Bear vs Spider

For some reason I have not liked the bear much. here is why. Ive seen this many times now. the bear is in game and everyone is attacking and the bear is just standing around not doing much of anything. This is especially true in thirsty river. and the underworld / fissure of woe. 1/2 the time I just tell the guy to stop healing it cause it dies to easy. or its not doing much more then being a meat shield. Depends on what we need. The spider seems quite effective. And I personally prefer the dune lizard. The spider of course has an advantage cause you get it already at level 20. the Dune Lizard takes some time to level up. but it has a nice fast attack rate. Piercing damage equal to other pets blunt and slashing. and good solid armor, Now that they allow infusion. I'll put my dune lizard up against a bear pet any day...

The other pet I had up to level 20 was the wolf from presearing. and it was also pretty good, but the darn howling drove me nuts. lol

They are slowly fixing the Beast mastery skills for pets as well I'm noticing. the Disrupting Lunge is pretty nice now... As is Ferocious strike.

Arent there two types of spider? The Spider in the UW and the jungle black widow? One starts at level twenty, the Elder Widow or something like that. *pulls out the Prima guide* They have different Armor Levels and different amounts of attack they can do, depending on the type of pet it is.

all pets are AL 60 at level 20

This like ALL the other topics are VERY individualistic and THE only TRUTH that has been spoken is that of the links to the the TEST pages. Either way I have had my level 20 Bear for some time now and have tried some different builds with him and have to say that he has been and continues to be a valuable part of my builds and the groups that I play with. FOR ME it does just fine and I enjoy playing with it as part of my game.

Spider, bear, cat, bird or whatever you have as a pet, is it better than another, if you think it is than it is for you.

And why can't I tame a toad as a pet? Toad-style rocks!

I spoke the truth "I <3 my dune lizard." LOL. And the link to the video of me farming with him was truth as well. He does just fine.

I know what you're saying though. I'm sure a bear or what have you would do just fine as well.

Spider does have a nice look though. If I was a Necromancer/Ranger I'd want one for sure for coolness factor.

Now if we turn this into which NPC "pet" I'd like to tame, well hands down it would be "Oink", that is one kick ash pig!

sure. you can have oink.
i'll tame Saidra!

If you can tame Saidra, I will tame Glint.

I will tame Gwen a pwn you all ~_~

Dibs on Cynn.

I wouldn't mind taming the Infurnal Worm from Beta, or a Gnome that says Nii! Or better yet... GWEN! MWA HA HA HA HA!

(I am her mother after all... hahaha)

I made a female ranger just for that. I was going to name my rabbit Thumper and go through the game with a little rabbit. I was very very dissapoined when I did the quests necessary to get a pet and then wasn't able to get the rabbit. One of the BIGGEST complaints I have about the game is all the animals that are in the game and so many of them you cant tame!

I want a Dwarf. :P

Thank you. Glad somebody said it, or I would have =)

I Have a spider it sux on looks but does good dmg and has high armor somewhat average life...
id ratehr have a taller moa brid than me to show off
people always go that whoa a spider now i can see it in action...pretty gay
id really like a Moa brid but it does somewhat low dmg and low armor unliek spider
*Arggggghhhhhhh So Pissed*

Admit it, you just want a chocobo to strut around with.

YES YES YES!
I Want A Chocobo~!
I'd Rather Have Rikku With me Anyday Tho Specially In Night :O

If you would bother to read the name of the poster. They are the same person.

Ok I know a lot of players hate pets, but the spider does do some damage. I have had a spider pet for around 2 weeks now (I highly doubt it does poison I have yet to see it happen). However recently I cranked up Beast Mastery to 12 (with a Major Beast Mastery Rune to add to the armor) which makes it 14 now. I can tell you this much after just winning 12 consecutive matches at competition arena, the spider is like having another lvl 20 person on the team. Get him to go after the other teams monk and the team is already screwed. Half the time they didn't know if they should risk killing the spider or not. I never have had a bear, but the spider . It is unbelieveable how much damage one pet can do.