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Aura of Solitude

fizgigtiznalkie#4436 fizgigtiznalkie
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Can anyone confirm if your companion (non-augment) still counts as an ally? Does this only work with an augment still? All the info I can find is from 2015.

What about random people not in your group?

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    armadeonxarmadeonx Member Posts: 4,952 Arc User
    According to Sharpedge's compendium yes it does count - there hasn't been an update to this aspect. I suspect players not in your group also count as they are regarded as 'friendlies' but I've not bothered testing it as I use a normal companion.
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    fizgigtiznalkie#4436 fizgigtiznalkie
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    That would make this completely useless then.
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    bullrathbullrath Member Posts: 16 Arc User
    edited April 2017
    Anyone even use this Aura ?
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    dupeksdupeks Member Posts: 1,789 Arc User
    bullrath said:

    Anyone even use this Aura ?

    Not that I know of, because:
    fizgigtiznalkie#4436 said:

    That would make this completely useless then.

    I suppose it's possible to run it if you are soloing with an augment in a low population instance :)
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    armadeonxarmadeonx Member Posts: 4,952 Arc User
    Yep it is completely useless and I've never heard of anyone using it - it should apply only to people you're in a team with and not include your companion. This was 'probably' its intention but it was very badly done.

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    fizgigtiznalkie#4436 fizgigtiznalkie
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    Wow, I tested it yesterday, not that I didn't believe anyone, but wanted to confirm it worked at all and under what cases, and it does, as long as your companion in unsummoned.
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    ravenskyaravenskya Member Posts: 1,891 Arc User
    @fizgigtiznalkie#4436 did you go into a populated area? I haven't tested but I was curious if other PC's not in your group would cause it to stop working. Like if you ran into a HE with it on, solo without a companion.
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    thrilk#9892 thrilk
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    If it won't work with a companion then the analysis ends there for me. It is a no go.
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    fizgigtiznalkie#4436 fizgigtiznalkie
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    No, I used the dummies in the stronghold, and yeah, what thrillk said, no reason to continue testing.
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    ravenskyaravenskya Member Posts: 1,891 Arc User
    True, though I was curious if it would work in a "non-grouped" setting if you were running an augment. I don't actually run an augment, I was more just trying to figure out what the devs were thinking when they made that aura.
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    trzebiat#2067 trzebiat
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    There are literally two auras that should be used always - Courage and Wisdom, and couple more depending on situation - Life, Truth. Can we just ignore the existance of other auras?
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    treesclimbertreesclimber Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,161 Arc User
    It is useful if you use courage aura+augment for soloing stuff, you can slot HP on augment and suconsequently increasing aura of courage, if you are justice the cooldown will be useless between fights unless they take a lot of time, it's practically useless, just practically, we did complain when OP got the rework though but nothing was changed XD.

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    armadeonxarmadeonx Member Posts: 4,952 Arc User
    I must say, I've never actually tried testing what it's running without Wisdom. I swap out courage for truth or prot if the team is having a hard time surviving but I've always used Wisdom...
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    ravenskyaravenskya Member Posts: 1,891 Arc User
    A lot of the time I run with people who have maxed DC sigils as their main artifacts or we have a DC in the group as well (don't ask, we are probably the only guild that is almost all tanks and healers so we end up with many healers in a group if we want to play together) - because of the redundancy I tend to run courage/truth or courage/vengeance. If I'm with pugs I'll put wisdom back on and run Courage/Wisdom
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    haden42eehaden42ee Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 62 Arc User
    My Prot Justice OP still runs with owlbear cub (as summoned augment) and uses courage and solitude for solo content. It feels okay, though obviously bondings on a debuff pet would be more effective (and free up the aura slot).
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    darnximxdeaddarnximxdead Member Posts: 36 Arc User
    More or less, it's a PvP Aura an combo with (Stem the tide) when hold a node.
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    bashaho#2614 bashaho
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    I want to bring this subject back to life since we are getting all these patches lately. Can Aura of solitude be fixed so it works with companions and not other players. It would be great for solo questing and help get through solo play better. If you use a ranged companion like (Lillend) you can get AOS to work and it does wonders for solo play. But you don't get combat advantage due to pet being far away. Which is a tolerable trade off because to use combat advantage you have to place yourself on the opposite side of the companion and does not work as good as AOS for solo play. (PLEASE FIX)
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    majorcharvenakmajorcharvenak Member Posts: 783 Arc User
    Just add to the list of the multitude of class powers, feats and abilities that need to be looked at and adjusted. AoS is one, but NOT the only one.
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    hirogardehirogarde Member Posts: 122 Arc User
    edited November 2017
    Honestly, I would be against that change. The 21% damage is significant as it stands. Were it to be allowed with a bonded companion, it would give the devs reason to nerf powershare more.
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    majorcharvenakmajorcharvenak Member Posts: 783 Arc User
    hirogarde said:

    Honestly, I would be against that change. The 21% damage is significant as it stands. Were it to be allowed with a bonded companion, it would give the devs reason to nerf powershare more.

    I was thinking more along the lines of a broader rework of our lesser used powers and abilities. With respect to AoS I wouldn't mind if they reduced the damage a bit but allowed if to work with a companion active so long as you're not teamed. Its less than optimal as it stands now.
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