Question about Grim Thulian....

[Urbanna]

Alright, since my UA and stalker are borked and my fallen hero is now 2 levels lower than I am....the only 'fully functional' pet I have is the Grim Thulian. How doable could this pet be as my solo companion? I figured I could always use my UA or stalker in a pinch, so I haven't yet bought upgrades for the thulian.....does adept III make a huge difference for him? Are there any tricks with using the warlock pets? Unless I get an early Christmas gift and the devs fix the UA....it looks like I'm stuck with the thulian for the next 5 lvls.... <div></div>

[stoutbrewdrink]

<DIV>umm what lvl are you?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>im lvl 35 and still using my UA he freaking rocks, good dps, good tanking, good aggro hold. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>i dont remember when we get RA but UA still rocks for us at lvl 35 i know that much.</DIV>

[Kirotaan]

He stops leveling at 35 though I am not sure if this means for all levels of adepts etc.  I only have the app 4 UA and he still kicks something fierce.  Have we found anything that links pet level to adept level?  Anyways the other thing is you get your new pet at lvl 38.6 so it's really only like 2 levels if you use the UA and I figure I can take out lvl 29's with that pet when i was 35 so should have no problems soloing up to 38.6.  I am lvl 36 by the way <div></div>

[Urbanna]

Sorry...I'm 34 now. My UA is master lvl....which was borked with the last patch: still has the down arrow, and tanks half as well as my two lvls below me fallen hero (very very badly). The stalker is slightly better, but not much and it also has a down arrow still. Thulian is the only pet i have now that doesn't have a down arrow and would seem to be all I can use at this point. <div></div>

[Kirotaan]

I suppose you could root nuke nuke nuke root nuke nuke nuke while having the pet attack too though no guarantee's he'll survive. <div></div>

[Urbanna]

Against white con turtles...with BoL and 1 cast of breath of the unearthed: (5 fights each with newly summoned pets) UA (master 1)         kills the turtle with an average of 12% health remaining Fallen hero              kills the turtle with an average of 65% health remaining Stalker (master 1)   kills the turtle with an average of 32% health remaining Now, I can probably use the fallen hero for another lvl...but he's not lvling with me...he stays at lvl 32. The UA is seriously borked. He was slightly better than the fallen hero before the last patch, so I always used him (was lvl 30 at the time). Then when the patch came, I noticed the UA didn't get the down arrow taken away, but the fallen hero did. So I switched over to the fallen hero, as he became much better. Now that the fallen hero is outlvled and is getting worse, I had to go back to re-evaluate the UA. He's really really bad now....I *think* he has the pre-patch app1 code...as that seems to be the only way to explain it. So I tried the stalker....he's also really bad, still has the down arrow, and has even less taunting ability. SO I hit level 34 and now have an even more outleveled fallen hero, and my new grim thulian. The thulian is still app 1 so I have no idea what he is capable of, but at least he doesn't have the down arrow. That is why I've resigned myself to using the thulian. Soo, my questions are: are there any tricks to soloing with a thulian? Does the upgrade to adept 3 make a big difference? <div></div>

[Urbanna]

<span><blockquote><hr>Kirotaan wrote:I suppose you could root nuke nuke nuke root nuke nuke nuke while having the pet attack too though no guarantee's he'll survive. <div></div><hr></blockquote>That's something I actually want to test....does the thulian stay out of melee range if a mob is rooted and has never hit either one of us? Do the thulian nukes break root much?</span><div></div>

[Kirotaan]

Unfortunately (and I think this is somethign that should be fixed) is if the pet does not have agro it should not get within melee range.  Say in a group if you have a tank and are using your casting pet it should sit back (like we do) and cast spells.  However it will run up to anything it can and try to auto attack it. <div></div>

[URM8K]

<DIV>it wouldn't make since to upgrade the gt to adept3 since theres no difference in app1 to master now. i had master gt before patch and it wasn't that great. you can get by with the gt  you'll just have to pick your spots. i would suggest trying to group to hurry and grind to lvl 38 for thr rt then you can solo with him.</DIV>

[Urbanna]

<span><blockquote><hr>URM8K3R wrote:<div></div> <div>it wouldn't make since to upgrade the gt to adept3 since theres no difference in app1 to master now. i had master gt before patch and it wasn't that great. you can get by with the gt  you'll just have to pick your spots. i would suggest trying to group to hurry and grind to lvl 38 for thr rt then you can solo with him.</div><hr></blockquote>doh....you're right. Completely forgot about the half-[Removed for Content] patch (even though it's the reason I'm having issues......) Thanks!</span><div></div>