Why Can't We Train Swamp Dragons?
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Why Can't We Train Swamp Dragons?
- Thread starter Eric Ravenwind
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My guess would be it's because they can already have crafted armor added to them, so a 5 slot swamp dragon with armor would have an advantage over the other 5 slot pets without armor.
Whoppee.... I'm sorry but that's the lamest excuse ever... First off just because you can add armor to them does NOT make them in any way overpowered...
Secondly anyone that would benefit from this would HAVE to be a tamer... so again... crippled... so no ... lame excuse... the thing is no better than a horse and even with armor it sucks.
Secondly anyone that would benefit from this would HAVE to be a tamer... so again... crippled... so no ... lame excuse... the thing is no better than a horse and even with armor it sucks.
They would be a 1>3 pet. So, we aint missing anything. The armor doesn't help the pet. You would need taming to click the button.
Because they serve their purpose simply as a big ugly shock absorber?
Because they didn't want you to waste time? it's the best 1 slot pet in the game 
+ you'd be straying away from the community and not talking about cu's/naga's/lesser h's etc ^^
+ you'd be straying away from the community and not talking about cu's/naga's/lesser h's etc ^^
Just look at that magnificent beast and its noble form. Being able to train them would simply imply that they are not already the definition of perfection. They are already ungodly OP as it is, I mean the terror factor alone of a armor plated pickle chasing after you is near game breaking!
It would be nice if we could train them up to at least slot 3. And also, be able to let non-tamer characters use them.
armor does help the pet. they would be OPed.
dragon barding does 5 percent damage reduction for player, 10 percent if exceptionally crafted. regardless of metal type. The type of metal used gives resistances to THE PET, not the player.
You would not need to train resists as much (if at all).
http://www.uoguide.com/Dragon_Barding_Deed
Dragon Barding Deed - UOGuide, the Ultima Online Encyclopedia
Captain is correct this is why they cant be trained, and shouldnt be.
I dint know that. Mine dies when when my melee guy dies anyway.
Hats off to the captain.
Pregnant womans nightmare right there lol.
It would only affect in PVM as a swampy in PVP has no special effects, only when you fighting mobs do you get the reduced stam loss
Barding exceptional is 20% absorb damage and non exceptional 10%, parax swamp is something like 12% permanent.
thankyou for correcting.
Which IMO has ZERO effect on it being trained as a pet since the only bonus you get there is while riding it... once you get off the thing you don't get the bonus anymore... so again what is the point of not being able to train it???
Not like it's going to be more powerful than a horse. And once you train it NO ONE else but a tamer can use it... so again... what is the point of it not being able to be trained??? Seriously.
Not like it's going to be more powerful than a horse. And once you train it NO ONE else but a tamer can use it... so again... what is the point of it not being able to be trained??? Seriously.
Dragon Barding doesn't just add Damage Reduction to the player when ridden, but it also adds Resists to the Swamp Dragon. Exceptional Valorite Dragon Barding adds +50/20/30/35/30 Resists to a Swamp Dragon, on top of the Resists they already have, and i've seen them go up to 95% Physical Resist before with Dull Copper Barding. All you'd need to do is level a Swamp Dragon to 50/80/70/65/70 Resists, which is 335 Total (well within the 365 Total Resist Cap), then slap on an Exceptional Valorite Barding Deed, and it'd have 95+ in every Resist. Ultimate tank right there, almost nothing would be able to kill it.
That's why they didn't allow Swamp Dragons to be levelable.
That's why they didn't allow Swamp Dragons to be levelable.
Then have the barding only apply like resisting spells does... UNDER what is already there... simple fix... can't get any higher then than the armor... if you put the armor on a dragon with all 70's whatever then it just won't do anything unless the blighter gets cursed really badly...
Cos People would just put disco on the pet, use the pet to disco a boss, then ride the pet... would be way too OP.
I can do that with a CuSidhe... what's the diff??? and if you get on it then the Disco wears off.... since it can't "see" the pet anymore.
no, it doesn't wear off, just goes to prove as per usual you have no idea what you're talking about, and the difference between doing that on a swamp dragon to a Cu, is that the Cu does not give 20% damage reduction, so why would any warrior tamer ride a cu?
Because cu > swamp, bandage ally bru! nah seriously swamp > cu