Beast Master title?

KIDGOOCH

KIDGOOCH

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Apr 2006

MD

R/Mo

Any thoughts on a title featuring number of different animals tamed and leveled to 20?

I think there are nearly 30 tameable animals across all games, I know I have leveled 10 or more pets to 20 (including ranger heroes). This would give me a reason to bring the Ranger out to play again.

Ariena Najea

Ariena Najea

Silence and Motion

Join Date: Jul 2006

Buffalo NY

New Horizon [NH]

Technically being a Ranger wouldn't help the progression of this title, as Beast Mastery doesn't affect the rate of experience gaining. With this in mind... maybe.

An interesting idea, but it would become a horrible grind title in no time. Think about it, as soon as you change pets, all of your work on the previous pet is meaningless except for the title. Perhaps if it was account-wide this would not be an issue, and maybe help encourage a few players to buy more character slots, who knows.

Again it's interesting, but would be misconstrued to be a Ranger specific or favored title and add more grind to the game. As such, I do not support this suggestion in its current form.

ele pl

ele pl

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2007

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Hmmzor, i never thought about that. This really might be interesting.

MagmaRed

MagmaRed

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Mar 2007

Our Crabs Know True [LOVE]

R/

Not available to people playing classes other than Ranger unless they go x/R just for a pet. And if you mean to tell me a Mo/R using a pet and healing a team is effective, you suck.

We do not need more titles, and this one is biased on class requirement.

/unsigned

DarkGanni

DarkGanni

Forge Runner

Join Date: Mar 2006

Malta

[CuTe]

E/

/notsigned

I don't have to explain why.

Eragon Zarroc

Eragon Zarroc

Atra estern?? ono thelduin

Join Date: Jan 2008

Madness Incarnate

[Duo]

W/P

it sounds slightly interesting but all-in-all just a pointless grind.

mathiastemplar

mathiastemplar

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jun 2008

Denmark

Jade Reapers [JD]

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Quote:
Originally Posted by MagmaRed View Post
Not available to people playing classes other than Ranger unless they go x/R just for a pet. And if you mean to tell me a Mo/R using a pet and healing a team is effective, you suck.

We do not need more titles, and this one is biased on class requirement.

/unsigned
U could just tame the pet, and go back to mo/w or whatever..

/signed for creativity

Simath

Simath

haha you're dumb

Join Date: Jul 2005

Moscow

/notsigned

Lets level a shit load of pets to level 20. No thanks.

Ichi The Shadow

Ichi The Shadow

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Oct 2008

Oregon

Golf Stream Owners Club [GS]

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Not a bad idea but you would have to change a few things...I would suggest adding an npc, perhaps in your hall that allows you to switch between different lvl 20 pets. This way if you felt like breaking out any of the pets that you have charmed and leveled to 20. I do not believe that this title would be biased to rangers because how many rangers actually use beast mastery in the first place now days? In addition Leveling ur pets isn't usually do in teams anyway so who cares if ur a Mo/R.... In addition Anet already has forced people to take all secondary professions if you are doing the skill hunting title so I don't see how you can honestly say it is biased to the ranger profession since beast mastery is not a primary attribute.

That being said the idea fails because we do not need any more mindless grinding or titles the 26 PVE based titles are enough thank you.

/Unsigned

Arduin

Arduin

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: May 2005

The Netherlands

Limburgse Jagers [LJ]

R/

Even as a primary Ranger, I've never played a beastmaster build before, because it's just plain boring. Leveling all those pets to level 20 is just useless grinding.

Skyy High

Skyy High

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: May 2006

R/

Cute idea, I'd much rather have this than titles like sweet tooth, but we already have a glut of titles.

Unreal Havoc

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Join Date: Dec 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by MagmaRed View Post
Not available to people playing classes other than Ranger unless they go x/R just for a pet. And if you mean to tell me a Mo/R using a pet and healing a team is effective, you suck.
Most pets can be death levelled within an hour or so. You don't need to take a pet with you except with a few specific pets like the Phoenix and the UW Spider, and players can easily farm experience for their pets on their own in explorable areas.

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We do not need more titles, and this one is biased on class requirement
You mean secondary proffession requirement? Pretty sure anyone can go /R once they have ascended, not really biased at all.

Signed if more options were given in relation to pets, maybe a stable of some kind perhaps for a start.

As for grinding, a decent player could probably do this within a week at the most.

Enon

Enon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Taking a dip at Nundu Bay

Quote:
Originally Posted by mathiastemplar View Post
U could just tame the pet, and go back to mo/w or whatever..
The idea is that you get your pet to 20. Try reading before posting next time!

Agreed with MagmaRed.


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Originally Posted by Unreal Havoc View Post
You mean secondary proffession requirement? Pretty sure anyone can go /R once they have ascended, not really biased at all.
I don't completely agree with that. All though everyone is able to get */R, a R/* has an advantage over the rest. While a Ranger can run any build, he just has to sacrifice one skill slot to Charm Animal, a */R can't. They are bound to use a Ranger's secondary, which is useless for most professions.

Kook~NBK~

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Mar 2005

A little chalet outside Drok's

Natural Born Killaz

Quote:
Originally Posted by Enon View Post
... While a Ranger can run any build, he just has to sacrifice one skill slot to Charm Animal, a */R can't. They are bound to use a Ranger's secondary, which is useless for most professions.
Actually, a mid or back line profession can equip Charm Animal only. Just be sure to set the pet to "Heel" and it will pretty much stay out of combat. I leveled up a Rainbow Phoenix by Vanquishing this way and had no problems.

As for the OP's suggestion: /not signed. It'd be too easy to achieve in conjunction with other titles such as Vanquishing, Cartography, Protector, etc. (But it would be kinda fun to do just to say "I did it.")

Unreal Havoc

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Join Date: Dec 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Enon View Post
I don't completely agree with that. All though everyone is able to get */R, a R/* has an advantage over the rest. While a Ranger can run any build, he just has to sacrifice one skill slot to Charm Animal, a */R can't. They are bound to use a Ranger's secondary, which is useless for most professions.
You guys are acting like it's hard to charm and level up a pet or that it gimps you really badly.

I look at it like this. I can go into said explorable area with my heroes and hench, find the pet, flag heroes and death level it, then charm it. Pet acquired with very little effort. How hard is that? How does that gimp my bar in any way when my primary goal is to capture death levelled pet in the easiest manner possible? I don't need any other secondary proffession, neither does anyone else with common sense, if you do then it adds to the challenge of the title.

If you want to charm a pet with your character you will always have to go Ranger secondary (and most people do charm a pet at some point with their main whether they care to admit it or not), it makes absolutely no difference, all that matters is that it's available to everyone to achieve, which it is. I mean you'll be complaining about acquiring Legendary Survivor with a caster because they have lower armour than a Warrior or Paragon, surely that gimps you? No?

You're acting like the only way to level up your pet is to use it in missions and elite areas where running it outside of a pet team build would be an issue. That is not the case, neither is this even hard to implement.

tal raasha

Academy Page

Join Date: Aug 2005

Not Yet Solved [NYS]

E/Me

i can solo farm nm minotaur with e/x with just 5 skills

level'ed a pet to 20 in this way in 30 minutes

having a title like this is pointless

Enon

Enon

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Mar 2006

Taking a dip at Nundu Bay

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kook~NBK~ View Post
Actually, a mid or back line profession can equip Charm Animal only. Just be sure to set the pet to "Heel" and it will pretty much stay out of combat.
I meant... well I meant... I normally never run */R. And I pretty much always use at least one 'vital' (read: useful and needed to run a certain build) secondary skill. From this point of view, equipping a pet with R/* has less 'side-effects' then with */R.

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Originally Posted by Unreal Havoc View Post
I look at it like this. I can go into said explorable area with my heroes and hench, find the pet, flag heroes and death level it, then charm it.
Unlike you, some people like to play the game the normal way, rather than death leveling a pet or (ab)using brawling to get to LS.

If this title does get implemented, which it probably won't anyway, I wouldn't want to death level my pet. I would simply want to take it with me on missions, vanquishes etc. From this point of view a Ranger has an advantages over any other profession, because it's not being forced to use the Ranger secondary, which is useless for casters.

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Originally Posted by Unreal Havoc View Post
I mean you'll be complaining about acquiring Legendary Survivor with a caster because they have lower armour than a Warrior or Paragon, surely that gimps you? No?
No, because the different profession do not only have different armours, they also have different roles in the game play.

Try to think outside the box for once, cupcake. Not everybody does things your way.

Unreal Havoc

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2007

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Originally Posted by Enon View Post
Unlike you, some people like to play the game the normal way, rather than death leveling a pet or (ab)using brawling to get to LS.
Unlike me? Whatever floats your boat. However who are you to tell anyone else how to play the game? I'll play the game how I damn well please, I care less of what you or anyone else thinks about how I may or may not achieve a title in a videogame.

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If this title does get implemented, which it probably won't anyway, I wouldn't want to death level my pet. I would simply want to take it with me on missions, vanquishes etc. From this point of view a Ranger has an advantages over any other profession, because it's not being forced to use the Ranger secondary, which is useless for casters.
And like anything else in this game, it's your choice to do it that way, no one is forcing you to. Oh wait, a Ranger has the slight advantage because Charming an animal is within its proffessions attribute lines, it's such a huge deal, oh noez whatever shall we do?!

Quote:
No, because the different profession do not only have different armours, they also have different roles in the game play.
/Claps

Now you're starting to get the hang of it. Some classes are much easier than others to level up as Legendary Survivors, alot of things can be taken into account for that, I just named one thing.

Quote:
Try to think outside the box for once, cupcake. Not everybody does things your way.
You're right, not everyone does, that's the exact point. Not everyone does things your way either, cupcake.

KamikazeChicken

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Aug 2005

Mo/

I honestly don't care. I don't have a chance to get Survivor or LDoA, but at least with this I wouldn't have to max Kurzick, not that it's a good idea for a title. >.>

MStarfire

MStarfire

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Nov 2007

[SOS]

Rt/

/notsigned. I can level a pet to 20 in about an hour. I'd max this title in 2 days.

No more titles on silver platters, please.

stevedallas

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

NY

The Ebon Vanguard

W/

/signed

i think this would be a fun title to pursue

Aldric

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Jul 2007

[IG]

R/

/notsigned

I'm a Ranger primary and have chopped and changed pets a bit and getting a pet to lvl20 takes 30mins or so. This title would result in nothing more than a days work to max and get back to my favoured Polar Bear.

I know some people would run the pets through to lvl20 via the game but for another free and easy title the majority of people would just max it the same as me ,then forget it and never use a pet again.

Chthon

Grotto Attendant

Join Date: Apr 2007

I would rather have a Stablemaster NPC. I'd be happy with the title in addition to the Stablemaster though.

Hailey Anne

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Sep 2007

A/E

Quote:
Originally Posted by MagmaRed View Post
Not available to people playing classes other than Ranger unless they go x/R just for a pet. And if you mean to tell me a Mo/R using a pet and healing a team is effective, you suck.

We do not need more titles, and this one is biased on class requirement.

/unsigned
While I dont want new titles and /notsigned from me.
Youre reasoning for a no sign is horrible as usual.
First just because a Mo/R tames a pet doesnt mean they will be running around all the time with it.
Second this isnt biased in the least. Beast mastery is not primary attribute therefore can be used effectively by ANY class.
Third who says a monk has to heal anyway? Ever thought maybe they have beated things enough times that they want to mix it up a bit? Probably not since you are so quick to /no sign everything and tell people they suck or how horrible they are.

/still notsigned from me evern though I really disagree with this reasoning.

warrior running

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Jun 2008

The Cape Is A Lie[Trim]

W/E

/notsigned no reason for this

_Nihilist_

_Nihilist_

Will Bull's Strike for $!

Join Date: Apr 2006

Isle of the Dead

/signed

*on the condition that a Stablemaster or equivalent NPC was added, or better, if you could add your pet in the Party Menu like you can with Heroes (where DO those Heroes go when I'm not using them? Are pets THAT different in regards to having MULTIPLE choices but limited slots for them, or keeping their own separate levels until they gain more XP? NO, THEY AREN'T. Pets even have a mini-bar that acts like a Hero's skillbar (O.o)), provided that you had Charm Animal on your skillbar so that I didn't have to level them just to give them to a Tamer and never see them again so I could get the next Pet and train it to do the same thing.

Leona

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Jul 2008

Madtown

Mock Speed [kd]

Mo/

/notsigned.
Titles are supposed to be about something that you do in the game (for fun already,) to show off either your tremendous waste of time and effort achieving something else (which does include, notably, getting hammered or buzzed in the guild hall so much that it incurs Lordly wrath) or your good, profitable use of time and energy (like the Deep and Warren titles, or something.) Grindtastic titles get kicked in the throat by angry Gurumites as is, and we don't need any more,specially something as silly and neurotic as pet-training, an exercise fully futile for anyone other than a Ranger. (Possible? Yes. of any use? No.) Even for a Ranger, having a pet is of questionable use in most circumstances, especially the non-gimmicky (Lordrush, I'm looking at you.)

pumpkin pie

pumpkin pie

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Jul 2006

behind you

bumble bee

E/

/signed if it comes with a stable

credit

credit

Banned

Join Date: Jan 2008

Team Apathy [aFk]

W/P

uhm lol?

/notsigned for obvious reasons.

Unreal Havoc

Guest

Join Date: Dec 2007

Quote:
Originally Posted by Leona View Post
/notsigned.
Titles are supposed to be about something that you do in the game (for fun already,) to show off either your tremendous waste of time and effort achieving something else (which does include, notably, getting hammered or buzzed in the guild hall so much that it incurs Lordly wrath) or your good, profitable use of time and energy (like the Deep and Warren titles, or something.) Grindtastic titles get kicked in the throat by angry Gurumites as is, and we don't need any more,specially something as silly and neurotic as pet-training, an exercise fully futile for anyone other than a Ranger. (Possible? Yes. of any use? No.) Even for a Ranger, having a pet is of questionable use in most circumstances, especially the non-gimmicky (Lordrush, I'm looking at you.)
Yet we already get rewarded with nice statues in our Hall of Monuments for levelling pets up, no? Yet that's ok...

I agree that it would be pretty easy to achieve compared to other titles, not that that is nessacarily a bad thing, except maybe to those who like to stroke their E-peen because they think their titles actually mean something to other gamers, but half the reasons I've read against it so far are lolworthy.

Nathaniel (Was 'ere)

Nathaniel (Was 'ere)

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2009

A/

/Signed.


If they bring a pet barn etc. out in GW 2 then this'd be a good title. As for now, I don't really want to get rid of my pet. I <3 him.

Wubbies

Wubbies

Academy Page

Join Date: Dec 2008

Bananna Dipper

It Varies

W/

/notsigned.... great more silly titles..might as well hang out with those worthless people that use yeti tonics and make more noise..so annoying like another title.

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

A title for a single profession...?

I see...

No.

It's bad enough to have a title that can be obtained only by characters of a campaign or a title that can be tried only once.

No need for more bad titles. Only the questing title is left. Only that one.

Nathaniel (Was 'ere)

Nathaniel (Was 'ere)

Academy Page

Join Date: Jan 2009

A/

Quote:
Originally Posted by MithranArkanere View Post
A title for a single profession...?

I see...

No.

It's bad enough to have a title that can be obtained only by characters of a campaign or a title that can be tried only once.

No need for more bad titles. Only the questing title is left. Only that one.
Well, maybe we need one title per proffession. A kill-count for Sins etc?

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Yeah, and resurrections for monks?
No.
Titles should be for doing something you do while playing, not for doing something you can repeat again and again, forgetting about the rest of the game.

The Wisdom and Treasure hunter where changed so people could go for them while playing, without having to stick to one character.

So no.