I think I speak for Many when I say this Patch was a Shitshow. Mounts Got Buffed in Move speed and In Stamina. In a game that punishes players for trying anything on Foot, it's almost shocking the Balance team isn't doing something to make Foot Combat more viable. To add insult to injury Rep from parcels was nerfed, and there is a new bug in town preventing players from gaining any rep from Risars now.
Enter the Terror Bird. Many people, myself included were really hoping this pet would be something that could actually be fast enough to chase down Mounts. Instead, what we got was a 500 Move speed piece of garbage, that has half it's damage as a Bleed (That doesn't scale damage based off enemy Hp, so it can't even be used as a boss killer) and it only has 500hp. It doesn't have the Hp of a White Bear or Compodon, It doesn't have the damage of either of those pets, It doesn't have the Move speed to catch mounts. It's viability in the game is non-existent, there's no circumstance where you would want to take this thing over other pets except for Role Play Reasons. It cost way too much pet points so a Herding build isn't A option either.
This Pet was a golden opportunity to add some extra spice to the game. It was a Melee Pet that could have still let Mounteds fight back, but also let Tamers fight Mounteds if they made it fast enough to catch them. And that is A example of missed game balance in a game that favors mounts.
You might remember a few months back, everyone and their Grandma complaining about "White Bears Being OP" I was one of very few that was actually stating they aren't Op, because Pets in this game are balanced around Move speed, therefor Mounted players win. I made a Follow up Post explaining why Mounted Archers is OP, because the majority of the player base was not catching on and was in my opinion very stupid, or not versed in PvP. Fast forward to current day, and everyone is on a Mount now and no one is on foot anymore. I think everyone can see now what I said back then, that pets are useless because they can't catch mounts. Without Ranged Pets, Tamers can't do anything against Mounted players. And without a Ranged Dismounting Weapon Foot Fighters can't do anything against Mounted players.
Enter the Terror Bird. Many people, myself included were really hoping this pet would be something that could actually be fast enough to chase down Mounts. Instead, what we got was a 500 Move speed piece of garbage, that has half it's damage as a Bleed (That doesn't scale damage based off enemy Hp, so it can't even be used as a boss killer) and it only has 500hp. It doesn't have the Hp of a White Bear or Compodon, It doesn't have the damage of either of those pets, It doesn't have the Move speed to catch mounts. It's viability in the game is non-existent, there's no circumstance where you would want to take this thing over other pets except for Role Play Reasons. It cost way too much pet points so a Herding build isn't A option either.
This Pet was a golden opportunity to add some extra spice to the game. It was a Melee Pet that could have still let Mounteds fight back, but also let Tamers fight Mounteds if they made it fast enough to catch them. And that is A example of missed game balance in a game that favors mounts.
You might remember a few months back, everyone and their Grandma complaining about "White Bears Being OP" I was one of very few that was actually stating they aren't Op, because Pets in this game are balanced around Move speed, therefor Mounted players win. I made a Follow up Post explaining why Mounted Archers is OP, because the majority of the player base was not catching on and was in my opinion very stupid, or not versed in PvP. Fast forward to current day, and everyone is on a Mount now and no one is on foot anymore. I think everyone can see now what I said back then, that pets are useless because they can't catch mounts. Without Ranged Pets, Tamers can't do anything against Mounted players. And without a Ranged Dismounting Weapon Foot Fighters can't do anything against Mounted players.
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