I think my Luck is around 300 to 400.
If Luck plays a part in getting the Artifact drop, then I am very clueless as to how they (OSI/EAM) coded that determination. And would go back to believing I am as equally clueless as to what Luck does for a character.
If anyone can give me the rules on how the determination is made then I would greatly appreciate it.
In general, I do not fault the GD or me or any tamer.
I am not wanting to indicate anything should be nerfed/changed.
Even with my Stealther, he can cast 2 EV's and out damage the GD with ease, as long as the MoB doesnt retarget the EV's and dispell them. Even so, with his Focus(100), Meditation(100), recasting an EV is not really a big issue as they were not being retargeted fast enough for him to get into a mana drain scenario.
I did this for learning purposes on a Greater Dragon (Several) in Destard.
I am assuming the Archers and the Melee's were using an appropriate Slayer weapon and any advantages Chivalry was giving them. There is clearly no doubt in my mind that those two templates were droping the ParaBalron much faster than my Greater could. Again it isnt about ... envy, it is trying to understand how they are doing it, what can I do to be more efficient/effective. I probably would not even consider adding Archery to my Tamer. BUT I might consider creating a character with Lore+Taming skills to control a Mob AND have melee skills.
Our template design only seems to differ in the Focus and the limits of some skills. You went Discord I went Peace. As it turns out the Peace is basicaly as good as Honor vs most things except the Greater Dragons. That means I can peace them and mostly just stare them in the face taming them. The Tweeners Dragons to War Horses I need to lead tame them, but they dont have a lot of Spit left in them peaced and when they break peace I just run up a bit and repeace them. Greater Dragons ... well now that is a different tail. Now that I am Legendary Tamer, I can Honor tame them, usually, in one Honor cycle. I dont really tame them any more except for an upgrade.. My Honor is staying between 3rd tier 4th bubble and 3rd tier 5th bubble. So the peace is working out for me.
I am very torn on the Focus vs Meditation. Your choice and AZ's observation are very much in line with mine. I am just currently in the 50's in meditation working it down bring veterinary from 110 to 120.
The more I look at it, the more I am regening Mana than I am Stamina. This is leaning me towards keeping the Meditation. I may change this to focus after Veterinary is done, not like it is an effort to switch back and forth between them
I really do suspect some one down there had a Mage Weapon that was also (maybe) a Slayer Weapon and had Chivalry. They were up close and beating on the Balrons (never saw them do it to the Paragon version). Does that make sense or am I just making bad assumptions. I can see the Chivalry but I would not know what they droped for tactics.