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"blue"companion

vatraxaki2vatraxaki2 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 5 Arc User
edited September 2013 in General Discussion (PC)
hello.i just bought a "blue"quality companion(acolyte of kelemvor)
her max rank is 25.but the 3rd skill unlocks at rank 30.is that means that this skill is useless or it will unlock at max rank of my companion?
thanks
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  • dardovedardove Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    That means unless you upgrade the companion to purple, you won't get access to it.
  • stercogburnstercogburn Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users Posts: 214 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2013
    You'll have to spend 750,000 AD to upgrade it to purple or you never get the skill.

    From personal experience that particular companion is dreadful for solo play. I've been told its good at rank 30 for group play.

    But 750K AD to upgrade? Can't see me ever spending that. Others may see it as a worthwhile use of their hard earned.
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  • melodywhrmelodywhr Member Posts: 4,220 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    anyone upgrade the cat or the ioun stone of allure to epic? is there any real value to doing that?
  • alandoril1alandoril1 Member Posts: 116 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    It doesn't matter what companion you're using, it is never worth spending 750k AD to upgrade them from blue to purple.
  • xellizxelliz Member Posts: 955 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    melodywhr wrote: »
    anyone upgrade the cat or the ioun stone of allure to epic? is there any real value to doing that?

    While I have not personally, there are topics discussing this. Short answer is no. Long answer is no, because you gain about 30 pts in stats for the cost of 750k AD.
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  • jarlsburgjarlsburg Member Posts: 222 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2013
    melodywhr wrote: »
    anyone upgrade the cat or the ioun stone of allure to epic? is there any real value to doing that?

    I upgraded the stone to purple on the test server. You gain 35 points in the three stats and that is it. It is less of an upgrade than a rank 5 enchant (105 total).
  • darkjeffdarkjeff Member Posts: 2,590 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    melodywhr wrote: »
    anyone upgrade the cat or the ioun stone of allure to epic? is there any real value to doing that?

    Yes, and yes.

    It depends on what you have already.

    The next upgrade for me in terms of acquiring my optimal/ideal set (which includes "Epic augmentation pet") costs way more than 750k AD, so this was actually the cheapest upgrade available.
    jarlsburg wrote: »
    I upgraded the stone to purple on the test server. You gain 35 points in the three stats and that is it. It is less of an upgrade than a rank 5 enchant (105 total).

    Basically you shouldn't be looking at upgrading your cat/stone unless you already have at least Rank 5 enchants, as that that would be more cost-effective. If you're already rocking Rank 7s and higher, then it would be cheaper to upgrade your cat/stone than to get Rank 8-10s.
  • shunterinoshunterino Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    darkjeff wrote: »
    Basically you shouldn't be looking at upgrading your cat/stone unless you already have at least Rank 5 enchants, as that that would be more cost-effective. If you're already rocking Rank 7s and higher, then it would be cheaper to upgrade your cat/stone than to get Rank 8-10s.

    What are you talking about? The upgrade from blue stone to purple doesn't change your enchantments, it only affects the augment pet's base stats (the stats without any slotted items), which as mentioned above totals out at 105 extra points (i.e. negligible). So no, under no circumstances upgrade your stone or cat, unless of course you have diamonds to burn.
  • imsmithyimsmithy Member Posts: 1,378 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    melodywhr wrote: »
    anyone upgrade the cat or the ioun stone of allure to epic? is there any real value to doing that?

    If you hover the cursor over the upgrade companion tooltip for the cat it says that you get a 4% rating bonus so to be honest unless you are a total min/maxer it isn't probably worth the idiotic 750k price tag.
  • spanky2014spanky2014 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 78
    edited September 2013
    shunterino wrote: »
    What are you talking about? The upgrade from blue stone to purple doesn't change your enchantments, it only affects the augment pet's base stats (the stats without any slotted items), which as mentioned above totals out at 105 extra points (i.e. negligible). So no, under no circumstances upgrade your stone or cat, unless of course you have diamonds to burn.

    I think he is talking about the fact that if you are rocking R8 enchants and you want to upgrade to R9, then you would need to spend like 1M to do so? In doing so you upgrade like 60 stat points. If you upgrade the stone, u get more than 60 stat points so it is "cheaper" to upgrade the stone than it is to upgrade to a R8 gem? Make sense?
  • adinosiiadinosii Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,294 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    melodywhr wrote: »
    anyone upgrade the cat or the ioun stone of allure to epic? is there any real value to doing that?

    I upgraded my ioun stone, but quite frankly - it is not worth it unless you have basically run out of upgrade option.

    If you have rank-9 enchants, it is going to cost an arm and a leg to upgrade those to rank-10 ... upgrading the stone might actually be the cheapest option available to get a few extra points, but if you are not in this situation...forget it.
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  • sedryntyrossedryntyros Member Posts: 293 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    stercogburn wrote: »
    You'll have to spend 750,000 AD to upgrade it to purple or you never get the skill.

    From personal experience that particular companion is dreadful for solo play. I've been told its good at rank 30 for group play.

    But 750K AD to upgrade? Can't see me ever spending that. Others may see it as a worthwhile use of their hard earned.

    I was considering getting this companion for my Guardian Fighter, but you're saying it's not good for solo play?
  • schweifer1982schweifer1982 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,662 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    The only companion worth of upgrading is best aug pet i.s.o.m from green - to blue(maybe to epic) .
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  • bpskibbenheimsbpskibbenheims Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Guardian Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 210 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2013
    sedryntyros wrote: »
    I was considering getting this companion for my Guardian Fighter, but you're saying it's not good for solo play?

    It is terribly good for lvl 60 epic dungeons ... No other companiOn type is viable. Solo I like to play with the other kinds but I find solo it is all negligible.
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  • jarlsburgjarlsburg Member Posts: 222 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2013
    adinosii wrote: »
    I upgraded my ioun stone, but quite frankly - it is not worth it unless you have basically run out of upgrade option.

    If you have rank-9 enchants, it is going to cost an arm and a leg to upgrade those to rank-10 ... upgrading the stone might actually be the cheapest option available to get a few extra points, but if you are not in this situation...forget it.

    This is true, but with DR you really get almost nothing for your AD. If you already have rank 8 or higher enchants you should be well above the soft cap on pretty much everything that matters and the change would be so small that it would be impossible to measure.
  • knightfalzknightfalz Member Posts: 1,261 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    stercogburn wrote: »
    From personal experience that particular companion is dreadful for solo play.

    From my personal experience it is wonderful for solo play, with my GF. I guess it varies depending on your character type, or how the character is built. Also, the level 30 ability looks quite nice on the Acolyte.
  • knightfalzknightfalz Member Posts: 1,261 Arc User
    edited September 2013
    sedryntyros wrote: »
    I was considering getting this companion for my Guardian Fighter, but you're saying it's not good for solo play?

    It works wonderful for me in solo and duo play with one of my GF, so it may be on of those mileage may vary things. Just make sure to load it up with lots of life steal..
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