Next week will be EoD launch, Are you excited?

[BadSanta.6527]

In ranger perspective iam more afried then hyped. 

1. so far untame is mahh at most ,

2. balance patch in coming , we all know arent history with ranger and how they are not connected to the class they might nerf sb and left us with untame 

3.spirit changes might bee final nail in druid coffine , ( we know spirit changes come for sure and probbly will take their uniqe buffs ) so  if not druid rework why would you take one when you can take HF of heal scourage 

so yeha im more worried then hype with eod for rangers 

[Lazze.9870]

On 2/15/2022 at 3:43 AM, Mell.4873 said:

Untamed just add way more option unlike soulbeast which arguably removed your pet in favour of better stats and self buffs.

 

It didn't remove the pet, it just highlights the problem with the pets.

 

Mainly that you're often better off without it as long as you get something worthwhile in return.

[Tukaram.8256]

I wish they had a system to download the content over a period of days before launch.  Then they could activate it at one time, for the launch.  As it is, everyone is going to slam their server at the same time... 

[Mell.4873]

7 hours ago, Lazze.9870 said:

 

It didn't remove the pet, it just highlights the problem with the pets.

 

Mainly that you're often better off without it as long as you get something worthwhile in return.

True but the main problem is the pathing. 

Core can fix this somewhat with pet swiping but it's on a long cooldown. 

Merging and unmerging definitely fixes this for soulbeast since it's on a 10 second cooldown. 

Untamed has the best fix which is you can teleport the pet into combat. 

[Substance E.4852]

6 hours ago, Mell.4873 said:

True but the main problem is the pathing.

That's merely the most evident from simple videos as well as the biggest hurdle in pvp

Their problems go much deeper than pathing

Outside of pvp, they exist simply to buff up the base ranger's horrible dps and provide little to no team support with Jacaranda being about the only one that does any real aoe damage via call lightning

They still don't even benefit from quickness after 8+ years

Just look at how much damage and modulation they had to give the engi golem in order to make it enjoyable to use

[Lazze.9870]

On 2/26/2022 at 8:49 PM, Mell.4873 said:

True but the main problem is the pathing. 

Core can fix this somewhat with pet swiping but it's on a long cooldown. 

Merging and unmerging definitely fixes this for soulbeast since it's on a 10 second cooldown. 

Untamed has the best fix which is you can teleport the pet into combat. 

 

There isn't really a main problem, it depends on what angle you're coming from. The pathing is obviously horrible. Who would have guessed in a game where you can jump around, teleport and "abuse" terrain that a pet mechanic tied to the ground wouldn't be able to keep up?

It's a useable mechanic and it can be used with great result varying from scenario to scenario, but it's overall not a well made mechanic. In my opinion it is especially a bad basis for making new elite specs, which is one of the reason I think the current core ranger mechanic should have been a ranger elite spec akin to what engie got. That should please the pro-pet audience without hampering with the rest of the potential ranger could've had.