Craze Horse
Shinto Sharingan
Captain Arne Is PRO
Thorondor Port
Detraya fullvear
Shadis
Anger Problems
LightningHell
Reikai
Craze Horse
Jay Shrine
Sir Mad
sister morphyne
XvArchonvX
Raithgason
sister morphyne
Program Ftw
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Originally Posted by Thorondor Port
Dire White Tiger ftw
Join the club.
Thanks, Program~
Sir Mad
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Originally Posted by sister morphyne
like I said, get a stopwatch, load up your normal pet attack skills, do the same for the comparative pet, sic them sequentially on the same target and check out the result...... Nothing like a good field test..... |
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Originally Posted by Jenosavel and Epinephrine
(5) The speed results are from two tests, the first was timing 100 strikes - if you allow for a miscount of up to 1 strike in either direction you get an estimate of the error. The error on this testing resulted in a range of ~2.12-2.17 for each pet type (excepting the bear, which was 2.60-2.62); the other test was a count of strikes over 5 minutes, resulting in 141 strikes mostly, but once or twice on a species I'd get 140. 300seconds/141strikes = 2.13; 300seconds/140 strikes=2.14, it has a smaller error due to the longer period, say 2.12-2.15 or so, adding a strike in either direction. That's pretty much the same range. Estimating experimental error and measurement error isn't easy. I suspect we're talking a miscount of +/- 1 though. The bear counted 115 attacks over 300 seconds, so 2.59-2.63 seems like a very safe estimate of its attack speed. Animals were tested at level 5 and level 20, to ensure speed stayed the same. The sole creature that varied was the Moa/Strider, which begins at level 3 with an attack period of ~1.6 seconds, but drops from there, reaching 2.14 seconds by level 17.
XvArchonvX
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Originally Posted by sister morphyne
*sigh*
like I said, get a stopwatch, load up your normal pet attack skills, do the same for the comparative pet, sic them sequentially on the same target and check out the result...... Nothing like a good field test..... It's been tested thoroughly and as a result has been made the pet guide for Guru: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...ide-id1575.php And you can quote the reasoning for bears' lesser damage output: "The Bear's brutal mauling slows it's attack speed, but does not add any damage." The numbers that back this up are here: http://www.guildwarsguru.com/content...e-id1575.php#5 This is what Sir Mad posted, but also has a handy little chart showing their results as well. Silk Weaver
Dire White Tiger ftw.
Mine's called Doggie ^^ Chewbacca Defense
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Originally Posted by Detraya fullvear
sure, because putting ss on a pet that cant stop attacking is a horriable idea!
This is a great idea. Casting SS on Flesh Golems or Pets with Reckless Haste or blind. They just can't stop attacking, so draw the Golem into a crowd and watch all the numbers fly!
Epinephrine
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Originally Posted by Craze Horse
Bears are the only pets that technically use an attack skill... Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't there be a situational advantage with a bear as a pet over any other pet? Comments appreciated |
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Originally Posted by LightningHell
Soothing Images only prevents the building of adrenaline.
Precisely, and testing has shown that Brutal Mauling is an adrenaline skill, with a 4 adrenaline cost. Hence why the bear uses it every fourth swing - a bear in the presence of Infuriating Heat for example uses it every second swing, dropping DPS even further. Quote:
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