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Im hoping this isn't a 15 or 10 minute recast. SS still better be huge.

It has to be at least -30% DT for it to mean anything at all tbh, even at -50% wyverns can still nearly be one-shot in abyssea by plenty of NM's. Outside they'll still be taking 600-700 by bigger ga's, which is more then half their hp depending on xp buff or not.

i don't see it being a palanx with all their "wyvern should not tank" bs(as if it could).

stoneskin would probably be 1 use only unless it's really pretty much whe wyvern hp or more

i think better would be some kind of really potent sherzo
another good could be some kind of "fan dance" : decreasing with hits -90% damage. (but every damage taken, not just pdt)

of course, best would be if it was all that, but i doubt it. ^^;

if you can fulltime it (or near at least), should be nice.

the job trait seems like stout servant to me. so -5% damage unless we get lot of it.

Thats pretty sweet. I wonder what sort of gear they will introduce that will effect steady wing or the -dmg. Also a possible new merit group at 99? Could have sworn I heard something about this, but I am not sure.

At 90, the wyvern has a whopping 1216HP, an additional 10HP every level from 75.
We can then assume at 95 they will have 1266HP, meaning steady wing will effectively give them 1519 HP(1266+%20 which is 253.2)

Correct me if my math is sh*t, but anything over 2530~dmg will 1shot the pet. Not horrible, but not exactly comforting. sh*t gets a lot safer when you rock PDT or +HP atmas, assuming abyssea.

Let's just hope the recast/duration aren't abysmal or I'll be upset and no one will care.



More edits... Just a thought.

/macro *equip all your +Wyvern HP gear* 15% legs, up to +225 from armor.
/ja Steady wing...

If that works, the steady wing mechanic will think your wyvern has up to 1524? max HP, basically giving you 1828?HP meaning it will take a hit of over 3050 to 1shot your pet.

The real question, if this works like that is... Did you poor schmucks toss your Chanoix's gorget?

Edited, Aug 25th 2011 4:01am by Byxfluzba

Lest you all forget, the Wyvern gains +25% HP from 1,000 EXP bonus.

But the torque doesn't add actual hp though, does it? I thought it just modified the calculations for HB.

I didn't forget to account for anything. 20%+lostHP is the exact same as max hp+20% as far as taking damage is concerned.

Assuming +Wyvern HP swaps will work, here is a dumbed down example:
a 1k HP wyvern gains 200stoneskin, effectively giving it 1200HP.
If that wyvern was beaten for 500dmg, he would have 500hp, and would gain 200 from the 20% of max, and an additional 500 stoneskin, effectively giving him 1200HP.

Same thing if you swapped in say, 200 more HP.
During the abilities triggering, a maxhp'd wyvern would have 1000/1200HP and would gain 240HP(20%) +200 from missing HP, effectively giving him 1440HP, even though his regular max is 1000.
Same thing if he was damaged 500HP, except he would gain 700 extra stoneskin instead of the 200 effectively giving him 1440HP again.

Realistically, with Wyvern mail, chanoix gorget, drachen brais+1, homam gambieras, lancer's torque and earring, you should be able to trick the game into giving your fully healed wyvern 1266HP and 602 stoneskin, effectively giving it 1828hp.

It seems to me that with a HP total like that (+ the 40% damage reduction) we are starting to look at a situation where anything that will one shot your wyvern will also (likely)one shot you. Now it becomes a question of how frequently can you put Steady Wing up to prevent multiple weaker AoEs from killing your wyvern where you would survive due to healing.

Good to hear, hopefully I muled mine as well, would suck if I tossed it.

Yup, I did mule it, thank god for being able to mule ra/ex now, otherwise I may have tossed it before.

Edited, Aug 26th 2011 9:46pm by heldemon

Except you can heal your wyvern straight after, assuming it's not a shared timer with spirit link.

Now i remember why i like you Fyn. Your smarter than me! I never even considered that xD