Warden set Aerie's Cry dead on arrival

Arjuna1696 · July 30

Pretty bummed that this set hasn't been tuned up a bit. From my own testing and any testing I can find from others, this set performs a bit (~1-5k) worse than Tzogvin's, Aegis Caller, AY, etc. And those sets will further outperform Aerie's Cry whenever there's more than one enemy (most of the time). Maybe bumping the animal companion skill damage from 10%-15% would make this set more preferable...but without giving it even the slightest edge over other sets, I don't see this being used much. Shouldn't class sets reward players for leaning into their class's identity?

Skjaldbjorn · July 30

Well, they also removed the ability to front bar it if I understood that note correctly. So this set got hurt even more in the last cycle update.

Stafford197 · July 30

I think it’s more sad that this is all that was thought of - straight up % damage buffs.

How about having a chance to double cast your birds? Or now you get two bears? Or maybe you summon additional other animals?

But no, it’s just another typical proc / boring % buffs which do not even surpass old sets from
many years ago.

Arjuna1696 · July 30

Stafford197 wrote: »

I think it’s more sad that this is all that was thought of - straight up % damage buffs.

How about having a chance to double cast your birds? Or now you get two bears? Or maybe you summon additional other animals?

But no, it’s just another typical proc / boring % buffs which do not even surpass old sets from
many years ago.

That's a good point, so many other games get really creative with ability-altering set effects. They often get overdone, but I'd for sure love to see some more creativity in this department.

Iuppiterr · July 31

What i like about the set is that you get rewarded for playing the class different (more companion spells). I think it will get a spot and if only for ppl who like stamina Warden a lot.

Iuppiterr · July 31

Stafford197 wrote: »

How about having a chance to double cast your birds? Or now you get two bears? Or maybe you summon additional other animals?

I dont think this would make you happy aswell

Stafford197 · August 2

Iuppiterr wrote: »

Stafford197 wrote: »

How about having a chance to double cast your birds? Or now you get two bears? Or maybe you summon additional other animals?

I dont think this would make you happy aswell

Having two bears would be awesome what are you talking about lol.

Highwayman · August 2

Stafford197 wrote: »

Iuppiterr wrote: »

Stafford197 wrote: »

How about having a chance to double cast your birds? Or now you get two bears? Or maybe you summon additional other animals?

I dont think this would make you happy aswell

Having two bears would be awesome what are you talking about lol.

It is a weird take and I don't get it. Anyone I've ever met playing a pet build would always be happy to see more pets. The entire game worldwide could freeze every time they take a step and they would still say, "maybe only one or two more."