Augment or Bonding Companion for GWF

zwalk

I have an anchor with 3 greater Bonding stones but I am. Considering switching. I have heard Augment is the way to go for Mod 10...

Opinions? I don't know that I'll ever get perfect Bonding stones due to their price

muckingfuppet

iv not heard of any changes to none augmented companions in mod 10 so no an augmented companion is not better than a normal bonded companion

mrroofer

They nerfing the companions with bonding stones instead of all 3 bonding stones procing at the same time for let's say all 3 stones are rank 8 35% gift I believe well instead of getting 105% you will only get one 35% at a time at least that's what I hear for mod 10 so if that's true augment all the way

ecrana

muckingfuppet said:

iv not heard of any changes to none augmented companions in mod 10 so no an augmented companion is not better than a normal bonded companion

This ^^^ no changes have been made as of yet to make augments a better option. But i'm sure eventually the complaining minority will be heard and bondings will get nerfed.

sicklikeflu

What is there to complain about?
Bonding stones aren't inaccessible, even to newer players.

Personally I'm hoping for augment changes rather than bonding stone changes, but that's assuming a change HAS to happen. I'm fairly content with how stones work at this point.

xalorus

Bonding by what I know from a few is still the way to go. Why would they want to change the bonding stone format? If you put in the time and effort for getting those things up then you should get a benefit from it. I would say augment is a good substitute (or if you leveling up which seems to me a good purpose for them) until you can get your bonding stones to greater + for a positive contribution to your character.

The whole purpose of those (stones) is to make having a companion along your side viable and it makes the game fun, they can add dps, tank, or heal. Personally I like being able to choose what companions I want with this current mod. If elitists are complain bonding should be nerfed for favor of an augment than I would want an explanation as to why they would think this would be any kind of good?

cscriv79

as i understand it currently bonding stones will proc at different times meaning you can have them stack onto each other giving more % stat than they are supposed to (rank 12 procs giving 95% of the stats then another procs giving 95% of stats including those already gained from the previous proc then the 3rd will proc giving a 3rd increase to the stack), After the change the maximum % of stats gained will be 285% (3 rank 12's) which is more than the 100% of stats given from an augment.

xalorus

Those changes on Xbox one have already taken place. All 3 hit for 285% off of first proc.