Hercules

FrenchyPie - Heavens Tear
FrenchyPie - Heavens Tear Posts: 12 Arc User
edited July 2013 in Venomancer
Right now, is it still worth buying the hercules?? If i were to buy gold, should i get the Battle Pet packs and open them or sell the gold and use the money to buy SoFs?
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Right now, with battle pet packs on sale for 8 gold for 50, you'll spend on the average about 58 gold for a herc using battle pet packs (and converting phoenix feathers to source of force at a pet manager.) You'd have to find a really good deal on source of force to do better (and the bulk source of force from the boutique, while more time efficient that opening ~362 battle pet packs, cost more.)
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  • Raziyal - Archosaur
    Raziyal - Archosaur Posts: 216 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    For me a long time ago i found it easier to get the battle pet packs. It was cheaper for me and i only used about 50-70G to get my Herc and later on i bought my nix for 65m when there was this crazy *** sale.
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  • Azura - Lost City
    Azura - Lost City Posts: 2,281 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Wow, I wasn't aware that hercules/nix costed around 68 gold with that sale on battle pet packs. Definitly open packs instead of buying the bulk.
  • Desdi - Sanctuary
    Desdi - Sanctuary Posts: 8,680 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I'll just add to what's been said;
    Yes. Hercules is still worth it. It remains as the best tanking pet and gets an even better boost once you evolve it at lvl100.

    It's good for soloing things, tanking bosses, soloing instances etc.
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  • tweakz
    tweakz Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    So worth it imo. With Confidence for mood after evolved; it's like having a real barb that can hold AoE aggro. It made a solo divine quest run so much funner, faster, easier for me.
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  • Castgurl - Raging Tide
    Castgurl - Raging Tide Posts: 250 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Get. The. Hercy! b:cute
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  • Vitenka - Dreamweaver
    Vitenka - Dreamweaver Posts: 4,125 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Well, not a real barb, but.

    I just evolved the herc (did the nix first) and wow.

    I'm killing off Blackhole Devourer (BHD) like he's a boss from 59 or something. Three or four spells between heals.

    Jewelscalen (the pimp dragon. C'mon, he's purple, named jewels, and always has two lady dragons following him) is caker than cake. (Though he was always killable if you lured to ground)

    Krimison Eyes? Mister "I have an axe that hates pets"? Solo'd. Ok, I had to practically chain-heal for most of it, but still.

    The new herc makes me feel like a venomancer again. I'm all powerful! And, yeah, I look even stupider with that ugly yellow blob doing the "Hey, I'm on a cloud but I have a sort of walking animation" shimmy.

    He hits a bit harder than before, too - though massively.
  • Untamed_pain - Archosaur
    Untamed_pain - Archosaur Posts: 533 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    I love my evolved herc. so much better. Did Nix first. Still working on fixing Nix mood to pvp based and the stats :D
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  • Desdi - Sanctuary
    Desdi - Sanctuary Posts: 8,680 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Well, not a real barb, but.

    I just evolved the herc (did the nix first) and wow.

    I'm killing off Blackhole Devourer (BHD) like he's a boss from 59 or something. Three or four spells between heals.

    Jewelscalen (the pimp dragon. C'mon, he's purple, named jewels, and always has two lady dragons following him) is caker than cake. (Though he was always killable if you lured to ground)

    Krimison Eyes? Mister "I have an axe that hates pets"? Solo'd. Ok, I had to practically chain-heal for most of it, but still.

    The new herc makes me feel like a venomancer again. I'm all powerful! And, yeah, I look even stupider with that ugly yellow blob doing the "Hey, I'm on a cloud but I have a sort of walking animation" shimmy.

    He hits a bit harder than before, too - though massively.

    Woah. That's nice.
    I can't wait to try mine out! I'm evolving it tomorrow.
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  • Veneir - Dreamweaver
    Veneir - Dreamweaver Posts: 3,541 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Well, not a real barb, but.

    I just evolved the herc (did the nix first) and wow.

    I'm killing off Blackhole Devourer (BHD) like he's a boss from 59 or something. Three or four spells between heals.

    Jewelscalen (the pimp dragon. C'mon, he's purple, named jewels, and always has two lady dragons following him) is caker than cake. (Though he was always killable if you lured to ground)

    Krimison Eyes? Mister "I have an axe that hates pets"? Solo'd. Ok, I had to practically chain-heal for most of it, but still.

    The new herc makes me feel like a venomancer again. I'm all powerful! And, yeah, I look even stupider with that ugly yellow blob doing the "Hey, I'm on a cloud but I have a sort of walking animation" shimmy.

    He hits a bit harder than before, too - though massively.
    That's really, really kewl.
    I've always kind of poked fun of hercs before 'cause HA and stuff
    But this is kewl and makes me respect hercs lots more. :3
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    What're your herc's stats, by the by..? I'd look to see if you posted them already but I have to clean stairs today before an aunt comes over.
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  • CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear
    CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Definitely get the battle pet packs. They're really better than getting the SoF. Just the opening of those packs is gonna be rather annoying. I think I spent an hour just opening pets.

    The sale now is still worth it, I got mine in stages, and it's worth. I'm only 85, but heard a lot about how awesome it is after evolution.

    Also notice that they don't have a Pack equivalent for Harpy and Monkey King? :D They want you to spenddddddd. LOL.

    A veno friend of mine just said that the annoying General Wurlord in TT2-3 is soloable with an evolved Herc in squad mode. Which to me is like whoa! So yes, definitely a worthy investment.
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  • tweakz
    tweakz Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    A veno friend of mine just said that the annoying General Wurlord in TT2-3 is soloable with an evolved Herc in squad mode. Which to me is like whoa! So yes, definitely a worthy investment. [/COLOR]

    This doesn't mean everyone's Celestial Giant will be able to do it. There's a lot of variations on the evolved pets.
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  • Mayfly - Dreamweaver
    Mayfly - Dreamweaver Posts: 6,094 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Considering I'm hardly the best geared veno and my celestial giant could tank 2-3 Wurlord, I think most could.
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  • tweakz
    tweakz Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Considering I'm hardly the best geared veno and my celestial giant could tank 2-3 Wurlord, I think most could.
    There's a lot of variations on the evolved pets

    -Not all variations are gear dependent.
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  • Mobeta - Heavens Tear
    Mobeta - Heavens Tear Posts: 14 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    My Herc is a beast ... can pull whole vots aoe area with evolved herc and he tanks it and heals him self. His mood came as Impetuous which comes with an aoe taunt and a 30% chance to 9% self heal. Buffed with Neubian Bless from base he has 8k hp. My gear is +10 Nirv stage3. Hes also tanked anything I tried so far, if I heal him, including any warsol boss. I haven't reworked him at all. Most stats are mid but def lvl is very low still which means hes going to get better!
  • Vitenka - Dreamweaver
    Vitenka - Dreamweaver Posts: 4,125 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    Ok, wow. Just tried it and yep, you're right. Harc can hold off every single Avalanche guy in OVS at once. 30+ mobs, without breaking a sweat. Ok, they don't hit that hard, and I'm not convinced it's a *useful* thing to do. But wow.
  • Regenbogen - Lost City
    Regenbogen - Lost City Posts: 1,559 Arc User
    edited June 2013
    hard to grab aggro from mine MOOD: CONFIDENT

    he had to tank bh gv3 b:laugh
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  • CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear
    CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    hard to grab aggro from mine MOOD: CONFIDENT

    he had to tank bh gv3 b:laugh

    This is awesome news, thanks for sharing!
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  • CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear
    CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Apologies for double post, but I saw FrenchyPie with her new Herc in cube room 4 training on the stone thingies!

    Congratulations FrenchyPie from all venos!
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  • FrenchyPie - Heavens Tear
    FrenchyPie - Heavens Tear Posts: 12 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Haha, stalking me huh? :P Anyways thanks a lot for all the help :) Trying to get it to my level :/ which is making me go crazy!! b:angry
  • CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear
    CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Nuuuuuuuh!

    I wasn't stalking. I decided to give the room a try. And whee, saw you meditating LOL. So thought you know, wow!

    Congratulations on your herc. I know it's annoying levelling from level 1, just think of how awesome it's gonna be for your BHs, TTs, FFs, and when it evolves, you can solo so many instances. :D
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  • tweakz
    tweakz Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    hard to grab aggro from mine MOOD: CONFIDENT

    he had to tank bh gv3 b:laugh


    I'm loving that mood and feel very lucky to have gotten it by default. Brought an archer friend to do a card boss in Eden and was pulling mobs off him and keeping them off probably better than I could as a Barb, and he's a very aggressive player.

    Kinda funny to see that many clerics aren't adapting to people becoming more independent (Chroma-spammers).
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  • Regenbogen - Lost City
    Regenbogen - Lost City Posts: 1,559 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    tweakz wrote: »
    I'm loving that mood and feel very lucky to have gotten it by default. Brought an archer friend to do a card boss in Eden and was pulling mobs off him and keeping them off probably better than I could as a Barb, and he's a very aggressive player.

    Kinda funny to see that many clerics aren't adapting to people becoming more independent (Chroma-spammers).

    i renamed my herc "Me>Barbs" b:laugh
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  • CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear
    CaitlinDan - Heavens Tear Posts: 187 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    i renamed my herc "Me>Barbs" b:laugh

    Someone on HT did this too! :D

    Wow, are they that awesome, omg! Awesome!
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  • tweakz
    tweakz Posts: 0 Arc User
    edited July 2013
    Someone on HT did this too! :D

    Wow, are they that awesome, omg! Awesome!

    Barb can tank far more, and move much faster; Giant just got a great aggro improvement if they get this mood.

    :Herc isn't going to round up mobs and solo them until squad shows up like barb can. My example was just me and an archer so we were limited to small amounts of mobs at a time.
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