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Some companion active bonuses are outdated
berserkrage99
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Why have the devs not upgraded some companion's active bonuses since we have level 70 difficulty now? These active bonuses were created when the level cap and difficulty was on a scale of level 60... and those active bonuses are still the same. They went ahead and upgraded stats of artifacts, as well as enchants and runestones... but these active bonus values have been left behind and their value has diminished greatly, do the devs not see that there is less incentive to have companions now than before? Do they not see that certain zen companions lose value, and lose their incentive to be bought? Did they forget about scaling their active bonuses up to the current level 70 content? Discuss.
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Not to reintroduce too much power creep after a reset of the game? It's supposed to be a fresh start for another year or two - before lvl 80. If companions active bonuses are made even more powerful, then we're back on the track of crazy power creep right after a new level cap.
I don't even understand why would someone use a +stats companion, it's not useful, it has never been useful and it will never be useful, unless they start giving ridiculous amounts of stats.
This isn't about power creep, this is about a much-needed balancing to an outdated issue. I said some companions need an active bonus boost, not all. For example, cave bear or rimefire golem give a measly 1000 hp each. In the grand scheme of things right now, that active bonus is peanuts and needs to be severely updated. Other companions don't need to be upgraded because they give a satisfactory active bonus as they are already...
They updated our runestone stats significantly to rank 12, they updated our artifact stats significantly in mythic, but companions have not been updated - and it's ironic too since these companions are a ZEN store selling point, and artifacts and runestones are not, LOL.
...but the RP to get where they really matter can be.
The purpose is that we, players, have to use the new sets instead of using the old T2 ones. If you can stack enough HPs with pets, runes and artifacts, then one of the major objectives of module 6 will not be achieved, ie killing high prophet, high vizier, avatar of war, and so on.
I lolled so hard when I saw the new companion bonuses as well. They will get to it haha. A lot of complaints already.
Soon you will see "Companion Active Bonuses Now Scale With Character Level" That takes a TON OF WORK to pull off.
Be Patient.
What?! You do realize that with the new purple equipment for companions that augment companions can provide a boost of more than +2500 power to your character?!
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'm not talking about augments, i'm talking about companions having an active bonus giving some extra stats.
Did you buy a $25 companion before mod6 and now it sucks? Well...why don't you buy that new mod6 $25 companion that sucks a little less?
You're not going to get many freebies in this game. Especially when the company can make you pay for it.
Some people use companions also for their active ablities... ...sure, DD, aggroing stuff bad etc., but...
Also some of the stat boosts can actually be (or had actually been) somewhat helpful, as they're not class-bound like armour and underwear. Ever tried pre-Mod-6 to bring a DC to 2.5k ArPen, e.g.???