The Siege Master Reports In!

strumslinger

With the time spent nurturing your stronghold, it’s time we released a companion that benefits directly from it. Announcing the Siege Master companion, available for purchase in the Zen Market on December 17! http://www.arcgames.com/en/games/neverwinter/news/detail/9703533

kreatyve

I need that one. My GWF still doesn't do enough damage. This one will help it a bunch. I don't know which companion I'll replace it with, but I want this one.

instynctive

@kreatyve.. let us talk sometime about GWFs. :-)

kreatyve

@instynctive While that's off topic of this thread, feel free to send me a PM here on the forums or a mail in game about GWF, though I'm no expert.

This companion looks like it will be great for every class though, really. Who doesn't want to do more damage?

argrosch

So, does this companions active bonus also work on Strongholds-PvP? If yes this would be quite OP - if not, well active companion bouses should still be removed from Stronholds...

kolatmaster

Well... I'm sold! lol

mirlegris

Interesting but, few questions :

Active bonus work in pvpSH ?

Bonus in epic and legendary quality ?

versacevercetti

Companion bonus work on pvpSH siege. You can see on the image that it is blue

gankdalf

What is the EPIC damage bonus?

Blue:
His initial Active Bonus gives you a 3% increase in damage. If you’re in the stronghold map, this bonus increases to 7%.

Purple:
His initial Active Bonus gives you a X% increase in damage. If you’re in the stronghold map, this bonus increases to X%.

??

darkstarcrash

If it's consistent with other companions, bonus damage should be 5% at epic, but I guess we will see tomorrow.

gankdalf

Purple:
His initial Active Bonus gives you a 4% increase in damage. If you’re in the stronghold map, this bonus increases to 8%.

CONFIRMED. So its a let down. Should have been 5% instead of 4.

mrshabok

Available on xbox as well?

lirithiel

Such a blatant and obvious money grab. Regardless of it being 4 or 5% at epic, everyone will want one because of the direct damage boost. Oh and it just adds to the ever-growing power creep...

oldbaldyone

Next mod, additional active companion slot!

ironzerg79

lirithiel said:

Such a blatant and obvious money grab. Regardless of it being 4 or 5% at epic, everyone will want one because of the direct damage boost. Oh and it just adds to the ever-growing power creep...

Obviously they're looking for money. That's why it's on sale in the Zen store, a place where players exchange money for items.

And it makes perfect sense that they'd include things people WANT to buy.

I'm not sure what the problem is...3-4% extra damage is a great bonus, but it's hardly game changing.

malabogpigfeeder

ironzerg79 said:

lirithiel said:

Such a blatant and obvious money grab. Regardless of it being 4 or 5% at epic, everyone will want one because of the direct damage boost. Oh and it just adds to the ever-growing power creep...

Obviously they're looking for money. That's why it's on sale in the Zen store, a place where players exchange money for items.

And it makes perfect sense that they'd include things people WANT to buy.

I'm not sure what the problem is...3-4% extra damage is a great bonus, but it's hardly game changing.

Exactly, there are peopple runing with cambion magus, sword, erynes and archons, between this one and those the difference is minimal.

gomok72

Getting this companion, good addition to a dps SW's aresenal.

mrgiggles651

ironzerg79 said:

lirithiel said:

Such a blatant and obvious money grab. Regardless of it being 4 or 5% at epic, everyone will want one because of the direct damage boost. Oh and it just adds to the ever-growing power creep...

Obviously they're looking for money. That's why it's on sale in the Zen store, a place where players exchange money for items.

And it makes perfect sense that they'd include things people WANT to buy.

I'm not sure what the problem is...3-4% extra damage is a great bonus, but it's hardly game changing.

The standard straight damage boost companion (ones with +Power stat) give +190 power at blue level. Since the stat curve is about +400 equals 1%, the seige master's straight +3% (at blue level, shown in the screenshot from Cryptic) is the equivalent of about +1200 power. This means the siege master is roughly six times as good as any normal damage boosting companion on regular maps. That's why it's a problem.

darkstarcrash

mrgiggles651 said:

The standard straight damage boost companion (ones with +Power stat) give +190 power at blue level. Since the stat curve is about +400 equals 1%, the seige master's straight +3% (at blue level, shown in the screenshot from Cryptic) is the equivalent of about +1200 power. This means the siege master is roughly six times as good as any normal damage boosting companion on regular maps. That's why it's a problem.

People aren't comparing the Siege Master to stat companions, they're comparing them to those with good active bonuses. Stat-increasing companions look bad in comparison to lots of companions.

Off the top of my head (values at blue level):
Air Archon: Increases your damage to targets not at full health by 3%
Dancing Blade: 3% crit severity
Earth Archon: Increases your damage to targets by 4% when you are at full health
Erinyes of Belial: 5% crit severity
Fire Archon: Increases your damage against targets with less than 50% HPs by 5%

plus the ones that give bleeds or poison damage (Wererat, Lightfoot Thief), or that reflect damage(Blacksmith), or that give bonus combat advantage damage (Blink Dog, Intellect Devourer).

So 3% bonus damage is right in line with lots of other companions.

mrgiggles651

darkstarcrash said:

mrgiggles651 said:

The standard straight damage boost companion (ones with +Power stat) give +190 power at blue level. Since the stat curve is about +400 equals 1%, the seige master's straight +3% (at blue level, shown in the screenshot from Cryptic) is the equivalent of about +1200 power. This means the siege master is roughly six times as good as any normal damage boosting companion on regular maps. That's why it's a problem.

People aren't comparing the Siege Master to stat companions, they're comparing them to those with good active bonuses. Stat-increasing companions look bad in comparison to lots of companions.

Off the top of my head (values at blue level):
Air Archon: Increases your damage to targets not at full health by 3%
Dancing Blade: 3% crit severity
Earth Archon: Increases your damage to targets by 4% when you are at full health
Erinyes of Belial: 5% crit severity
Fire Archon: Increases your damage against targets with less than 50% HPs by 5%

plus the ones that give bleeds or poison damage (Wererat, Lightfoot Thief), or that reflect damage(Blacksmith), or that give bonus combat advantage damage (Blink Dog, Intellect Devourer).

So 3% bonus damage is right in line with lots of other companions.

The problem is you can't directly compare against those because they are not the same type of bonus (straight damage). The other problem would be that the seige master still gives a better straight up bonus than every one you listed (except possibly earth archon if you are a character who is rarely taking damage).

santralafax

darkstarcrash said:

So 3% bonus damage is right in line with lots of other companions.

Since it is a straight DPS boost, not requiring any special circumstances, I'd say it has *some* edge. Pushing the boundaries, but not by a lot.

zedda82

mrgiggles651 said:

darkstarcrash said:

mrgiggles651 said:

The standard straight damage boost companion (ones with +Power stat) give +190 power at blue level. Since the stat curve is about +400 equals 1%, the seige master's straight +3% (at blue level, shown in the screenshot from Cryptic) is the equivalent of about +1200 power. This means the siege master is roughly six times as good as any normal damage boosting companion on regular maps. That's why it's a problem.

People aren't comparing the Siege Master to stat companions, they're comparing them to those with good active bonuses. Stat-increasing companions look bad in comparison to lots of companions.

Off the top of my head (values at blue level):
Air Archon: Increases your damage to targets not at full health by 3%
Dancing Blade: 3% crit severity
Earth Archon: Increases your damage to targets by 4% when you are at full health
Erinyes of Belial: 5% crit severity
Fire Archon: Increases your damage against targets with less than 50% HPs by 5%

plus the ones that give bleeds or poison damage (Wererat, Lightfoot Thief), or that reflect damage(Blacksmith), or that give bonus combat advantage damage (Blink Dog, Intellect Devourer).

So 3% bonus damage is right in line with lots of other companions.

The problem is you can't directly compare against those because they are not the same type of bonus (straight damage). The other problem would be that the seige master still gives a better straight up bonus than every one you listed (except possibly earth archon if you are a character who is rarely taking damage).

Erinyes of Belial is strictly better than Siege Master for invisible Tricksters, Eye of the Storm Control Wizards, and BIS Great Weapon Fighters. 5>3