pet protocols

i am curious if pet laser protocols also increace damage on npc? Just i started to buy npc protocols and this will be waste of uri if that protocols will be able to hit increaced to npc as well...

 

I am pretty sure that it does not. There is another protocol called alien protocol which is specifically for increasing damage on npc:

"The alien protocol enables your P.E.T. to inflict more damage to aliens."

The writing in shop for laser protocol says it increases laser damage and seems quite misleading since it only increases laser damage by the pet against other players, unless I am wrong.

 

player on my server said it does increased damage on npc and now i am worried, because i bought 5 alien protocols already and i don't wanna buy more if it does the same damage with laser protocol.. then i better save more and buy that protocols.

 

I misread your first question where you mentioned about buying the "npc" protocols (alien protocols). Is it the level 3 that you have bought as they do 6% more damage whereas the laser ones do just 4% and cost more.

I initially thought that the alien ones were pointless so I checked and found out that the laser ones only increase damage on other players ships. I think it's probably best to confirm it with support or wait for a mod to reply here but if it's correct then the description in shop really is quite misleading.

Alien protocols are helpful and will lower the amount of ammo that you have to use.

 

I think that P.E.T laser protocol increases the damage on NPC too, but also in PvP. Anyways, mod answer about this will be nice.

 

Alright Lemme see how I can explain this, if you want a mod that's fine but hopefully my explanation will help.

If you actually read the description it says" increases pet laser damage by X amount" it doesn't say whether it's on players or aliens. But the alien protocalls specifically says it increases to aliens. I have wondered myself about this and actually tested this months ago, and yes laser protocalls do help on aliens and players. When I had protocals off I was doing 4kish damage on a bk with x2. I put protocals on and the damage increased to 6k using x2. So what's the difference? Here is the difference.

12 protocalls at level 3 of lasers give 48% more laser damage to both alien and players, giving a max of around 12-14k using whites from a pet.

However 12 alien protocalls at level 3 will ONLY INCREASE DAMAMGE ON ALIENS. a total of 72%.

My opinion? Don't even bother with alien protocalls, I call the laser protocalls a two bird one stone situation. You are maxed out for hunting, and mathematically speaking you are doing 24% less on a pet which has 10 lasers. Leading to only an increase damage of 1k more damage on x2 when compared to laser protocalls ( 6k laser protocalls 7k on alien protocalls, both using x2.)

All my results include a pet level 15 with 10 lf4s level 16. And my numbers are estimated, since the damage differential of this game is up and down, I gave u the average damage I found myself seeing most often.

Hope this helps

 

Jesus, the list of "little" things needed for that JP battle edge just grows and grows. The pet might just be the secret worst thing in Dark Orbit.....SO now to have the "edge" you nedd 12 more lvl 3 proticals just for that 1 k difference ( which does matter )...ho hum back to the slave....uh I mean pali fields.

 

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What do you mean?
That 1k difference is if you use alien protocols to kill aliens versus using laser protocols. And actually the pet with all level 3 laser protocalls would do like I said 12-14k on x4 instead of 8k-9k ( without any protocalls on, Alien protocols don't work on enemies)

 

I'm speaking of the difference between having the reg laser protocals versus nothing. ......My point was to get that 48% difference in pet, just for say 2 k damage boost, you need several hundred thousand URI worth of laser protocals. It's soooo much URI just for that 2-3 k difference....I was speaking to how horribly small the incrementals are near the top....Spend 500 THOUSAND uri for extra 48% damage on pet....it all gets like this at the top....The new upgrade system comes to mind being similar.....many thousands of URI.....( many )...just for that incremental increase.
( I guess I kinda hi-jaked the thread, sry bout that, the conversation made me feel this way is all...SOOO much uri for 1k here 2 k there. its exhausting to even think about).

 

The PET is just another ship aka wingman that YOU can't control , but with the right stuff of junk on your wingmans slots aka weapons you get an edge.

 

Well i bought 7 alien protocols already

Still waiting for mod to reply!

 

Don't worry, the alien protocols can be put to good use in gates or general npc bashing although I do understand that you may feel you have wasted uri for something that does 2% more damage than the other protocol but only on aliens.

Thank you Ħ0RN3T for your reply, seems I was wrong.

 

Laser protocols are for both npcs and pvp, the bonus of damage is for both