TBC expanded pet abilities

xdiesp · May 18, 2007, 03:30 AM

The final level (60+) of many pet abilities, which can be trained via grimoires only in The Burning Crusade, get an extra kind of bonus to their normal one. This is not news nor a guide, but some guys like me might have not noticed it at first and I hope they may like to suggest some clever use of them as well. Note that all these buffs and debuffs do not last much, forbidding the systematic summoning of new minions to stack them.

Imp
Fire shield: also increases fire resistance by 30.

Voidwalker
Consume shadows: also increases pet AP by 200.
Suffering: also reduces chance to hit by 10%.

Succubus
Soothing Kiss: also reduces melee attack speed by 10%.

Tzarph · May 18, 2007, 04:45 AM

Oh... very nice. I only knew about the succubus one. Thanks for pointing this out!

Swampish · May 18, 2007, 05:20 AM

If you have Imp Imp then the fire resistance on imp goes to 39.

Duudinja · May 18, 2007, 07:29 AM

but that doesn't matter now. I mean about resistance - it don't stack with pally / shammy aura / totem. So only use is at fighting fire elementals :D

Swampish · May 18, 2007, 07:39 AM

It is good if you are fighting illhoof without a pally in your group, i put fire shield on my party before we start. i think that is being fixed in the patch, allowing MoTW to stack with others, but i'm not sure.

Debuff · May 18, 2007, 08:02 AM

I believe that this is an old tooltip issue. I remember back when I was diong MC/bwl on my shaman I had the same issue with Fire Resistance totem not stacking with MotW. I eventually ran across a post in the raid & dungeons forum where alot of respectable raiders said that it was a tooltip error and that they researched it alot. They claimed that internally the two were stacking correctly, but the FR that was displayed to your character page wasn't. I would imagine this would be the same but I could be wrong.

Mistrust · May 18, 2007, 08:12 AM

http://forums.wow-europe.com/thread....86782006&sid=1

check out post nine - sounds like tooltip bugs are not being worked on.

Quote:

Finally regarding the "Tooltip bug" - While this is an issue that we are aware of, it is also one which we currently do not plan to implement a fix for. This reasons for this are internal, and I cannot discuss them any further with the community.

Kiralyn · May 18, 2007, 10:28 AM

You would think that an issue since beta would get some attention. Given that it hasn't, I would assume it a game-breaking issue that was overlook in design, the potential for talents to modify spells. If its been in this long, its here to stay, and I wouldn't worry too much about it.

xdiesp · May 19, 2007, 04:47 AM

Back on topic: I was thinking that maybe introducing these changes sooner (level 1+), could help with situations where the warlock is partied with just a couple un-matched classes in order to do quests. Minus attack speed for casters' only party and minus chance to hit for rogues on tanking. The bonuses still wouldn't be that useful in solo.

May 18, 2007, 03:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
xdiesp Member	TBC expanded pet abilities The final level (60+) of many pet abilities, which can be trained via grimoires only in The Burning Crusade, get an extra kind of bonus to their normal one. This is not news nor a guide, but some guys like me might have not noticed it at first and I hope they may like to suggest some clever use of them as well. Note that all these buffs and debuffs do not last much, forbidding the systematic summoning of new minions to stack them. Imp Fire shield: also increases fire resistance by 30. Voidwalker Consume shadows: also increases pet AP by 200. Suffering: also reduces chance to hit by 10%. Succubus Soothing Kiss: also reduces melee attack speed by 10%.

May 18, 2007, 04:45 AM	#2 (permalink)
Tzarph Member Character Info Tzarph 70 Gnome Warlock Shattered hand Euro PvP	Re: TBC expanded pet abilities Oh... very nice. I only knew about the succubus one. Thanks for pointing this out!

May 18, 2007, 05:20 AM	#3 (permalink)
Swampish Member Character Info swampish 70 Gnome Warlock Killrog Euro PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 42/8/11	Re: TBC expanded pet abilities If you have Imp Imp then the fire resistance on imp goes to 39.

May 18, 2007, 07:29 AM	#4 (permalink)
Duudinja Member Character Info Duudinja 70 Undead Warlock Ravenholdt Euro RP PvP Guild: The Betrayal Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 42/0/19	Re: TBC expanded pet abilities but that doesn't matter now. I mean about resistance - it don't stack with pally / shammy aura / totem. So only use is at fighting fire elementals :D

May 18, 2007, 07:39 AM	#5 (permalink)
Swampish Member Character Info swampish 70 Gnome Warlock Killrog Euro PvE Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 42/8/11	Re: TBC expanded pet abilities It is good if you are fighting illhoof without a pally in your group, i put fire shield on my party before we start. i think that is being fixed in the patch, allowing MoTW to stack with others, but i'm not sure.

May 18, 2007, 08:02 AM	#6 (permalink)
Debuff Subscriber Character Info Debuff 80 Orc Warlock Sargeras US PvP Guild: Fenrir Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: 0/40/31	Re: TBC expanded pet abilities I believe that this is an old tooltip issue. I remember back when I was diong MC/bwl on my shaman I had the same issue with Fire Resistance totem not stacking with MotW. I eventually ran across a post in the raid & dungeons forum where alot of respectable raiders said that it was a tooltip error and that they researched it alot. They claimed that internally the two were stacking correctly, but the FR that was displayed to your character page wasn't. I would imagine this would be the same but I could be wrong.

May 18, 2007, 10:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
Kiralyn Socialist Warlock Character Info Kiralyn 80 Human Warlock Mal'Ganis US PvP Guild: Self Titled Profile: Blizzard Armory Talent Spec: ??.??.??	Re: TBC expanded pet abilities You would think that an issue since beta would get some attention. Given that it hasn't, I would assume it a game-breaking issue that was overlook in design, the potential for talents to modify spells. If its been in this long, its here to stay, and I wouldn't worry too much about it.

May 19, 2007, 04:47 AM	#9 (permalink)
xdiesp Member	Re: TBC expanded pet abilities Back on topic: I was thinking that maybe introducing these changes sooner (level 1+), could help with situations where the warlock is partied with just a couple un-matched classes in order to do quests. Minus attack speed for casters' only party and minus chance to hit for rogues on tanking. The bonuses still wouldn't be that useful in solo.