Up until now I have been using a bonestripper carrion bird from Hellfire Peninsula. I love him to death! To me, he's beautiful, powerful, and an unusual pet (at least on my server anyway). The only issue is that his skill, Demoralizing Screech, lowers melee attack power. That's great for melee-heavy groups or mobs, but what about casters? It does nothing whatseover besides the initial damage. So, I decided to stable Rhytil ("jade eye") and search for another pet that could work in PvP/PvE against casters/melee.
Last night I picked up both a spore bat and a wasp from Zangarmarsh because I liked their armor-reducing abilities. The wasp is ferocity so he does more damage, but the armor reduction doesn't stack with faerie fire. The spore bat's armor reduction is smaller but hits everyone in range, but he's cunning so he doesn't do quite as good of damage, and isn't as good in PvP.
I decided to stick with the wasp because I tend to like ferocity pets the best. But, something still just doesn't seem right. I can't get into this pet. I like to get pets that seem like they could be tameable in real life - wolves, cats, boars, bears, etc. (not that anyone is walking around with a pet bear IRL, but you know what I mean
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TL:DR is, I miss my bird a LOT. He is one of my favorite pets so far but it's just poo that his ability is situational. Do you guys think I should just stick with him anyway since he's my favorite? His skill is still useful, just not in every situation. Or, should I suck it up and adventure about with a huge insect named after grapes (Telaari, the first food he ate, lol)?
I'm just not sure what to do! On one hand, I love my bird, but on the other hand, I don't want people griping at me about my pet choice.
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I appreciate any comments/input.
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Thanks!