Dev Suggestion: BST pets unable to maintain claim on a mob

[Yopop]

There's a group of players in the game that are truly all about the solo aspect of BST.

I, personally, love to solo and have been a solo artist for well into 7 years of my game play.

It seems if we allow our pets to fight mobs and heel them there's a good chance the mob will go unclaimed and if someone else wants that mob bad enough they'll take it from you.

Ie: King B was up and I threw a sheep at him. I got claim and was fighting him for a good 5-7 mins. I turned and put distance between my pet and myself and heeled my sheep to me so i could setup for a "Ready" and a jug switch.

There were two other people who walked up next to were I was and were watching. When I heeled my pet and pulled King B closer to me he went green and the Ninja snagged him within a second.

Another example, Serket, I got claim and there wasn't a person in the zone. I just let my pet fight it and got him down to 10% and decided to pull him close to a door so when he died I could just leave. When I heeled my pet and pulled Serket closer he went green and a party just had arrived and was leveling off beetles took claim on "accident" the leader said and killed the mob.

BST losing claim on mobs is very very common for those who solo. We spin mobs and use our pets in strat methods only to have them go green on random occasions costing us our time and our effort.

Another thing I would love to see is maybe a "Pet Focus" for our pets so when we send them after a mob it actually stays on that mob rather then spinning around attack anything that hits it. I've had my Pet run off across the zone after an AoE from a NM that wasn't even in my party.

[Starcade]

The whole "it's fair game if it's yellow" thing needs to stop.

If it's clear that you already have agg on the monster, it should be yours until you no longer wish to do it.

This happens on BST, BLM, and all this necro-killsteal crap you now see in Abyssea all the time.

[SNK]

The whole "it's fair game if it's yellow" thing needs to stop.

No it doesn't. Half the people who argue this are told time and again by GMs if it's yellow it's fair game. End of story.

[Cream_Soda]

The whole "it's fair game if it's yellow" thing needs to stop.

If it's clear that you already have agg on the monster, it should be yours until you no longer wish to do it.

This happens on BST, BLM, and all this necro-killsteal crap you now see in Abyssea all the time.

My claims are all about time. If you're killing it at a reasonable speed, or its low enough to where even the speed you're fighting it at is going to be a quick death, then I won't touch it.

If I have to sit there and wait 30+ mins for either a ToD or for a ??? to repop, then yea, sorry, if you can't maintain claim, you can start your 30 mins over when I'm done.

[blowfin]

My claims are all about time. If you're killing it at a reasonable speed, or its low enough to where even the speed you're fighting it at is going to be a quick death, then I won't touch it.

If I have to sit there and wait 30+ mins for either a ToD or for a ??? to repop, then yea, sorry, if you can't maintain claim, you can start your 30 mins over when I'm done.

Why on earth would you waste half an hour standing around like a slack jawed yokel waiting for someone to kill a mob? Surely you have other things to do?

[Xilk]

Why on earth would you waste half an hour standing around like a slack jawed yokel waiting for someone to kill a mob? Surely you have other things to do?

because he is really hoping for a chance to steal the mob. thats the real goal.

[Cupofnoodles]

I never have seemed to have this problem with BST for now, but I have been leveling PUP lately and it seems if I do not attack first my automaton wont have claim over the mob even though it is fighting and casting on it. I have had exp mob stolen from me @ 75% because of this.

[Yopop]

Hey Hey Noodles!

Yeah my recent one was Frogmander. Someone actually walked up at 15% and not sure what happened as I did not heel the pet and it went green and the person snagged it.

really?

It happens though NM or just normal exp mobs and it gets annoying.

then there's a flip

i was skilling up in Sea on the Dolphins ( I hate trying to remember what they are called )

I was casting all kinds of enfeebs on them and i noticed something i spent 45 mins casting on one dolphin and the moment i went past 10 seconds of not casting something it went green. However, if I casted Flash 1 time on the mob it stayed claimed for a long time

I might start doing that until they get the hate system fixed.

[Shadowstalker]

The "Pet Focus" idea is great for preventing your pet from going rogue and attacking all of creation. In the past, I've had difficulty with BST in group events such as dynamis due to the pet at some point randomly hitting a sleeping enemy that had previously hit the jugpet with an AoE. Of course, any "Pet Focus" should be a job ability versus an automatic set job trait as there are situations, like low level farming, you may want your pet attacking enemies aimlessly without having to command it to fight over and over again.

[sungaga]

i solo on bst alot and im also finding it frustrating in abyssea areas with others claiming my mobs due to this