Dragoon Poll (Should DRG have a Wyvern?)

[Tonkra]

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

am well thats balancing about... if the damage dealer role is in form of an additional pet.. then its the way like this.
in FFXI the wyvern was also a damage add of about 30%> to his own weapon damage.
When i did for example 140 damage with auto attack the wyvern did around 55 damage
and yes the dragoon fit in the damage dealer role because of this.
while a drk did maybe 180 with one attack

its not that YOU (the dragoon itself) has to do the damage all in all to count as a damage dealer. you have to see the TOTAL damage of pet+dragoon itsself to say that he is a damage dealer. (and he was in FFXI)

SE would do it maybe this way (yoshida said they would need to slightly decrease the pole damage but in contrast taking the wyvern damage into account) :

DRG in 1.21. Polearm Damage 100% -> total damage of 100%
DRG in 2.0. Pole Damage 75% + Wyvern damage 25/35% -> 100%/110%

it could mean that you do almost the same damage or it can also mean that they will increase the damage (as a total drg+wyvern) because there is a risk for the wyvern pet to die. and to compansate this, giving him slightly more damage as a total.

WE dont know how they would balance this.
But all people are saying "they gimp my damage"... yes they do.. the poledamage itself.. but it doesnt mean that they "gimp" the whole damage.


what i can say petclasses are always very powerful in every single MMorpg... especially when it comes to PVP! just to tell you this. its an advantage to control two chars at the same time ...

coming from MMorpgs like DarkAgeOfCamelot, WAR, AION, LINEAGE II etc.