Returning player want to play a petcaster. Which professions to pick?

[Seravajan.6805]

Returning after 3 years of absence. I would like to play a pet caster. Ranger, Necro and in some degree Engineer have some sorts of pets.Which profession is a recommendation and being fun to play?

[Teratus.2859]

Ranger and Necro Pets/Minions are permanent until killed.Ele Element Summons and Engineer Turrets expire after a set time.

Both Ranger and Necro are personal favorites of mine so i'm bias to support them :P

[Seravajan.6805]

Wow. Did not know that the Ele have summons.

[derd.6413]

i'd say if you want a pet class, you're best of with ranger

[AliamRationem.5172]

Personally, I prefer disposable pets. Clones expect to be destroyed! Go mesmer!

[BunjiKugashira.9754]

It depends.Do you want a single cool pet that you have some control over? Go Ranger.Do you want an army overwhelming enemies by sheer numbers? Go Necro.

Other professions have some pets too, but none of them are permanent.

Edit: All professions can have a kinda permanent pet (at least while in combat) by picking golemancer or ogre runes.

[Khisanth.2948]

Ele summons are pretty iffy ...

There are two and one is the elite. Using a mount will kill them ... other transformations might also kill them.

[joneirikb.7506]

@"Seravajan.6805" said:Returning after 3 years of absence. I would like to play a pet caster. Ranger, Necro and in some degree Engineer have some sorts of pets.Which profession is a recommendation and being fun to play?

Some Question:

• What type of content are yo looking at/aiming at ?
• What type of player are you? (going to hunt achievements, learn every fractal inside out, try to be the bestest in pvp, going to sit and gank every enemy you see in WvW, explore the vast open world, jump the worldboss train? Really going to kill all 3 heads of the wurm at the same time!)
• How important is the "caster" part ? (necro is more caster type, ranger more weapon based, but druid can feel casty)

Essentially, it's easier to answer you if we know a bit more about what you want out of the game.

But if in doubt, pick ranger.

[Seravajan.6805]

My preferences are the exploration of the world collecting the points and doing PvE.

[NorthStar.9603]

Pets are a hallmark feature of the ranger, they have by far the best pet system.Having said that, if you require a caster you may also want to check the Elementalist. They can temporarily summon one or two earth, fire, water or air elementals. Especially the earth elemental is nice to use as damage sponge.

[DeanBB.4268]

I recommend a ranger/druid/soulbeast (those are the elite versions of ranger) with a pet and a rune set that gives a second pet, like Ogre.

[Omnicron.2467]

Reaper with Rise and death magic is fun for open world, you end up with a whole army of small minions in addition to your bigger summons

[Eros.6801]

Reaper with "Rise" or Scourge and other minions, blood magic (life steal style) fit you well, can't go wrong with necro, not in open world exploration, story.

Depend on how you define "Pet", condi mirage with staff or scepter probably one of the most fun and enjoyable class to mess around in open world, this one is not an easy class to learn but with a bit of practices and tricks clones might hold aggro for you in short period of time and never actually run out of clones.

[Steve The Cynic.3217]

@Omnicron.2467 said:Reaper with Rise and death magic is fun for open world, you end up with a whole army of small minions in addition to your bigger summons

Not to mention one of the best-named(1) weapon skills. Gravedigger FTW! (Pretty danmed good animation, too.)

(1) This is an opinion, not a fact.

[Seravajan.6805]

Is the Reaper an elite branch of the necro?

[joneirikb.7506]

@Seravajan.6805 said:Is the Reaper an elite branch of the necro?

Yes (HoT)

sounds like take your pick: Ranger or Necro. Make a character of both and try them, I'd recommend to around level 31 so you unlock elite skills before deciding.

[Pretty Pixie.8603]

You can also opt for animated weapons summons by going Guard. I thought I’d better make your choice more complicated. ?

[Cyninja.2954]

It's basically a toss between necromancer and ranger.

Necromancer for a small but less controllable pet army.

Ranger with a wide variety of animal pets of which only 1 will be active at any point in time.

Both are great at exploring and open world content.

[melandru.3876]

mesmer has clones and phantasms (hard hitting ghosts, that become clones after they did their attack) which makes for a nice "expendable" playstyle