Oct 12, 2005, 12:02 PM // 12:02 | #1 |
Wilds Pathfinder
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: my house
Guild: The Cutting Edge [TCE]
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pet training
im training my lvl 9 bear, and he simply isnt leveling up...
is there a good place in which to train my bear? should i use henchies at that place? im beggining to despise my pet |
Oct 12, 2005, 12:37 PM // 12:37 | #2 |
Lion's Arch Merchant
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Canada, Gatineau
Guild: None
Profession: Mo/R
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The best way I've found to train lower level pets is just to kill em off and do mission and quests.
'Yes you've heard me kill him off. ' If you are level 20 you can just start a mission, let him die at the start and continue the mission without him. Pets level up even when they are dead and reguardless of the distance they are from you. I was training my boar when he died, I continued to farm drakes with someone else and after we had killed them all I realized my boar had leveled up during. This permits you to bring other skills instead of healing ones for your pet, and also protects you from the reset of your skill everytime he dies. |
Oct 12, 2005, 12:52 PM // 12:52 | #3 |
Wilds Pathfinder
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thank you!
that makes this thing so much easier... last questions: will henchmen detract from the pet's experience gain? |
Oct 12, 2005, 03:16 PM // 15:16 | #4 |
Desert Nomad
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Tucson, AZ
Guild: The Black Hand Gang [BHG] and The Black Helm Gang [BHeG]
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Everyone gains experience according to their level, I do not believe you split experience the way the gold is split.
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Oct 12, 2005, 03:20 PM // 15:20 | #5 |
Master of Beasts
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: Servants of Fortuna [SoF]
Profession: R/
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Henchmen do indeed detract from the pet's experience. As for the "kill them off and then continuing on" advice, this is all fine and dandy if you're interested in a Playful/Hearty pet or already have an Aggressive and are looking to get an Elder. Your play style with the pet will determine how its stats change later on. See the guide for details on that.
If you're level 20 and need to train your pet in the opposite direction (towards Dire), you can level up a pet to 10+ very quickly outside of Ice Tooth Cave, and 20 very quickly outside of Augury Rock. Make use of suck skills as Call of Protection, Otyugh's Cry, and Symbiotic Bond. With those and high beastmastery you can make a lvl 5 pet take no damage outside of Ice Tooth Cave. As it levels up you'll find you can eventually get rid of Symbiotic Bond and just use Comfort Animal occasionally instead. Attack combinations such as Feral Lunge and Scavenger's Strike work nicely for making your pet take things down, and Ferocious Strike is always good to have on hand. |
Oct 12, 2005, 03:56 PM // 15:56 | #6 |
Wilds Pathfinder
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that guide mademe want to train my pet in the first place
i wanna get it to a hearty state at lvl 11, and then change to full beasmaster... |
Oct 12, 2005, 07:12 PM // 19:12 | #7 |
Master of Beasts
Join Date: Jul 2005
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You only get Playful or Aggressive at level 11, with Playful being the one that leans towards Hearty. If your ultimate goal is an Elder, as it sounds to be, then you're on the right track.
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Oct 12, 2005, 07:35 PM // 19:35 | #8 |
Wilds Pathfinder
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yeah, i ment playfull...
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Oct 12, 2005, 07:38 PM // 19:38 | #9 |
Krytan Explorer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Guild: The Incredible Edible Bookah [YUM]
Profession: W/N
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One unfortunate thing I've noticed; if you name your pet, you can't tell what type it is. You can reset the pet name back to default (/petname with nothing after) but it'll reset the name to the original, level 5, version.
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Oct 12, 2005, 07:46 PM // 19:46 | #10 | |
Desert Nomad
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Oct 12, 2005, 10:26 PM // 22:26 | #11 | |
Krytan Explorer
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Oct 12, 2005, 11:04 PM // 23:04 | #12 |
Wilds Pathfinder
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i just had my bear lvl up and it was still a black bear. i reset my pet's name, and it said playfull bear.
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Oct 12, 2005, 11:48 PM // 23:48 | #13 |
Master of Beasts
Join Date: Jul 2005
Guild: Servants of Fortuna [SoF]
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I just did as well. I went out, tamed a bear, and then tested the /namepet stuff. It works just fine. I will note, however, that I also trained a Playful bear. If indeed there's a bug with the /namepet or some variance in the evolution, it certainly isn't with the Playful variety. Which type of pet have you been working towards?
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Oct 13, 2005, 12:27 AM // 00:27 | #14 |
Krytan Explorer
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I haven't been working towards any particular type of pet actually; I only got the bear for flavor. Since I occasionally have a spare skill slot while farming I decided to level the pet up. I aquired it at level 5 and renamed it right away to "Killer Bear" (ranger's name is Garrett the Thief, some folks catch the reference); it may well be that both having "Bear" for the second word has caused some sort of bug. But I can certainly provide a screenshot of me reseting the level 18 "Black Bear".
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Oct 13, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39 | #15 |
Wilds Pathfinder
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then provide away, this could help explain the problem/give soid evidence of a bug...
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Oct 13, 2005, 01:07 AM // 01:07 | #16 |
Krytan Explorer
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Oct 13, 2005, 01:21 AM // 01:21 | #17 |
Desert Nomad
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Location: Canada
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huh... that's weird... maybe send in a bug report to ANeT?
i've never had this happen to me before... sorry to have doubted u Last edited by Valerius; Oct 13, 2005 at 01:24 AM // 01:24.. |
Oct 13, 2005, 01:30 AM // 01:30 | #18 |
Master of Beasts
Join Date: Jul 2005
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On the bright side, if it manages to hit level 20 without evolving you'll be the proud owner of one very rare anomoly.
If it does evolve at some point, be sure to give a bug report to ANet that includes that. It'd probably be helpful in finding the problem. |
Oct 13, 2005, 01:53 AM // 01:53 | #19 |
Jungle Guide
Join Date: May 2005
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My recently acquired warthog became playful at level 12(pretty late) but hearty at level 15. So do you think it will become elder at level 20.
My friend seems to think a hearty pet is superior to all others due to the +60 health. |
Oct 13, 2005, 04:11 AM // 04:11 | #20 | |
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