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Dougal Kronik · May 17, 2007, 11:00 AM // 11:00

Thought again that this would be a great idea.

cmdratz · May 19, 2007, 09:49 PM // 21:49

Hmm. What if you had something for beast mastery in your weapon slot that did not do any extra damage yet made your animal smarter at a selectable certain thing, or more responsive to your communication (predefinable via insciption, e.g., attack healer first, or attack those on the verge of death first, or quickening bond for near realtime following of your attack commands)? Maybe some hybrid of the two? Higher beast mastery with the thing equipped would make the change it effects and/or governs more pronounced. Or should there be an item that just lets you hero-ize your pet, with the effectiveness of the extra controls determined by the level of your beast mastery attribute?
Perhaps it should be simpler instead. What about something that goes into your weapon slot that increases in effectiveness with a raise in your beast mastery attribute that adds abilities (perhaps up to 3?) to your pet via modification upgrades (similar to a bow string, grip, inscription etc.) to it, like a +% chance to dodge ranged (it would be nice if the pet actually moved out of the way to some degree on the screen for these) and/or melee attacks, a +% chance to block attacks, a +% chance to counter-attack for additional damage, and/or a +% chance to interrupt an enemy skill or spell, etc.?

6am3 Fana71c · May 19, 2007, 10:19 PM // 22:19

Since we r speaking bout rangerz, i have a question... why the hell we can't see a string in the bows? Bows are ranger's only weapons, and none of em has a visible string...why?

Perkunas · May 20, 2007, 04:26 AM // 04:26

My R/Mo Beastmaster uses a low requirement, non-max smiting staff. All the extra points that didn't fit into BM, WS, and Expertise, were just enough to meet the staff's requirements. My Stalker is my main weapon, my staff calls the target.

creelie · May 20, 2007, 05:42 AM // 05:42

Staves for Beast Mastery and Wilderness Survival would be nice - trappers and pet wranglers have little use for bows.

Curse You · May 20, 2007, 05:53 AM // 05:53

How does this keep getting pulled out of the depths that are the Sardelac Sanitarium forum?

Seriously though, with the new Pet Control Panel, I don't see a real need for beast mastery linked weapons. And Wilderness Survival is only truly useful when combined with bow attacks, meaning you should have some marksmanship, unless you're trapping, in which case you don't need a weapon for damage dealing.

Eroth · May 20, 2007, 04:54 PM // 16:54

/signed...a lot

For expertise instead of regular daggers lets have some throwing knives or something. So we still shoot ppl with stuff and we still have an expertise-based wep. It'd be spear range stuff.

for wild surv. I say we go ahead with either a staff or a pack of supplies or something...lolz scissors.

and for Beast I say either a whip or something the like that hits at half-range (of a spell [skill]Ice Spear[/skill]) distance.