PvE wise matriarch is very good skill, though it would be realy nice to have separate health bar of pet to see its status. PvP? Well form my experience its dead 90% of a time when needed, it was better when attacks didn't worked as an attack command, in large scale pets were ordered to stick with me and it was working pretty well, but now its a joke If someone played Spiritmaster in Aion, then he knows how pets should be implemented in game - There were 4 types of pets, 1 tank(100% tank), 1tank/dd (66% tank, 34% dps), 1 dd(66%dd/34%tank) and 1 pure dd. All had the same skills but was altered by type of summon. Tank e.g. had powerfull AoE agro skill that when used smart, kept mobs on him allowing to solo things immposible for other classes. You could transfer damage you took to pet. You could buff pets so much that they was hitting a lot harder than your toon. Pets couldn't stuck on terrians, was always few steps behind you and you could be sure that you can relay on them. Managing pets in ESO is a nightmare when you experienced how it should be done.

Ozby wrote: »

I have also noticed in this game the Bosses and or enemies instantly target the healers. I was doing 2 man runs of wayrest sewers and I was the healer and every single time on the last boss she would go me with a vengeance till i was dead.
I have also noticed with my Twilight she gets targeted and killed when ever there's no tank taunting the boss/enemy. Seems the mechanic in this game is they go for healers first.

I thought everyone goes for the healer first - I certainly do. Burn the healer down first and the rest will follow in short order. That's the first thing you learn in RPG school.

I wouldn't say she is useless, the problem lies with certain unavoidable mechanics with pets (serpent world shaper for instance) that one shots them and you cant really avoid.

Gotta give props to ZOS tho, on scalecaller peak that nasty poison one shots doesn't hit pets, thats how other one shot mechanics should be.

Priyasekarssk wrote: »

VaranisArano wrote: »

Ozby wrote: »

I have also noticed in this game the Bosses and or enemies instantly target the healers. I was doing 2 man runs of wayrest sewers and I was the healer and every single time on the last boss she would go me with a vengeance till i was dead.
I have also noticed with my Twilight she gets targeted and killed when ever there's no tank taunting the boss/enemy. Seems the mechanic in this game is they go for healers first.

In the absence of a taunt, the boss aggros on whoever is hitting them with damage or heals. Since most healers are using HOTs, they tend to get aggro.

If you don't like it, the answer is to talk to your tank about slotting an actual taunt that can actually hold boss aggro.

What about solo boss fights ?

In a solo boss fight...I dunno. I sort of expect that I have aggro. Unless I'm using the clannfear on a sorc pet, it seems to me like there's only one person in the fight to take aggro...

Or am I missing something here?

Edited to add: here's a more indepth discussion of how aggro works in the absence of a taunt. its generally about "who hit the boss/mob last" and healers tend to hit bosses/mobs often with healing ticks from HOTs and spamming heals. https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/391895/a-guide-to-aggro/p1

learn to control your pet. if its off doing something and you arent aware of whaere, or why or what? thats a problem with you, not the pet. There are basic "attack" and "stop attack" commands for the pet. look into them.

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »

@LadyLethalla this thread was made before pets were improved. Like doubling the resist they have, from 9100 to 18200 and making it so they can't be one hit from aoes and targeting the enemy that you are heavy attacking, etc etc. So keep that in mind.

Edit: just saw your edit. Clanfear is useless. You would be better off with the scamp. Does way more damage and still tanks just as good.

I haven't tested Clannfear for a while. It used to have a highly reliable taunt, while other pets didn't. Has that changed, even in solo situations?

FrancisCrawford wrote: »

Lightspeedflashb14_ESO wrote: »

@LadyLethalla this thread was made before pets were improved. Like doubling the resist they have, from 9100 to 18200 and making it so they can't be one hit from aoes and targeting the enemy that you are heavy attacking, etc etc. So keep that in mind.

Edit: just saw your edit. Clanfear is useless. You would be better off with the scamp. Does way more damage and still tanks just as good.

I haven't tested Clannfear for a while. It used to have a highly reliable taunt, while other pets didn't. Has that changed, even in solo situations?

I can only speak for myself as I've not discussed this with any other pet sorc players... but, I have used both.

The Clannfear will not only take the boss's aggro but will also turn him around just as a good tank player will. The Scamp just runs to either the nearest enemy or the enemy I'm heavy attacking - as I'm on console that's as much "control" as I have over my pets. So it may be true that the Scamp does more damage (and that's IF I can pulse it... with the lag I have I'm hard pressed to keep my shields up enough to survive, let alone use the Scamp pulse) but as the Clannfear stops me taking at least some of the boss's damage I find it a much more useful morph.

VaranisArano wrote: »

Before you get too excited extolling the many virtues of your Twilight Matriarch, this is a Necro'd thead.

Damn, true enough.

Priyasekarssk wrote: »

Twenty0zTsunami wrote: »

learn to control your pet. if its off doing something and you arent aware of whaere, or why or what? thats a problem with you, not the pet. There are basic "attack" and "stop attack" commands for the pet. look into them.

Please stop commenting, before understanding what OP was telling. Its not about controlling pets.

No offense, but the OP was writing back in July 2017. This is a necro'd thread. Even from the July portion of the thread, people have been talking about controlling the pets and how their aggro works, so its not exactly off topic.

If we are focusing only on the OP, the answer is simple: Your Matriarch is dead all the time? You should be using Hardened/Empowered Ward and casting the heal regularly to keep the Matriarch's health up.

All that was answered way back in July. But then the thread got necro'ed and we're rehashing everything. Redirecting people back to the OP is as pointless as me reminding people that this is a necro'd thread and Mannimarco approves of thread necromancy. Don't encourage Mannimarco.

VaranisArano wrote: »

The pets can hold aggro, but they can't override a player taunt.

If you are using Puncture, Inner Fire, Frost staff heavy attack with the Trifocus passive or a charge ability while wearing the Tormentor set, you should have no problem holding aggro with your taunt no matter what pet is being used. The pet will not override or interfere with an actual taunt ability (which, yeah, means it isn't an actual taunt, because using a second taunt would cause the boss/mob to get taunt immunity and you'd know if that happened, but it doesn't therefore the pet doesn't have an actual taunt.)

That being said, if you aren't using an actual taunt ability listed above, your pet will do a pretty good job of holding aggro, especially the clannfear.

Wait a moment -- is taunt immunity a real thing at this time? How does it work?