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Cockatrice - How does it rate as a companion?

obsiddiaobsiddia Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 1,025 Arc User
edited June 2014 in PvE Discussion
Anyone who has quite a few pets... how would you rate/rank
the cockatrice as a basic PvE sidekick? (Or is it too bugged to know?)

Don't want to buy one if they're going to change the powers (like with
the chicken) or it's rooting powers are messed up (which they may never fix.)

Thoughts? (I have to ask now, instead of waiting because of their 'once in a
lifetime' type offer. Price can only go up with rarity. ummm Unless they gut the powers...
like the chicken.)
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  • tonyswutonyswu Member Posts: 223 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    I'd give it a 5.

    In open PvP, it might be useful. I haven't tried. But in regular dungeon PvE, it won't survive more than a few seconds, being a close range companion.
  • crazymikeecrazymikee Member Posts: 694 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    the root is good for open world pvp but not really good for much else
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  • berserkrage99berserkrage99 Member Posts: 103
    edited June 2014
    for only 10% chance to root (for 3 quick seconds) IF you get damaged?

    Yeah... for the price it's going for now, total junk rip off AD sink.
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    crazymikee wrote: »
    the root is good for open world pvp but not really good for much else

    It root is amazing for OWPVP. I fought a DC with it the other day. I didn't move for a good 30 seconds.
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  • radtatatradtatat Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 201
    edited June 2014
    Hmm.. I didn't think of the cockatrice and chicken that way. So basically they are companions more useful for PVP and not so much for PVE...

    Thanks! That saves me AD as I am not going to buy any now. :)
  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2014
    crazymikee wrote: »
    the root is good for open world pvp but not really good for much else

    You are underselling it, its unbelievable.

    The root is not merely "good" for open world PVP, it is AMAZING and ANNOYING.

    Ranged classes were just given an indirect but significant buff in open world pvp with this companion
  • wanderer0000wanderer0000 Member Posts: 78 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    thinking on the price of the egg, it is better to get a good companion you have, like a healer fawn/cleric disciple/lizard and upgrade it to epic than buy the egg...

    on the other hand it seems to be cheaper than the egg so... if you like the powers you may want to buy it.
  • lwedarlwedar Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 790 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    My TR just dueled someone with this. The root procs alot! For some reason it is the hardest root i have seen. Can't dodge or anything when it goes off. I was rooted more than 3 secs, must have low cooldown
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  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2014
    wanderer0000 wrote: »
    thinking on the price of the egg, it is better to get a good companion you have, like a healer fawn/cleric disciple/lizard and upgrade it to epic than buy the egg...

    on the other hand it seems to be cheaper than the egg so... if you like the powers you may want to buy it.

    For open world pvp, the cockatrice is so much better and op
  • apextaoapextao Member Posts: 43
    edited June 2014
    It's ludicrous on tanky characters.
  • kozi001kozi001 Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 876 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Is this worth for a tank/support Gwf over a Rust monster or a Dread Warrior?
  • apextaoapextao Member Posts: 43
    edited June 2014
    It's mostly useful in PvP from my perspective.
  • rashylewizzrashylewizz Member Posts: 4,265 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2014
    kozi001 wrote: »
    Is this worth for a tank/support Gwf over a Rust monster or a Dread Warrior?

    Yes
    apextao wrote: »
    It's mostly useful in PvP from my perspective.

    *Open world PVP, not regular domination to some who might read this mistakenly.

    Also, I wouldn't use "mostly useful" as an adjective as in my opinion I think it underestimates how powerful it is. The cockatrice is a very annoying and overpowered companion in open world pvp. The foe is pretty much rooted and interrupted every few seconds and they stay in place for 3 seconds.
  • charmagmacharmagma Member Posts: 144 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Well I guess the secret is out as the AH market blew up today. Now they're going for 1.1 million, so basically no reason not to just buy the egg itself from the bazaar and hope for a chicken. Sucks, I was hoping to get one or two for alts, but the price is well beyond reach in 2 days now.
  • degraafinationdegraafination Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Yeah, the companion is amazing for OWPVP. Even more so on GWFs and GFs, forcing you to facetank them.
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  • myvain7myvain7 Member, Neverwinter Beta Users Posts: 77
    edited June 2014
    Does the active bonus work in PVE ? it seems that there may be a bug...
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  • beckylunaticbeckylunatic Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 14,231 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    myvain7 wrote: »
    Does the active bonus work in PVE ? it seems that there may be a bug...

    At present, people are reporting that it does not work in PvE.
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  • crazymikeecrazymikee Member Posts: 694 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    the root for cockatrice feels like ice rays without the damage, and we all know how ice rays affects gwfs and their threatening rush *cough* nothing *cough*
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  • shrewguyshrewguy Member Posts: 150 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    I hate to say it but the cockatrice is just broken in IWD PvP... 10% chance to stun for 3 seconds, no internal cooldown and is proced by dot.

    A mage puts conduit of ice on me, he wont move again, atall. It will perma-snare him till I kill him.

    Also It completely ruins plaguefire and DoT enchants, because Vorpal really needed ANOTHER reason to be the best enchant...

    It needs a serious nerf to proc chance, snare duration AND needs to have an internal cooldown so it can't be proced twice before the first has ran out.
  • thegrandexenothegrandexeno Member Posts: 239 Bounty Hunter
    edited June 2014
    poor MoF CWs :(
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  • onecoolscatcatonecoolscatcat Member, Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users, Neverwinter Knight of the Feywild Users Posts: 575 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    well it is a nice pet.
  • qutsemniequtsemnie Member Posts: 419 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    It seems hard to rate, but I nabbed it with all my remaining savings because it seemed so strong in the right scenarios. The tricky part is it is hard to spot. I been trying to train my eyes to watch for it in the spam, but not doing a good job. I may move over to audio-triggers in a log parser at this rate because it is very useful to know when something is rooted.

    Has anyone noticed a visual effect on feet or something. Something I should be looking for?
  • gman118gman118 Member Posts: 99 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    I really hope that when they fix this companion for PvE,they don't nerf it because of PvP'ers,since this is a nice active for PvE,and hoping it will stay the way it is cause it is a useful companion,though if they are changing it cause of PvP,they should give a second active bonus just for OWPVP. As they should with every companion,so if does not effect us PvE people.
  • guille23mxguille23mx Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 340 Arc User
    edited June 2014
    Op op op op op
    i fight 2 tr equiped with it vs 1 gwf and a gf(me) ...
    Stupidily op... You hit them... You cant move... You cant follow...even more anoying that roots of hr.
    Designers only come out with new content so people keep spending money
    and only reward the pay to win ones.
    I know its a lot to ask... But i reaaaaaalllllyyyyyy hopes it gets nerfed..
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