Asheras wrote on Jan 28
th, 2017 at 12:08pm:
It's cool, but it would be better if it wasn't the exact same level as the Onyx Panther and only a few levels higher than the heroic Owlbear. Would rather have seen it placed higher into epics. Where we have fewer solid hirelings. I am guessing they placed it here because:
A) It is just a reskined Onyx Panther and
B) Level 20 hireling summonable at level 18 is something that people can use in both late heroics and early epics. So it fits a wider player segment.
Not trying to compain about free stuff, btw.
The Lvl 25 Owlbear is a Joke already, The Lvl 26 Fighter Hireling: Kieran is a joke already.
What is the point in adding another joke Melee Hireling at a level where they cannot possibly contribute due to not doing anything like enough DPS and having Player Character lvl HPs rather than Mob Lvl HPs?
If it was a Divine or Rogue hireling then yes, by all means have it be Lvl 30 because that'd be actually useful!
But it's a Melee Hire and really Melee Hires don't scale into Epics well enough to be worth using {actually they don't scale into Heroic Elite enough to be worth using!}.
Lvl 14/15 would be the OPTIMUM point to put a new Permenent Melee hireling.
A Lvl where it wouldn't break BB for Iconics starting out even if they do as many do and start with Lordsmarch/Invaders/Relic and Sands {so they don't break streak by not running EE}.
The Owlbears are pretty bad at levers too - They don't like using them, the Panther is much better.
Literally the only thing the Owlbears get pulled out for is Burning Heart/Xorian stand here!
A Lioness at Lvl 15 would be perfect - And if you're only going to use it for levers/runes etc. anyway why does it have to be Epic ready? Mikayl isn't Epic Ready, It doesn't stop you from calling him in Epics when you need a DDoor and you can't self cast it!