[Alent]

I'm somewhat ignorant when it comes to hunters, so forgive me if this is impractical, but as I understand it, Tenacity pets have a standard taunt?

I was just thinking, since Pets don't trigger clouds, would it be possible/practical for a BM hunter's pet to function as the ferryman for guardians to Sara in P1, and free up the tanks to remain close to the camp?

[Warwench]

you mean hunter stand in the center, sends pet to grab add, taut, tells pet to return to hunter?

sounds good in theory, i bet it would be really hard to get working effectively though.

[Alent]

Source: Warwench you mean hunter stand in the center, sends pet to grab add, taut, tells pet to return to hunter? sounds good in theory, i bet it would be really hard to get working effectively though.

Well, or just have the pet attack sara. I would think from what I've seen of the pet AI, that it would try to run straight to her and stand there trying (And failing) to attack her.

Edit: One perk of the pet, is that it would only take less than 30% of the volley and AoE explosion from the guardians, but I don't know if that overshadows their melee or not.

[Magnuss]

Sara is not attackable in P1 so you wouldnt be able to send the pet to her. You could recall the pet to the hunter's position who could be standing on Sara, but chances are the hunter would get gibbed when the incomming guardian blew up. Either way the amount of tanks you need for P1 is equal to or less then the amount of tanks you need for P3. Might as well use a tank that can taunt intelligently, frequently, and add damage so that it doesn't lose aggro. Also the pet taunt is considered overwritable by any conventional player taunt, so that could easily cause issues if the pet taunted when a player tried to pick it up.

[Rukrow]

You could use the other strat for P1 and just have meele follow behind the center cloud "if you follow it you will never spawn, if it catches u, u fail" and have ranged dps to something similiar.

[Splug]

Phase I of the encounter is largely centered on control and positioning. Using a hunter pet as a tank does not benefit either of those goals, as the hunter would at best be forced to stand at the center of the room for the pet recall - meaning you've no fewer players in there than alternate methods.

-Splug