Summoning Pet Balls, Animal Form, and Pets

abracadabra · 27th February 2008, 02:15 PM

Wouldn't a good bard area peacing negate the dragon/beetle/bake?

Deraj · 27th February 2008, 05:39 PM

EA's solution to imbalances and annoying aspects of the game (in this case, the negative effects of pet balls) is, as usual, to make the game more complicated. Timers, cooldowns, extra requirements.. what's the point? Devs, it's not the item itself that's the problem. Look deeper.

JCtheBuilder · 28th February 2008, 05:25 AM

I don't think tamers would want the developers to look any deeper because the true problem lies in bonding and that there is virtually no penalty for a pet dying. The summoning ball nerf is probably more acceptable then having pets lose 2% of skills again.

**kingtony** · 28th February 2008, 10:06 AM

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Originally Posted by JCtheBuilder

I don't think tamers would want the developers to look any deeper because the true problem lies in bonding and that there is virtually no penalty for a pet dying. The summoning ball nerf is probably more acceptable then having pets lose 2% of skills again.

good point when a pet dies you should wait a day before using again

Magister_Returns · 28th February 2008, 10:32 AM

Absolutely - Make me wait a day after my pet dies before using it again.

Also, make PvPers who die to players wait a day before coming out of skill/stat loss.

Booyah.

JCtheBuilder · 28th February 2008, 11:06 AM

You joke but faction players have to deal with crippling skill loss for 20 minutes every time they die.

**kingtony** · 28th February 2008, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Magister_Returns

Absolutely - Make me wait a day after my pet dies before using it again.

Also, make PvPers who die to players wait a day before coming out of skill/stat loss.

Booyah.

i have a tamer also and i didnt think it was a bad idear but hey this wasen't meant to be taken personally for i do not the power to do it

Deraj · 29th February 2008, 01:18 AM

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Originally Posted by JCtheBuilder

I don't think tamers would want the developers to look any deeper because the true problem lies in bonding and that there is virtually no penalty for a pet dying. The summoning ball nerf is probably more acceptable then having pets lose 2% of skills again.

Take it a step further. I would argue that the very premise of taming is fundamentally flawed, such a revamp wouldn't occur in a million years (and given EA's pace on things, make that 5 million

). Does the fact that players have control over powerful animals... *and* the fact that pets have gotten significantly stronger over the years raise any eyebrows whatsoever? This problem is rooted in design. UO is like a 100-headed hydra. By introducing some petball fix, they're only chopping off a single head, potentially introducing a few more heads. They need to get to the root of the problem.

Magister_Returns · 29th February 2008, 12:57 PM

@JC:

Indeed. My faction thief has to survive statloss frequently, although that's more often due to carelessness around ogre lords...

My point was that a tamer's weapon is his pet. Not all of us have a stable full for 5xGM Cu Sidhe's that would allow us to keep PvMing when my KR client crashes...again...

That, and I was being a bit sarcastic. I think we should bring back statloss for reds, but I know I'm in the minority...

27th February 2008, 02:15 PM	#13
abracadabra Mindless Muse Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 369 Thanks: 8 Thanked 21 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Summoning Pet Balls, Animal Form, and Pets Wouldn't a good bard area peacing negate the dragon/beetle/bake? __________________ Just a Mindless Muse meandering about!

27th February 2008, 05:39 PM	#14
Deraj Join Date: Mar 2006 Shard: Napa Valley Posts: 374 Thanks: 1 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Summoning Pet Balls, Animal Form, and Pets EA's solution to imbalances and annoying aspects of the game (in this case, the negative effects of pet balls) is, as usual, to make the game more complicated. Timers, cooldowns, extra requirements.. what's the point? Devs, it's not the item itself that's the problem. Look deeper. __________________ Still we loom in the mists as the ages roll away, And we say of our folk, "they are here!" That they built us and they died and you'll not be knowing why, Save we stand on the bare plains of Wiltshire.

28th February 2008, 05:25 AM	#15
JCtheBuilder Join Date: May 2005 Shard: Atlantic Posts: 449 Thanks: 0 Thanked 27 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Summoning Pet Balls, Animal Form, and Pets I don't think tamers would want the developers to look any deeper because the true problem lies in bonding and that there is virtually no penalty for a pet dying. The summoning ball nerf is probably more acceptable then having pets lose 2% of skills again. __________________ UOGuide -- The fastest growing encyclopedia for Ultima Online

28th February 2008, 10:32 AM	#17
Magister_Returns He's Fing Matt Damon Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,068 Thanks: 32 Thanked 42 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Summoning Pet Balls, Animal Form, and Pets Absolutely - Make me wait a day after my pet dies before using it again. Also, make PvPers who die to players wait a day before coming out of skill/stat loss. Booyah.

28th February 2008, 11:06 AM	#18
JCtheBuilder Join Date: May 2005 Shard: Atlantic Posts: 449 Thanks: 0 Thanked 27 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Summoning Pet Balls, Animal Form, and Pets You joke but faction players have to deal with crippling skill loss for 20 minutes every time they die. __________________ UOGuide -- The fastest growing encyclopedia for Ultima Online

29th February 2008, 12:57 PM	#21
Magister_Returns He's Fing Matt Damon Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,068 Thanks: 32 Thanked 42 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Summoning Pet Balls, Animal Form, and Pets @JC: Indeed. My faction thief has to survive statloss frequently, although that's more often due to carelessness around ogre lords... My point was that a tamer's weapon is his pet. Not all of us have a stable full for 5xGM Cu Sidhe's that would allow us to keep PvMing when my KR client crashes...again... That, and I was being a bit sarcastic. I think we should bring back statloss for reds, but I know I'm in the minority...

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