So with the new lore pets...

I think Cimeroran's superior pet will be taking the place of my Warworks superior pet as my new Single Target killers. I mean at first I was very saddened that the Cimerorans had their chance to critical removed, but as I got them to T4 I kinda realized why.

They do stupid..stupid damage and having them crit I think would make the game explode *Grin*. For the Record I run with T4 Musculature for maximum damage.

Anyone else think that the Romans will give Warworks a good run for their money despite Warworks -Regen and Viki's chance for criticals?

It's quite possible the Cimeroran Lore Pets might end up being one of the "best" Lore Pet sets, depending on what your definition of "best" is.

But there are going to be plenty of people picking Lore Pets based more for how they fit their character concepts than for which one has the greatest DPS or somesuch. After all the main reason why the Devs gave us more Lore Pet choices wasn't because the original four sucked gamewise - it was because players wanted more selection over what kinds of pets they could pick from.

Cimerorans are a clear winner for single-target DPS. That said, they are pure lethal, the worst damage type to have (Vicky's melee attacks are half lethal, half energy, and the ranged Warworks attacks are all energy).

There are quite a few worthwhile choices when you consider the radial pets. Some characters are going to need survivability more than damage, after all. Storm elementals have the huge -30 tohit aura and decent AoE. The Longbow Cataphract can floor regen. Phantoms do good damage - they are close to Warworks based on pylon times - and the support pet has AB, which may be good for characters that have lots of mitigation and no/little healing. They also fly, so the support pet keeps up with you easier.

I've picked Elementals for my Lore pet on my en/en/fire Blaster, purely for concept. I have no idea how they compare to other pets. Not terribly bothered, unless sb informs me that they're horrifically weak or sth.

Eco.

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow [The Incarnate System is] Jack Emmert all over again, only this time it's not "1 hero = 3 white minions" it's "1 hero = 3 white rocks."

I'm sticking with Seers for concept reasons. I highly doubt I would ever pick a Lore pet for performance... the whole point of having all these new pets is so they can fit our concepts better.

taking different lore pets on every toon i do the itrials with.
my Bane has waroworks but will likely switch to arachnos for concept.
My widow has seers for concept as well.

the cimerorans will likely go to my broadsword/shield scrapper whenever i get around to that toon for similar reasons.

i took those ghost/spectre type pets mainly as the support one gives my sm/invul brute AB and theres nothing wrong with a brute having AB lol..better then the old def buff from idf...plus the other pet has fire sword circle ice sword circle and more ..not as flashing say the longbow boss but still nice

Hey all,

Glad to see you’re enjoying the new Lore pets! Black Scorpion and myself made an explicit effort to get the various Lore Pet sets fairly close to each other in terms of DPS – there shouldn’t be any one set that’s bounds better than the others. Along with ensuring that the new Lore pets were all competitive with the old sets and with each other, we also determined that the IDF pets were doing significantly less DPS than intended, and the damage and recharge of their powers were adjusted accordingly in i20.5. It’s great to hear that many of you are taking Arachnos, Phantoms, Spectres, and others for concept - that’s what we set out to enable!

Until next time,
-Arbiter Hawk

...Well, my Dark sorcerer still has his Warworks pets. They're not consistent with his theme, but he loves Vicky so much he wont give her up.

Other folks will be branching out, tho

I know my empathy defender will love her Core path Cimeroran pets, being a sorceress I plan to play her as summoning the souls of fallen, ancient heroes, Ala Fate/Stay Night.
Why old world heroes? "Because old world heroes will listen to anyone as long as they have one more chance to shed blood."

My main scrapper will be summoning Storm Elementals, calling a favor from his in-laws.

My magical girl blaster will use northern lights, in her case she's just creating what are basically homing bits, ala Gundam SeeD, only magical.

Edit: As a random question: will we see more lore pets in the future? I can't help but think Syndicate and Resistance Lore pets would actually be kind of boss.

Edit edit: As would Tsoo lore pets. >.>

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Originally Posted by Samuel_Tow City of Heroes is a game about freedom of expression and variety of experiences far more so than it is about representing any one theme, topic or genre.

Any chance we could get Primal Earth Clockwork? Or perhaps CoT Demons? Or even, dare I say it, Devoured Earth pets?

Still hoping someday we'll have the option of like.. a minion branch to each tree that's perma. Until I can have a pet that has consistent uptime and accessibility, I won't be bothering with lore.

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Originally Posted by Arcanaville Softcapping an Invuln is fantastic. Softcapping a Willpower is amazing. Softcapping SR is kissing your sister.

I'm loving having the Carnies Lore pets as an option. My one disappointment is that all but one of the Carnie lore powers includes a Strongman and (for concept reasons) my toon wants female Carnies. The pretty much limits me to the Radial option...

Is there a way to fix that?

-Buxley