Remove Brutal Mauling

Shaggeh

Shaggeh

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2006

The Misanthropes

W/N

23 Nov 2006 at 02:50 - 41
Quote:
You don't need a bear, you can get a crane or something.
I believe you missed the point entirely.

People don't need Crystalline Swords, they can grab Long Swords.

People don't need Ascended Armor, they can grab the non-Ascended variants.

People don't need gold weapons, they can grab a max blue instead.

GW is a game that, though everything in a field ends equal and balanced, there are many variations to account for personal taste. The bear's Brutal Mauling directly contradicts that, and keeps many people from grabbing the pet that they would really, really like.

Or would you feel better knowing that your weapon-of-choice suddenly takes a DPS hit in return for an extra ability that does absolutely nothing?

pingu666

Jungle Guide

Join Date: Jul 2006

guildhall

[DETH]

23 Nov 2006 at 03:28 - 42
could give all pets the skill, or do a mass replace of skill/pet

you could also update the skill so its the same as a normal attack

Curse You

Curse You

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Apr 2006

South Pole

The Magus Order

N/Mo

23 Nov 2006 at 04:45 - 43
/concur

The main problem with Brutal Mauling is that is causes the bear to pause, stand up, use brutal mauling (which does nothing extra) then go back to attacking.

As well, I happen to know that you can interupt Brutal Mauling, causing a large gap in the bear's DPS.

I want Fuzy Wuzy (my warrior's bear) to have the same DPS as the other pets!

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

23 Nov 2006 at 15:51 - 44
Tey pu t there, but forgot about romoving it.

It's a vestigial skill. It's like having not working legs in a snake.

Epinephrine

Epinephrine

Master of Beasts

Join Date: Mar 2005

Ottawa, Canada

Servants of Fortuna [SoF]

24 Nov 2006 at 17:40 - 45
Quote:
Originally Posted by Phoenix Arrows
/notsigned

...ANet put Mauling on the bear for who-knows-what reasons, so live with it.
Brutal Mauling has a description in other languages (Spanish, for example) describing how it causes bleeding. Originally, it is supposed, it had this special attack. Presumably it was too powerful, or special abilities on pets were removed for some reason, but they left the blank skill there, taking up space and killing the pet's usefulness.

A more correct statement might be "ANet took away brutal mauling for who-knows-what reasons, and forgot to clean up their mess. They should finish it."

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

24 Nov 2006 at 17:57 - 46
Exactly. In spanis and French description it sas it causes 5 seconds of bleeding.

They removed that effect so PreAscalon noobs don't die so easily fighting them.

And they seem to forgot about it.

The have also Spellbreaker in PreAscalon. Should they keep it too in Shiverpeaks?

Vestigial, should be removed. And make Pet Attacks trigger anthems.

Wulfgast

Wulfgast

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

Louisville, KY, US

Rite of Passage [RP]

W/Rt

28 Feb 2007 at 17:55 - 47
Whoa, is this seriously not fixed yet?

/signed and bumped, just to get Anet moving on it.

Alias Thrasher

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/

28 Feb 2007 at 18:38 - 48
not signed

Brutal mauling has been around since the beginning, and while it is sad that has become really obslete I would hate to see it go, why not tweak it instead, bring back the bleeding, or something to make it more effective, bring back the bleeding or something.

Praetor

Praetor

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2005

Somewhere over the rainbow

Devil Me [DEvM]

E/D

28 Feb 2007 at 20:25 - 49
Quote:
Originally Posted by Alias Thrasher
not signed

Brutal mauling has been around since the beginning, and while it is sad that has become really obslete I would hate to see it go, why not tweak it instead, bring back the bleeding, or something to make it more effective, bring back the bleeding or something.
Then people will start whining about how spiders should inflict poison, or rats causing disease. You have to see the slippery slope if you don't want to fall down it.

Diddy bow

Diddy bow

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Oct 2006

Jawsome!!!!!!!!!!!

looking for one :p

A/D

28 Feb 2007 at 21:56 - 50
/signed
anet forgot skilll when the effect was nerfed :S

Toilet Oni

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2007

Tonigth we dine in.....CUSTODY

Moe wine plz

R/

28 Feb 2007 at 22:03 - 51
/Signed

Brutal Mauling Sux and i want a bear^^

Puebert

Puebert

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Oct 2005

Mo/

28 Feb 2007 at 22:12 - 52
/signed

Bear is the best pet.

...Besides Panda.

Make it reasonable to bring! D:

Alias Thrasher

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2007

R/

28 Feb 2007 at 23:55 - 53
i still say keep brutal mauling, just increase the attack speed and dmg to make it equal to other pets, i do think the bears are one of the coolest pets.

Eldin

Eldin

Forge Runner

Join Date: Dec 2005

America. How about you, commie?

Fellows of Mythgar [FOM]

R/Mo

01 Mar 2007 at 00:07 - 54
/signed

Either remove it or buff it. It's stupid. A bear wastes a few seconds charging this thing up just to do even less damage than he would in ONE normal attack.

legion_rat

legion_rat

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2006

668 the neighbor of the beast

TFK

A/

01 Mar 2007 at 00:21 - 55
/signed for removal

still dont understand why it was there in the first place.


~the rat~

icedragon981

icedragon981

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: May 2006

At my computer

Teh Nine [lll]

N/

01 Mar 2007 at 03:27 - 56
/signed for the removal of Brutal Mauling. I agree that all pets should be on an equal playing field with exceptions for damage type (piercing, slashing, etc.) and evolutions. (Hearty, Dire, Elder, etc.)

snikerz

snikerz

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Dec 2005

Rt/A

01 Mar 2007 at 03:42 - 57
/notsigned

bears can benefit from paragon shouts now, ie anthem of flame.

bam23

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Feb 2006

01 Mar 2007 at 04:12 - 58
/signed

sdagd

Wulfgast

Wulfgast

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Jan 2007

Louisville, KY, US

Rite of Passage [RP]

W/Rt

20 Apr 2007 at 18:09 - 59
/signed again, just to remind the devs that this is still an issue, and probably a fairly quick fix that could be rolled out with another group of larger updates.

I don't mind if Anet wants to create pet-specific skills sometime down the road... but until they do, this skill should be removed so rangers can actually justify bringing along a bear.

Kuldebar Valiturus

Kuldebar Valiturus

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Nov 2006

Garden City, Idaho

The Order of Relumination (TOoR)

R/

20 Apr 2007 at 18:28 - 60
My feeling is that A-Net stopped working on an idea that would make each pet type possess a unique ability. Brutal Mauling is a vestigial organ left over from that aborted evolutionary branch.

Time to remove the appendix. /signed