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hycinthus
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During the exploit, why did people sell cats? Is cat a good companion, what does it do? Isn't a character companion better since they can assist in fighting instead of vanity pets?
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Yes, so this is like the cleric companion, where you put enchantment, and 3% of the stats is transferred to you?
Even if you have a purple fighting companion, it's max level is only 30 - that's pretty much useless when you hit 60. The cleric is somewhat useful still because it heals a percentage of health, but it dies very fast in epic dungeons - really only good for maintenance heals while soloing.
The cat (or ioun stones) are much much more helpful - they transfer 100% of the stats of any item you equip them with to you. This can mean a big boost. There is no other companion that competes for doing dungeon raids, and honestly, it's quite possible you'll find you do better with an augment than a cleric companion even while soloing.
WHAT? 100%?? So this is like wearing 2 of the same items? I thought it's 3%?
This is not true, you do not get 100T% stats, it's 7, 8, 0 % stats/
The cats are nice but really it was more that they could show off their astral diamonds since the cats cost lots and lots of AD.
Oh and cats are not vanity pets. Every item worn by them directly boosts the player and the cat itself boosts the player.
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Why?
For dps it provides the highest amount of damage a companion can provide. The 3 items you give to cat are as if you wear them and that is much much more damage than what any other companion can do. Only thing is you are to do the damage not the companion.
Or maybe they just like cats. I'd get one if I could afford it.
Yes it is true, all the stats from the ring/belt/neck you put on the cat are transferred directly to you. All the bonuses from the runes are also given to the owner. My cat currently gives me in total about 2000 bonus stats.
As for the OP: AD is capped at 100 Million, cats are bought from a vendor for 910k. Cats have no limit so if you're generating unlimited AD cats are the best way to succeed the cap.
My understanding of companions is that a rank 30 companion is the equivalent of a level 60 character. That rank does not equal level.
I don't have a cat, so I can't say from first hand experience, BUT - here's a screenshot I found that shows a cat transferring 100% of the stats - look at the "summoning bonus" to the right and the stats to the left:
That would be cool, but I have a lvl 30 dire wolf with good lvl 60 gear on it and it's pretty worthless in combat. It's not totally useless, but the lvl 15 cleric is more useful, lol.
I walked into a crowded guild meeting one time, in the guild's large tower, with at least 30 or 40 members present, and set a couple dozen of my cats off, screaming and meowing everywhere.
Yeah...it was really only funny the first time I did it.
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And that's why the Cat is preferred: because it scales "best" for lv 60 content. I actually think the Ioun Stone of Allure would be better, but the Cat is the easiest to get with AD.
Not to mention it's probably the most sellable high AD item.
This is an open beta. Start treating it like one.
However, the reason behind the Cat trading was their hopes that a rollback wouldn't occur and they would have converted their AD into a less obvious form of 'currency' which could then be sold after everything blew over.