Curse

A_Muppet · Nov 10, 2007, 01:38 PM // 13:38

For those of you who don't know, the brown bears in Tyria have a skill called Brutal Mauling. It takes 2 seconds to use, where the bear rears onto it's hind legs, doing an attack that does...

...absolutely nothing different to a normal attack.

The point behind this, it needlessly slows down a bear's attack rate. It does absolutely nothing except pointlessly hinder it-the polar bears in eotn don't do brutal mauling, and none of the other pets have anything like this. The only redeeming feature is it triggers paragon shouts, but that most certainly doesn't outweight the downside.

So please, it's utterly pointless-just put the wretched 'skill' out of it's misery.

CHunterX · Nov 10, 2007, 01:44 PM // 13:44

/signed
Good to know that polar bears don't do Brutal Mauling, maybe I'll think about getting one, now that I know how big they get.
Also, what's a Paragon?

Sleeper Service · Nov 10, 2007, 02:03 PM // 14:03

that or give the widow the legendary "poison" attack.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Paragon

NF class.

/undecided. its a feature imo...just like minions going crazy in cutscenes.

R A N D O M · Nov 10, 2007, 02:30 PM // 14:30

mabye its there to balance out the bears larger size? i dont know but maybe it can body block better than other pets.

vergerefosh · Nov 10, 2007, 02:35 PM // 14:35

I like watching my bear go up on it's back legs to smack things. Is fun to see, who cares if it slows attack rate? I <3 my bear enough that I don't care

CHunterX · Nov 11, 2007, 12:54 AM // 00:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sleeper Service

that or give the widow the legendary "poison" attack.

http://gw.gamewikis.org/wiki/Paragon

NF class.

/undecided. its a feature imo...just like minions going crazy in cutscenes.

The wiki hasn't been updated, all Paragons were removed from the game two updates ago.
/sarcasm

The skill originally did 5 seconds of bleeding, if anyone cares to know. Widows might have had some sort of "Poison attack" in the Betas, but no one has come forward with evidence of it.

william1975 · Nov 11, 2007, 02:09 AM // 02:09

no point to a skill that does nothing

/signed

though it would be nice if each pet had its own unique attack

Darkobra · Nov 11, 2007, 02:17 AM // 02:17

They'll consider it for Guild Wars 2. I don't think anyone will get that.

pumpkin pie · Nov 11, 2007, 03:30 AM // 03:30

do not touch my bear! (s) me favourite pets

it is also the only pet attack skill capable of activating a paragon shout, leave it alone, find yourself another pet. :P

Lil Ferk · Nov 11, 2007, 03:43 AM // 03:43

/not signed
It doesnt matter at all if you think it's such a big deal just get another kind of pet

Snow Bunny · Nov 11, 2007, 08:04 AM // 08:04

/signed.

I understand that one might say "go get another pet".

While I don't have one myself, this is simply bad game mechanics at play, and consequently should be reworked.

N E D M · Nov 11, 2007, 10:04 AM // 10:04

/notsigned
Save the Bears!!

Div · Nov 11, 2007, 10:20 AM // 10:20

Or have some bears that use this and some that don't that you can cap. That way those who want their pet to use a cute little useless attack skill can keep it, and those that want a useful pet can get it too.

Or they can be cool and make brutal mauling unblockable.

legion_rat · Nov 11, 2007, 01:49 PM // 13:49

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Originally Posted by holymasamune

Or have some bears that use this and some that don't that you can cap. That way those who want their pet to use a cute little useless attack skill can keep it, and those that want a useful pet can get it too.

Or they can be cool and make brutal mauling unblockable.

They have this, the bi-polar bears cant BM. Its a bear skin that doesnt slow down to stand up and smack stuff. Makes it useless to the paragon, and usefull for those of us who play ranger and want a bear. So

/unsigned as the problem is taken care of. The skill is useless as a whole but it does work for the paragon so that makes people happy. Its not godly so theres no "its over powered" argument.

As for the unblockable that give it an advantage over other pets, unless they are taking on skill to the other pets then no. Which I know its crappy of me to say they keep their lame skill and the moa doesnt get anything. The moa has its mighty screeching. so shut up.

~the rat~

pumpkin pie · Nov 11, 2007, 02:00 PM // 14:00

Black Moa gets to be in HoM but not bear...

Alicendre · Nov 11, 2007, 03:58 PM // 15:58

/signed. Either remove it or give it to all pets and decrease the activation time so it's the same as an attack and Paragons can use it.

pumpkin pie · Nov 11, 2007, 04:26 PM // 16:26

in that case, make all pets type displayable in HoM

legion_rat · Nov 11, 2007, 04:39 PM // 16:39

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Originally Posted by pumpkin pie

in that case, make all pets type displayable in HoM

agreed. If you take the time to lvl anything to 20 it should get a tropy. I would rather have pets on display than heros anyday (esp koss hes a big ol asshat)

~the rat~

Nyktos · Nov 11, 2007, 05:43 PM // 17:43

/signed

The only Paragon shout that wouldn't be completely ftl with this is Anthem of Envy, and that will only work once per battle. Anthem of Envy gives adrenaline, which just means the pet uses the skill more, Anthem of Flame causes a condition, someone else in the party can trigger it. All the others are party member only.

Onarik Amrak · Nov 11, 2007, 05:48 PM // 17:48

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Originally Posted by Nyktos

/signed

The only Paragon shout that wouldn't be completely ftl with this is Anthem of Envy, and that will only work once per battle. Anthem of Envy gives adrenaline, which just means the pet uses the skill more, Anthem of Flame causes a condition, someone else in the party can trigger it. All the others are party member only.

It didn't use to be. I thought it was a rather retarded move by Anet to remove all synergy between pets and shouts in order to stop exploitation with spirits.