queenofall wrote:
Thanks for the input. I have noticed I can send in my pet while I am FD (I prob should max out my Possum AA's) It seems I need to injure my target so it sticks around. What would happen if I were to cast Shas to pull, if I get to many I cast one of my quick cast DD combo spells on it, then run away and FD . Hopefully the injury will keep it from wandering off. Then send my pet in while I am FD to snare it.
As a caveat my Beastlord never pulls for years now as I play a Necro and SK (who have hotkeyed snares and insta-agro wipe FD as options, so they get that responsibility..
But as a Beastlord, I would max all three Playing Possum lines as soon as available if pulling/splitting as the beast got the FD ability late (85) and it is underdeveloped at its early ranks compared to classes who had FD before.
Theoretically Sha's should work similar to a DOT re pulling/splitting in that although it is a non damage spell it still is a detrimental over time spell (lowers the targets attack speed and adds a disease counter to the mob for a few minutes).
So once Sha's outlasts the time it takes for the Beastlords-FD to get the message that all mobs forgot you, you should still get agro (and the mob would reappear on the extended target window) after you stand up from FD.. so you should not need to waste valuable time on the pull, casting the additional DD spell to do damage if pulling with Sha's. Also, with the Beastlord's, FD, the agro from a DD spell will not last through a FD if you waited for the all mobs have forgotten you message/emote.. So once you stand up from FD the DD spell will not affect you getting back on the mobs hate list as a dot or non damage detrimental over time spell like Sha's should..
The pet snare complicates things and then there is pet agro issues as was mentioned earlier in the thread. For example, if you FD before you send in the pet to snare, then the pet will get agro while you are FD'd and so you cannot heal the pet...while if a merc heals the pet, it would get on the mobs agro list..while you are off of it in FD mode.
This is where the pet snare issue becomes more complicated and timing ,experience etc is necessary imho..The tactics and nuances for a Beastlord in this area of pet pulling/splitting I have no definitive answer for you.
queenofall wrote:
Sometime when I FD the mobs wipe out the rest of the group them come beat on me anyway---- not cool.
That is because either, FD failed (the B-Lords first rank with 20% fail rate is high..especially taking in to account Murphy's Law). also if your pet, mercs or other members of the group get mobs agro, they will still have the mobs agro when you FD even if successful. But if they come for you after, that means that FD failed or was revealed.
queenofall wrote:
More input will be great--- esp. on strategy listed above but other thoughts on this subject would be helpful but please can I only have POSITIVE feedback.
Not necessary not cool.............No need to get in any way paranoid, we all did and by default try to give positive feedback unless provoked..
Edited, Sep 30th 2014 8:22am by hexeez