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please make companions aware of dangerous red rings, they are too dumb to stay out
wylonus
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how many times when you need them and they always get knock out when standing in the red rings.
drinking the potions get very expensive when they are down and not healing while soloing some missions.
getting them set of enchant gems and runes and leveling the gems to the max isnt easy and take lot of time and gathering load of drops.
drinking the potions get very expensive when they are down and not healing while soloing some missions.
getting them set of enchant gems and runes and leveling the gems to the max isnt easy and take lot of time and gathering load of drops.
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WTB Class Reroll please
That'd be cool for harder difficulty option. Where traps hit hard and there's no red telegraphing.
My melee companions tend to do as the OP states. My ranges companions seem to actually avoid red circles. But me favorite (Bambo fawn) does an excellent job avoiding circle, but is beefed-up with enough HP right now that it really doesn't matter (it even survives all Dragon attacks except for the breath, which only happened once, fortunately).
One of my toons has a Battlefield Medic who specialises in aggro'ing adjacent mobs, which can end up with my toon killed too, especially in places like WoD where the adjacent mob might be part of a Heroic Encounter.
They're aware of the red rings, every time they run straight into them.
White = 15%
Green = 30%
Blue = 45%
Purple = 60%
Gold = 75%
Give Defender companions an extra 15% base resistance.
Probably a whole lot easier than reprogamming the AI of these things, and it's a dial that the Developers can toon if they feel like companions need more or less durability.
Well one little bit of good news is that they gained an auto rez function in module 6 , bad news is it only works when the companion hits legendary status xD
Yup. And Lliira's Bell is your friend. hahahah
Get 'em while they're cheap.
However, companions in dungeons is a different story. In dungeons they die very quickly, most of the time. Also, they are annoying because they aggro monsters that otherwise could possibly be avoided.
These problems are not going away, and now traps have apparently become more dangerous as well. not to mention, adding more bodies to the mix is not exactly amazing. how many times have i tried to kill my friend's dread legion warrior? and that's when only one other person has a pet in the room.
so, to me, boosts to pets do nothing other than allow us to use them for the new leveling up quests, just like we all did our first time leveling up. after that, they most likely will quickly become things that people say 'put your pets away, please.'
I could be wrong. But perhaps people just don't remember what it was like leveling up the first time and realizing a main reason, other than a stat boost, to get an augment rather than a companion.
Yeah, the breath isn't a circle, so even there it did better than the OP proposes... :^)
And @wildwolf8: This will probably have to be somewhat revised for Mod 6. There you will be happy again to have an aggro magnet assuring that you don't have to tank all the blows. Look you here...
so if pets ARE actually necessary now, that's great news for anyone who already has some fun ones at top level. but for people who don't, it's another way the rest of us casuls are being screwed. mod 6 is giving us too many things to level at once, and every day i read another post that makes me frustrated.
Yeah same here , I have like a half dozen that I mailed to myself and they have just been sat in my mailbox gathering dust but if regular companions are going to be decent in module six then the value should rise nicely I imagine
I second this emotion.
I still don't see my TR getting used to running with a meat decoy...
Anyway, the 3 toons I play the most have Ioun stones, so no need to worry about it . . .
myles08807 said, "Back in my day, we didn't have any of this fancy Mulhorand gear while we were leveling . . . we walked uphill both ways while dying once every five seconds while leveling, and we liked it fine!" . . . Now, get off my lawn, you kids!"
pointsman said, "I don't rue the game. In fact I don't feel any regret for the game at all."
looomis said, "I don't like people changing to alts and then bragging about their mains like schizophrenic role players."
I concur with this train of thought. I'd only change it to match my point of view in this way: Summoned companions are always fun, however it's always a good idea to put them away when in a party instance, such as Dungeons, Skirmishes, etc. However, in open zones - including Dragon fights, Heroic Encounters and so on (leveling or not) - I think they are just fine.
General opinion:
DPS characters will want a Defender Companion with Taunt abilities (particularly while soloing).
Healing/Tank Characters will want Striker companions. Here I think the Honey Badger is a stellar choice for DC Healers.
Control characters can use any, though I'd lean towards Striker.
Leaders are ok, but I feel the specialized Striker/Defender bring more to the table.
I have one on my CW (Name's Wincerind, so some Luggage went with it...). I counsel you against it. While sweet and tanky and robust and all, t's also annoyingly cuddly with strangers and innocent bystanders, often getting you more attention than you wished for, and often at inconvenient times...
Neverwinter Wonderland
Neverwinter Wet & Wild
Neverwinter 2nd Anniversary Montage
Neverwinter Anniversary Montage
Protector's Jubilee Speech
Oh the Carnage
Though until their AI gets smarter, I wouldn't bring them into dungeons, only for solo play if needed.