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I have er HAD! 2 BE rancors both of them were level 65-69 and had 12k-13k hams and 590-620 damage. I saw that many people who chose alter the pets level instead of its stats suddenly had a level 150+ usless pet So I chose to alter the stats on the weaker of the 2 and to my total disgust my levl 65 rancor went from 12K+ ham with 590 damage to a pethetic 6900 ham and 360 damage. His level was still 65 but now hes not half of what he used to be. I canceld all 4 of my accounts and they will end by the 26th of may. Unless this major BORKING is un done I will not be back. For those ive hunted with or just talked to goodluck and have a nice life and if you ever meet an soe dev. kickemindanadsforme.

Message Edited by Skull-Taker on 04-29-2005 11:31 AM

Well I stated I was master ch an master doc. I don't have any real combat but my pet even though I am lvl 80...

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Angamarth wrote:
Not sure why you think CH is broke, I am running level 78-82 missions, doing them with either two enraged reptilian fliers, or one arachnae widow. No problems here. My pet stims didn't convert properly, reported it, saw that it's a known issue. I'm keeping the pets alive without them though, and the pets heal up after the fight much faster than they used to.

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CLEARLY there is something wrong with how they are doing pet levels. Very, very clearly. Some examples:

A friend of mine is a novice CH. A novice. No other boxes. He has a level 10 BE'ed pet, converted to be usable (still level 10). He goes around hunting level 60-70 creatures and owns them.

I have a level 66 (non-BE) boarwolf. I am an MCH, MTKA. The boarwolf at this level is a master level pet. The thing gets owned by stuff in the 70s (i.e. a handful of levels above it).

Now maybe it is true that the boarwolf should get owned by a level 75, but shouldn't it also be true that a level 10 pet should get owned by a level 65? Yet that is not what happens.

Also, as a double master, I generally am fighting level 78-82 stuff (stuff that cons blue/white). If it's true that anything more than a few levels below that is going to get toasted, how, exactly, are my level 50-70 pets supposed to survive?

I have two BE'ed cats, level 28 each. They were "too powerful". I did STAT conversion (keeping them at level 28). Their armor changed to 1200 or so (whatever that means) resistance of kinetic. I took them, and my MTK skills, and went hunting war grondas (level 79). Two war grondas owned me and the 2 pets in about 45 seconds. The pets just could not stand up to them.

I have a pair of level 64 cats, formerly quite powerful, AR1 and all, and I'm afraid to convert them... I don't want them to turn into pussycats whose greatest ability is to purr while the bad guys kick my butt.

What exactly is the point of having a whole slew of pets that can't be used at all? They don't seem to do any damage, they get smashed by the things that I am being forced to hunt by the game (blue cons from the mission terms, etc). You could say, "Well you are supposed to group," and that's fine, if that's what they want but STILL, if I am grouped, I am in a level 80 group, doing level 80 missions, and I have not yet had any of my pets, natural or BE'ed, level 15-66, be able to stand up to a level 80. Isn't that what your pets are supposed to do? Stand up to what you are fighting? What is the point of taming a level 66 boar wolf if it can't hang in there and help you fight the level 80 mobs you are being put up against by the game engine?

When I was coming up in CH and already MTK, I was more powerful than my pets, so I tanked for them and let them get XP that way for me. That was fine for the training phase but as an MCH now, I should not have to do that. I am not saying my pets should be able to "own all everything", but imagine a lair with 3 WHITE cons to me and my level 80 group. I think it not unreasonable to expect that while I and the other TK tank two of those whites, the pet could go tank the 3rd, long enough to give us the time to beat the first 2. That's not overpowered is it? Yet, I can't see how any of my pets would be able to do that at this point.

C

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Laaba wrote:

I am 100% serious in what I write here an what I have seen sinceCU came out....

When I first logged in early yesterday morning [USA central time] I looked through my pets found I could not take any BE pets I had without converting them... I wanted to play safe so ended up taking out a Screecher lvl 55 I go from my house that is in the ring around theed and head toward Theed looking for something to kill... I see a Cappy Spineflap an say to myself ok this should be easy and send my Screecher after it ... the Screecher swings an misses an then just sits there letting the Cappy Spinflap hand it its ass, I keep trying to have it use specials an it never hit the Cappy Spineflap one time. Now I must admit the Screecher was smart, I figured when the Screecher was 3/4 dead I better start running for my own life an it followed me an lived.

Ok after that little episode I needed a couple hour break to clear my head ....

I log back in an settle in Theed. Watched people complaining an carrying on an looked at my pets again. Now I could pull out any of my BE pets level 50 an belowwithout having to change them they came out like all the other non BE pets. All my really nice BE pets lvl65 to 68 need to be modified... this is scary. I mean I spent 500k on one of them an sure want to keep it alive... lol I take out a lvl 9 gurreck with 7400 health an when you target ityou see it is lvl 1. My pre CU GIANT bunny is now a dwarf he is lvl 18 an hits for 240 max. My Screecher is lvl 55 an hits for 350 max. The best pet I have as far as damage goes is a BE pet lvl 50 gurreck that I did not have to alter that hits for about 540 max. I tested him an he actually hits for that. Most of my pets likethe Screecher Spiders etc hit for 300 to 370. I tell Gus to kill something an it does but then I have to tell it to follow me again or he just wanders around. Even if I am standing outside an critters are around he tends to wander off. Last I had to tell him 3 times to guard or follow me to get him to leave Theed to head to my house.... on the bright side he followed me all the way back into Theed.

Last night was a real shocker to me seeing so many people protesting this CU. I have never seen anything like itin the 10 years I have been playing online games.

Well at this point I am back in theed watching people complain an trying to figure doctor out. Seems in my playing with Gus killing stuff well below his lvl I could not heal him. My old macro's don't work ya I have some converted stim's. Seeing I am both MCH an Mdocan am lvl 80 I don't have much trouble running around. Was pretty easy to go to endor an get one of these new awsome boar wolves that is lvl 66 that hits for 380 with 6400 health... Guess I am lucky in some ways Gus lvl 50 still has his 11058 health an hits for the 537-548 I mentioned earlier. What I like least in running around is when something attacks an hits me I don't auto target it.

IMHO CH is so broke it is not funny an I like many others cannot believe this CU. Sony ONLINE has taken a BIG gamble in releasing this. I hope it turns out allright... but me like many others have hit the Cancel button. I expire on the 18th an if there are MAJOR inporvements by then I will go back to monthly..... One of the MAJOR things they are going to have to do to keep me playing is change JEDI so it is NOT SOLO un playable. LOL A few friends that are Jedi Knights are leaving casue of this patch.

Never did I in my wildest dreams expect to see the day after playing a online game for almost 2 years that I would have to search for hours to find info on how to play my character [doctor]. Where is the book to tell me what to do. All my super Buff's are now average something lol

I could go on ranting an complaining but I tried to keep this objective....

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Not sure why you think CH is broke, I am running level 78-82 missions, doing them with either two enraged reptilian fliers, or one arachnae widow. No problems here. My pet stims didn't convert properly, reported it, saw that it's a known issue. I'm keeping the pets alive without them though, and the pets heal up after the fight much faster than they used to.

My biggest adjustment was I went from the pets tanking to me tanking. They can't seem to hold agro, so they end up being just like a big ol' DoT. Group with a friend or two, things go even faster, and still getting full exp. That's the best thing about the CU, no exp or cash penalty for staying with your group anymore.

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Angamarth wrote:

Not sure why you think CH is broke, I am running level 78-82 missions, doing them with either two enraged reptilian fliers, or one arachnae widow. No problems here. My pet stims didn't convert properly, reported it, saw that it's a known issue. I'm keeping the pets alive without them though, and the pets heal up after the fight much faster than they used to.

My biggest adjustment was I went from the pets tanking to me tanking. They can't seem to hold agro, so they end up being just like a big ol' DoT. Group with a friend or two, things go even faster, and still getting full exp. That's the best thing about the CU, no exp or cash penalty for staying with your group anymore.

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