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DR-HAROS

Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/18/2019 04:38 PM CDT

I've just made a small change to the wilderness bonus, which will reduce the loss by a decent amount if you've got your companion in the same room.

This is live in all instances.

-GM Haros

CAPTJACK

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/18/2019 05:21 PM CDT

It's a start. Thank you for the upgrade.

VALIRIC

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/18/2019 08:29 PM CDT

I dig it

SAUVA

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/19/2019 06:09 AM CDT

Fun change! Can we please get a few more creatures added to the carve list? How about making meat last indefinitely if we perform the beseech on it?

I almost never pull out the wolf because I'm just convinced they run away at any provocation, but with a real tangible benefit I'd like to at least try having it around more.

~Hunter Hanryu
>Everything Rangers have is just a lame version of something cool.~Morkim

HEATHCHRISTINE

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/19/2019 10:00 AM CDT

Definitely a good step, giving companions some purpose and a step towards difficulties (and RP goals) with people managing the urban penalty. Are all companions created equal, meaning are wolves and raccoons on par, and companions of all ages?

Jalika

KDAKKARD

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/19/2019 11:03 PM CDT

Thaaaanks, any dev is good dev riiiight?

How does this compare to our ranger ritual spell MON ( https://elanthipedia.play.net/Memory_of_Nature ) which does in part
"Effect: Maintain your ranger bonus while in non-wilderness areas".

Rangers have the Transfer beseech ( https://elanthipedia.play.net/Beseech_Elanthia_to_Transfer ), which restores the ranger bonus to full.

Does the ranger bonus decay even slower when you have a companion present and MON up? Was this companion change geared towards rangers under 40th/90th circle? Is the dev team secretly trying to get rid of beseeches? We have solutions in place that help with the rate of bonus accrual.

I know some folks would say this companion dev time could have been allocated to what players 'want': wiped and updated Ranger Scrolls. Kalika/Tomma/Tolle/Marion could have some event where they channel the Refresh/Preserve/Petrify/Seal beseech on the current lists and task some current rangers with escorting the old lists somewhere (P5 Guildhall).

-Kivi, questioner

WILLIAMSS110

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/19/2019 11:25 PM CDT

Transfer beseech is not available till circle 90. MON is not available till circle 40.

However, raccoons are possible at circle 13. So there is some time that a young Ranger will have a companion
alone as the one way to slow bonus loss.

It is a good question of the stacking of MON with a companion present

DR-HAROS

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/20/2019 10:09 AM CDT

>>Are all companions created equal, meaning are wolves and raccoons on par, and companions of all ages?

Yes.

>>Does the ranger bonus decay even slower when you have a companion present and MON up?

Yes.

-GM Haros

SHIFT3

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/20/2019 11:14 AM CDT

Nice addition. Is the system built in a way where my ranger would get a recovery bonus while using the companion outdoors?

Is it possible to add new compaions similar to the dragon talisman which retain this functionality without the constant need for maintenance? Maybe something like a wyvern whistle where you could blow it, and it would create a young wyvern companion. If you lose the companion then you just have to use the whistle to get it back. It wouldn't need feeding or petting, because it's a powerful beast. Bonus points if you could label the whistle to name the companion.

DR-HAROS

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/20/2019 11:21 AM CDT

>>Is the system built in a way where my ranger would get a recovery bonus while using the companion outdoors?

This change only applies to bonus loss.

-GM Haros

DUNEPLAY

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 09/21/2019 01:37 AM CDT

Me and my wolf, Lucky thank you so very much!

Zinaca and her young wolf, Lucky

JINX777

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 10/21/2019 10:59 PM CDT

Would it at all be possible to turn off feeding/petting/growth on companions, just set all to full-grown until companions are rewrote, updated, or whatever future plans happen?

TJBER21

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Re: Companions and Wilderness Bonus Loss 10/01/2021 01:55 PM CDT

it's been 20 years, when will ranger companions truly be worked on?

~Purnay
"The object of war is not to die for your country, but to make the other bastard die for his."

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