March 25, 201510 yr As usual, sorry if already reported Steps: Make a ranger. Level up your own Athletics for comparison. Travel about 20-30 hours. Check your character panel for pet current buffs/debuffs (bottom of panel) after zoning. Note: This might not be a bug per se, but if it isn't, it's a massive oversight as a Ranger is to some extend the pet, and vice versa. There are two solutions here that I can see: Either link pet athletics to owner (allows for perfect synergy) or put some very high default Athletics on the pet (something like 8-10) so that even if Ranger is tired, his companion is not.