Do ranger runes still work with minis?
So that explains why Superior Runes of the Ranger are so expensive now. XD
Meh, I posted some results here.
This is a correction to the earlier post in the other thread. I was wrong about the mini not working on warrior in PvE. I went back to those ettins to see about isolating only the Lv19 ones on warrior. Short form (average damage):
• No mini: 77.8
• Mini equipped: 82.2
• Banner of Defense: 76.2
• Series 7 Golem asura elite: 80.3
The damage increase is variable but it’s there. Banner of Defense didn’t trigger the bonus.
Also, results for Ranger vs. Lv80 karka near Southsun’s Lion Point WP.
• No ranger runes: 223.4
• Runes + dead pet + minipet visible: 239.1
• Runes + dead pet + no mini equipped: 224.0
• Runes + dead pet + minipet hidden (unchecked in hero panel): 226.9
The very last result probably means the mini won’t benefit a player on a high population PvE map where miniatures are auto-hidden.
Tl;dr: minis should still work in PvE. Many karka and ettin died for these results. (I got the ettin slayer achievement filled out, yay.)
And it would be really nice if ArenaNet put practice dummies back in LA or Test Golems in PvE somewhere.
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There are test dummies. Norn starring area (lvl 4 I think) and mt maelstrom inside a cave (lvl 63) are the ones I know. Also, can go bug out subject Alpha for a lvl 80 test dummy.
I see they’re called different things so I should have searched the wiki for dummies. >_>;
Anyway, cool, thanks for the tip. I’ll check them out.
For interest’s sake, I was talking to a good friend about this and she was kind enough to test her mesmer on the training dummies in Wayfarer’s, which gave:
31.4 without the mini average damage on Mind Slash.
34.3 with a mini.
34.1 with no mini and one illusion.
34.5 with mini and illusion.
34.3 with 2 illusions and one mini.
Test procedure was “10 attacks (hardly totally significant but I doubt it will suddenly vary significantly over 100 attacks and I don’t really want to test 100 attacks), full sin gear/zerker trinkets/backpack. No crits, no vuln, obviously.”
Her words. And since what’s obvious to her usually takes a while for me to recognize, no crits and no vuln were applied because players can’t crit dummies or apply conditions to them.
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