AoE=Dead Wyvern

[Anucris]

I'd be happy with DT-50% and double... nah triple HP. It's just so awesome having a dead wyvern for 90% of the time in Abyssea NM runs because of AoE spam. If i'm doing a run and rotating say, Sobek > Ahmuluk > Cirein-Croin, then there is literally no way my wyvern is going to survive longer than 5 mins. As soon as it's gone I can wave bye bye to Soul Jump & Spirit Jump being effective, TP from Spirit Link, Restoring Breath/lolSmiting Breath, have zero chance of an AF3+2 set bonus proc and can't even use my 2hr. It's a ridiculous amount of stuff to lose constantly and the main reason I rarely touch DRG for more powerful NM's. Throw us a frickin' bone SE.

This post pointed out just how weak we become once our wyvern dies. and like most players these days i spend a lot of time in abyssea. so id like to make a little list of what I believe to be somewhat reasonable solutions
-Wyvern defense bonus/Major magic defense bonus/elemental resistance bonus/DT%
-Wyvern merit category to boost defense/mag defense/ele resistance/Hp/breath strength/DT%
-Replace empyrean body bonus with something more useful (i dont even use food anymore) something like "Wyvern HP+10%, def/mag def +50" +2 could be even more (15%/+70) (the % also makes wyv HP+ equipement a little more desireable because they will get a small boost i.e. the pelerine instead of +30 would be +33 with +1/34.5 with +2) there could also be a hidden effect DT-5/10%
-Choose what buffs transfer with spirit link somehow....This would not be enough and maybe troublesome to the player.
-Higher Proc rate on empyrean helm +1=25%, +2=50% i could live with 20/40, and with the body adjustment very nice.
-When empyrean helm procs wyvern Healing Breaths the amount absorbed beyond his full health. i.e.
wyver hp = 900/1200 he absorbs 500 from aoe -> triggers auto HB for 200 to dragoon.

There are a lot of options (I can thing of many more, too many to list) and I personally would like to see SEVERAL of these become realities. with addition of a "Provoke" or "Enmity transfer" (seperate super jump and super climb, make super climb a pet command) pet command they could take a few hits on some mobs while u get a few seconds of relief.

[Samunai]

i dont think we have to change what's been said in the first post. If he is a drg and he think that has to be changed = he aint a drg.

Altho i do share the annoying feeling my wyvern dies like after 5 min recalling (like in events) and then drop form a b+/a- dd to a D+ -.-'

so i want to suggest: Dues Ax Wyvern (yes im a pup player too and <3 that new ability)

i hope u guys want such a thing too ^^ just calla 10% wyvern; rest it up and gogoogoooooo (yes rest, no spirit link cheats! rawrawr)

[Rambus]

I did not read all the posts, just the OP and a few saying his ideas are OP. His ideas are OP but I see where he is comming from, that is in abyssea. too meny mobs have AOE that one shots or 2 shots the wyvern and some of these NMs use tp move every 5 seconds. All I get to do on rani is run in ws and run out and even then my wyvern tends to die. When I brew she dies.

So yeah I like something done, maybe allow cour buffs, atma buffs be copied on wyvern, have wyvern a bit stronger under brew ( not full effect like we have, can empathy even work on thew brew buff?)

[Lancil]

Atma buffs are already copied to our wyverns, and I don't see how giving cruor buffs would help. All that does is add an imbalance to the healing breath. It is true that your wyvern may survive 1 or 2 additional AoEs now, but how are you going to heal all that hp? After spirit link you are still in the same boat as before.

[Gotterdammerung]

Ok what about a pet command instead.

Bulwark- active til re-used. While bulwark is in effect a wyvern will stop all attacks and focus on evading all damage.

This would give u a choice of using an offensive but risky wyvern or a safe back line defensive healing wyvern that u could rely on to fuel your job abilities.

Heres another possible JA that might help

Body Link
Recast 5 min
Duration 5 min

While this stance is active the dragoon shares healing with their wyvern. This causes a dragoon to receive 50% of the healing and the wyvern to receive the other 50%.



i think it has enough downsides to be balanced and enuf upsides to be worth having 1 more tool at our disposal to keep the lil bastard alive.

[JagerForrester]

I'd just max out Spirit Link Merits, Deep Breathing Merits, and constantly push those abilities (+Restoring Breath) if my wyvern would die that much, or just not have my wyvern out and deal with the lower tier jumps.

Either the WHM gets mad at me for healing me too much because I keep healing my wyvern, or I get mad for the party choosing a monster that keeps killing my wyvern.

[Anucris]

I couldnt live with myself if i merited SL instead of jump recasts. and DB instead of angon ouch (actaully I should take that one i put in strafe and use on DB). definately couldnt deal with the lower tier jumps when my soul/spirit do 450-1k each! I believe meriting DB is a waste because u still will only use it once in a fight due to recast time. does every job have like 2 obvious merit abilities and the rest wastes?

i just cant settle being a C- DD to keep my wyvern alive.

[JagerForrester]

I couldn't live with myself either if I merited my DRG like that too. Guess I didn't sound like I exaggerated that post enough.
My wyvern dies? Well, my wyvern died. I spirit linked when I could, super jump what I could get away from. So I'm going to have to wait the w/e minutes to get him back for now.

[Anucris]

lol that sounds more like it.

[Dauntless]

I couldn't live with myself either if I merited my DRG like that too. Guess I didn't sound like I exaggerated that post enough.
My wyvern dies? Well, my wyvern died. I spirit linked when I could, super jump what I could get away from. So I'm going to have to wait the w/e minutes to get him back for now.

The thing about that is even if you merited like that your Wyv would STILL die long before Call Wyvern recast was up. Hopefully in some later update SE changes this