Curse

drowningfish999 · Mar 11, 2006, 02:51 PM // 14:51

This actually got used on my group in HoH. All you have to do is knock out the pets and their build is practically useless.

yangster · Mar 11, 2006, 03:00 PM // 15:00

Get with the times. Been used in RA a lot, doesn't surprise me if there's a HA build for it. Smiting off of pets gives more room in the party to put other professions in to help.

Kill the pets if they are smiting off of them. Easy solution.

Pevil Lihatuh · Mar 11, 2006, 04:05 PM // 16:05

This has been a PvE solo farming tactic for... well... longer than 55monks i believe! lol. So i doubt this is going to get 'fixed' any time soon...

Kook~NBK~ · Mar 11, 2006, 04:42 PM // 16:42

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Originally Posted by Bleidd

Its going to take no-armour matches with Candy Cane weapons before some folks will be completely satisified. oO

Snowball Fights FTW!!!

Seriously, quit whining about getting beat by something you've never encountered before. This game is about playing smart & using skills wisely. If you can do that, you can come up with a counter for pretty much anything they throw at you.

Guardian of the Light · Mar 11, 2006, 05:21 PM // 17:21

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Originally Posted by yangster

Get with the times. Been used in RA a lot, doesn't surprise me if there's a HA build for it. Smiting off of pets gives more room in the party to put other professions in to help.

Kill the pets if they are smiting off of them. Easy solution.

Me: Die stupid monk. SICK HIM BOY!!!
Monk: Whats a little pet going to me.....AAAA BAL AURA
Warrior: Don't Worry I'll kill it....there its dead.
Me: I'm using Confort Animal
Monk: AAA ITS ALIVE AAAAAAAAA

Ya I've used this a lot myself its quite fun. Still enchant removal kills it.

Ken Dei · Mar 11, 2006, 07:36 PM // 19:36

Chill out people, seriously, no need for a flame fest. No, I hadn't seen it before. I assumed maybe it was a glitch due to all the recent updates. This was more about reporting a possible bug. I appologize for not thinking to use the search button, I was a little bit shocked at the time. I've seen a lot of weird things and most of the time I let them roll off and adapt as said, but this one just has so much abuse potential.

But whever, none of the above reasons is even close to a half decent excuse to be a-holes. This is the kinda crap I expect from Guild Hall, that's why I left there. Grow up people, you shame this forum, and you shame yourselves.

Sekkira · Mar 11, 2006, 07:53 PM // 19:53

This has been around since Spirit Spamming, where they had all the karate chop smiters and smited/smote/smit(I dunno T_T) off warriors and whatever. It was also the way they found out how overpowered ether prodigy was with the E/Mo smiters.

Aejorii · Mar 11, 2006, 08:03 PM // 20:03

Killing the pets they smite off with is one of the best solutions to prevent the damage coming from them. Knocking them out equals 8 seconds of no damage from them, and them ressing the pets means another 8 seconds. I don't see how this can be "abused" since there are SO many different ways of beating them.

In HA? Even easier! Just about evey monk and their mother runs channeling in HA, and in a build as described as yours, (8people +4 pets) that allows monks to out heal the damage and a little bit more.

In GvG? A split team can just deny half of the damage done to you, not to mention you have all softies in there with AL60. I'm pretty sure splitting 2 smite monks can not kill a target. The damage is just too slow.

In addition to that, the ultimate way of lessening damage is just spreading out.

You want to know a pet skill that can be abused? Disrupting Lunge. Spammable ever 5 seconds and knocks out a skill for 20 seconds. Now THAT'S insane, added to a bunny thumper that can screw a caster tenfold.

And, like everybody has said already, enchantments can go on allies. How else can you heal the ghostly hero or buff him up when he caps an altar?

It's more or less a crappy pet version of back then with the dual emo smiters.

Age · Mar 11, 2006, 08:44 PM // 20:44

I love this next time I think of Monking in HA I will use Mo/R and say Monk with Pet LFG well atleast BA works in PvP not well in PvE.It is a good defensive skill.

Mandy Memory · Mar 11, 2006, 08:51 PM // 20:51

petsmite used to be huge...

CyberNigma · Mar 11, 2006, 11:24 PM // 23:24

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Originally Posted by Ken Dei

Chill out people, seriously, no need for a flame fest. No, I hadn't seen it before. I assumed maybe it was a glitch due to all the recent updates. This was more about reporting a possible bug. I appologize for not thinking to use the search button, I was a little bit shocked at the time. I've seen a lot of weird things and most of the time I let them roll off and adapt as said, but this one just has so much abuse potential.

But whever, none of the above reasons is even close to a half decent excuse to be a-holes. This is the kinda crap I expect from Guild Hall, that's why I left there. Grow up people, you shame this forum, and you shame yourselves.

No, stuff like this really does need to be flamed, and flamed bad. Yelling that the sky is falling hurts everyone really bad because of the possibility the devs may take notice of it and act upon it. If you believe something is wrong, open up a discussion about it and get people's opinions. However, if you say something is broken and needs to be fixed (the sky is falling) then you had either be right about it or take the flames that are going to come. Flaming isn't always a bad thing.

Cyring nerf anytime you find something new is about the worst thing you can do in a game forum. Well, that and say I sound like Hitler lol...

Godwin...

Ken Dei · Mar 11, 2006, 11:53 PM // 23:53

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Originally Posted by CyberNigma

No, stuff like this really does need to be flamed, and flamed bad. Yelling that the sky is falling hurts everyone really bad because of the possibility the devs may take notice of it and act upon it. If you believe something is wrong, open up a discussion about it and get people's opinions. However, if you say something is broken and needs to be fixed (the sky is falling) then you had either be right about it or take the flames that are going to come. Flaming isn't always a bad thing.

Cyring nerf anytime you find something new is about the worst thing you can do in a game forum. Well, that and say I sound like Hitler lol...

Godwin...

FYI: I don't cry nerf every time I find something new, I think this is the 2nd time in my times are a forum goer that I have openly called for the nerf of something.

Secondly, there is NO excuse for flaming, flaming is bad, that's why it's called flaming, to take on the aspect of being inappropriately volatile or incindiary.

Flaming is especially unessessary when you KNOW someone was probably a little "out of it" when they said whatever it was that bugged you.

I applogize for calling for direct nerf, that was a bad idea, but keep in mind, it was just an opinion. One I take back now that I have more information.

Regardless, flaming is always wrong, and it doesn't create an atmosphere for discussion any more then "crying nerf" does.

A positive thing that came out of this mess was that others learned about petsmite, who previously did not know or contemplate it.

So once again, chill out.

Greedy Gus · Mar 11, 2006, 11:57 PM // 23:57

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Originally Posted by Sekkira

This has been around since Spirit Spamming, where they had all the karate chop smiters and smited/smote/smit(I dunno T_T) off warriors and whatever. It was also the way they found out how overpowered ether prodigy was with the E/Mo smiters.

Ether renewal

Sekkira · Mar 12, 2006, 12:05 AM // 00:05

I had a feeling it wasn't Ether Prodigy. I knew it was one of those two at least :\

Mercury Angel · Mar 12, 2006, 12:25 AM // 00:25

Whether or not anyone has actually flamed thus far is debatable. I see some scathing, blunt posts, and the standard 'get over it' style posts, but no direct personal attacks. The words 'stupid', 'idiot' (except in a short skit not addressing any poster), and so on are not present, as would normally constitute a flame. Trolling, borderline; flaming, doubtful.

But regardless of what may or may not have been, I don't think the poster meant for the thread to get blown out of proportion from an accidental misinterpretation of a skill, so let's just let this sink into obscurity, and save discussion of smiting+pet combos for a thread in the PvP forums.