Dragoon Poll (Should DRG have a Wyvern?)

[Nayt]

why do you and all are talking about "gimping" the damage because of receiving a pet? Ever heard anything of "logic"? i dont get it.

YES it does mean to slightly weaken the damage table of the polearm weapon but it also means to add up the wyvern damage. so all in all maybe in the end its more dmg?
Its so much of an advantage to be a petclass...
Just look like classes like Hunter or Warlock in WoW. they REALLY count to the more powerful classes.

as an example:
a job like Lancermaster 125% polearm damage = 125%

Dragoon 100% pole damage + Wyvern damage (lets say) 40% damage = 140% + of the advantage to be two and not only one character

yes the dragoon in comparison to the lancemaster does less polearm damage, because he counts to the hybrid class damage table. but therefore he receives a pet to his side doing damage besides his own.
all in all the dragoon ends up being much more of a damage dealer than the lancemaster.

with advantages like in FFXI that the wyvern had abillities like "healing" breath or that, as a duo, they could perform weapon skillchains on their own. (besides all typical dragonic skills, like jump attack and so on)

You're referencing WoW, where balance is like a rubber ball.

There's no way SE would give a dragoon 15% extra damage output just because they have an additional pet, unless they made it really technical, difficult or a wyvern made of paper. They would be forced to balance it, giving this boost a downside one way or another.

I rather fight on my own than rely on a braindead AI companion. That's why I play an MMO, and not a single player game with a bunch of NPC's running around, "helping" me