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Angel of Protection

t8xt8x Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 113 Arc User
edited September 2014 in General Discussion (PC)
Today I got my 360th Ardent Coin and purchased Angel of Protection. I can't decide weather to sell it and buy refining items for the double refining weekend or keep it.

How exactly does this Activation effect work?
Does it work like old Soulforged enchantment? For how long?
I don't need to have the angel summoned to be protected, do I?
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  • mconosrepmconosrep Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    In general Angel of Protection prices seem to have been slowly fall or at best remain as the same, so I would suggest selling it, get any refining done and then buy another Angel when you can afford it.
  • nurmoodnurmood Member Posts: 342 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    It is not working like a soulforge enchantment - it will just give you a bonus when resurrected i think
  • angryspriteangrysprite Member Posts: 4,982 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    The simple question is: do you know or think with a future character you'll ever want a healer companion? AoP is the best of all of them. True the prices in the AH are ridiculously cheap (takes you a full year to earn one of these and they sell for 500k?! LOL)

    The sell price might be worth it to you, it's not to me. So as with anything in this game: you really have to decide for yourself.
  • ryugasiriusryugasirius Member Posts: 996 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    If you need AD now, sell it and buy it back again later (if you ever need it).

    There is a steady supply of AoP, and they are useful as healers rather than for their active bonus, thus only a fraction of playerbase will ever need it (unless they change something about non-augment companions and suddenly make them generally useful)

    I.e. if at some point you could have an augment AND a normal companion summoned, then AoP prices might skyrocket.
  • criss11criss11 Member Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    i bought the angel, i put great hopes on this angel , now he is lvl 23,named Gabriel , the problem is this pet comes to close to u , sometimes it runs into an enemy aoe circle just to be close to you to heal. And doing this the angel dies very fast of getting agro from close mobs too.
    I believe that the default cleric has a better ,improved AI and avoids better the aoe areas on the ground.
    I think that the angel pet didn't got his AI improved , only some companions since open beta Neverwinter.
    Yesterday i soloed the Biggrin cave and the pet was running right into that giant skeleton (final boss) just to be close to me (on the other side) and it kept pushing the boss to get close to me. A black comedy which the gamers would laugh on youtube.
    A year ago the default cleric seemed to ignore the AOE areas on the ground but now is better at avoind them than the angel. I think the angel never got updates/improvements yet.
    There are some cases when the angel stays far away without moving and heals but very rare.
    If you ask me about the angel prices , it worth even less ,its so dumb this shortsighted pet.
    Dissapointing.
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  • t8xt8x Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 113 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    If I keep the companion, I will only use it for the active effect. I will have my stone summoned instead. That 500k AD means little to me.

    All I need is for someone to describe to me exactly how the active effect works.
  • thesensaithesensai Member Posts: 637 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    The angel resurrect buff is a active bonus, it need not even be summoned to get it. And yes it works with soulforged armour enchantment. When you die and get auto resurrected you get an additional hp bubble.
  • t8xt8x Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 113 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    I was hoping it gave a few seconds of immunity. But if it only gives some extra hp, it is worthless to me (I even downgraded my Soulforged to Lesser because little extra hp was not worth it).
  • ryugasiriusryugasirius Member Posts: 996 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    t8x wrote: »
    If I keep the companion, I will only use it for the active effect. I will have my stone summoned instead. That 500k AD means little to me.

    All I need is for someone to describe to me exactly how the active effect works.

    It kind of adds temporary HPs when resurrected... it's highly occasional (you don't die often, and if you do you're doing something wrong), not worth the active slot IMHO.
  • iambecks1iambecks1 Member Posts: 4,044 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    One thing I do know is that the angel of protections active bonus does not work on the fire circles that the final boss in the new skirmish throws about , the active bonus is supposed to shield you for 10% of your HP on rez but it does nothing , you rez and die instantly again .
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  • kattefjaeskattefjaes Neverwinter Beta Users, Neverwinter Hero Users Posts: 2,270 Bounty Hunter
    edited September 2014
    iambecks1 wrote: »
    One thing I do know is that the angel of protections active bonus does not work on the fire circles that the final boss in the new skirmish throws about , the active bonus is supposed to shield you for 10% of your HP on rez but it does nothing , you rez and die instantly again .

    There are a fair few complaints about damage in that fight ignoring GF block too. I wouldn't be surprised to see it going through ITC also. Something not right there.
  • t8xt8x Member, NW M9 Playtest Posts: 113 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    iambecks1 wrote: »
    One thing I do know is that the angel of protections active bonus does not work on the fire circles that the final boss in the new skirmish throws about , the active bonus is supposed to shield you for 10% of your HP on rez but it does nothing , you rez and die instantly again .

    If someone goes down on that red circle, don't bother to rez them. Each "hit" of that flame does 2000+ damage.
    I guess they need to make the description of the Angel more clear. Something like "On resurrection you gain 10% of your maximum HP as temporary HP."
  • djarkaandjarkaan Member Posts: 883 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    Works well with Pheora for a glass canon toon.
  • tinukedatinukeda Member Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    The other bonus it provides (at 30 iirc) is supposed to be a 5% total damage reduction; it only provides 3% though.
  • thesensaithesensai Member Posts: 637 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    tinukeda wrote: »
    The other bonus it provides (at 30 iirc) is supposed to be a 5% total damage reduction; it only provides 3% though.

    Pretty sure this was fixed. last time I looked at the buff pretty sure it said 5%
  • tinukedatinukeda Member Posts: 499 Arc User
    edited September 2014
    thesensai wrote: »
    Pretty sure this was fixed. last time I looked at the buff pretty sure it said 5%

    Oh awesome! I haven't looked at it in a while, come to think of it.
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