then why do bonding stones exist? You cant dismiss that fact by calling it "bs" lol
Because cryptic aren't so good at designing balanced content. They seem to opt more to introduce progressively more imbalance that will drive the whales to open their wallets.
Augments are still perfectly sufficient for all the content in the game. Bonding Runestones are just the next step up.
@wentris, I wouldn't agree. Practically speaking normal companions are not supposed to give you any stats, because that'd make choosing augments dumb and they'll be extinct. Augments are meant to boost stats whereas the other companions are supposed to act as an additional party member. Bondings are BS actually and are not supposed to exist. If they feel people are blindly choosing augments they should make these companions stronger (like a 1.5k intelligent player who knows how to play).
Finally, Augments are supposed to give stats and Others are supposed to help you. @strumslinger, don't you think?
It could easily be argued that Augments should never have been introduced as they are not true companions. Rather, they are armour/gear enhancements so should never have been allowed to occupy an active companion slot. A more appropriate location would have been an (armour only perhaps) utility slot along with the restriction that you could only have one installed at any given time, though it could go in any free utility slot.
You know yeti doesnt proc as fast as warlock but the passive that gives u 10% dps (bloodthirsty) does proc very often, thats a huge advantage in my opinion...
Blink Dog. Of coarse, the shadow demon and lightfoot thief/mercenary are better then the blink dog, but those are more expensive then the zhent lock.
Sooo, in your opinion, the Mercenary is better than the Zhentarim? What does it do better? (not being sarcastic, I'm just curious) I've been thinking about getting the Heirloom pack for the Mercenary (playing on XB1) We just got the Zhentarim from the Winter Festival, and so far it works out pretty good for my CW, just wish we would get the Loyal Avenger items... Although I'm considering trying a Yeti to draw some aggro from my poor, squishy CW...
The Lightfoot Thief (which I use) is good because it shadowsteps right behind the target and essentially gets into combat just as fast as the warlock or a ranged striker. He also is a baddie and stands in the red and dies, but this just leads to stacking of the bonding buff when he resurrects and thus is not so bad at all.
The zhentarim warlock is still probably the best choice for consistent output (then again so is a straight augment), but maybe not for min/max purposes.
There's been plenty of testing and talk of this in the SW class forum, feel free to peruse from some of the more vocal experimenters there.
-Dag
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tripsofthrymrMember, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 1,624Community Moderator
The Book Imp works out wonderfully for my CW. It has base stats that are useful to me and attacks fast enough that I get up to 3 stacks quickly (sometimes even 4 stacks but I gather that is probably a bug).
You know yeti doesnt proc as fast as warlock but the passive that gives u 10% dps (bloodthirsty) does proc very often, thats a huge advantage in my opinion...
Yup, is one of my passive companions. It does indeed proc on you very often, and if not you then your active companion; either way you benefit.
-Dag
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ghoulz66Member, NW M9 PlaytestPosts: 3,748Arc User
Decided to go with a quickling for one of my chars. Fun little buggers.
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The zhentarim warlock is still probably the best choice for consistent output (then again so is a straight augment), but maybe not for min/max purposes.
There's been plenty of testing and talk of this in the SW class forum, feel free to peruse from some of the more vocal experimenters there.
-Dag
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-Dag