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Vizunah / Deso / Jade Sea

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

POPPY! What’s happened to your daily morning blog?
C’mon! Get your kitten in gear!

Good commanding on Deso BL – Got my dailies within 20 mins of logging on which gives me more fun time later this evening! :-)

Oh! And the VS Mesmer who blind-sided me last night by appearing to offer a 1-on-1 then portalling 4 other allies .. nice one! Totally unexpected when I should have known better! I live and learn!

Blood
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Vizunah / Deso / Jade Sea

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Missed much of the action last night owing to IRL – managed to get into Deso BL latish. Had a lot of fun at Arah defending camp against varied reasonable groups of VS then the blob hit and pushed us back to garri.

Defended garri until the re-boot kicked us just as VS got in (big LOL). Gave up and went to bed then. Back in briefly this morning to quickly check progress and was pained to see that Deso were wiped out in all 3 BL .. with just the usual 1/4 possession on EB.

Still .. with each death, I grow stronger!

Blood
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Vizunah / Deso / Jade Sea

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I would just like to congratulate myself for successfully attempting to solo both enemy zergs. You guys are super fun and I hope to solo you more <3

I will occasionally laugh in mist form when I’m downed, but know full well that I mean it in the most friendly and most loving way insertloveheart

Dahir, there isn’t a Deso player here who hasn’t soloed a VS zerg. It’s inevitable! :-)

Blood
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Elona Reach / Desolation / Baruch Bay 7/6/13

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

I’ve been following Desolation matchup threads since we were matched up with Vizu, and this has been the most civilised one ever. I’d like to add my thanks to everyone on all servers for some of the best WvW I’ve played since being bitten by the bug.

Here’s hoping we all get a similar experience in next reset (though it would be nice to have 2 servers with matching populations :-)

By the way – just 7 days to go then you can go see the film dramatization of Desolation’s epic struggle against the Vizunah horde! June 21st – World War V

Blood
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Warrior looking for an owner.

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Woah Guys! Don’t be too quick to dismiss his application! Just think of all the blast finishers he brings to you.. something we as Rangers are very short of! I’m sure Dolan would work well spreading poison and weakness with the help of Eensy!

Not sure I like Dolan for a pet name though! Would you be ok with my changing your name to something else? Say… “RUFFian”?

Blood
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DragonBall - and how boring it is.

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I’m another one who came to GW from Quake (all of them except II – bleugh). I haven’t had a chance to get into Dragon Ball but intend to spend an evening getting to grips with it. Sounds like a blast and for me will be a nostalgia trip.

As others have said – it’s about teamwork and map familiarity. When your team is mostly AFK, agree it is difficult to do well. But as long as you have another team-mate active, work together to split the zergers. Hard but rewarding :-)

TraZ
(Wow! Been a while since I used that nick!)

Blood
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New ranger skill to make us "special" in WvW

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As a ranger, I’d like a skill that causes all ‘local’ (say, within a range of 1200) fauna attack my target. It would be an elite .

After all – I am Nature’s friend .. just saying!

Blood
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Only a WvW player...

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

Only a WvW player, while negotiating a supermarket with a fully laden trolley, mutters under his breath: “Stack on me! Stack on me! Wait! Now push! PUSH!”

Blood
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WvWvW Server Herald

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

While commanding, situations can turn on a moment’s notice and your original plan is suddenly useless. Sure, I may have planned a karma train, but the enemy responded and we’re pushed to defense. I also can’t leave the map because others on my server are pushing elsewhere and I’m keeping the enemy busy. (This is just one example.)

Sometimes I have a hard time coordinating the TS channel and typing into map chat while still fighting/strategizing. Updating the herald would become one more thing to add to the mix.

Perhaps to make it easier, have check boxes with preset categories such as group composition (Pick-ups, Guilded, Both) and activity (Offense, Defense, Havoc). I can click lots, but typing takes a bit more effort.

You make a valid point. Check boxes could work as well – thanks for the suggestion, and your considered reply.

Blood
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WvWvW Server Herald

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

Just ask map chat or whisper a commander on map most will tell you where needa help if there are more then one

Perfectly valid way to do it – agreed. However, the Herald solves the problem that a busy Commander in the middle of defending a keep, or leading a team into a keep, being spammed by people looking for info.

Blood
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WvWvW Server Herald

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

Possibly a poor choice of name for what I have in mind – this is an NPC who can be found at all server spawn points in EB and the BLs. His function is to give players information which in turn has been imparted to him by Commanders. Let me explain.

As a relatively new WvW participant, I find it difficult, on joining a WvW map, knowing where I’m needed. Very often, I waste time following anything/one who looks like they know what they are doing.

Yeah, I know – get on TS, and get informed. Agreed – if you know about TS, have got authenticated, and any other number of reasons you may not be able get on. Truth is, a lot of participants aren’t on TS, Mumble or whatever.

The Herald gives these players the opportunity to get info on what’s happening, and where they may be needed .. in much the same way as on PvE, the hint guy gives you an idea of what to do when you visit an area in PvE. Only the Herald gets his info from the local commanders.

Here’s how I see it working:
When a commander comes online, and puts on his tag, he gets the option of writing a log entry to the Herald, spelling out what he intends to do. A couple of Examples:
Commander A: PUG leader. Join me in Karma Train 15:00 GMT for 2 hours. Going for everything.
Commander B: [GuildName] Guild Raid. Private. If you see us, please do not join. Thx.

I see this working by the commander visiting the Herald and given an option to leave a message based on the fact that he is wearing his tag.

Anyone joining the server map can then go to the Herald and read through the messages.

That’s the bare bones of it – if there’s any interest shown here, then we can flesh it out (non-commaders can leave messages for a fee, when to delete messages, etc).

Thoughts?

Blood

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Where is the promised Commando Class?

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My human female Ranger, Ariane, always runs commando..
Just saying..
;-)

Blood
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Ranger vs Canach

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We had to kick a ranger from the null instance today, we just couldn’t do it with his pet there constantly holding aggro. Once we kicked him we managed to 4 man it on the first try.

We felt bad, but we could struggle for 20 minutes with a ranger in the group or do it in 5 minutes without him.

rangers are just a huge disadvantage for this instance.

Rather than kicking the guy (after all, not his fault the pet was being a kitten), did you consider asking him to move out of aggro? Then you could have completed the task without him, and he still gets the achievement?

Blood
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Ranger Patch Notes - May28

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so now .. my new WvW tactic – lure them into the water and wait for the “Ranger is too OP in water” whinging!

Blood
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The pet Mouse

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Posted by: Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

I just want the white bunny from Monty Python and the Holy Grail please!
But I s’pose Anet would consider that OP! :-(

Blood
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Self Reviving Rangers...

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That being said, i have yet to see someone attempt this, but if they did i’d probably just keep shooting them with my longbow and be like “Yes! keep running! Please go further from me!”

Thanks for this – it did make me chuckle! Kind of like non-rangers following a ranger into water .. gotta laugh!

Blood
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Randomly Despawning Siege is Breaking My Pin

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It isn’t anything to do with the spawn area. We had this problem at hills, bay, briar and lake towers all on the same night. Ended up losing about 15-20 blueprints and about 400 supply when all was said and done.

I’m guessing it is due to the siege timer with despawning blueprints.

I think what Devon was asking is if the Siege Deployment Block stuck to a person after leaving the spawn area (there’s an icon in you boon bar when you are in the spawn area). So, if that block didn’t come off after leaving, we wouldn’t be able to build siege anywhere on the map. This would only effect some people, but not all.

This could explain why a ninja group was able to recap that NE tower with siege after I left. (When I’m commanding, I place most of the siege myself.)

In that case, no. As the siege would work for an individual one time, fail the next 4 and then randomly work again and start failing again after. I wish I was looking at the despawn timer on the siege when it failed, but I forgot to watch it as the siege was building to see if it was bonk.

This may not be related to the person who throws the siege down – but the last person on the chain building who may have the boon buggedly still on them. There is a report above of several people building and getting no warning, then someone reported getting a warning then seeing the despawn.

This is going to be hard to manage with respect to reports since you may notice the despawn, check your boon bar and not seen the debuff but it may have been someone else who doesn’t check or notice that triggers the despawn.

Blood
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Only a WvW player...

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Only a WvW player would ask a supermarket cashier if Mountain Dew comes with a buff to toughness. (When in actuality, it comes with a buff to alertness. Ha! Double joke ftw! Rebounded off the 4th wall to boot.)

Vigor – surely!?

Blood
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Vizunah/Desolation/Seafarer (2.03-???) T1 EU

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I see a lot of knocking of Tier 1 WvWvW and I understand all the grief that’s being discussed. But I just want to say that amidst all this despair, there are still some gems to be had. I had a blast this past weekend (a long weekend in the UK BTW). You have to understand, I would classify myself as a PUG with aspirations to becoming a better WvW player. It’s slow work (doesn’t help that my main is a Ranger .. always did enjoy doing things the hard way :-)) and I die a lot. But I don’t care because I am really enjoying myself!

Thanks to the VS player (sorry – can’t remember your guild) on SFR BL who destroyed me like 4 times, then began to help me constructively improve my 1v1 (downed me then stood back to let me revive myself). So sorry my server allies jumped you – I couldn’t stop them. A shining example of the WvW Community spirit!

To the 2 VS Treb users (again SFR BL) who I went against to put them off shelling the tower: SHAME ON YOU! 2v1 and you resort to putting me out wit an AC? I gotta admit – had me laughing for like 10 minutes..

To the 5 VS guys who took me on in water. LOL! I OWN THE WATER! Kudoes, tho, for sticking to the task but LOLz – thanks for the loot when you got hit by the Deso zerg that came by (I’m on Deso, BTW).

Finally, to the 2 Deso guys I partied with, and then took on the Hills keep with 2 Alpha Siege Golems – we knew that it wouldn’t last but we got the gate to about 30% before the VS zerg rolled over us.

Blood
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WvWvW exploration

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I think every one who has gone for the 100% map exploration has had to overcome this problem.. myself included. I was lucky – the week that I had the chance to complete my 100%, Deso happened to own the last place I needed to complete.

The solution would be to have a neutral state. In the same way that players can stand-down from representing their Guild, Anet should provide a tick box in the WvW tab that sets a player as neutral. You can only tick (or un-tick) whilst outside WvW. If you are neutral, you cannot be targeted, and you can enter any keep.

The only adverse aspect of this would be the accusations of spying .. hmm .. not sure how to handle that..

Blood
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Anyone got a fusion wep ticket?

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2 sets of 5 keys yielded 2 fused wep tickets. 4 single sets of keys yielded nothing.

Blood
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You know you've played WvW too long when...

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Your SO gives up on you and pleasures him/her-self

Blood
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Ghillie Suit utility skill?

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“I want to be a Tree!”
Love the idea – if we ever get this, though, no canine pet while wielding that skill.

Blood
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A new path to a Legendary

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One per month?? And a random one at that?? You can’t be serious.

Thank you for that constructive response.
This is once per month on each server – introduces an element of RNG (which Anet would like), and for the recipients, the feeling of getting that lucky break.

So, yes .. I was serious. But I’m open to ideas otherwise..

Blood
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A new path to a Legendary

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I’d like to see new way of getting a Legendary based on the following:
Lottery Phase: Each month there is a single drop (per server?) of a certificate/map/recipe/whatever from any source (loot/chest/gathering) which gives the recipient access to an event chain that eventually leads to an NPC who rewards a Legendary.

Event Chain: Remember those quest books in EotN (QW1)? This is along these lines – the event chain could be a series of events of different types (mostly solo-able) consisting of puzzles, goals, scavenger hunt (don’t particularly care as long as they are interesting) all leading to a final confrontation.

Final Event: Will be equivalent to a dungeon boss and will require a party (minimum 5?) with the party leader must be holding the certificate (actually, I like the idea of book).

Final Reward: Book holder gets the Legendary – here, I’m undecided whether this is a set-piece new Legendary appropriate for the character, or whether the character gets to choose the Legendary. For example, the final boss will only be defeated and then offer the book holder his choice of Legendary. The rest of the Party get an named exotic, with the possibility of a precursor. The Legendary awarded should be Soulbound (or at the very least Account bound).

Discuss..

Blood
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How To Be a Good Commander???

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Is understanding warfare tactics just as important as understanding game mechanics? I have no formal military training, so I feel this is currently my weakness.

Read and re-read ‘Art of War’ by Sun Tzu.
Essential reading if you want to understand military tactics..

Blood
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Epic Face-Palm Moments!!!

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our guild was in bay preparing to be attacked by the enemy zerg. so we all stood on the northern walls waiting for our enemies, when i noticed a dolyak on the way to their garrison. i ran to it, killed it and when i turned around to go back to bay, a zerg of ~50 ran over me.
for reasons unknown sometimes i just stop thinking when it comes to dolyaks…

Heh! I was engrossed in trying to finish off a Thief (I’m a Ranger – so was a matter of pride), and didn’t notice the enemy zerg steam-rolling towards us. When I did notice, couldn’t do anything other than stand perfectly still, whispering to myself, over and over: “Maybe they won’t notice! Maybe they won’t notice!”

For a very short while, they didn’t…

Blood
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A puzzle for crafters

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

It’s debatable whether it’s more cost effective to sell the ingredients directly rather than crafting the weapon and selling that.

Blood
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Feedback on new event scaling

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Cracked me up last night at penitent to see a chat post from one participant cursing the devs: “There’s a Champion Risen Chicken!! Argh!”
That was immediately followed by a Vet Risen Chicken.. Fun!
But OP is right – the Champs and Vets should drop more now that the mobs are smaller. It takes longer to drop them so the reward should be greater

Blood
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are globs of ecto going to tank?

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It’s amazing that people are so confused by probability. if you salvage a rare, there is a chance of 0 to 3 ectos. that’s true for each rare salvaged independently of each other. do it 25 times., and you have just as much chance of nothing each of those 25 salvages. he got unlucky, but statistically all is well.

Blood
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Ecto's, a rare crafting material or not?

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I consistently get a better return of ectos from rares with the BL salvage kit. In my experience it’s no contest.

Blood
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Ectoplasm, Salvage Kits and obfuscation.

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Since the return rate of ectos from a rare is 0 to 3 – 3 being the max (and I agree that ectos should be considered a rare) on average, a 25% return on 20 rares (max: 60 ectos) would be 15 ectos. I seldom see as good a return as good as that using Master Salvage.

The BL Salvage, with 50% chance, should give on average, 30 ectos. Best I’ve seen on 20 rares is more like 25.

It all seems to be working fairly close to what it should be..

Blood
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Giant Wintersday gift

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Maybe Anet should consider an MF recipe (or set of recipes) for the ugly clothing items. Say 250 ugly sweaters + 250 ugly socks + 250 wooly hats + x (where x isn’t unreachable) of one of the other chrimble items to make something awesome that disgruntled peeps (those of us that only seem to get the wooly or ugly stuff) would be happy with.

Blood
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Dolls obliterate low level characters

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IN much the same way as high level mini toys obliterate high level characters. Opened my first mysterious box in Frostgorge Sound ( lvl 70 – 80) while I was soloing and got the shock of my life when I had to cope with 5 mini ventari toys. Ouch!

But what I did discover is that they will aggro ANYTHING! SO – new tactic at Mysterious Box location: aggro as many locals to follow me to box, unwrap then run like the wind. Wait at safe distance, then return to mop up.

It’s that or get a group to go box hunting :-)

Blood
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Harpoon vs Spear

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

Harpoon Gun! Start off with Sharpening Stones followed immediately by Feeding Frenzy. Throw QZ up and watch that HP line diminish. Spam FF as and when, then finish off with Mercy Shot.

Unless you’re up against a champion solo, you’re unstoppable.
Frenzy has a nice AOE as well..

Blood
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What pet do you want to get for Wintersday?

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

While having a new pet would be great (Dolphin .. crazy we don’t have that as a charm-able), what I would much prefer is a new F1 which allows you to ‘inhabit’ the pet you are using and transfer all your accumulated traits/DPS to it’s 4 skills. Call it soul-transfer, if you like. You get to direct all your pet’s movement, see through it’s eye, choose who to attack with what, etc..
While you inhabit your pet, your own body is invulnerable.

Blood
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Bronze? REALLY? I killed 2 vets here!

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I got a gold for being in the vicinity – but suspect my jaguar sliced one or more of the mob. I was busy gathering at the time.

Blood
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Placed 4 items in the Forge and recieved nothing in Return

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I posted a similar bug in-game today – same problem as OP, 4 Orders of Whisper put in, nothing back – 4K of Karma waved good-bye. Only I was stupid enough to do it again to verify that it was a ‘feature’ rather than a one-off bug. So make that 8K Karma waved good-bye.

So – is this on the Things To Do list or being completely ignored?

Blood
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Griffon pet!

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if we get to ‘tame’ skritt, we have to stay away from one another, lest the skritt gain intelligence from their numbers and attempt to overthrow us and reverse our roles.

On the plus side .. that would take care of those Ranger bots that are turning up .. :-)

Blood
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Why can't rangers use guns?

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I would love to see the inclusion of a Staff weapon in the form of a Quarterstaff. That would be a classic Ranger weapon (ranger as in protector of nature). Two handed weapon with skills like Whirling Bonebreaker, Earthshaker (smack ground to get AOE stun and interrupt).. I can think of loads..

Blood
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Can we get a permanent pet stow?

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Bloodwort MacFangho.4638

Completely agree with this request. I want control, and the automatic unleashing of a pet is not giving me control. As to Kasama – even if that were the case, I’m aware enough of my surroundings to want to choose when to unleash pets

Blood
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