Shadowy assassin putting up some good damage

[Fierce Ra]

<DIV>I am pleased that the shadowy assassin got upgraded.  The time I have spent live with this pet out before the server crash was almost too good to be true.  At only adept 1 my pet was getting aggro from my group tank, a level 46 bruiser.  So much to the point that it has gotten me killed a couple of times.  So my question is this, since I am level 50 and main tank is level 46 bruiser, was the aggro problem with the pet or was it because bruisers can't tank worth a crap.  The main tank was begging me to put the pet up and use another one.  My adept 3 thrall wasn't getting any aggro and neither was the grim, which is supposed to do even more damage than the assassin.  Anybody have any feedback.  </DIV>

[Mephli]

<P>Nooooo, don't say your pleased with anything or it will get "fixed".  </P> <P>Just kidding, I to am very happy with the assassin pet, kinda has a glass jaw but he's deffinitly my favorite pet now.  Of course it could be I'm happy to look at anything different then old flesh bag.  :smileyhappy:</P>

[Fierce Ra]

It just seems odd to me that my adept 1 grim wasn't getting any aggro from the mobs that we killed, but the assassin was getting it every time.  Both are adept 1.  Also with the pet being adept 1, It would be more interesting what it will be like as adept 3 or higher.  Please give any experiences that you have seen since DOF went live.

[Janl]

I'd probably go with a combination of both. You've got 4(?) levels on the tank and the Scout and Sorceror pets put out some mean damage now.<div></div>

[wurtin]

<P>Well, I had to scrap my pathetic Rotting Thrall (AD III) in favor of the Assassin (Ad I).  I was in EF and switched between the offensive and defensive stance.  Mobs died very fast.  Exp is going to absolutely suck once the bonus exp is off.  It's a completely different mindset vs the kiting of tundra terrors.  I'm killing at somewhere near 15 sec per mob vs 3 min per terror.  of course exp is nowhere near the same even with the bonus thrown in.</P> <P>I'm gonna have to go find some linked solo encounters to try to get exp a little better.  Off to DoF tomorrow to check that out.</P> <P> </P> <P>Not really sure what I think.</P><p>Message Edited by wurtin on <span class=date_text>09-13-2005</span> <span class=time_text>10:55 PM</span>