Coercer Pet's Nerfed?

Quuva · 06-11-2008, 06:37 AM

I just recently came back to my coercer after LU45 and find the changes to be very interesting. One thing I have noticed was that it seems that after I find a pet in a zone that i like, charm it (and not get it killed). After I log if I go back to get it again the next day they seem to be gone. This has happened with the overwatchers in SS and the templar in TT.
Has anyone else noticed this? Is it a bug or has sony taken our pets away?
Thanks
Q

sommarnatt · 06-11-2008, 09:35 AM

Umm no, SOE usually nerfs us with making the mobs immune to charm if they do not want us to charm them.
Could it be that it's a randomness to which NPCs spawn or that they spawn on a timer (day / night) ? I've wondered the same things in my days in Kunzar Jungle when I wanted one of those froglok wizards but only the melee types were up.

Revel · 06-11-2008, 07:34 PM

Yeah, what you're seeing is mobs that have placeholders and other mobs spawning, i.e., bad luck. They're not so careful or diligent to nerf every mob, especially in old zones, but rather they will just alter the mechanic for a group of mobs or for charm itself. At most removal of a mob happens when that mob is being exploited for some reason, but that's usually just named, and is rare anyway.

Hesster · 06-14-2008, 11:57 PM

It's just other people are killing the mobs and random respawns is all.

Using the given example, remember that there's a quest in Kunzar at Dalnir's Wheel that you have to kill a certain number of froglok wizards and melee types. Everyone gets it. There's a faction hit for kiling them, so most people will go out of their way to kill the exact number of each that they need.

Just either kill the placeholder or charm it and use it as a pet until it's dead, and then check to see if the mob you want spawns in its place.

Revel · 06-15-2008, 12:42 AM

As a side note with charm and trying to get the right pet up, if you're worried about any faction, you get no personal faction hit for suiciding your pet or killing the mob you want with another pet alone.