So before all the AA revamps, we would have a separate AA for pet hit points, pet mitigation, pet avoidance, and Fortify Companion. I know that the developers combined all of those things and now we have 151 ranks of Fortify Companion with a max level of 179 IIRC. So my question is... when you buy a new rank of ROS Fortify Companion, does it boost everything? As in, one rank means more hit points, more mitigation, more avoidance, and better Fortify? Or if you buy a rank then maybe hit points go up at 152, then at 153 mitigation goes up, at 154 more pet avoidance, etc etc. Anyone know for sure? Thanks!
Doesn't have to. For example rank 143 is just a spell upgrade form rank 142. http://www.raidloot.com/AA.aspx?name=Companion's Fortification&exp=Ring of Scale
it only adjusts 1 of the things combined into the AA. Though every rank is now 50pts, regardless of what it actually does
so am I missing something obvious or is this a huge nerf? pet defenses that used to be available 100% of the time are now available 66% of the time since its a 10 minute buff on a 15 minute timer. I just came back, and this makes me not even want to play my mage.
You're missing something. Fortify Companion is the buff that lasts for 10 minutes with a 15 minute timer, and it has always lasted for 10 minutes with a 15 minute timer. It confers the exact same benefits it did before, with the addition of casting Companion's Blessing. All of the passive defense bonuses that were always active are still always active. They have just been combined into the same AA, meaning the AA is both passive and activated. You did not lose anything.
Not quite true. Sure you got the same things as before. HOWEVER you lost the option on deciding what you wanted to get first.
That has nothing to do with whether or not you lost passive ("100% uptime") defensives. Context can be helpful...
Is that really a 10minutes buff or it would wear off after a certain number of damage mitigation as some quick buffs ..runes (companion aegis for example) ect...? i ask because i often see it poof and not a long time after the start of the fight. At some point i thought : ok it has done its job and now it wears off..
AA casts two buffs on the pet: Fortify Companion LIV - - 0s Target: Pet 1: Cast: Companion's Fortification XXIII 2: Cast: Companion's Blessing XXVIII First one is the defensive bit: Companion's Fortification XXIII - - 0s Target: Pet Duration: 10m (100 ticks) 1: Decrease Offhand Damage Shield Taken by 80% 2: Increase Chance to Avoid Melee by 60% 4: Absorb Spell Damage: 25%, Total: 425000 5: Absorb Melee Damage: 25%, Total: 425000 7: Increase AC by 180 Second one is the healing bit, does an increasing heal-over-time for about a minute, after the pet gets hit hard. each phase, though, will be knocked off super fast if the pet is taking big hits: Companion's Blessing XXVIII - - 0s Target: Pet Duration: 10m (100 ticks) 1: Cast: Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Azia) once if HP Below 40 Percent Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Azia) - - 0s Target: Pet Duration: 18s (3 ticks) 5: Increase Current HP by 15000 per tick 6: Absorb Melee Damage: 50%, Total: 40000 7: Cast: Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Beza) on Fade Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Beza) - - 0s Target: Self Duration: 18s (3 ticks) 5: Increase Current HP by 18000 per tick 6: Absorb Melee Damage: 50%, Total: 40000 7: Cast: Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Caza) on Fade Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Caza) - - 0s Target: Self Duration: 18s (3 ticks) 5: Increase Current HP by 19000 per tick 6: Absorb Melee Damage: 50%, Total: 40000 7: Cast: Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Dena) on Fade Companion's Blessing XXVIII (Dena) - - 0s Target: Self Duration: 18s (3 ticks) 5: Increase Current HP by 20000 per tick 6: Absorb Melee Damage: 50%, Total: 40000
