Guild Wars 2

best soloing lvling/exploring pet IMO is krytan drakehound, Or wolf (but i think drakehound looks cooler =P ) .

problem with cats is they do great dmg, but get crushed pretty quick if you ask them to take much dmg for you. bears opposite problem, they take alot of dmg but cant put out a whole lot.

Dogs are right there in the middle, they do pretty respectable dmg, and can tank pretty well to. Also their reg attack apply cripples and knocks down enemys. wich is super helpful in PVE and PVP.

you can find Krytan drakehounds to tame inside the Human capital city.

Me : Bunker/Beast mastery ranger

Most Feared: Mesmers

Least Feared: Guardians and Warriors. So easy to kite : / they usually barely touch me

Also not sure what your talking about, once I got my build right I haven’t had to much trouble with any class 1v1, aside from a very skilled thief or mesmer.

Maybe you should be more specific about what your beef is, the pet AI? our dmg output? if your saying ranger sucks in pvp all around your obviously not doing something right.

Edit:: (you replied while i was typing)

Sounds to me like you need to focus a bit more on survivability, yeah a glass cannon traited rangers is gonna get pwned in 3 secs by a group of players, but if you use the many evasive/survival skills we have, rangers are exceptionally hard to kill.

Also dont use your bow when fighting a mesmer, bash his facein. that Gsword auto attack does more dmg at range, and alot less if your in the mesmers face. Mark your target and ignore his copies.