[Lily]

Bishamon :
Yea - im about to become a level 25 BST and was wondering about sic. Now, for example, pugs have screwdriver - but they also have agua ball and water shield, etc. Does Sic randomly do one of its specials, do you get to choose, is it just one of its attacks, or is a completly custom attack different from its normal specials?

When you use Sic, it's randomly selected. Your pet has to have enough TP or it might not do it.

So, beware your pet doing an AoE special and aggroing surrounding mobs. ;p

[Bishamon]

k - is there a marco to check pet tp? or do you just have to assume? and is there a long recharge time for pet command Sic like there is for Call beast and Reward?

[PlayingForFun]

didn't know mobs were restricted to TP, i've seen bats use jet stream 3 times in a row (in a row = within 5 seconds of each other)

[Bishamon]

they do - its just when 5 peeps beating on ya you gain tp fast therefore 3 jetstreams in one battle. It sux - but they could do that every battle if they wanted and tp held up.

[Lily]

The reuse timer on Sic is 2 minutes. But you'll find nearly all the time your pet is tanking, it could well be doing a special every 20-30 seconds, but our ability is still on a timer, sadly.

Also, no there is no command or anything to tell you what TP they have, which I've always found to be annoying. As you get higher you start to get a feel for when it has enough though.

And yeah those bats are being hit a lot of times per second by several party members, so in those situations they get a tp build up very quickly.

One tip. If you use it, but your pet doesn't have enough tp yet, it will generally do a special during THAT fight once it *does* get enough tp. Sometimes after telling my pet to attack a mob I tell it to Sic too, then I start resting a bit. It uses its tp when it has the next possible chance. Beware that using Sic generates a bit of hate, so don't be surprised if the mob turns to you briefly.

[Bishamon]

Thx - I just got it yesterday, pretty sweet stuff. Thx for verifying there was no pet tp marco - I would have spent hours typing in stuff to see if it worked

[meltdown]

Have any of you tried the 6 BST BCNM party? If so please give me some feedback on how well it works.:scream

[Lily]

It works brilliantly. It's the easiest method, if you're all cooperative, etc. There is no real danger, except at the start if you get failed charms. Generally after that, you've got a good chance of succeeding.

One person uses their charmed mob against the spare normal mob, while the other 5 use theirs to fight the boss. Once boss is dead, you eliminate the mobs one by one with highest life one first.

[motoh]

+CHR food. What are a few? And does the mob's level or your level affect the consistency of seeing ' is intimidated by pet's presence?

(holds out 'evening show' mike at Lilyanne. ^^; )

[Lily]

*takes mic and feels her face going red*

Shogun Rice ball is +4 chr, most of the tea types have +1-3, but also have -vit. Flint cavier is probably the best because it gives +10 mp/hp. But generally when we did it, we used +Def foods.

As for the intimidated thing, that seems pretty random. Whether it's linked to your chr rating or your lvl versus theirs, I don't know. While farming I get about the same amount while xping I think. Haven't taken enough notice to appreciate if there is a difference. :]

[motoh]

Awesome. Great info, thanks for helping out so much!

Weapons of choice, lastly: Is Axe really the way to go sans Monster Signa? Nothing the axe seems to offer is appealing to me much.

[MosesTheWhite]

I see a lot of you talking about fighting previously charmed pets or the monsters in the BCNM or whatnot... is there a way to un-charm a pet? And what's the duration? I know that it's based on relative toughness to me and my Chr, but it seems to be quite random. Also, one of the things that Playingforfun wanted to know that wasn't really adressed was what toughness of pet to charm. Take an EM and put it on a T, then finish it off when the pet dies? That's probably the most secure, since the pet can't turn on you. But I've also heard of people sitting in a hard zone (like saurumogue) right near the edge and trying to charm a VT (and zoning when it aggros) until the get it, and then sic it on other VTs. Any thoughts on which is better?

Also... I read/heard somewhere that if the monster is T or higher then it WILL count as another party member, but if it's EM or lower it will only leech exp off you. I assume it's the same with Called Familiars, but i'm 21 levels away from that ^^.

[Lily]

Yeah lvl 35 you get Release, which just makes the pet uncharmed, and it'll go back to doing what it does. If it's normally hostile, then you have about 4-5 seconds before it will aggro you. So for example, if you release an even match scorpion, MOVE away. ;p (or cast sneak on yourself immediately).

As for the toughness, it's generally better to go for the stereotypical "even match vs tough" routine. Up to around lvl 15, it might be safer to do decent challenge vs even match. At later lvls if you duo with another bst you can both use even matches against a very tough and still probably do fine.

As for the experience. Always try to use even matches only. If you charm a tough or higher it will negatively affect your experience because you have a party member that's higher lvl than you helping, yeah? It'd be like inviting a lvl 30 person into a lvl 20 qufim group - as a large exaggeration. Only charm toughs or whatnot in emergencies. If a tough is *too* tough, just use 2 even match pets on it, not 1.

The beastmaster suffers xp loss if he has a pet out when the mob dies. The cut is 30%, which is why it's so amazing when you get to 35, because you can Release your pet and then kill the mob, to get 100% xp. The bit about charming toughs is something *additional* to this, and will affect your xp as well (whether you're solo or in a party).

Hope that helps. :]