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Thread: 1, 2, or 3 pets?
Message Edited by Meuw on 07-01-2005 08:32 AM
Meuw wrote:
I can answer this for you very easily...I use a 37/32 combo or my 23/23/23 Kusak trio (Larry, Moe, and Curly) my 37/32 combined 630-650 damage, my 23/23/23 comined 750 damage.
oh, and as for holding agro.....unless you are using a CDEF rifle they will NEVER hold agro....welcome to the new world
Message Edited by Meuw on 07-01-2005 08:32 AM
This might sound like a noob question, but I have to ask it since I dont know what you mean....
23/23/23 combined 750 damage ???? is that the total DPS? or they each hit for 250 every 2 seconds? 3 seconds?
It is all relitive to me. If I have to use a weapon that does 200 damage?? for a 250 damage critter to keep agro. fine with me. If i use a 400 damage ?? weapon for a level 70 critter that does 500 damage to keep agro, fine with me.
BTW thank you for the imput, this has opened my mind up to all kinds of ideas.
GrandPop wrote:
Meuw wrote:
I can answer this for you very easily...I use a 37/32 combo or my 23/23/23 Kusak trio (Larry, Moe, and Curly) my 37/32 combined 630-650 damage, my 23/23/23 comined 750 damage.
oh, and as for holding agro.....unless you are using a CDEF rifle they will NEVER hold agro....welcome to the new world
Message Edited by Meuw on 07-01-2005 08:32 AM
This might sound like a noob question, but I have to ask it since I dont know what you mean....
23/23/23 combined 750 damage ???? is that the total DPS? or they each hit for 250 every 2 seconds? 3 seconds?
It is all relitive to me. If I have to use a weapon that does 200 damage?? for a 250 damage critter to keep agro. fine with me. If i use a 400 damage ?? weapon for a level 70 critter that does 500 damage to keep agro, fine with me.
BTW thank you for the imput, this has opened my mind up to all kinds of ideas.
it is their damage rating, they don't have a DPS rating. 750 per attack combined.
I've done a lot of experimenting with that. I'll save you most of the boring details and give you a quick summary. The real advantage of multiple pets is that they provide you with a bit moredamage. That is, they will help you do a bit more damage than you could do by yourself. What you'll want to do is examine your combat chat after every encounter to see the kinds of results you get.
Assuming equivalent levels, 3 pets will do more damage than 2 pets. 2 pets will do more damage than one pet. How much damage they do will depend on the level of the mob you're attacking. The higher the level of the mob, the less damage the pets do. Conversely, the lower the mob level, the more damage the pets do. Always group with your pets, they do more damage.
By way of example, against CL80 mobs, my3 pet combo - CL 22,23, & 23 -does about 300 damage. That'scombined not each btw. Idon't havethe exact figures with me at the moment, soI am guessing but I'm not too far off. I forget what my 2CL 34 pets do, but it's less. My CL 66 pet does about 136, give or take. Pets are wild tamed, not BE.
Pets can't tank against mobs near or higher thantheir level.They can hold aggro if you're able to keep yourdamage output low enough. Except then your pets will die. Period. And especially true if they end up taking on more than one mob at a time.Mobs much higher in level than your pets will simply do too much damage too quickly.So be very careful if you use your low level pets to pull very high level mobs. You will have to take aggro if you want your pets to survive.Low level mobs won't be a problem, of course.
I only have "normal" wild pets, so I can't speak to the advantages of elite or BE pets. Good luck and good hunting!