ADDED DPS TO FOCUSED PETS

[hakaaba]

so any inside info about when we can expect these changes to really be put on live? I would think they would have to do it relatively soon now that its been in the patch message heh

[waywreth]

Ash mentioned that the changes are supposed to go in for the patch this Wednesday - 7/13.

Link to post on EQ boards.

[maril jr.]

Yup went live today.

Added 4 to max hit for 68 pet with minion of darkness. :-D

[Kylanzek]

Didn't  notice any change to 68 here with DPoC,  Still hitting for 94 with Growl.   With MoD it hits 97 with Growl.

Unlike my wife's 67 Necro pet that hit for 98 with MoD before patch, and 103 after.

[Stumps_Bertox]

68 pet with MoE hitting for 99 now with growl wee!

[Iskandar]

70 pet with Ritual Summoning still hits for 105 with Growl. No noticeable change yet, but have only been in raid battles so far.

[lulabye]

Using the queen cloak (Minion of Discord) as my focus I haven't seen any dps improvement from my pet, he does however stay alive a little bit longer, and can take hits a little bit better (as in tiny tiny bit)  was hitting for 107 max w/o growl before patch, last night we were playing in RS again, max hit 107 still.  I just wish growl had a faster cast (like our nukes, 0.5 cast) for the little bit of burst dps it gives, otherwise its not even worth memming (in any situation).  But that is entirely a different beast.

[Dreead]

--Ritual summoning before patch, max hit 105(with growl) 117 with panther.

--Ritual Summoning after patch, dun dun dun - 105 with growl, 117 with panther.

[hakaaba]

To sum up, 68 pets: improved slightly.  70 pets: no change.  Why does sony hate us?

[Bengali]

No change to max hit for 70 pets, but the overall dps could have gone up via other changes that would result in an increase in average hit.  It also could have gone up slightly just as the 68 pet did.  Possibly.

[Iskandar]

Did a little AA hunting in Ascent yesterday and ran a log through EQ Companion to see how the "new and improved" Blinky is working out....

Level 70 (Rashara) warder with Ritual Summoning focus, Growl for haste, no Panther:
Warder's Fury 5 -- Warder's Alacrity 4
211 fights -- 3 hours 11 minutes total fight time
Average DPS: 87.56
Max Normal Hit: 105
Max Critical Hit: 172 (27), 192 (5)
Lowest Hit: 16
Average Hit: 82
Hit%: 57.7%


Compare this to a similar run in Ascent in March:

Level 70 (Rashara) warder with Ritual Summoning focus, Growl for haste, no Panther:
Warder's Fury 3 -- Warder's Alacrity 3
278 fights -- 3 hours 19 minutes total fight time
Average DPS: 74.39
Max Normal Hit: 105
Max Critical Hit: 172 (35), 192 (1)
Lowest Hit: 22
Average Hit: 79
Hit%: 55.2%


In both runs, the buffs were identical (self buffs plus Nine from my druid) and no summoned Mage gear was used. The main difference for the warder between March and now is the addition of 2 ranks of Warder's Fury and 1 rank of Warder's Alacrity. It's not a very controlled sample, as I was just killing a variety of mobs in Ascent for exp, and the AA variations make them less than ideal results for comparison -- for truly accurate results, we really need a comparison of some before and after controlled tests. If I do any more Ascent runs in the upcoming week I'll see if the results hold steady -- at the very least, they'll give us an idea of average day-to-day performance for the warder.

[Iskandar]

Had a shorter run in Ascent today, figured I'd post the results from it as well though, in case anyone's interested :)

Level 70 (Rashara) warder with Ritual Summoning focus, Growl for haste, no Panther:
Warder's Fury 5 -- Warder's Alacrity 4
61 fights -- 1 hour 1 minutes total fight time
Average DPS: 83.57
Max Normal Hit: 105
Max Critical Hit: 172 (75)
Lowest Hit: 13
Average Hit: 81
Hit%: 57.2%

Again, this isn't a controlled parse run, but it does help show trends in average day-to-day combat performance for the warder.

[Torguran]

My 68 pet's max hit was 108....  with MoD and Panther.  That a fluke?

[psycattik]

How about so info on what the anguish boots do after patch. Now that I got 2.0 done I could probably grab next pair that drops if it's a worthwhile upgrade over minion of discord.

psycattik

[Iskandar]

My 68 pet's max hit was 108....  with MoD and Panther.  That a fluke?

Panther boosts normal melee by 20% (sort of like Lion Strength for us). But since it's a high mana cost buff with a short duration, it's not one that's usually up on a pet all the time for most players. I use it on raids, usually just on the boss-type mobs, mainly because I'm too busy casting nukes to worry about refreshing it every sixty seconds :p