Aithos, post: 3938, member: 1146 wrote:
Suggestion: Reintroduce SWG-style pet special attacks, add tactical formations, and allow dyeing of Creature Handler tamed pets to restore CH viability, identity, and meaningful gameplay depth.
IMO Creature Handler has always felt, frankly, lackluster with no depth or progression (and I know I’ve sounded like a broken record since joining). Pretty sure it's one of the major reasons why no one plays Creature Handler. ( minus myself....) I’d love to see formations, pet special attacks, and the ability to dye tamed creatures added for CHs.
As it stands, **CH-tamed creatures don’t compete with BE pets....**even a 40-point BE pet will reliably win a 3v1 every time. In PvE, CH pet DPS simply isn’t worth the point investment. The risk, cost, and management of CH pets are still not very rewarding.
Reintroducing creature special attacks, modeled after Pre-CU SWG, would add meaningful depth and allow CH pets to contribute through control, debuffs, and synergy, not raw damage. This would open up tactical combinations with combat professions and make the skill line far more rewarding to play.
Control / State Effects
Area Combo – AoE dizzy, stun, intimidation, blindness
Blinding Strike – Single-target blind
Crippling Strike – Single-target posture down
Dizzy Strike – Single-target dizzy
Force Strike – AoE dizzy + knockdown attempt
Intimidation – Single-target intimidate
Knockdown – Single-target knockdown
Damage / AoE
Area Attack – AoE normal damage
Open Wounds – AoE 5× normal damage + 150-tick bleed (20m), stackable
Disease (HA-based)
Mild / Medium / Strong Disease – 1 / 2 / 3 dmg per 40s tick
Plague Strike – AoE disease, 150 dmg, random HAM pools, 8-minute duration
Poison (HA-based, stackable by origin)
Mild / Medium / Strong Poison – 60 / 90 / 110 dmg per 20s tick (2 min)
Poison Spray – AoE poison, 100 dmg per 20s tick (2 min)
This approach keeps CH pets distinct from BE pets, emphasizes battlefield control over raw DPS, and restores the unique identity Creature Handler once had in SWG.
Check out the updates in Chapter 6 to creature handler.
Orton
Evolve Community Manager