Wolfchild07 wrote: »How are they useful if they can't help with the difficult content? Noone's around to help in dead zones at dead times and there are zone bosses that are still a pain to solo (Murkmire tree, Walks, that still needs it's healing nerfed) and Harrowstorms.
The devs told us they're supposed to help with these things but they die to trash mobs.
Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »So, how long will it take to level a companion?
Wolfchild07 wrote: »How are they useful if they can't help with the difficult content? Noone's around to help in dead zones at dead times and there are zone bosses that are still a pain to solo (Murkmire tree, Walks, that still needs it's healing nerfed) and Harrowstorms.
The devs told us they're supposed to help with these things but they die to trash mobs.
Bastian is not an independent thing running around killing things for you. He is one of your tools that you can use in the dungeon, and he is not a "set-it-and-forget-it" tool. The companions have to be managed, like everything else in your combat.
Played properly, they will be able to tank dungeon bosses.
I am waiting to see if ZOS buffs their survivability, as this will help a lot with people learning how to manage them.
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Enemy-of-Coldharbour wrote: »Can we share the companions between each of our characters, or do we have to re-grind-level the companion for each of our characters we want to use them with?
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*snipped for brevities sake*Companions are not yet released. Can you tell how many Companion bugs would be fixed and not fixed?
Goregrinder wrote: »They will be like running a proc set as your 4th gear set. Free damage. Can't really be any worse then a player who just spams LA or doesn't ever weave, so they will have their uses.
you need to actualy try them on pts, before you say that. their damage is all but nonexistent even when they are alive... which they are not very often. moreover, they constantly habitually pull mobs out of your ground AoE's, somehow draw more threat than anyone else even without any taunts equipped and the moment a mobs runs to them, they start backpedaling - which i guess is something newer players also do, but at least you can tell a newer player to stop backpedaling and run to the tank/group instead if something is on them, so that it actualy dies. companions will ALWAYS backpedal and you cannot teach them otherwise.
they are worse then class pets. so.... much worse.
Goregrinder wrote: »They will be like running a proc set as your 4th gear set. Free damage. Can't really be any worse then a player who just spams LA or doesn't ever weave, so they will have their uses.
you need to actualy try them on pts, before you say that. their damage is all but nonexistent even when they are alive... which they are not very often. moreover, they constantly habitually pull mobs out of your ground AoE's, somehow draw more threat than anyone else even without any taunts equipped and the moment a mobs runs to them, they start backpedaling - which i guess is something newer players also do, but at least you can tell a newer player to stop backpedaling and run to the tank/group instead if something is on them, so that it actualy dies. companions will ALWAYS backpedal and you cannot teach them otherwise.
they are worse then class pets. so.... much worse.
thought y and maybe right click will make them go place x..
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