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dragredder
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all my companions are like weak punching bags at the high lvl dungeons
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Everything but the cat and stone of allure are pretty lame. The striker pets need a serious boost. Especially the Purple ones!
Buy a stone or cat.
At the very least, they need better AI as far as avoiding red circles/AoEs goes and/or blocking in some fashion.
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i plan the same as well however XD as companions current state not sure if it will be worth it XD or if it will die fast XD
which is probably good since if he goes near the enemy he takes a dirt nap real quick.
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You can never have too many stats. Especially when you get an 8% bonus from an Eldritch.
I really like the idea of companions, just like to see them actually live the duration of a fight.
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My green level 20 cleric is more like an undead, should have a zombie appearence instead of her actual tiefling appearence (but still marginally better than the common level 15 cleric).
Even if I quit the game within the next year, I'm marking the first anniversary on my calendar to come back and see everyone that's saved up cash in their coins for that thing. Protector's Enclave is going to look like it got gated to the Seven Heavens or something.
After a year's buildup there's probably no way it can match up to people's expectations though
Can u also make the panther more responsive?
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Yup, I have both. And I never use the Panther. Damage wise its about the same as the Direwolf (per hit), however the LONG animation for the "pounce" effectively lowers DPS and also means that the mob you targeted is usually down by the time if it actually decides to move/attack. I've actually found the Panther to be worse than the Man at Arms (white) companion for doing its job. I think all of the "Striker" Companions suffer from the same flaw in that they do not attempt to gain combat advantage (as a DPS/Rogue companion with lower defences you would think they would act like one). My only suggestion would be to add an AI behaviour for Striker companions to circle around a MoB that has already been placed in melee combat by the player (thus there is now a point to owning Striker companions).
Other suggestion would simply be to add three companion buttons with "Attack", "Defend", "Passive" to combat the awful AI that companions currently have.
I think that the companions are designed for the open world maps. Dungeons are for 5 players and have tougher mobs. Buff the companions for end game dungeons and you would need to make the open world mobs as tough as Dungeon mobs. What messing things up is that the aug companions ARE viable for end game dungeons (although the benfits they offer aren't that massive (even with purple Talismans end game)). My suggestion would be to make aug companions take the same damage as the player (in the case of the stones), so that they stop being the automatic choice for players (ie there is now a point to having other companions types). I take it that they would not last an encounter in an endgame dungeon. But if they can occupy a low end MoB for 15 secs, that a LONG time in a fight. We just need to be able to combat the awful AI they currently have and stop them trying to take down the boss while low end adds are wandering around (perhaps a change to have companions ONLY target adds?).
I think one of the things that needs to go are the excessive knockbacks from companions (I have an Cant Wiz and its crazy the way it flings MoBs around). Instead of KBs, make the current KB abilites simply trigger a "Prone" state (thus you still have the interrupt from the companion without causing the extra adds to a fight which is the bane of the current system).
Second all they need to do is make combat and healing pets immune to dmg... augment pets don't die... that's why they rule. The dmg pets when equipped properly do good dmg and have good abilities... but once you start playing lvl45+ they stand still and die, making then HAMSTER. I have no idea why they thought it would be a good idea to even give them health pools.
If all pets couldn't die (die when u die only) would u switch from an augment? As a cleric I wouldn't but I imagine some ppl would. And why can't we use companions in PvP? I would then most likely use a combat pet that had some cc.
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