What has happened to tammed animals power???

[Lord Zultron]

I came back and got myself greater bear and went to north camp level 15 bear is getting owned by tralls now? Are animal companion now pointless? Mind you this is on barbaric difficulty but I remember I used to be able tank dragons ^^

[Cosmic Cat]

Yes, they got nerfed. You have to use mods now if you want pets to be useful and somewhat on par with thralls.

[Goldie]

Do you know of any mods to recommend? I use Better Thralls mod, but I don't think it adds any hit points to thralls or animals.

[Goldie]

It would be AMAZING if someone could make a mod that just let's thralls/pets faint when close to death instead of dying.

[Xea]

if you want followers to be strong you should specialize and prepare now. Meaning, buff them with strength (or agility if they are ranged) pots and food. Spec 20 authority. Wear armor that boosts follower damage (such as skelos master armor for example). Use pots and food that boost follower damage on yourself.

[Deklend]

Devs keep saying there's a rework for pets coming. Whether or not it's true, we can only speculate. But they do keep saying it instead of ignoring the topic, so that's something.

[thurgond]

Pets were not nerfed specifically recently. The latest changes reduced everything's HP and increased damage dealt,. NPC's damage got greater increases and that shows up most prominently when you try and clear a camp. The big boost to legendary weapons means that a top tier thrall in epic armor and wielding a legendary weapon now has a larger advantage when compared to greater pets.

[Lord Zultron]

I just dont get it the whole point of followers is to be as distraction or tanks now I have to worry about my 20 level pets or thralls dying so I rather not have any anyway

[Lord Zultron]

I rather they decrease damage they do but still work as agro distraction not just sponge bobs

[Bloodartist]

Originally posted by Lord Zultron:

I came back and got myself greater bear and went to north camp level 15 bear is getting owned by tralls now? Are animal companion now pointless? Mind you this is on barbaric difficulty but I remember I used to be able tank dragons ^^

Pets got nerfed hard many months ago. It was part of the combat revamp. As a rule of thumb, stuff hits harder and can take less damage.

Regular combat thralls can be still good if you have authority stat, but pets are just bad.

[thurgond]

If you want your pets to take agro, get put 5 points into Authority to get the Irritate perk. You can also turn that perk off in an individual follower basis.

[Cosmic Cat]

Originally posted by Goldie:

Do you know of any mods to recommend? I use Better Thralls mod, but I don't think it adds any hit points to thralls or animals.

You can combine this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2566191068

with this: https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2690269364


The first one buffs stats for pets (not thralls).

The second one is optional, if you want to change how you level up pets (and thralls). Each time they level up, you get to pick what stat to put points in, like your own character and like most RPG games do it.
There's also an option to buy perks manually.

I play with both and it works great!

[Goldie]

Thanks Starlet =-)

[Lord Zultron]

Cheers guys kinda like rewarding aspect of combat but aint taking pets to boss fights anymore hahaha.

[monk]

Max out authority and use greater pets 2 at a time and they can tank any fight in the game once they his level 20. My level 20 cats have close to the same health as a world boss dragon and hit much harder. With 2 of them (war party) they have a great advantage from their flanking attacks that keep a boss turning back and forth. Be sure to use vitality food while leveling them and they can be awesome. I send my cats and horse out to draw aggro and the dragon or whatever goes for the horse while the cats start attacking. I'm an archer and stay out of the fray and we all do fine.