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bellylint
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In the initial levels of this game, a pet will show true powers, you will survive dungeons because you have a pet and realize that most pets will rarely die.
This said, as you level higher and higher, the table turns, pets become a serious problem, and eventually at some point, pets will become a liability, they will be counter-productive in the sense you will spend more time in a given boss fight resing them than working on the boss itself.
The fact is, pets have the most terrible AI I have seen in all the games I have played, this is also compounded by the fact that many mobs, bosses will use special aoes which pets just cannot avoid because they have zero code to avoid the obvious and I am not talking about a 3 s to aoe and boom dead, I'm talking about the long lasting red zones which pets will gladly stand on until they are dead and they seem to enjoy testing these zones to see how fast they can die.
What is needed badly are pet commands, basic pet interaction like telling your healer pet not to charger ahead or taking on mobs on her own which anyone wonders why this is happening in the first place.
Of course, a basic pet AI overhaul is needed, that isn't even something I should have to mention.
This said, as you level higher and higher, the table turns, pets become a serious problem, and eventually at some point, pets will become a liability, they will be counter-productive in the sense you will spend more time in a given boss fight resing them than working on the boss itself.
The fact is, pets have the most terrible AI I have seen in all the games I have played, this is also compounded by the fact that many mobs, bosses will use special aoes which pets just cannot avoid because they have zero code to avoid the obvious and I am not talking about a 3 s to aoe and boom dead, I'm talking about the long lasting red zones which pets will gladly stand on until they are dead and they seem to enjoy testing these zones to see how fast they can die.
What is needed badly are pet commands, basic pet interaction like telling your healer pet not to charger ahead or taking on mobs on her own which anyone wonders why this is happening in the first place.
Of course, a basic pet AI overhaul is needed, that isn't even something I should have to mention.
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I hate the cap, too, though
Right now the Companions are a great idea that failed miserably.
Probably one solution is making pets use ALL armor not just 2 pieces, or at the very least, use all armor 'cept weapon so that this helps in defense.
Of course, a review of the AI is automatic here, the AI must be smarter if pet is ever to survive, what most of us are looking for is a helper not something that hinders gameplay.
Also, they need to change the code for attack, to start attacking when i do and not just stand there and watch as ten mobs run up on me.
That's frustrating and the classes that heal need to stay back and heal, they don't need to do any attacking at all because they get enough aggro as it is. 0 aggro for healers needed imo companion or not.
You know you tell in zone chat "pet are dumb they always get agro" and a smart cookie replies "just take agro first your pet will always be safe", to that I don't even bother replying anymore but here's this nice little example of how dumb things can get with a pet.
I'm level 60, I do blacklake kidnapping on a regular basis as a foundry repeat. Once inside I eventually get hulks, massives but can be easily avoided. So there's another hulk, I rush to it so my pet can't follow fast enough, do at least 20-25k damage on it before my pet does it's little 35 on it and guess what? After dishing out all that damage, hulk decide I am not the threat anymore, my cleric is. Goes her, does his usually 2 hits which I cannot prevent at all, and boom pet drops, it's always like that, always it has become a silly routine now.
Now here's my question... why would her 35 (keep in mind I got zero damage, hulk didn't hit me once) suddenly agro hulk when I dished out so much damage hulk is at half damage before she does her tiny little 35 and now she become a super threat that must be dealt with right away?
Are you a TR? If yes, did you put points into the threat reductions? If yes, there's your answer.
Hulks have really weird agro. They seem to completely ignore GF aoe taunt for instance.
This is an open beta. Start treating it like one.
Yeah on the up side he rips at her instead of me but it's not like mind fighting a hulk, they are easy targets to avoid, I just wish I would understand why that pervert wants my virgin cleric dead so much.
We already told you
That would be ideal, while they can still be stupid at times, it's nice being able to tell them to attack what mob first, or go stand where.
I strongly disagree thought that the companions are useless, they are awesome, as long as you aren't trying to use a white one in higher zones. My bird almost never dies, except for huge boss fights, and the stone is great for getting stronger stats. People just need to get past using the healer, and learning to watch their own health and use potions.
Floating weapon pets don't seem to move to engage :P They're incredibly sad companions.
I don't think it would be game breaking to have companions always try to be at the mobs back (if they arent the tank companions).
I can't think of anything short of innate defense values upwards of 10000 that would compensate for the lack of companion hp. I've got the jagged weapon pet up to level 14 atm and it has ~8k hp...with a defense value of 0. Pretty much anything in a t2 dungeon 1 shots it accidently. Another 10 levels will not change the defense value which means it'll accidentally be getting hit for 15-25k routinely.
I was responding to the guys asking me if I was TR
No companion control, and they don't level to max with you, there had to be a massive cost associated with it.
Companion training not in game? On purpose the milk the whales further.
Despite being fully leveled and even equipped in decent gear, she (a dps warrior) does like 60 damage a hit. Why bother?
Some of them can be runed to give you stats.
Mimic Chests eat companions so fast it's kinda fun to watch
To be fair, Mimic chests eats almost everything fast..
This is an open beta. Start treating it like one.
Wow, are they saying that's an exploit? I do it all the time and have been telling people in general chat to do it. I figured it was just in there because they have buttons for the diamond vendor, the currency exchange, the invocation coins exchange, zen market, and Rhix so I thought it was just another easy access to a vendor type. If they say that's an exploit, they need to make it clear and why is there basically a button for it. Easy fix, just remove that last set of buttons...