Creature Handler Archive
Thread: Whats the point in grouping pets?
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BlindTyldak
Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:47 pm
#2
The two main reasons is that its easier to watch your pets ham, but more importantly, to allow you to pull higher level missions.
Vertexon
Tue Jun 29, 2004 3:53 pm
#3
In addition to letting you more easily see your pets' HAM, itlets the medical personnel in your group see their HAM. Very handy if the group Docs are trying to keep everyone healthy. Keeping your pets grouped is also nice for keeping tabs on their location (both by seeing the green dots on the radar, and the green arrows in the Group HUD).
Spudsin
Tue Jun 29, 2004 6:17 pm
#4
I mainly use it to kee; track of HAM, but for small pets, it's also nice way of being able to find small pets hidden in the groundclutter
Grycks
Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:03 am
#6
BUT...less harvested resources. Can we get a pet command to harvest as well? 
Devero
Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:16 am
#7
I also like the new arror pointer next to the HAM bar so I can find my little bearded jax in the underbrush.
TechnoCan
Wed Jun 30, 2004 5:35 am
#8
Grycks wrote:BUT...less harvested resources. Can we get a pet command to harvest as well?
???
Never witnessed that I harvest less when grouped with my pets or anyone else... (which does not mean it's not that way...)
I think I have to test that out.
May the Force be with you all!
Technocan
Grycks
Sun Jul 11, 2004 4:27 pm
#9
I have noticed it so many times that I stopped noticing it, can someone else confirm it?
BlindTyldak
Sun Jul 11, 2004 6:38 pm
#10
Yes, that is definitely still in, has been since they made it so everyone can harvest a corpse that's on your group.
Makon
Sun Jul 11, 2004 7:14 pm
#11
I'm able to get higher difficulty missions (more experience and more money) by grouping my pets.
I use a macro for the Follow Me command which includes the pet's name so I can call back individual pets if they need a heal or something. I just click on their name in the group HUD and it selects them. Then I use my macro that makes use of the %TT command, which replaces %TT with your target's name.
It's extremely handy for being able to keep a constant eye on your pet's HAM without having to play hide-and-go-click with your pet and the enemies.
Grouping pets is necessary!
LyteFoot
Mon Jul 12, 2004 6:55 am
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I've noticed that grouping pets will get them attacked quicker. It seems that an agroed beast will attempt to select the weakest member of a group so if I have a low level pet out it will get hit first.
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