Currently in my stable I have 10x 5 slot pets, most of them have a few points left for scrolls.:-
1) A Greater Dragon - Original
2) A Saurosaurus - Poisoning
3) A Dimetrosaurus - Poisoning
4) A Hiryu - Bushido/Goo
5) A Fire Beetle - Rune Corruption
6) A Cu Sidhe - Original given Conductive/Discord
7) A Rune Beetle - Original trained
8) A Najasaurus - AI/Poisoning
9) A Lesser Huryu - Bushido/AI
10) A Shadow Wyrm - Untrained
I wouldn't say any of them are perfect, but most excel in some area or another, I find that I'm constantly assessing them and wondering if a) they're worth having at all and b) if I need to rebuild one differently. On top of this I frequently end up getting more usually with some purpose in mind that I then forget and release them, I've recently got rid of a Frost Dragon, Dragon Wolf, Serpentine Dragon, Crimson Dragon, and a Raptor because I couldn't see them doing very well when fully trained.
My three remaining (lost several due to mishaps) original pets GD/Cu/Rune still do very well in most situations. The Naj and Dimetrosaur both seem very similar. The Fire Beetle I thought would be a good idea to combine with a dexxer/Tamer with Onslaught and with only Rune Corruption to use mana for, but then I wonder if it's any better than the Rune. The Cu I haven't used very much, I again thought it would be good to combine with a dexxer/Tamer that I turn him into from time to time, but then I hear of other Cu builds doing better with AI or Chiv. The Hiryu was intended for spawns though I think the Lesser surpasses it (the Lesser is also the only one I've got any scrolls on - although the GD has skills higher than you can scroll anyway). Going purely by the numbers on the lore sheet the Saurosaurus is actually one of the best defensively but it's specials and offense seem really lacking to me and as such I hardly ever want to use it.
I find it frustrating going to pick a pet, being spoilt for choice, and unable to decide what if any are worth using/keeping/training.
I'm of the opinion that Rune Corruption will result in the most damage in any fight, but I'm curious to know what other people think would be worth keeping/re-getting and training differently/what the highest dps pet is.
At the moment my Tamer is a gargoyle and set up as a basic Mage for easier Taming/training, but I also re-skill the character for T-hunting when I feel the need to, but generally prefer a dexxer/Tamer build. If I could just get my stable to a place I was happy with I would probably go human/dexxer/Tamer again. I'm also open to using them in PvP on occasion. I'd also be interested to hear people's experience with the Slashing/Piercing/Bashing/Wrestling Masteries... I was getting more or less one hit killed by my Naja when I gave it Wrestling Mastery on TC.
Ideally I'd like to eventually whittle my stable down to 5 or so pets.
1) A Greater Dragon - Original
2) A Saurosaurus - Poisoning
3) A Dimetrosaurus - Poisoning
4) A Hiryu - Bushido/Goo
5) A Fire Beetle - Rune Corruption
6) A Cu Sidhe - Original given Conductive/Discord
7) A Rune Beetle - Original trained
8) A Najasaurus - AI/Poisoning
9) A Lesser Huryu - Bushido/AI
10) A Shadow Wyrm - Untrained
I wouldn't say any of them are perfect, but most excel in some area or another, I find that I'm constantly assessing them and wondering if a) they're worth having at all and b) if I need to rebuild one differently. On top of this I frequently end up getting more usually with some purpose in mind that I then forget and release them, I've recently got rid of a Frost Dragon, Dragon Wolf, Serpentine Dragon, Crimson Dragon, and a Raptor because I couldn't see them doing very well when fully trained.
My three remaining (lost several due to mishaps) original pets GD/Cu/Rune still do very well in most situations. The Naj and Dimetrosaur both seem very similar. The Fire Beetle I thought would be a good idea to combine with a dexxer/Tamer with Onslaught and with only Rune Corruption to use mana for, but then I wonder if it's any better than the Rune. The Cu I haven't used very much, I again thought it would be good to combine with a dexxer/Tamer that I turn him into from time to time, but then I hear of other Cu builds doing better with AI or Chiv. The Hiryu was intended for spawns though I think the Lesser surpasses it (the Lesser is also the only one I've got any scrolls on - although the GD has skills higher than you can scroll anyway). Going purely by the numbers on the lore sheet the Saurosaurus is actually one of the best defensively but it's specials and offense seem really lacking to me and as such I hardly ever want to use it.
I find it frustrating going to pick a pet, being spoilt for choice, and unable to decide what if any are worth using/keeping/training.
I'm of the opinion that Rune Corruption will result in the most damage in any fight, but I'm curious to know what other people think would be worth keeping/re-getting and training differently/what the highest dps pet is.
At the moment my Tamer is a gargoyle and set up as a basic Mage for easier Taming/training, but I also re-skill the character for T-hunting when I feel the need to, but generally prefer a dexxer/Tamer build. If I could just get my stable to a place I was happy with I would probably go human/dexxer/Tamer again. I'm also open to using them in PvP on occasion. I'd also be interested to hear people's experience with the Slashing/Piercing/Bashing/Wrestling Masteries... I was getting more or less one hit killed by my Naja when I gave it Wrestling Mastery on TC.
Ideally I'd like to eventually whittle my stable down to 5 or so pets.