My understanding is that Intelligence DOES help with regenerating mana, but not as much as MR. I would go with HPR anyway. It really seems to help my pets stay alive.
Mana availability is arguably the most important quality in the post publish pets, as it determines it's DPS and in some cases tanking. Intelligence helps a little with mr, but it's also cheap point wise. Asking whether you should pick AI or SW over Int is not a proper question IMO. The abilities/magic etc, such as AI should be dictated by what you intend to do with the pet, and should be selected first. After you settled your abilities, you can juggle your stats to make the most of your pet. I would chose Int over HP (assuming I have at least 500HP). I would not pick it over hpr, but that's because I am lazy and prefer pets to heal themselves.
I think u got me wrong, my pet already got ai and sw (thats what i meant to say).
Intel increases mana regen minimally. Put the str to 700 and the rest in Mana.
INT does effect mana regen, assuming it's the same calculation as it is for players, which I think it is. I would still go with mana regen, it's not expensive, and pets burn mana like a mf.
Yeah I've found that pets really don't need as much HP as people are tending to give them. Like I've seen birds with like 1k hps... I'm like, why?
No, every 400 int is 10 MR.
HP doesn't really matter, as long as it can survive a triple damage hit (i.e. crazed mage, burning, etc.) I usually go 800+ HP on all my pets since I like to go the low maintenance route. While they aren't as versatile as a multiple 120'd pet, they still get the job done - only 120's I've fed (and only to a few pets) have been Eval and Wrestling. I think I gave Tactics or Anat to something, but I forget what - it's not even that much of a damage boost.
I fully agree with this. While I try to max out Int, I do it AFTER Str, Dex, and Stamina are maxed. IMO, these 3 (with damage) should be maxed out on every single pet you have (with a possible exception of some ultra-specialized caster or tanking pets) as they have highest sustained DPS effect..
There is one possible caveat to that. On one of the recent patches Devs said that high HP can translate to higher damage. However, either it does not work, or it works, but is not reflected in the gumps. I tend to think it does not work (yet?) based on my own testing between pets with 300 or so HP difference. Even if it does work, or will work in the future, the cost of extra HP might make it not the best point investment.
Majority of our trained 5 slotters are 600 health, some are only 500, and they are still hella tanks. I have some 4 slotters at 300-400.
That was people misunderstanding a pvp change regarding pets. It was poorly worded to begin with.
I was having pretty much the same thought
Or they wait for your 800-1000 HP tank to start the fight and then join in.
Sounds good. Pets are melee. Ill go 700 str 375 Int. That 9 regen with a huge damage reduction does not sound good to me.
Now to be fair in a group having a strong caster pet can be nice, a place where something like a serp dragon can shine and use that magery mastery and deliver a lot of damage *IF* it manages to go off, behind a strong tanking pet. For solo play though they just don't cut it on anything above mid tier stuff.
That's some excellent work in that blog. It's unfortunate that Google translate works rather poorly there. I had to stop reading after encountering "the auger cock teacher is me lying around"
Heres my take on the int debate.
Say what?"the auger cock teacher is me lying around"
It was the "Flying road chicken feet mountain" that got me.That's some excellent work in that blog. It's unfortunate that Google translate works rather poorly there. I had to stop reading after encountering "the auger cock teacher is me lying around"
Serps are a very good pet backing up a tank or two. Worthless as a stand alone.
For sure. Every pet should max out str. It's the most important stat.
Only because thier owners are careless, I'd wager. Like I said, give pets high hp if you want them to leave them unattended, but if you play more activly it's just a waste of points.
Bro that was where I started really paying attention. *nods*"the auger cock teacher is me lying around"
Well, I've seen very very few non ridable pets myself. I do wish they had left in the 5 slot makes it unrideable, but that's just me. With 5 slots rideable you will only ever see birds, bugs, cus and the occasional mare/firesteed for the looks.
I have to disagree here, all the tamers in my guild will jump in first and we don't have a problem with our pets or us dying. The one exception off the top of my head would be EM events bosses, we take a specialized tank pet there. I blame tamers. There are a lot of not very knowledgeable ones out there with not very good pets.I was having pretty much the same thought
My comment wasn't directed towards you. My comment was regarding the people who bring wrong pets, or train their animals and still have 125 stam, etc. Those are the not very knowledgeable ones and who end up with the dead pets at spawns/invasions. Two weeks in and I still see FWW pets at the invasion. Or...the trained pet who didn't max (or even train for that matter) the pets resists. *cringe*
Try one of the Chiv Hiryus on the brit dragon spawn, they chew right through the GDs and AWs, I was amazed at how fast he took down a AW and 2 greaters the first time I did that invasion. As soon as he had them on him I figured we would run or he would die. AW was down in about 45 seconds the two greaters about 2 minutes after, because he had to chase them down and wait for them to land.
It's all about that base damage. With Chivalry and AI they can hit for ~ 300 armor ignores with enemy of one.
INT is better than Mana. Max Mana doesn't matter that much in a boss fight, your pet will blow through all it's Mana then be left working on fumes. Higher INT helps it regen Mana faster so that it can more frequently use spells/specials once it reaches that point in the boss fight where it's mana dumped. Plus it very slightly increases spell damage. If the pet has Magery Mastery, INT suddenly becomes a lot more valuable due to Mind Blast.
Yeah, Shadow Wyrms have 29-35 Base Damage and up to 1,030 STR (INSANE). They can hit hard, when they land a hit. Problem is, they max out at GM Wrestling (and so have a hard time hitting any current boss), max out at 125 Stamina (and so don't hit the swing cap for pets), and their Corpse Skin casting messes with their own melee damage output. Plus, they have no MR or Specials like AI. Once they piss away their Mana from casting, it takes a long time to regain it.
Yep, i see this all the time. People using a Cu for absolutely everything, even against stuff that's highly resistant to Cold/Energy. Cus are going to break their teeth fighting the Nightmare Fairy coming in the October update, that thing has 85+ Cold/Energy Resists. Cu Sidhes naturally excel at tanking due to their innate Healing, so i specialized my Cu Sidhe even further as a tank by giving him Feint. Only pet i've seen that can reasonably tank Exodus with some healing from me. The Saurosaurus is another amazing Tank, due to it's up to 85 Physical/90 Fire Resist and Life Leech, not that great at dishing out damage though.
I've yet to get a chance to put wrestling mastery on something, is it that effective?
OLD : Wrestling Mastery ALWAYS gives double damage.
I love wrestling mastery in some situations. In others there are some things you just don't want to disarm
That is one of the problems with pets I would like to use. They can't be mounted, which is not a big deal until the last part of an invasion when you have to run all over say........ Trinsic cleaning up the last few spawn and then find the Titan.I have used a chiv rune beetle for the invasion with only 550 HP without AI, but with the 27% DCI and 27% damage reduction my peace songs give it, it could tank the dragons at brit without much of a hassle.
Add disco from my tamer and rune corruption and that thing hits really hard.
It's only disadvantage is that it can't be mounted.
I see your point, but on the other hand, are you teleporting in and out to change pets in the middle of an invasion spawn?
No, i just hear what city it is, which determines what the spawn is, and bring a pet that does better against most of the spawn. Fire Beetles do well in Vesper, where it's always Ice Spawn, as well as in Skara, where it's always Undead. Frost Mites do well at East Brit where it's always Dragons, as well as in Minoc.
