I’ve written a lengthy feedback thread regarding pet builds in FoA here:
With v1.3.1.1 overhauling pet resistances and durability, much of what I’ve written there is no longer relevant. Instead, I’m going to provide feedback on specific FoA-related mechanics.
- Affixes on MI Items
With resistances being no longer a concern & Bonds of Bysmiel nerfed, this is a good time to bring this up:
We would appreciate having a Level 90 affix for “Wanderer’s” to bolster pet Health, especially for non-Occultist pet builds.
Additionally, we have a complete dearth of prefixes on weapons (not off-hands, which have the Tamers / Motivators prefix) and armor. Especially now that we can’t use affixes for the purposes of pet resistances, there are practically no differences between Dominator’s and Taskmaster’s.
- Conversions
On top of this, the only way to convert pet Chaos damage to Fire is using 2 Magi rings. Considering how rare they are, it’d be nice to have a medal with 50% pet Chaos to Fire conversion so that pet builds only need to farm 1 Magi ring.
- Ascended Affixes
You can make the case of using these affixes on something like Rings, but pet builds are notoriously tight on skill points. We need every skill point we can muster, and that often requires Legendary items or MI accessories with specific affixes.
Ironically, the only pet that has affixes you can apply to MIs / Rares / Legendary items are the Skeletons, and the affixes are genuinely really good.
This affix continues to be bugged:
Speaking of Call of the Grave, a potential solution to this thread: Please Buff Skeleton CDR in Undead Legion and Maybe Reduce the CDR on Awakened Covenant Set
Is a skeleton focused off-hand or editing a specific MI / Legendary item to provide the modifier: “20% on attack to reduce the cooldown of Raise Skeletons by 1 second to Call of the Grave”
It’s not a universal solution since it requires a specific item, but it is something that would introduce some interesting build choices if placed on the right item.
While all points raised here are important, I’d like to see the ascended affixes get overhauled the most. It’s a shame that WPS builds / AAR builds / Devastation builds get potentially build-defining affixes and yet we get affixes that are 100% worse than equipping the pet’s specific MI items.
