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The idea is nice, but the archer AI that is in game ATM for pets is horrible. Unless that got fixed, I think you would be sorely disappointed.
We should just have a token that copies our characters and makes them followers, and then we can all just stop playing really.
You ever seen a horse or a dog fire a bow and arrow?
Please be realistic, i know its a game and the possibilities are endless, but try to be sensible.
Alternatively, I look forward to your "can you give us machine guns in the next publish please" post
Please be realistic, i know its a game and the possibilities are endless, but try to be sensible.
Alternatively, I look forward to your "can you give us machine guns in the next publish please" post
My first toon was a swordsman with buckler, it's 18 years ago, I still like it very much. Anyway, I play 4x bard, archer, throwing, mystic, and tamer.
Yes because a dog or horse can perform a whirlwind attack or a shield bash but shooting arrows is crazy? Also how does a cu apply bandages with their hooves?
As long as we have continuity.
So as long as we have continuity it's fine? Cu's bandage using their paws so let's have a grizzly shoot a bow? Two wrongs do not make a right.
I think we need to slow down on this " I want my pet to do this and this stuff". gimme gimmie gimmie. I want I want I want. ive watched a blue beetle tank recktor. a fire beetle kill everything while the tamer just sat there with bard buffs not even having to heal once. wth is this game coming to. more endless revamps and nerfs are coming. lets wait and see awhile, maybe get some thing fixed. just my opinions lol
I'm not suggesting pets have archery, but there is a creature that traditionally has shot arrows - the centaur
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Yes but 3 lefts do.
Or they could just fix NPC hirelings, give them an update. I would much rather hunt with 5 npcs than a 5 slot pet.
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That would be fun.
That would be interesting, even just one. Just like Diablo. We could armor them and give them a weapon.
I'd be looking instead for wingless gargoyles equipped with throwing weapons, consistent with Ultima VI.
Sure as soon as your character randomly decides what to cast and what to attack on its own. You know to make things even.
That happens sometimes. My archer auto-shoots at the mob that aggros on her first even if it's not what I want to kill first.
I think they are thinking more along the lines of pets with missile weapons, not a horse shooting an actual bow. One fantasy creature that comes to mind is the manticore that had a spiked tail that would shoot the spikes. Another idea would be a giant porcupine that shoots quill. Now I know porcupines don't actually shoot quills, but the giant fantasy version could have this ability having evolved in a magic rich environment like UO is.
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It's the one that came to mind instantly if they wanted to do that.
they could let the centaurs be trainable and see what happens.
Just steal them from the Andros encounter
Because them casting fireball makes so much sense as well.... or is that just me?
magical creatures casting magic in a fantasy setting? makes perfect sense to me
isn't that basically what a breath weapon is? you can change up damage types, unless you mean to add special in?
Before they changed it, that basically is what Magery Mastery did to your pet. It changed the pet's AI so that they preferred to stay at range, and blast away with spells.
Centaurs and Skeletrex in Despise are examples of "pets" with Archery.
Centaurs and Skeletrex in Despise are examples of "pets" with Archery.
Lol. I had created a thread about that years ago. Have Inns function like Stables for hirelings.
Porcupine? Sends out a cloud of needles that stuns for 3 seconds, then bleed for 5 more. Cool down 3 seconds. Just spit that off the top of me pointy head. <shrug>
I think the pvp crowds' collective heads would explode if a pet had that ability lol.
Imagine a tamer with 2 of these ... 2 slot size. Would make for some interesting times, would it not?
Maybe it's time that complacency got rocked a little bit. Oh well ... like I said - it was just **something** off the top of my head. Sorta like War Elephants and things like that.
Actually, I find the naysayers lacking in imagination.
It's amazing that the archery concept was elaborated to machine gun ability or cannon power pets. The existing mobs, like centaurs, orc scouts, ratman archers, the lizardman in Revamped Wrong, are examples for shooting behavior. I can't see any overpower issues.
How about cooking skill on pet cats?
The game would be cluttered with cooked birds!
Pets and archers are not wanted in PvP. You want to ruin PvP more than a bird did.
Despite what you may be told, some ideas are indeed bad ones.
Otherwise, I'd like my wolf to have a lightsaber.
Deal. Your wolf gets a lightsaber and we get side mounted machine guns on our cus.
Did you read my other post? We're not talking about a dog shooting a bow. We're talking about fantasy creatures that shoot missile weapons. My example was the manticore. How is having an additional fantasy creature like that added to the game a bad idea? Despite what you have been told, I don't think you're the best judge on what is a good and bad idea because you dismiss things out of hand rather than reading the full breadth of the discussion. I mean, you're the one posting the really bad ideas like lightsabres in this thread right?
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Unfortunately for you (and me) I read it. Still a dumb idea.
The lightsaber was me being facetious. It doesn't surprise me you didn't pick up on it.
Keep trying champ.