(Question) New Tamer looking for advice on a Greater Dragon.

[Reko'len]

Hello there, after scouring Google and guides/forums I figured I would come here and ask a question regarding the greater dragon.

How do I go about obtaining one? I read that you can purchase them from the magnicia stalls but the only one I found costs far too much for me!

I currently have 115 taming and 106.7 lore which using the calculator on a website I found tells me I have a 99% control chance. Does this mean I am able to tame one for myself?

Any help would be greatly appreciated

Reko'len/Lokri'en

 

[Lord Gandalf]

99% control chance means that the pet that u own will obey your orders 99% of the time. But doesnt mean u have a 99% chance of taming a wild dragon.

If u want to tame one i recommend you to use some jewellleries to pull up you animal taming and animal lore to 120 each.

 

[Alex"Drake Iron Heart"CS]

Get someone to hit the dragon till its nearly dead and cannot walk, then get a bard to peace it if possible and you should have a great chance at taming the GD.
Now, getting a high rating GD can take months and months of taming, killing and repeating till you find a 4.1+ GD, with good resists.
I have 4.3 and mine was given to me by an old Guildie, but If I remember right, took her like 4 months to find me a decent one. Doing about an hour a day taming.
If you put your head around it and grind, you can find them in lesser time, but be ready for a challenge to find the right GD.

Anyways, goodluck on your taming hunts and hope you find a mighty strong one.

 

[NinjaSampire]

Another way to do ot is to build your honor up. Honor yourself then tame the beast. If im taming solo this is what I do with GD's. Welcome to taming though i find this template to be the most fun/frustrating PVM template on my account.

 

[Ingstein]

Taming is fun but not an easy template to play, esp. in groups. As I solo 99,9% of my time, it's perfect for me.

Before thinking of taming a GD, raise your taming, I'd say to 120 if possible (yes I know, it means taming 1.749.392 bulls). Even at 120 taming getting a GD is not an easy task and you often fail. Like aforementioned, you can temporarily do that with jewelry but I advise you to train it up in the long run because you'll need jewelry for other things in the final build. And yes, when taming a GD, beat it down to 30 % health because it doesn't do that much damage then. Always keep a distance though, you don't want to get clawed.

IMHO you should take a daily quick tour through Destard on Trammel and esp. Felucca. Run through and spam Animal lore to find a good one. If you got time, beat up the bad ones to let others spawn. Dragon slayers help you wreak havoc upon them. As far as I remember there is less trash (Wyvs, Drakes) crawling around in Destard on Felucca so that may be the better spot.


When it comes to the rating... I got GD ranging from 4.1 to 4.5 and they're all good. GD > 4.4 are very hard to find and somehow just for showing off
I check every GD I see in company of a Tamer and most of the time they're < 4.1. So don't be disappointed.

Usually of the stalls in New Magincia are empty or do sell trash.