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Since the new taming has arrived... doe anyone have a new favorite pet and why?
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My favorite all around pet is the AI Naja. That pois immunity and the resist spells makes it easy on the tamer.
Been actually thinking about that and was thinking that if I gave my tamer Mysticism went into Stone Form then BOTH of us would be immune to poison! And we could rock things that would make most others ill...
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Good idea there. One of my tamers (Kylie) is an Chiv/Archer and I have been trying to figure out a way to stick Necro on him for Vamp. But uhhh he is already at like 830 skill points soooooo lol.
I just wish they had given the Naja a little hue.. he is hard to see in some areas.
Sounds like its a 2 slot. It will be a good pet.
Find a 2 slot if it is. It will be even better!
Frenzied whirlwind, poisoning and poison breath is the new combo.
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Have changed my mind on my favorite pet... It is now the Armor Ignore and Armor Pierce Naja 
what skills/stats did you add... special moves?
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Maxed out DPI, HPR, 20 MR and 10 SR. Maxed STR/DEX/STAM, HP over 800 (forget exactly), and went for the basic AI/Mortal/RC/Poison combo, with 120 Wrestling, 115 Anatomy & tactics, and either 110 or 115 parry. Loads of fun.
Giant Beetle for all around use and even more so for my T Hunter to take all the junk to the soul forge or trash can. Bushi Hiryu for heavy spawn, SW CU or SW Reptalon or Chiv Hiryu or Reptalon for general tanking boss type things. Fire Steed or Fire Beetle for farming things weak against fire damage. Tigers just because they look cool and are easy to hit caps. Nightmares for pirate hunting because they teleport onto the pirate ships well before they are scuttled and wipe out the mages and bombers and get a head start on beating the pirate to death. Tsuki wolves when I want a wither spamming life leeching pet to just kill stuff with out me having to even think about healing it/ also a good heavy spawn pet. Can't pick just one as different pets have different applications.
Giant Beetle (called Scuttlebug ) for Thunting, Fishing, Pirating, kills and loads. Perfect (AI/Bleed/Rune Corruption/Poisoning)
Fire Beetle (called Crispy ) for spawning (Exploding Goo/AI/Rune Corruption/Poisoning, 120 Wrestle, Tactics, Parry etc.)
Still maxing them on scrolls but by far my best pets.
Just working on a Bane atm, the cu's I have are 'so so' same as the lesser hiryu's. I have frost dragons, gds, mares, dragon wolf, tzuki's, white wyrm, but my beetles so far are my go to pets now.
) for Thunting, Fishing, Pirating, kills and loads. Perfect (AI/Bleed/Rune Corruption/Poisoning)Fire Beetle (called Crispy
) for spawning (Exploding Goo/AI/Rune Corruption/Poisoning, 120 Wrestle, Tactics, Parry etc.)Still maxing them on scrolls but by far my best pets.
Just working on a Bane atm, the cu's I have are 'so so' same as the lesser hiryu's. I have frost dragons, gds, mares, dragon wolf, tzuki's, white wyrm, but my beetles so far are my go to pets now.
They work great at champ spawns. Then you can carry off lots of gold piles.Giant Beetle (called Scuttlebug
Perhaps, but I find the fire beetle much better as it has the area effect (Goo) for the lower levels and it can deal with any spawn generated by the boss. Crispy my fire beetle has 120 tact 120 wrestle and 110 all other skills (still waiting to get 120's) his goo does 100+ damage to all lower level mobs. It is a work of art!
Dread Pirates. I bond them first and use a 2-3-4 slot pet with them while they are 1-2 slot as meat shields. Only takes about an hour to get them to lvl 3.
He was probably right. My lesser Hiruy with Chiv outdamages my bug with Rune Corruption. And no, neither is OP. There are plenty of useless/underpowered abilities though.
why Chiv on your Lesser Hiryu? just curious
Chiv damage enhancing spells appear to produce the best single target DPS out of available options.
How are you determining this though. What methods?
why is that?
You fight the same tipe of monster for awhile and observe the hit numbers and how long it takes to kill it with either pet. If there is a difference, it becomes apparent fairly quickly.
Have you found a good triceratops build?
Didn't I read somewhere that at some point in training the giant beetle loses its backback?
It was written but it is not true. 5 slot still has backpack. I found out you can friend the pack out. Others can put goodies in also.
Gotta agree the ChivyRu is easily the highest DPS against a single target and the BushiRu (Goo/Whirlwind) the highest DPS against mobs. At the same time they can both be built to have max defense with the Bushi/Parry bonus at 120 each. (Toss Bladeweave on a ChivyRu for the Bushi).
Well, that's nice
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Another "feature" of the giant beetle is that increased STR eliminates that annoying "your pet is fatigued" crap that happens with an untrained beetle at around a cargo load of 400-500 stone plus the rider.
My giant beetles can run full speed while mounted while carrying max weight (240k coins for 1600 stone). The trick to fully loading them with coin is that you have to make each stack exactly 60,000 - and that to finish the 4th stack, you have to balance the stack at some multiple of 150 (so no fractional weight putting you a stone heavier), then add the remaining multiple of 150 onto it (say, by taking a stack that is 59,763 , removing the 63 to reduce it to 59,700 , then adding 300 to the stack to make it 60,000 even)
My giant beetles can run full speed while mounted while carrying max weight (240k coins for 1600 stone). The trick to fully loading them with coin is that you have to make each stack exactly 60,000 - and that to finish the 4th stack, you have to balance the stack at some multiple of 150 (so no fractional weight putting you a stone heavier), then add the remaining multiple of 150 onto it (say, by taking a stack that is 59,763 , removing the 63 to reduce it to 59,700 , then adding 300 to the stack to make it 60,000 even)