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Well, if you word it like that, not quite - Controllers and Dominators have permanent pets (as in, you cast them and they don't despawn until they die from damage or you die), but the number of them depends on which powerset they are (Fire Control casts three imps, for example).

It was already mentioned that you'd have to build the Crab Spiders for recharge with near perma/perma pets. :3 And in order to add a lot of recharge into a build, IOs have to come into play. Just like how if you want an illusionist's Phantom Army to be perma, you pretty much have to use IOs to do it.

I'm anticipating the number of Cloud Strife/Guts/Siegfried/Ichigo/Inuyasha copycats already. :3

I feel guilty enough with just Rib Cracker. Since my alt is female, she's generally shorter than most NPCs she fights, so her knee drives right into the jewels, and I seem to have a habit of also using it after flooring an opponent when they're slowly getting up - POW right in the face. XD

Basilisk's Gaze, for a level 30 set, has awesome set bonuses. If you don't have enough slots for Lockdown, or don't need those bonuses to raise defenses, then use Basilisk to raise other stats:

(2) 2.5% Def (Energy, Negative), 1.25% Def (Ranged)
(3) 2% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
(4) 7.5% Enhancement (RechargeTime)

The fourth one is particularly delicious...

Pretty sure BrandX just explained that you can obtain them yourself in STF and LRSF. As in, they are a reward option at the end of a successful completion. So pick that option, if it's not the one you want, sell it at market or keep it for another alt, and try again eventually until you get the one you want.

Try it in test server - respec and remove Physical Perfection, go Rikti War Zone, and attack a dummy for as long as you can using your attack chains or every move possible and see how your endurance goes. Test it with your incarnate stuff unequipped and equipped.

If you feel comfortable enough without Physical Perfection, go ahead and change it for something else. :3

Super Reflexes can softcap more easily than the other sets, I suppose. My Brute softcapped without taking Weave which is one less endurance toggle, haha. Super Reflexes also has 95% resists to defence debuffing which can hurt other defence sets. Also, there's no button stuff to press, so you can concentrate on your primary more.

Aid Self is a nice tool for Super Reflexes. I believe the interrupt time was recently reduced a little? Plus, it's nice for defence sets as dodging attacks doesn't interrupt (as opposed to getting hit).

In the end, it comes down to whatever you want to pick, as all the defence-based sets do well. :3

If I recall, they literally have a handheld taser in hand. The origin power and devices taser involves throwing a taser needle with threads attached at the enemy.

Dangit, now I'm gonna have to bust out my Empathy/Energy defender just to try that out. XD

Apparently so, even if they do lethal damage.

Looking at that, Cimerorans are miles ahead. I'm guessing their innate ability to do criticals was carried over to their lore form. :3

Still, Phantoms don't seem so bad, and considering my ill/rad does psi damage only (with Phantasm doing energy damage), some different damage would help. Plus, they can fly too, which is nice.

Someone needs to do a table of the Tier 4 lore pets and gather all the info together, haha.

Yes, but I was looking for personal opinions, haha. It is true what you mentioned though, what I'm looking for in a pet. As an Ill/Rad, I have Phantom Army, Spectral Terror (yes, with its piddly proc attack from an IO) and Phantasm (broken still with scrapperlock tendancies), so I was looking for something to compliment that.

So Cimerorans have highest DPS? Then again, they're well-known for spike damage considering they're almost all broadsword users. Do they carry over their ability to do criticals as well? However, I'll probably won't pick them, as I can't explain why my controller is able to summon Romans, haha.

So Phantoms have best buffs? What makes them different from other lore pets which can buff?

Hrm, Battle Drones have a buff similar to their original state, and aren't just carrying over the same buffs. That's interesting. As for pets which suit their owners, I'm sort of going that route as well, haha. I noticed Longbow gets the Cataphract‎, so I assume it does block the way sometimes, haha. Regarding Malta pets, I'm guessing they would get a Zeus Class Titan and not a Gunslinger, haha.

My Victoria on my Ill/Rad, combined with ACU and other illusion pets (and me, of course ) soloed Scrapyard's Ghost right down to 1/5 HP left before a stalker joined up. I'm pretty sure I could have finished the job on my own though. :3 I'll probably get Warworks on my AR/Traps corrupter or Robot/Traps MM since I liked them so much.

Considering how tough they were when they were introduced as normal enemies, I'm kinda disappointed to hear that, haha.

You do bring up one interesting point - I don't have to stick to just one set of lore pets or other Incarnate abilities for that matter. :3

Thanks for the comments, everyone.

Boo, I was hoping to pick First Aid and Tough without having to pick a Tier 1 or Tier 2 power similar to the Travel powers, haha.