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White quality pets have a max rank of 15 (Costs 300,000 Astral Diamonds or 30 Companion Upgrade Token to upgrade White to Green)
Green quality pets have a max rank of 20 (Costs 500,000 Astral Diamonds or 60 Companion Upgrade Token to upgrade Green to Blue)
Blue quality pets have a max rank of 25 (Costs 750,000 Astral Diamonds or 90 Companion Upgrade Token to upgrade Blue to Purple)
Purple quality pets have a max rank of 30
DO NOT bother upgrading companions UNLESS you (1) have played the game for +1 year and have grinded millions of AD that you do not know what to do with, and/or are prepared to spend a sizable amount of real money on the game.
Here is why: You see the post above what BoomBox wrote, White pets cost 300k AD to upgrade to Green. Well, why would you do that when you can get a Green companion straight form the AH for a 10th of the price??
That is about what needs to be said about the companion upgrade system.
The tokens are from the lockboxes, but I highly recommend against doing that & in general avoid those lockboxes/keys as the RNG is so bad its just not worth it.
Also as Ishanda has said above^^ if you search the Auction House you can find Green level companions for 25k AD so if your looking for an upgrade or just better companion than look there.
And yes, stay away from the lockboxes, there is a reason, that they sell for near to nothing on the auctionhouse...
Nope, they all have the same stats even if you buy an epic one or upgrade a white to epic, obviously the stats are better at max level but the way you gain max level on them doesnt effect the stats.
Indeed:)
Ive played since Beta last year & not once upgraded a companion via the AD option, its just too damned expensive for what it is, so better of finding some nice Rare/Epics either on the AH or from events.
That being said the one companion I would say ive always considered if im rich is upgrading the Ioun Stone as I think it adds another 7%. Thats my favourite & one of the most useful companions in game due to the stat increases it gives.
So if your ever Uber rich in game & have the money then upgrade that one..lol But the standard Rare/Blue version is fine.
I am not sure about that. Are you talking about the 7% chance to slow? If so, the slow effect is only marginally useful and then only for certain classes.
Yeah someone mentioned it in Legit channel the other day that it also increases the stat bonus from the Ioun Stone by around 7%, obviously i wouldnt be too bothered about the slow effect & would never pay 700k AD just to increase that :)
Why buy a green companion on the AH that gives you an active bonus that doesn't mean anything to you? If I'm a GWF, I don't care about a companion that gives me +50 Recovery. I would rather have a companion that gives me +50 to ArPen, CS, or Power.
Just my opinion...
Of course it is relevant to each race/class but when factoring in the cost to upgrade said companions its just not worth it unless like i said your swimming in AD.
From the wiki:
White quality pets have a max rank of 15 (Costs 300,000 Astral Diamonds or 30 Companion Upgrade Token to upgrade White to Green)
Green quality pets have a max rank of 20 (Costs 500,000 Astral Diamonds or 60 Companion Upgrade Token to upgrade Green to Blue)
Blue quality pets have a max rank of 25 (Costs 750,000 Astral Diamonds or 90 Companion Upgrade Token to upgrade Blue to Purple)
So in total it will cost you 1.5mil AD to level a white companion to max, so when you can get epics from the AH for 600k it just isnt cost effective.
That 1.5mil can also be transfered into zen if need be & even at max exchange rate of 500 your going to be getting 3000 zen +/- which is enough to get any epic companion from the zen store & still have change.
See, I am still not sure what that actually means. As far as I know, in order to access the actual stone stats you have to slot an eldritch, which gives you a percentage of those stats. So what actually increases? The stone stats? If so, you would still only be getting a minor percentage of a percentage.
On the other hand, does it mean it adds a multiplier to everything slotted? That simply can't be right because it would be OP as hell.
I cannot find any info on a max rank Allure so at this point I am only guessing.
Augment pets (like the Ioun Stone) give you all of their stats regardless of what runestones you have, so if the pet has 185 Power, you get a bonus of 185 power. And yes, the Eldritch runestones give you the bonus amount too (i.e. if the runestone gives u 8.5% of pet ratings, you will gain a TOTAL of 200 Power (185 + ~15)).
The Black Ice Ioun Stone MIGHT be better as option though. At Rank 30, it gives 93 to ALL stats (except hit points). It also starts out at purple too. It usually costs 1.25 million AD to purchase on AH, so if you subtract the 750K upgrade cost to purple you will have to pay eventually, it will be cheaper.
The BEST stone though is the Dragon Ioun Stone, but, don't bother, trust me. It's very expensive to get one.
Ok, enough theorycrafting. The bottom line is this:
If you want a companion, get one of the Ioun Stone companions or the cat one. The best ones are blue (rare) quality, so you won't have to upgrade them more than once, and that won't happen until they get to level 25 (which takes a while, trust me). Plus, they don't die in dungeons, and you get all of their stats, which includes the stats from their runestones and 3 ring/neck items.
Besides the stone, you might want four other pets with good active bonuses, as they provide you with benefits even if they aren't your active companion. Which active bonuses are best depend on what class you play. Active Bonuses are listed here:
http://neverwinter.gamepedia.com/Active_Bonus
I think you misunderstand; cost is not the same as worth. For me, spending 600K AD on the AH for a companion that does nothing for me, is NOT worth it. I can take that 600K AD and upgrade 2 white companions, to green rank, that actually DO something for me.
So to me cost does not equate to worth in this game. I think the developers didn't anticipate the fact that most people want instant gratification. So, they want all purple pets for the cheap when purple pets should be aquired by players that are doing epic level questing.
And the epic pets on the Zen Store really suck for a GWF stats-wise. The pets I look for give bonuses to CS, ArPen, and Power. Augment companions would be a wise choice as an active companion.