Talesin

I agree, your solution here would be good, but I don't know if the Devs are capable of such changes in the logic underpinning the way the game's logic works with regards to pets and all mobs in the game. My recharge time solution does work. I made a similar suggestion on another Ourodev server and they implemented the change and it worked out very well. The Umbra Beast ran into melee more frequently (which is its preferred combat posture) and it used its other powers much more effectively. Most other control pets have fewer powers to draw upon, so a change to the logic may not be needed to fix this one issue for this one pet.

It does use its other powers, but it tends to spam Shadowy Binds much too often. It would not be a nerf to increase that power's recharge time because it has plenty of other attacks it can use. It would be a buff to its overall attack flow and would be easy to implement because no complex recoding would be required. For example, it has Claw Rake which has a 3 sec recharge time and a 1 sec animation time. It has Vicious Bite which has a 7 sec recharge time and a 1.4 sec animation time. Changing the recharge on Shadowy Binds would also tend to force the pet to move up to melee anyway.

Currently the Umbra Beast has a 4 second recharging power in Shadowy Binds. This power has a 2.8 second animation time and has an 80 ft. range. It uses this power too often due to those stats, meaning it is locking itself in loops where Shadowy Binds is every other attack. It is not efficient for a pet with 5 attack options. I suggest simply making the recharge on Shadowy Binds to be 10-12 seconds. It should cycle through its attacks better then.

Is there a reason this power does not have a chance to crit on a scrapper? I believe this might be a bug.