Shaman Pet Misses Everythign

[Disidious]

Do I need something for the pet to hit on lvl 20 mobs? At Gadai fort and he's missing everything.

[VladK02]

I wonder if dexterity extends to pets.

My understanding is, +1 dex is around +20 to hit, and 1-2 dex allows you to hit one level higher mobs. Roughly.

Maybe get +3 dex gloves, or some dex food, see if it makes a difference?

Im a wizzy, I roll with +4 dex, +18 to hit earring, +20 wep.... And i dont have problems hitting deep orange mobs. Even reds at 50/50 odds.

[jennireneex]

Shaman pet currently does not level up. He stays at level 10. So as a level 10, he is going to miss a lot fighting a level 20 mob. I have heard it is being considered to change it to level up at some time.

[Fauxsteel]

It's honestly crazy they still haven't fixed the Shaman's Wolf. Like - really crazy.

How "new" is this class in comparison to the others?

[Kblocks]

they have such a hard on for eq that they really wanted to make it as useless as the shaman pet was there too. but hey. you could pull with it. give somebody a break. lul

[XConY3K]

Originally posted by Disidious:

Do I need something for the pet to hit on lvl 20 mobs?

You'd need another game.

[Veeshan]

Originally posted by Fauxsteel:

It's honestly crazy they still haven't fixed the Shaman's Wolf. Like - really crazy.

What is broken?

[XConY3K]

Originally posted by Veeshan:

What is broken?

You can advance your character to level 40, but the Shaman pet is hard-coded to be level 10. It never gets any stronger.

So, the Shaman pet loses usefulness around character level 15, has minimal use around 18, and by 20 it can't hit anything that gives you XP.

[Veeshan]

Originally posted by XConY3K:

Originally posted by Veeshan:

What is broken?

You can advance your character to level 40, but the Shaman pet is hard-coded to be level 10. It never gets any stronger.

So, the Shaman pet loses usefulness around character level 15, has minimal use around 18, and by 20 it can't hit anything that gives you XP.

So the upgrade hasn't been implemented yet or is it supposed to be left behind? "Broken" wouldn't really fit either circumstance, seems like.

[XConY3K]

Originally posted by Veeshan:

Originally posted by XConY3K:

You can advance your character to level 40, but the Shaman pet is hard-coded to be level 10. It never gets any stronger.

So, the Shaman pet loses usefulness around character level 15, has minimal use around 18, and by 20 it can't hit anything that gives you XP.

So the upgrade hasn't been implemented yet or is it supposed to be left behind? "Broken" wouldn't really fit either circumstance, seems like.

It's hard to say what is going on. The game studio doesn't seem to have a plan, more like they all just check in their code and hope for the best on patch day.

[TripSin]

Enchanter doesn't even get a pet

[Tenjou]

I believe that VR is conflicted on the current standing of Shamans and their current capacities and functionality in parties. Shamans have good damage, heals, buffs, and debuffs making them very well-rounded.

The wolf breaks this balance by giving the shaman, which is intended to be a healer, a DPS advantage over Clerics and other classes that deal damage, but lack a powerful heal and additional support. The developers know that should a new tier of wolf be added, the imbalance would extend further and further down the higher levels and become a bigger problem down the road.

The only way I could seem them fixing this problem would be to place a restriction on access to support or certain healing abilities at the cost of the wolf's DPS increase. For example, losing access to Replenish, Rain-Lands, or Burning Fog.

They could also place the wolf on the primary abilities bar as well, since its less support and considered extra damage like a living DoT (Damage over Time Source). This would force the shaman to lose one of their heals or debuffs to use the wolf, thus fixing part of the imbalance.