Simple fix for minstrels / mentalists

Reasoning: Minstrels and Mentalists Don't Need Free Purge

To have a free purge - play a mentalist or minstrel - pulse charm a pet. When you become mezzed or rooted, release the pet manually, the pet will strike you, thus breaking the crowd-control. Within a second, either by script or manually clicking the pet is yours again with no penalty.

FIX: If a mentalist/minstrel forcefully releases a pet, have the pet walk away, and de-aggress. Or make the release button not function if under crowd-control effects.

If a mentalist/minstrel's pet drops by normal mechanics (resists, etc) have the pet attack them as normal, as its an intended consequence.

Make Purge Great Again. Fight Me. No reason this change shouldn't occur.

Sun 23 Aug 2020 6:34 AM by dbeattie71

Wasn’t this changed for Minstrels? When I release pet now when mezzed it takes off.

Sun 23 Aug 2020 3:31 PM by jlxscholar

dbeattie71 wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 6:34 AM
Wasn’t this changed for Minstrels? When I release pet now when mezzed it takes off.

Saw minstrels breaking their own CC as of last night with the pet. Can't be the case.

Sun 23 Aug 2020 3:42 PM by Lerox

jlxscholar wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 3:31 PM
dbeattie71 wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 6:34 AM
Wasn’t this changed for Minstrels? When I release pet now when mezzed it takes off.

Saw minstrels breaking their own CC as of last night with the pet. Can't be the case.

If you cc the minstrel pet the cc does not remove on release. That is a custom change for the minstrel only.
The mentalist can do that still, so if he releases his pet all of the cc besides stun will be removed and the pet will attack the minstrel.

In my opinion it would be nice if both classes get the same behaviour with their pets but a complete de-aggress on release seems to be too much for me.
Especially for the minstrel you change the role in the group which it had before from offensive to defensive.

Just get used to it that other classes have different mechanics which are in by game design and they are still working in live.
If you really want to get rid off that mechanic please make a proper suggestion what those classes get as compensation for it.

Mon 24 Aug 2020 1:06 PM by jlxscholar

Lerox wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 3:42 PM
jlxscholar wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 3:31 PM
dbeattie71 wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 6:34 AM
Wasn’t this changed for Minstrels? When I release pet now when mezzed it takes off.

Saw minstrels breaking their own CC as of last night with the pet. Can't be the case.

If you cc the minstrel pet the cc does not remove on release. That is a custom change for the minstrel only.
The mentalist can do that still, so if he releases his pet all of the cc besides stun will be removed and the pet will attack the minstrel.

In my opinion it would be nice if both classes get the same behaviour with their pets but a complete de-aggress on release seems to be too much for me.
Especially for the minstrel you change the role in the group which it had before from offensive to defensive.

Just get used to it that other classes have different mechanics which are in by game design and they are still working in live.
If you really want to get rid off that mechanic please make a proper suggestion what those classes get as compensation for it.

Compensation? They deserve free purge and nobody else does? Lol

Mon 24 Aug 2020 4:50 PM by Lerox

jlxscholar wrote: ↑
Mon 24 Aug 2020 1:06 PM
Lerox wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 3:42 PM
jlxscholar wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 3:31 PM
dbeattie71 wrote: ↑
Sun 23 Aug 2020 6:34 AM
Wasn’t this changed for Minstrels? When I release pet now when mezzed it takes off.

Saw minstrels breaking their own CC as of last night with the pet. Can't be the case.

If you cc the minstrel pet the cc does not remove on release. That is a custom change for the minstrel only.
The mentalist can do that still, so if he releases his pet all of the cc besides stun will be removed and the pet will attack the minstrel.

In my opinion it would be nice if both classes get the same behaviour with their pets but a complete de-aggress on release seems to be too much for me.
Especially for the minstrel you change the role in the group which it had before from offensive to defensive.

Just get used to it that other classes have different mechanics which are in by game design and they are still working in live.
If you really want to get rid off that mechanic please make a proper suggestion what those classes get as compensation for it.

Compensation? They deserve free purge and nobody else does? Lol

Yes.

Tue 25 Aug 2020 10:58 PM by teiloh

jlxscholar wrote: ↑
Mon 24 Aug 2020 1:06 PM
Compensation? They deserve free purge and nobody else does? Lol

Class features are different.

But of course the Hib version is left in while the Alb one is nerfed, to go along with the dozens of other Alb nerfs