pets and weapons

[Tecmos Deception]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Weapons on pets solo is a total waste of time. With the pet nerf you really have to kill off the pet everytime. In a group I agree the stun weapons work well. Most everything else not a big deal.

Eh.

I think that it probably works out pretty close to the same xp whether I charm a pet and let him and another mob duke it out then break charm and finish both off OR charm a pet and give him weapons and haste and just let him annihilate stuff while eating some of my xp.

The former results in fewer kills and more mana use per kill, but you get full xp. Without a target to ToT every fight, I'll probably end up at 30% mana after 4 kills and need to med a few minutes before taking on more.

The latter results in more kills at reduced xp but probably with no downtime at all (except for a minute here or there when pet needs to be blurred to heal; shouldn't need this often which cheap slow + stun weapons), even if not facing many mobs I can ToT.


I've never really tested it, this is just my guess. If a charmed pet eats more than 50% xp though, then definitely it wouldn't be as good.

[Galanteer]

Ungeared, Unhasted: DPS of 50% max hit.
Ungeared, 68% hasted: DPS of 85% of max hit.
Geared, Unhasted: DPS of 90% of max hit.
Geared, 68% hasted: DPS of 150% of max hit.
Geared, 88% hasted: DPS of 170% of max hit.
Geared, 100% hasted: DPS of 180% of max hit.


this was parsed a few expansions in the future, should be still somewhat relevant.

[Orikle]

What is consider the über pet weps or charmed pets you guys are talkin about? I know the stun lariats are great along with Mage summoned weps for procs but can't think of others you would put on pet thats better

[webrunner5]

I think we need to break this down pet class to pet class. Mage got the biggest hit hands down. Enchanter next, Necro, next SK, Druid, than Shaman.

Whats it mean, well it pretty much killed Mage population on here. I swear I don't see many Nerco's on anymore either. Enchanters I would say have stayed pretty steady. It really doesn't effect SK, Druid, Shaman. Their pets are too weak to make a big difference on the 51% rule.

So this thread to me pretty much depends what class you play not a overall opinion.

[Tecmos Deception]

Original post:

Originally Posted by shooteneq1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

When charming pets how much of a difference does giving your pet weapons make, and if it does make a difference do the weapons themselves make a difference, like would rusty be just as good as fine steel ?

Your post:

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I think we need to break this down pet class to pet class. Mage got the biggest hit hands down. Enchanter next, Necro, next SK, Druid, than Shaman.

Whats it mean, well it pretty much killed Mage population on here. I swear I don't see many Nerco's on anymore either. Enchanters I would say have stayed pretty steady. It really doesn't effect SK, Druid, Shaman. Their pets are too weak to make a big difference on the 51% rule.

So this thread to me pretty much depends what class you play not a overall opinion.

My question:

WTF?