mechkl
Dalayan Elder
So its no secret the beastlords need a little lovin in some way or another, especially the higher in tier they get.
This is mostly due to their terrible melee scaling, the complete absence of pet scaling through the tiers and perhaps that beastlord tomes don't pack the most punch for class tomes.
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Empathic Warder: Shares ? / ? / ? / ?% of Beastlord's critical strike with the pet. Also heals the Beastlord for 7.5 / 15 / 22.5 / 30% of direct heals received by the pet.
This spell has a cool concept, but some super low numbers. adding my crit to my pet even 100% isnt a major upgrade to dps but is still something, and receiving direct heals from my pet is pretty neat idea although those numbers seem a bit low.
My suggestion would be:
Shares 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% of Beastlord's critical strike with the pet. As the beastlord takes damage his companion becomes enraged, eventually unleashing his rage in one devastating strike.
after so much damage is received by the beastlord the pet unleashed a devastating blow on its target with an internal cd of course, something like 5000/4500/4000/3500 damage received by the beastlord. This should go along way in helping beastlords aweful dps at the same time.
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Frenzied Companion: Grants the pet a chance to flurry based on the Beastlord's mana usage. Chances initiate when the Beastlord uses mana, gradually decaying until reaching zero. Flurry chances are capped at 15 / 30 / 45 / 60%.
this is another cool concept, but the scaling on the tome as u get the ranks is just aweful, with tome 4 done i can use my entire mana bar and not cap it out cause i am unable to cast enough spell fast enough. not to mention at rank 4 its gives your pet a 60% chance per round to do 2 extra attack which would only equal about 200 damage on the high end. That's assuming u have used your entire mana bar recently to get it to cap.
My suggestion would be:
Grants the pet a chance to flurry when the Beastlord casts a spell. Chances initiate when the Beastlord uses mana, duration of the ability to flurry is based on amount of mana spent. Flurry chances are 25 / 50 / 75 / 100%. At least 500 mana must be expended to start flurries.Every 500 mana spend it 20 secs of flurry time.
So basically get rid of the decay and build up mechanic. Just have them be flat time your pet flurries a certain amount of time as the beastlord casts spells. At rank 4 have the pet flurry every round while the beastlord is spending mana. Having the time based on mana spent makes the tome scale directly with the beastlord as they gain gear.
Now I'm not saying that all that's wrong with beastlords is their tomes but this is a good starting place. Pets in general is a whole other monster in itself to tackle. I left out suggestions for a 3rd tome because there are a lot of goods ones on this forum already. I dont need to copy paste them here.
TL,DR
change beastlord tomes to be cool.
This is mostly due to their terrible melee scaling, the complete absence of pet scaling through the tiers and perhaps that beastlord tomes don't pack the most punch for class tomes.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Empathic Warder: Shares ? / ? / ? / ?% of Beastlord's critical strike with the pet. Also heals the Beastlord for 7.5 / 15 / 22.5 / 30% of direct heals received by the pet.
This spell has a cool concept, but some super low numbers. adding my crit to my pet even 100% isnt a major upgrade to dps but is still something, and receiving direct heals from my pet is pretty neat idea although those numbers seem a bit low.
My suggestion would be:
Shares 25 / 50 / 75 / 100% of Beastlord's critical strike with the pet. As the beastlord takes damage his companion becomes enraged, eventually unleashing his rage in one devastating strike.
after so much damage is received by the beastlord the pet unleashed a devastating blow on its target with an internal cd of course, something like 5000/4500/4000/3500 damage received by the beastlord. This should go along way in helping beastlords aweful dps at the same time.
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Frenzied Companion: Grants the pet a chance to flurry based on the Beastlord's mana usage. Chances initiate when the Beastlord uses mana, gradually decaying until reaching zero. Flurry chances are capped at 15 / 30 / 45 / 60%.
this is another cool concept, but the scaling on the tome as u get the ranks is just aweful, with tome 4 done i can use my entire mana bar and not cap it out cause i am unable to cast enough spell fast enough. not to mention at rank 4 its gives your pet a 60% chance per round to do 2 extra attack which would only equal about 200 damage on the high end. That's assuming u have used your entire mana bar recently to get it to cap.
My suggestion would be:
Grants the pet a chance to flurry when the Beastlord casts a spell. Chances initiate when the Beastlord uses mana, duration of the ability to flurry is based on amount of mana spent. Flurry chances are 25 / 50 / 75 / 100%. At least 500 mana must be expended to start flurries.Every 500 mana spend it 20 secs of flurry time.
So basically get rid of the decay and build up mechanic. Just have them be flat time your pet flurries a certain amount of time as the beastlord casts spells. At rank 4 have the pet flurry every round while the beastlord is spending mana. Having the time based on mana spent makes the tome scale directly with the beastlord as they gain gear.
Now I'm not saying that all that's wrong with beastlords is their tomes but this is a good starting place. Pets in general is a whole other monster in itself to tackle. I left out suggestions for a 3rd tome because there are a lot of goods ones on this forum already. I dont need to copy paste them here.
TL,DR
change beastlord tomes to be cool.
