Okay, eh, back for more. Busy day today, full of unexpected emergencies. (>.>)
Anyways, Frag combo. Not reliably possible on petsorc. You only have room for Streak as your stun. And turning around 180 and landing your Frag takes too much time. Especially on console. Accelerating Drain, block-cancelled, is smoother. I think it's not a true combo, as in, breaking free and blocking IS possible before Frag impact, but with lag, reaction time and the awful "fear" animation, it is very reliable for an untrue combo. Also, it makes room for the BoL morph, which is really good for pure kiting.
Fury is specialized. It's annoying as a kill stealer, but as an execution it's really weak. The animation is slow, damage weak and the threshold low. Unless you bake it into a combo with Curse, Meteor and Streak, it's probably more of a liability - if it doesn't proc, you're wasting damage.
It's the sorcery buff. You can get it from potions and you want it up 100%. So spellcrit potion on cooldown. UNLESS you're running Surge for a nice constant heal and the buff. Then you can use other potions. You can swap potions, but you can't swap Surge in and out in combat. So you have to make that decision in your build. Tripots with their stamina allow me to use bistat food and pure max magicka glyphs. That gives me bigger shields than a Necropotence pet build.
LoS in this game is wonky and sometimes the smallest objects (pebbles) will block your attacks like a wall. It's a bit better when jumping, as the game gives you a wider visibility degree mid-air. But that also incites the wrath of our merry forum dwellers here, you know?
I guarantee you there are situations that influence your fight with questionable LoS. Stamina players in general have become masters at abusing that. And, well, with pets they get a taste of their own medicine. I would rather have pet and general LoS fixed. But since this isn't happening, I take a grim pleasure in seeing those players weep, who hug the next rock for hours when you so much as look at them. I feel sympathy for my ranged magicka brethren, though.
So, uh, did I forget anything? Actually didn't want to invest that much effort on the forums here anymore... Sure worked out great! xD
Except they're not like actual line of sight. Actual line of sight isn't targetable, actual line of sight doesn't cause targeting to prioritise the LOS instead of the target you're trying to hit. They're like line of sight on a handful of steroids, and it actually breaks the game.
Except they're not like actual line of sight. Actual line of sight isn't targetable, actual line of sight doesn't cause targeting to prioritise the LOS instead of the target you're trying to hit. They're like line of sight on a handful of steroids, and it actually breaks the game.
Actually, fundamentally they are like line of sight. They just block projectiles instead of beams. But that's besides the point. Being able to LoS on pets is a good design element and target blocking should stay. The real problem is that the targeting system went nuts about a year ago. Please don't nerf pets, just fix the targeting.
phoenixkungfu wrote: »Pets have been nerfed to bare bones. Lol there is nothing left to nerf. At this point 1 more nerf will equal a MUST HAVE MAJOR BUFF TO MAKE UP FOR NERF. If pets was treated like nb shade. Due to pets being unique pet are always active. Smh, your nerf would be fine, if all elements was treated like shade. The most amazing buff a pet sorc could get is to single bar pets. YOUR NERF WOULD LEAD TO THIS. YOU WOULD REALLY COMPLAIN IF THIS HAPPENED. INSTEAD PET SORC DPS WOULD GO UP. If I had 2 more free bar spots I would rain dead on all. Lol trust me you want pets to be targeted. SO YOU CAN KILL PETS. Trust me, It's a good counter to alot of situation.
phoenixkungfu wrote: »Pets have been nerfed to bare bones. Lol there is nothing left to nerf. At this point 1 more nerf will equal a MUST HAVE MAJOR BUFF TO MAKE UP FOR NERF. If pets was treated like nb shade. Due to pets being unique pet are always active. Smh, your nerf would be fine, if all elements was treated like shade. The most amazing buff a pet sorc could get is to single bar pets. YOUR NERF WOULD LEAD TO THIS. YOU WOULD REALLY COMPLAIN IF THIS HAPPENED. INSTEAD PET SORC DPS WOULD GO UP. If I had 2 more free bar spots I would rain dead on all. Lol trust me you want pets to be targeted. SO YOU CAN KILL PETS. Trust me, It's a good counter to alot of situation.
Why must they be targettable?
- They act as body shields on literally anything. If you are between the pet and the sorc, forget it, you can't damage that sorc.
- How many ults have we all wasted on a pet?
- Is it fun and rewarding to accidently hit a pet with something despite you clearly aiming at the player?
- Should a passive ability really give you 100% damage reduction on some abilities due to them not actually hitting you?
Why must they be targettable?
- They act as body shields on literally anything. If you are between the pet and the sorc, forget it, you can't damage that sorc.
- How many ults have we all wasted on a pet?
- Is it fun and rewarding to accidently hit a pet with something despite you clearly aiming at the player?
- Should a passive ability really give you 100% damage reduction on some abilities due to them not actually hitting you?
Absurd idea.
- learn to actually aim at your target
- learn to actually aim at your target so you dont miss your ultimate
- its fun indeed and learn to work around it
- and most of all, meet one sorc healer and see what happen if pet is allowed to stay alive
Why must they be targettable?
- They act as body shields on literally anything. If you are between the pet and the sorc, forget it, you can't damage that sorc.
- How many ults have we all wasted on a pet?
- Is it fun and rewarding to accidently hit a pet with something despite you clearly aiming at the player?
- Should a passive ability really give you 100% damage reduction on some abilities due to them not actually hitting you?
Absurd idea.
- learn to actually aim at your target
- learn to actually aim at your target so you dont miss your ultimate
- its fun indeed and learn to work around it
- and most of all, meet one sorc healer and see what happen if pet is allowed to stay alive
Equally absurd idea:
Learn how to play without the crutch of free shields that wreak havoc on an already poor targeting system. You're already playing one of the most brain-dead easy classes in the game — how much of an advantage do you need?
Except they're not like actual line of sight. Actual line of sight isn't targetable, actual line of sight doesn't cause targeting to prioritise the LOS instead of the target you're trying to hit. They're like line of sight on a handful of steroids, and it actually breaks the game.
Actually, fundamentally they are like line of sight. They just block projectiles instead of beams. But that's besides the point. Being able to LoS on pets is a good design element and target blocking should stay. The real problem is that the targeting system went nuts about a year ago. Please don't nerf pets, just fix the targeting.
People are really only talking about the flying chicken. The clanfear and scamp are low and you can target over/around them fairly easily. The Atro is an ultimate; portable LOS on an ultimate seems totally reasonable. Warden bear and blastbones and ww pets are also targetable but like the clanfear, it's manageable.
The giant flappy thing, though, has a hitbox the size of Auridon and teleports around all over the place. Hence why people also complain about sorc pets at turn-in stations.
My solution would be to make it a different daedroth without giant flapping wings OR trim the hitbox off the wings and only apply to the body.
P.S. And while they are at, sorc pets could use a facelift. When you compare their appearance to the art coming out now, they look pretty bad.