Creature Handler Archive

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JuriGorbachev wrote:

I recently became MCH, and i decided to go toYavin IVto look for some Gackle Bats and Crystal Snakes. However, every time i come accross a baby, i "Fail to Tame The Creature". So i keep trying, and eventually, they get pissy, and either get their mother to attack or attack me themselves. I have tried other creatures on Dathomirtoo, and i keep gettin same thing. Is this normal? If so, how can i tame more effectivly?

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Higher-level creatures are sometimes hard to tame. I was taming some Kinad Baz Nitches 2 days ago... a lair spawned 3 of them!! The first two were tamed within 10 attempts. But the final one took 57 attempts. I was actually keeping track by sending myself a /tell with a count. About 1/4 of the time it would aggro upon failure and at times, it's guardian adult would attack as well. So it's normal to work at times.

Now.. there are a few things you can get that tend to help.. SOME. Buy some BE clothing with Taming skillpoints added. And there's a food or drink (I forget which one) that is supposed to help, but I manage quite well without it... assuming you dont mind an occasional 50+ attempt tame.

So .. bottom line.. CH's tend to be among the most patient people out there.

You are doing good.

i appreciate it man, the "cant tame" glitch is annoying enough, jus glad this is normal.

Oh.. I neglected to mention what I do when they aggro... (oh.. and thanks for the name of the food.)

My second profession is Master Pikeman. FYI.. I rarely wear armor.. and never wear armor while taming.

My leftover skillpoints are in medic.

So when I get aggro'd, I simply run away - letting the baby, parents, etc, ankle-bite me. I have plenty of melee defense to mitigate large dmg.. so I generally get hit for 100-150 or so from higher-end animals. This is easily kept up with with even the minimal medic skills I have.

Never attack the baby. But on occasion, the baby will turn back and the adult will still be approaching. When this happens, I simply kill the adult. Then I return and perform another tame attempt.

This is MUCH, MUCH easier than in the old days. I used to spend 15-30 minutes simply crawling up to within taming range of animals like a Rancor. The adults were much more deadly and the babies were so very fragile in comparison. I can't even begin to remember how many babies I accidently killed with a SS2 I used back then.

Nowdays, at CL80, I simply walk into a CL70 lair and tame away. No fuss at all.

when i try taming high level stuff with a good chance of getting agroed on a failed tame i usually hop on my bike (unmount - start tame - mount bike again - target baby again for easier following). with this i m fast away (150m) and back to start my next taming try on a failed tame with agro.

just be careful with this tactic when u tame AOE-attackers - i lost bikes to my bull rancor, blood seeker mite queen and blood frenzied boar wolf.

I have found the Almond food with a bonus of +18 ... never tame babies above CL 50 without it, saves a lot of bother (wearing the BE clothes, of course).
But so far I haven't found a use in mask scent ... sometimes I can tame 10 times in a row without getting aggro while not under mask scent, while with it I get attacked every time.
Lately I haven't bothered using it, and got almost all L3 specials

When I do get aggro, I also just run in a circle around the lair, 50m or so distance until I lose aggro. With 4000 CM I can easily outheal even 5 CL70 critters without wearing armor, at least until they give up.

My BARC is stored as soon as I arrive at a baby ... the repair kits are expensive ...