Talk:Hounds of Balthazar

Human Racial

How didn't I realise? Ofc Humans are going to use the gods as their racial! I'm such an idiot :P --aut (t) 18:37, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Haha don't worry, I didn't think of it either. Lol now I feel incredibly stupid for not even guessing the gods would be their racial... brb, I'm gonna go hit my head on a wall xD 173.190.17.186 18:39, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

It seemed very obvious to me, avatar forms was the first thing I guessed (to go on par with norn forms). -- Konig/talk 18:47, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

What's the source for all of these racial skills? All I could find was the combat thing and the Elementalist? Taros 20:00, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

Me thinks here But there could be another one. Info overload today hurts my head. --aut (t) 20:04, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

After searching for a half hour, I just found that right after I posted, /sigh. Taros 20:05, 28 April 2010 (UTC)

"Cry havoc! and let slip the Hounds of Balthazar!" ~~ Zahra 21:23:10, 30 August 2010 (UTC)

Any Artwork of the Hounds?

I wonder when we're goin to get some artwork for these beauties. I went looking through all the concetp art to see if I could find any images of them but came up with nothing (I did find some other ace images though). Titan Crow 18:55, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

Was looking around and found this cool picturePtarmigan 19:30, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

they sure match the description FIERY HOUNDS ;3 and it is a human using them so who knows ^^ maybe we'll get those cute fury bastards around soon :D --The Holy Dragons 19:38, 20 August 2010 (UTC)

If someone can get a screen grab, there is an image in the Gamescom 2011 trailer that quickly shows what look to be two Hounds of Balthazar. 24.213.186.130 21:03, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

yea saw it too ^^ --The Holy Dragons 21:21, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

There's now a GW1 version of the creature, course probably look different in GW2. Ramei Arashi 20:19, 26 April 2012 (UTC)

Control

Does anyone yet know if they will be as controllable as normal pets or if they are more like Spirit Weapons in that they'll have but one setting? Also, will they be attackable by enemies like pets or not attackable by enemies like Spirit Weapons? Teddy Dan, yo. 04:23, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

"Does anyone know?" Nope. The only info we have is from an article way way back that gave us the description and that picture that Ptarmigan found. - 05:19, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Okay, thanks. Hopefully sometime in the future some information will be revealed to suggest a yes/no, so hopefully the above question will serve to spark discussion for anyone interested. If not, so be it. Teddy Dan, yo. 05:39, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

It would also be nice to know the recharge time of the skill and summon duration of the hounds.

Although, after reading the descriptions of some of the other skills already revealed, it might be possiblle that after being summoned they last untill slain and that once summoned the skill may change (like the minion skills) to another skill that may allow for some minor control. For example, an attack skill allowing for them to make an attack on a selected target or a buff to increase their damage or speed etc... I do doubt that they will have any additional controle though as that would probably require more UI, and it is unlikely that extra UI would be added just for one skill. Titan Crow 15:54, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

There's a ranger skill that summons two of the character's other pets to the field with its main, but it's still unspecified if the player's control of those pets will change in any way. That and the automatic Defend mode (save for Command, which only performs one action before dismissing the weapon) of spirit weapons are what sparked my curiosity. As with Alpha Strike and spirit weapons, HoB will probably have a set duration, but that much is only speculation. Teddy Dan, yo. 22:56, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

I tested this skill this beta weekend, and I can tell you that you have no control whatsoever over the hounds, and they last 30 seconds. - Tulen elementti (talk) 12:13, 10 June 2012 (UTC)

inconsistent?

How do we get them? I could've sworn the Gods had stopped answering our prayers. A F K When Needed 20:54, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

No, they just distanced themselves from the events happening in the world and from directly influencing stuff. The prayer abilities are probably largely magic. Or something. Zolann The Irreverent 21:29, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Although they still answer prayers, they do not intervene - movement of the world, ascalon kryta and orr - Getefix 21:39, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

M'bad, thanks for the info :3 A F K When Needed 21:46, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

I rather suspect that they will play a part in the human story line as they are far too big a part of the GW lore to be dropped. In my personal opinion anyway. Titan Crow 22:01, 21 April 2011 (UTC)

Dwayna's almost tempting enough to play human.

Always been a fan of her... A F K When Needed 08:25, 22 April 2011 (UTC)

Animation picture

To people that know how to put the picture in the for hounds better (I accidentally put it under "animation" picture?)

http://image.jeuxvideo.com/images/pc/g/u/guild-wars-2-pc-1313568909-276.jpg

Picture I think would be good to show it before people can supply better edited pictures. Thanks! --The preceding unsigned comment was added by User:Rss122 (talk).

Skill Notes

Is it only me or does this skill only summon two dogs? 109.90.213.154 20:57, 26 March 2012 (UTC)

Found a video which confirms my assumption. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS7m80Of-Zs&feature=plcp&context=C419226cVDvjVQa1PpcFNUcyfI56glqnPTtf0w3yQRM6mMcaCK5ZI= at 3:03 81.210.163.57 08:07, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Hounds seem to last for 30 seconds and has about 240 sec recharge according to the video. --213.118.51.162 15:39, 29 March 2012 (UTC)

Possible Trivia

Dogs of War, Hounds of Balthazar (The God of War) I am not a common editor so I will leave it to someone more skilled to actually do an edit. --The preceding unsigned comment was added by 192.168.104.83 (talk).

One of the best

(If not the best) racial elites. Constant burning, leap damage is very good, and 30 seconds long. These hounds just... well, are amazing. I've tried other races elites out and humans have it good. But the prayer to dwayna skill might as well not been implemented in GW2, cause no one will use it. 76.164.103.188 07:05, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

I use it because it's a very strong direct heal. Given it does not give any conditional effects but it can easily restore 65-70% of your health. Da Mystic Reaper 20:26, 23 October 2012 (UTC)

Feedback 2019/06/21

What are their actual skills? --MissRae (talk) 21:56, 21 June 2019 (UTC)