Well... now I know what my next taming goal will be. I plan on putting together a pack of frenzied ostards. And even though this thread was for arachnid pack instincts, it has now become my "go to guide" for what I need and want to know about frenzied ostards.
Now... do the frenzied ostards strength of 160 plus, show up as 160 plus when wild? Or what should the strength of a wild frenzied ostard be when wild?
My best frenzied ostard that I have nearly GM'd has 120 hp. I'll have to check at what his strength is though.
Oh... and um. P.S.
Meat Elemental... your avatar is quite disturbing.
You can only train pets up to 125 in a stat. To get a 161+ STR pet, it has to have that lvl of STR before you tame it.
Also, you said 160... You want 161
That is the point where it achieves the highest dmg threshold.
Your pvp question...
I haven't tried a pack of frienzied ostards in pvp since I came back. I used to be able to pk people with frienzies, hell hounds and hellcat kittens. I've killed ppl on siege with dire wolves as well before my tamer could get the better pack pets.
It is difficult to heal the pack quickly enough. To run packs effectively in pvp you need to be fast and you need to know your weaknesses (primary weakness is that packs move slowly when chasing someone). If you're just killing people at the yew moongate the trick is to box them in before you attack. If you're pking out in the open field, you want to do so with friends.
When people try to focus on killing a member or 2 of your pack, your friends need to focus on them, which uses the pack as a diversion. If they don't focus on you enough, you kill them (pack becomes main attack). Also, your pk friends need to let you call the shots. You say "focus this guy" and they do that. One volley from your pack will put that guy low or dead. You aren't the finisher generally.
Your damage output will be insane. One time I killed a hacker with my pack. I did well over 400 damage to him before he died (he had hacked his HP), but he died because he was boxed in and unable to outheal my pack damage (frienzies).
You can also use a pack to intercept runners that are trying to get away with low hp. If you cut them off, they have to run around or through your pack... if your pack is attacking them, they are dead. Naturally, packs do best in areas where the path is limited such as the hallway entrance to deceit (LOL).
Sometimes you can get away with invising your pack over a choke point. Then when people run through the choke point they will shove one member of your pack and have their movement stopped by the next one. If you're quick to put the pack on them, they are boxed in and dead.
It is a little known fact that hellcat kittens can have 90% fire resist. I took a pack of them to fel yew moongate once just for some laughs. A couple of guys there tried to 2 v 1 me and one of them had a summoned demon. They hit my cats with flamestrike which basically did nothing. I discorded the demon and boxed in/killed both of the players very rapidly. Then I put the pack on the demon and killed it too. The players were actually laughing at me. Perhaps if they spent more time trying to survive and less time typing "LOL" it would have been a different outcome, but I doubt it
Yes, I'm looting while killing.