Guild Wars 2

This “Meta” game that you are describing is exactly what we on SoS are trying to foster. There will always be a “zerg” of puggers running around following a commander, but we want our server as well as other servers to start thinking about tactics, strategy, and small squad “meta”. We have developed and implemented several of these squads already, and are currently developing several other squads to enhance this style of game play.

This isn’t going away, people are going to have to start thinking about the game in ways other than “joining a zerg and running around the map like a mindless zombie”. We on SoS believe this is not only what the devs designed into the game, but that they also encourage small squad tactics by having so many layers of things you can do to customize your character/squad/play style.

If this is the type of game play you want to see, because it is more than just zerging, then come visit us on SoS. We’ll show you how effective small squad combat can be, even against a mindless zerg.

Wreck Havock
Applied Tactics
Sea of Sorrows
Founder and proud member of The Immortal Squad

Not only do I want to permanently Stow my pet, I want to have a percentage increase in damage to all my skills and abilities for not having the pet out. Our damage as Rangers is directly tied into the pet, i’m sure by a certain percentage, I would love to get that back when my pet is Stowed so I didn’t have to rely on the pet at all. And don’t say then you should play another class, this is a viable and good idea that would allow those that don’t want pets to still play this class without one. It’s about options, I hate relying on AI and squishy pets, but love the Ranger, so give me my damage back if my pet is Stowed.

I am going to be honest, Aegis is pretty crappy in WvW, 1 blocked hit out of 50 means absolutely nothing. See, in WvW, it’s never a 1 vs 1, it’s 1 vs 50 if you get caught even a little outside your lines. “So don’t get caught outside your lines”, true, but Aegis is worthless if you do. My suggestion would be to treat it like “Shelter”, turn it into a 1 second Block, it would actually be somewhat usefull in WvW, and it would still have a long cooldown, and it would block more than 1 hit. Don’t say it would make you OP in PVE, they have said from day one, abilities will be able to be two sided, PVE and PVP, and each ability will be adjusted according to each individual side.