Pet options for New Nek Instance

[Powerman100]

<DIV>Was in there briefly tonight.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>A Possesed Chest was a big surprise: 32k non crit special attack. (15 - 20 Sec recast timer I think*) Average DPS on a ^^^ lvl 72 encounter was 1.2 to 1.8 k</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>An  Ancient Codex  was the second best pet I tried, Various attacks ranging from 1.2 to 9k  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>had a few more pets but none really leap out as having been good pets.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>FYI problem with the possesed chest is it randomly uses its special ability (it's called splinters) so sometimes he uses it to open or waits ti fights almost over.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Feel free to add more.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Ohh... thanks for all the posts here, have always came here to learn about my new main after I rolled him.  Without the help I've gotten here, I would've became a part of the "that classis to hard crowd".</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I am going to go back after my lockout is up and try soloing in there, from what I remember,not to many stun/mez immune things we came accross</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Draz</DIV> <DIV>70 Coercer </DIV> <DIV>Ordo Ab Chao</DIV> <DIV>Formerly Neriak now on Butcherblock</DIV> <DIV><BR> </DIV>

[Powerman100]

<P>When I looked back thru my logs,  here's a parse from one of the fights we were in ,was group of 3 lvl 70 or 71 mobs, forget wether they were all ^^^ or some other.</P> <P> </P> <P>Here's the parse:</P><FONT size=2> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"GRP 235665:4555:2945.8"</P> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"HH A Possessed Crate 31496:splinters"</P> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"A Possessed Crate 150607:4555:1882.6"</P> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"Mithee 32278:0:403.5"</P> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"Hues 31084:0:388.5"</P> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"Bellisima 21696:0:271.2"</P> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"Venger 0:0:0.0"</P> <P>(1155261429)[Thu Aug 10 21:57:09 2006] You say to the group,"Alembert 0:0:0.0"</P> <P>One thing I noticed, Amnesia can save its life if it blasts away at the begining of the fight, allowing the tank to turn it back to him after that Blast lands.</P> <P> </P> <P>Draz</P></FONT> <P>Message Edited by Powerman10000 on <SPAN class=date_text>08-10-2006</SPAN> <SPAN class=time_text>09:08 PM</SPAN></P><p>Message Edited by Powerman10000 on <span class=date_text>08-10-2006</span> <span class=time_text>09:10 PM</span>

[dizzi73]

And now for the nerf...err the news

[ArcticZero]

I have to ask.. why would you post something like this.. just say hey get this pet it rocks... and leave it be.. do you pick up and wave the hey come make it so the mobs in the new nek can't be charmed flagged on purpose.. I just don't get it..

[Roriondesexiest]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> ArcticZeroEQ wrote:<BR> I have to ask.. why would you post something like this.. just say hey get this pet it rocks... and leave it be.. do you pick up and wave the hey come make it so the mobs in the new nek can't be charmed flagged on purpose.. I just don't get it..<BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>LOL, everyeone knows about these mobs, I get spammed tells now to come to this zone...</P>

[Violator]

So, the only question left... any good loots drop?

[Ibunubi]

<DIV>Final mob of the zone is guaranteed level 70 master spell, I believe. Some decent legendary loot, sub-par treasured.</DIV>

[Crono1321]

<blockquote><hr>Ibunubi wrote:<div>Final mob of the zone is guaranteed level 70 master spell, I believe. Some decent legendary loot, sub-par treasured.</div><hr></blockquote>LOL What mob is this?  There is no way a zone would be a "guaranteed" master of any kind...otherwise guilds would just farm them all day long and get 20 LEVEL 70 MASTERS every 18 hours.  <div></div>

[Outerspace]

It's not a guaranteed master, only dropped legendary for me last night.<div></div>

[Roriondesexiest]

<DIV>ugh, how do you CC in this zone?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Maybe I had my graphics turned down too much but I had a real hard time targetting the adds, heck they were tough to even find sometimes because of how cramped and dark the zone is.  I used my ratonga illusion because my troll was too tall and that didn't seem to help much either, because of the low ceiling and close walls 3rd person view was almost useless.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I consider myself pretty good at CC and was thouroughly embarassed in this zone.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I did charm one of those chests and they sucked for me, didn't cast anything only melee.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[nscragg]

<DIV>ArcticZeroEQ said: "I have to ask.. why would you post something like this.. just say hey get this pet it rocks... and leave it be.. do you pick up and wave the hey come make it so the mobs in the new nek can't be charmed flagged on purpose.. I just don't get it.. "</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Errr.. some people strive for balance in this game.  Is a pet armed with a 32k special unbalaced?  Discuss...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Aoi]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> dalessit wrote:<BR> <DIV>ugh, how do you CC in this zone?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Maybe I had my graphics turned down too much but I had a real hard time targeting the adds, heck they were tough to even find sometimes because of how cramped and dark the zone is.  I used my ratonga illusion because my troll was too tall and that didn't seem to help much either, because of the low ceiling and close walls 3rd person view was almost useless.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I consider myself pretty good at CC and was thouroughly embarassed in this zone.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I did charm one of those chests and they sucked for me, didn't cast anything only melee.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Are you using Tab to cycle through targets?  I didn't have any problem targeting or mesing.  First person is a little annoying if you are used to 3rd, I'll admit.</P> <P>Are you sure you charmed a "Possessed Crate"?  There is a chest closer to the beginning of the zone that does not nuke or anything, so you may just have the wrong mob.</P> <P>On this same thread, someone asked if having a pet that nukes for 32k is unbalanced.  Had I not been to this zone yet, I would have given an emphatic <EM>yes</EM>.  But, given the amount of agro the thing generates when it nukes, and given that I have not taken a tank in yet who could keep the mob occupied after a 32k nuke, it may not be as unbalanced as you think.  Allowing the pet to nuke like that every fight without killing itself takes some skill and a few well placed stuns (since most of the junk in there hits my pet for 2500-5k dmg a pop).  </P> <P>It is also rare for the pet to nuke like that more than once a fight, and many fights it just does not nuke at all.</P> <P>All the crates I have charmed so far have yet to break 1500 DPS, which is nice, but by no means extraordinary.</P> <P>Also, the Codex mobs and the wraith looking things nuke for 5-10k as well, and have comparable DPS in some situations, since they tend to nuke much more often than the crates.</P> <P>Cyene<BR></P>

[khufure]

<div><blockquote><hr>Aoine wrote:<div></div><p>On this same thread, someone asked if having a pet that nukes for 32k is unbalanced.  Had I not been to this zone yet, I would have given an emphatic <em>yes</em>.  But, given the amount of agro the thing generates when it nukes, and given that I have not taken a tank in yet who could keep the mob occupied after a 32k nuke, it may not be as unbalanced as you think.  Allowing the pet to nuke like that every fight without killing itself takes some skill and a few well placed stuns (since most of the junk in there hits my pet for 2500-5k dmg a pop).  </p> <p>It is also rare for the pet to nuke like that more than once a fight, and many fights it just does not nuke at all.</p> <p>All the crates I have charmed so far have yet to break 1500 DPS, which is nice, but by no means extraordinary.</p> <p>Also, the Codex mobs and the wraith looking things nuke for 5-10k as well, and have comparable DPS in some situations, since they tend to nuke much more often than the crates.</p> <p>Cyene</p><hr></blockquote>I can tank it and keep aggro.  But I am a level 70 paladin with master amends, and I had a coercer in the group to further help.  I still had to work hard and did loose agro at times.</div>

[Aoi]

I'm impressed, not sure if the pally I was with had master amends, but he just basically stopped trying to keep agro after awhile (not that I blamed him, we were doing fine either way). I haven't gone with our zerker yet, so he might have better luck. Cyene <div></div>