Creature Handler Archive

You know how your pet has stats for Special Protection andEffectiveness? I've been MCH since November I think, and it was only a couple of days ago that it occurred to me that I had no idea what "Effectiveness" was.I asked about that in a post a couple of days ago, and Sabatian replied with an excerpt from Complete Guide to Armor.I did a bit more research and was more than a bit surprised to findthatthere is no difference between Special Protection and Effectiveness. (Go here if you care to read about protection/effectiveness -http://starwarsgalaxies.station.sony.com/content.jsp?page=Advanced%20Guide%20Armor%20Fundamentals). Maybe this isn't much of a revelation for most of you, but it sure is for me

What this means is that the value (intrinsic not monetary) of some pets might need to be re-evaluated.Whenever I've seen a discussionabout what are the best pets, the discussion usually centers around the pet's Special Protection, HAM, and how much damage it does. I don't recall, however, that I have ever seen anyone talk about a pet's Effectiveness.For example, last night I tamed a Ravenous Roba Stalker (cl 40), a pet that I've not seen on anyone's list as "best" pet.Yet, it has Special Protection Heat 75% and Effectiveness 30% in virtually every other category (as well as Knockdown special attack). True,we lookmostfor high kinetic resists (and maybe energy). Still, while 30% isn't fantastic it is decent, especially considering that it's for alltypes of damage except heat.The ravenousroba has no weaknesses. How many pets can you name off the top of your head with that kind of protection?

So, if you've not taken a pet's Effectiveness into account before, you might want to give that stat a closer look. And if everyone but mealready knew this then why didn't somebody tell me!

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Pickaroon - MCH, Master Pistoleer, Elder Geek
BOTHEN! WOOHOO!

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Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. G. Marx

Pickaroon - MCH, Master Pistoleer, Elder Geek
BOTHEN! WOOHOO!

no, it's like with armor. when a smuggler slices your pet, only the effectiveness increases. the special stays the same.

(if you didn't realize that was bs you need to stop playing this game.)

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