Antagonize

Nick · 03-21-2009, 03:45 PM

I have most of my masters and antagonize is 1 of the ones i dont have, just curious did it increase anyones dps by more than 2? i use my mythical pet btw

Xalmat · 03-21-2009, 06:31 PM

Nope.

Erem · 03-21-2009, 09:05 PM

I dont even keep the spell on my hotbar anymore. Why lose the defense?

Ive been toying with using the Defensive Haven in raids. It gives your pet a ward... hehe

Xalmat · 03-21-2009, 09:35 PM

There are situations where putting your caster or Mythical pet in /pet melee mode is perfectly safe. In those situations, it makes sense to give your pet Antagonize for the slight DPS boost.

Rayche · 04-03-2009, 07:59 PM

So really.. you guys all use your defensive stance for your Mythical pet when soloing, grouping or raiding?

Doesn't that seem broken? Should we care or should Sony's Devs be aware of this? I don't recall seeing a useless offensive stance listed under summoner issues...

Mozrin · 04-05-2009, 03:54 PM

Antagonize is pointless in my opinion. Your mythical pet is 160+ over the INT cap when summoned. There is no benefit to spell damage when you cast Antagonize on it. The Haste does not apply to casting speed, and the slashing, piercing, crushing bonus for your mage pet is not very useful.

In addition .. I think it might be prudent to point you that the Shadow AA line item Offensive Onslaught is a waste of space as well. giving me a 3% bonus to an already capped out Offensive stance buff is just mean. :P

Finally, I will concede that there might be a handful of situations where the Mythical pet should be placed into melee mode .. but they are so few, it is not even worth mentioning. (imho)

Mozrin (The Bazaar)

Xalmat · 04-05-2009, 09:57 PM

I'm reluctant to put my pet in Defensive on raids simply because, even with a Troubador to debuff Hate gain, it becomes a huge aggro magnet.

fjzig · 04-20-2009, 04:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Xalmat

I'm reluctant to put my pet in Defensive on raids simply because, even with a Troubador to debuff Hate gain, it becomes a huge aggro magnet.

just ask for a peace link buff from the coercer if you are going to keep it in defensive, well at least that is what i do

Xalmat · 04-20-2009, 07:10 PM

Hmm, good idea. I'll have to do that (assuming my Coercers have free concentration slots!)

Harduc · 04-21-2009, 05:12 AM

I just stopped using pet stances with the myth pet all together. Would have been nice if the conjurer offensive pet stance was more in line with the necro one, at least they get a spell proc on theirs and some disruption/subjugation