might think that it is not, more power to them! But I do personaly think, that the warrior does more ranged damage in pvp. But i’m going off topic, so i’ll cut it short here.

Then we have; And I personally don’t find this a fix. I find it to be an extrememly lazy alternative to admitting you rolled the wrong class or actually having pets brought up to speed.

If YOU dont see it as a fix, but a lazy mans alternative. Then that’s what you think, I cant, nor why should I pull an idea down your head – Then again neither should you mate.

And how can you be so arogant, to put out such a statement, that I’ve choosen a wrong class, just because I find, that there are a couple bumps on the road ahead of me ? and what does the second part mean ? or actually having pets brought up to speed ?

Yeah, I find, that pets are having a few hickups – Are you saying, that I should ignore that ?

(And on a complete sidenote – I’ve got multiple classes 50+ I could just play a different character, but choose to play Ranger most, since I like the class. That be, that it’s a pet class)

Plus, we do have stow option for pets for when we do puzzles or are just traveling and don’t want to pick up aggro. Or anything. It just brings them back out when you take damage

Again, and this is the third time i’m repeating myself – Hope it’s the last.

Pet’s pop out of stow, when you take a point of damage – That happens all the time, if one falls a tad.

And why should’nt I have the option of putting away my pet, when traveling ? Most of the times I cant, cause A. I’m playing, then some random player pulls a train past me, wich gets me killed, since they attack my pet. Wich many times are on passive (I want to choose what it hits, not vice versa)

or B. I’m running with it on passive, use a skill or something in the likes – and pull every mob around me.

Again, and again… It’s about adding features, not taking away.

I do think that we’ve used enough bit’s on this conversation, and it’s pretty clear that you have a oppinion, and does’nt really want to take any ideas into consideration. It’s sad that on a forum, where ideas are supposed to come alive – One can choose to quelch

Said short; You’ve got your ideas set in granite, nothing can alter your oppinion. So why play the vocal ping pong about it really ? Why even be on a forum of ideas, if one does not want to make room for those ideas?

It’s a ponder really.

EDIT;

I wans’nt really clear, and that might be because I cant really define what I mean in English, about the part about putting away my pet when traveling from a to b. I admit, that it might sound strange, and give little meaning.

But what I tried to get out, was that it’s not allways good to have a pet out, and I personaly simply want them to look at, and reconize, that sometimes it does more bad, than good. Be it camera angle, or blocking whole screen – Pulling agro at bad times, while traveling. Popping out, and ninja pull x amount of mobs, just because I fell x mm to far (i’ve run over what I define as hills, but the game see as mountains)

If they feel that the pets are as they (Anet) say it should be, then thats how the cookie crumbles – And I have to accept that. But untill then, I think that it’s only fair to raise awareness upon what one think is broken.

riku.2091:

Once people see that they can change the class by asking eliminating the mechanic, I have a feeling things would only snowball from there. Soon, people WILL start asking for the buff. Then they’ll start being more aggressive about having a marksman mechanic.

You keep talking about taking away stuff, or as you put it, eliminating a mechanic.

Again, it’s not about removing feature/mechanics or what ever you want to call it.
It’s about adding to the class. Adding a fix, to something that is a problem.
And yes, it is a problem when one gets annoyed about something, thats supposed to be a addition, but becomes a hinderance.
Such examples can be, again, and I do apologize about repeating myself – when you move from point A to B, or do a jump puzzle.
The camera plain and simply gets in the way, and the pet does pull a lot of agro (Many times such said agro, is other people running by with a train – why does it want to attack my pet when its on passive, and ive not attacked any of them ? )

And I do find it quite paranoid, to think that because some people want a solution to some problems, or throw some ideas up in the air – Then it must create a snowball-effect, wich will stear the class away from what YOU seem to think the class should be.

I do think that Anet can think for them selfs, and know what they want with the class. But this is a forum about rangers, and what people feel needs a second look upon. And since this thread has been made, then perhaps some people would like them to consider, the posibility of a more permanent stow?

There have been lot’s of ideas been thrown up in the air. Some might be valid, or not in your oppinion – But that’s what a forum is about. Making ideas come to life, and perhaps alter things to the better, or not. Depending on the point of view, then again – All is in the eye of the beholder.

riku.2091:

Same reason we argue with rifles. It goes against what the class is clearly supposed to be. We are a druid pet class with some martial weapons training. We are not supposed to be without our pets ever.

Again, it aint about removing a feature, it’s about adding it.

And on the; It goes against what the class is clearly supposed to be ?

I know the class is defined as a pet class, that’s why I play it – I like having a pet as a tool. But sometimes it’s just plain in the way – So why not add a feature, where I can put it away, untill I want it out again ? Seriously, how can that be a issue ?

I aint asking, nor do I think most are, about a buff when it aint out – That’s just plain dumb, since again, its a pet class. And it would kitten me, if I chose to not have it out in combat (Though it does’nt hit anything anyways in PvP, since people are moving all the time, and seldom stand still long enough for it to get through the hit animation. But for PvE It’s a bloody great tool)

I have’nt read the thread about the discussion on rifles, and tbh this thread aint about that, so i’ll politely jump over it – Yet go look for that thread, and have a read.

(Btw, appologies about any gramatical errors – It aint me native tongue)

I dont write much on forums in general, but this one is actualy not a bad idea.

Personaly I like my pets, they are a great tool – When they work that is.

It would be a great adition, because of those times where your doing a jump puzzle – Running from A to B, and dont want unneccesary agro. Or when I just plain dont want it there, yeah there are such times

But I do think that they should’nt implement it, untill they fix the pet AI, pathing, and give it the darn abillity to hit a moving target! This is number one in my book, to hit a moving target.. seriously, why cant it ?

Ohh, and it amazes me how many people who dont even read the thread, but just reply what they think they know, out of the header of the thread. Yeah there’s a stow, but 1 point of damage, and it’s there again – only now with a timer. Quite anoying when trying to jump in cramp spaces.

Why the heck argue against adding features to a class ? I could understand if it was removing a said feature, but adding ? Sometimes I think people just argue, for the argument, it’s sad really.