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What's that thing flying around heads?

groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
edited January 2014 in PvE Discussion
I've seen many players with a tiny little thing flying around their heads. Can anyone tell me what that is?
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  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Ioun Stone of Allure or Ioun Stone of Might companion.

    http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Ioun_Stone_of_Allure
  • eldartheldarth Member Posts: 4,494 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Ioun Stone(s)

    Edit: Bah. Beat me by seconds. :-)
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  • melodywhrmelodywhr Member Posts: 4,220 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    it is an ioun stone augment companion. when summoned, you gain all the stats from that companion. there are three types in the game. the ioun stone of allure, of might and there is a rare stone available as a reward for foundry authoring achievements.
  • groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    aaah thanks, it's just a companion. Is he any good?
  • melodywhrmelodywhr Member Posts: 4,220 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    it's a low cost stat boost for PVE. so yeah, it's recommended.
  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    groark wrote: »
    aaah thanks, it's just a companion. Is he any good?

    The only good pets for high level pve are the augment pets which besides those already mentioned include a cat companion.
  • groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    What about the Will-O-wisp? I bought one a couple of weeks ago. Did I do right to buy it?
  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    groark wrote: »
    What about the Will-O-wisp? I bought one a couple of weeks ago. Did I do right to buy it?

    Well this is applying to high level pve, not solo things. That said the wisp has +25% Control Resist
    +15% Control Bonus which makes it nice in theory for a control wizard maxmising control. As a pet that is actually summoned I don't like a single one of the pets. They will pull aggro when bypassing mobs, they will not survive standing in red and don't have the ai to get out of it, and their dps will be too low to be noticed.
  • groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I see. Thanks all for the info.
  • melodywhrmelodywhr Member Posts: 4,220 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    groark wrote: »
    What about the Will-O-wisp? I bought one a couple of weeks ago. Did I do right to buy it?

    i have a wisp, too. great freakin' companion! combine it with the sylph and that's a 75% control resist! love it!
  • bioshrikebioshrike Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,729 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    I have a will-o-the-wisp on my CW as well. In addition to the nice passive bonus it provides, its main attack recharges quickly, and its secondary attack can stun or daze targets - which can occur even more frequently once it gets to 30.
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  • radtatatradtatat Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 201
    edited January 2014
    Correct me if I am wrong, if my CW has zero control bonus stat, the will-o-wisp's bonus will not give my CW anything right? (i.e. 15% of zero is still zero).

    And the only way to get control bonus stat atm is via the Valindra's Artifact right?
  • melodywhrmelodywhr Member Posts: 4,220 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    radtatat wrote: »
    Correct me if I am wrong, if my CW has zero control bonus stat, the will-o-wisp's bonus will not give my CW anything right? (i.e. 15% of zero is still zero).

    And the only way to get control bonus stat atm is via the Valindra's Artifact right?

    that is not correct. it may, however, be correct in pvp since companion bonuses are only present in pve.
  • radtatatradtatat Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 201
    edited January 2014
    melodywhr wrote: »
    that is not correct. it may, however, be correct in pvp since companion bonuses are only present in pve.

    Well, my CW has zero control bonus stat, when I equip the will-o-wisp (either as active companion or summoned), my control bonus stat is still zero...not in pvp btw..
  • melodywhrmelodywhr Member Posts: 4,220 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    radtatat wrote: »
    Well, my CW has zero control bonus stat, when I equip the will-o-wisp (either as active companion or summoned), my control bonus stat is still zero...not in pvp btw..

    you're talking about two separate stats. the new stat listings on your character sheet only pertain to artifacts. you won't see the companion bonuses there.
  • radtatatradtatat Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 201
    edited January 2014
    melodywhr wrote: »
    you're talking about two separate stats. the new stat listings on your character sheet only pertain to artifacts. you won't see the companion bonuses there.

    Oh... that's confusing... I can see the active bonuses of my other companions on that stat list (i.e. +def, +power.. etc) but not control bonus? So where can I see the bonus to make sure it is applied?
  • bioshrikebioshrike Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 4,729 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    radtatat wrote: »
    Well, my CW has zero control bonus stat, when I equip the will-o-wisp (either as active companion or summoned), my control bonus stat is still zero...not in pvp btw..

    I could be wrong, but I believe the "control bonus" that the will-o-the-wisp provides pertains to the duration of your control powers, when used against critters in PvE. Similarly, the control resist it grants shortens the duration of control powers used against you, also only when in PvE.
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  • groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    melodywhr wrote: »
    i have a wisp, too. great freakin' companion! combine it with the sylph and that's a 75% control resist! love it!

    How can you combine it with the sylph or other companion for that matter? Afaik the bonus only applies as long as a companion is active.
  • eldartheldarth Member Posts: 4,494 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    groark wrote: »
    How can you combine it with the sylph or other companion for that matter? Afaik the bonus only applies as long as a companion is active.

    You can have up to five (at 60th) "active" companions.
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  • charononuscharononus Member Posts: 5,715 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    groark wrote: »
    How can you combine it with the sylph or other companion for that matter? Afaik the bonus only applies as long as a companion is active.

    Active doesn't mean summoned, it just means in an active slot and not in the idle inventory tab.
  • groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    eldarth wrote: »
    You can have up to five (at 60th) "active" companions.

    Oooh, I thought you only could get the bonus when summoned. I got 5 companions. Does it mean I get all their bonus even if they are not summoned? Because on the left upper corner I only see the bonus of the summoned companion.
  • eldartheldarth Member Posts: 4,494 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    groark wrote: »
    Oooh, I thought you only could get the bonus when summoned. I got 5 companions. Does it mean I get all their bonus even if they are not summoned? Because on the left upper corner I only see the bonus of the summoned companion.

    As long as they are in the Active Companion slots and not on the Idle Companion slots you should get all bonuses that are listed as "active" bonuses. Tooltip on the little hand icon in the upper left corner should show you all active bonuses.
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  • groarkgroark Member Posts: 29 Arc User
    edited January 2014
    Oops, I see it now, thanks!:o
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited January 2014
    . . .I love my Will-O'-Wisp! It compliments my lightening-themed mage very well! The wisp is not an augment companion, like the cat and ioun stones. I also love my rank 30 ioun stone of allure. I have a rank 25 allure on all but one of my level 60's.
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  • radtatatradtatat Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 201
    edited January 2014
    On a side note, my will-o'-wisp's "portrait"(don't know what you actually call it) does not show up next to my character's "portrait". The circular "frame" is there but it is empty inside, no pic of companion. Does anyone has that issue?
  • zebularzebular Member, Neverwinter Moderator, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 15,270 Community Moderator
    edited January 2014
    radtatat wrote: »
    On a side note, my will-o'-wisp's "portrait"(don't know what you actually call it) does not show up next to my character's "portrait". The circular "frame" is there but it is empty inside, no pic of companion. Does anyone has that issue?
    . . .Yeah, that is a known bug. I am assuming the Wisp's avatar is just off-set improperly due to it being a flying companion, so it's not showing inside the portrait window.
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