Panther Bonus

mikewho

I was wondering if anyone else has attempted to use the panther comp bonus ( 10%dmg to rooted targets) and hasn’t seen the dmg. The issue I’m having is using my Ranger I root the target with hindering strike and start my at wills . For just a millisecond after I use hindering strike the panther bonus pops up in my hud buff bar, but just as soon as I use my first at will ( which is literally a millisecond) the bonus drops and I don’t see the dmg rise any compared to my normal hits.

idthrennion

Hmmm, i can't believe it's taken so long for me to see this.
I literally just set this up on my ranger along with setting Crushing Roots feat that doubles the time that they are rooted, too.
I set it up and then got called away to something that required a different toon, and haven't gotten back to my Ranger yet.


UPDATE:
OK, i spent a good hour and a half testing panthers instinct, and see no evidence that the panther even had an instinct to begin with.

I ran this thing over and over again on video to watch the buff icons as they triggered while also recording the real time combat report. As I went ape on both living breathing things and practice dummies alike, i removed all equipment including mount and companion powers and left nothing to interfere with the melee and ranged weapons and the panthers lack of instinct. I also moved my feats around and put it on crushing roots to keep the root held longer.

There is nothing that says that panthers instinct(PI) has triggered, and its the same damage as an unbuffed, naked ranger deals with or without PI slotted.

I replaced this, and it ruined a silly combo that i looked forward to trying that included PI, Crushing Roots, and the companion 'Cockatrice'. A silly combo, but fun I am sure, if PI would've worked right--(no i did not expect huge damage output from this, nor any other real benefit other than personal amusement).

Thanks for asking that question. You saved me some frustration before I had to get frustrated with it by playing it. Its bad enough i had PI slotted for as long as i did (a couple months).

A lesson to you all: ALWAYS TEST YOUR EQUIPMENT AND COMBOS AND MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKS. That is what the practice dummies are for.

Good Journey to all, and have fun.

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idthrennion

I'll give that a shot tonight, we happen to have one sitting in our guild bank for almost two months now. Poor Guy. Time for to use him for experiments. (after making certain nobody wants him for other reasons--although, if it works, wonderful--working or not, he'd be bound to me regardless.

mikewho

@idthrennion#8157
Ty for replying on that, the panther would be nice if it worked.The only thing I haven’t done is got someone else to root a target and see if it gives you the dmg buff, but I imagine it’s probably doesn’t work at all. But just to address the issue with a alternative is the Hunting Hawk . It’s for Ranged and the further you get from your target it does A max of 8% more dmg to at wills. It doesn’t say that exactly but that’s how it works and unfortunately not on encounters.,,,, BUT when your in melee stance it’s actually giving the 8% up close so it works pretty good for both paths of the Ranger, I also alternatively equip a 4K pwr and then a 4% sev bonus in the slot for comparison and the hunting hawk did more damage On my at wills than either One of those😉. I’m not exactly sure if it’s meant to behave like that. But with the panther bonus broke it’s kinda our best alternative, cause I’m also not seeing a gain off the siege master either. But I imagine Cryptic has bigger fish to fry than our little at will comp issues so they’ll probably all stay that way for a while. But I’m cool with it lol the hunting hawk works fine and I don’t wanna sound like these whinny players that just complain about everything the company tries to do to please us😂