Neverwinter: MOD16 New companion system

[@Dontez_Inferno]

Yes! My man Rainer hits us with the Companion spreadsheet! Thanks bro!

[@RainerNW]

You're welcome :-)

[@Dontez_Inferno]

@@RainerNW I just saw you got insig powers up too :)

[@MageddoGaming]

You deserve way more subs than you have. My analytical mind is appeased with every video I watch of yours. Keep it up and never change. I'm even guilty of acting wielder in some vids to entertain. Your strength is numbers and you deliver it well.

[@RainerNW]

Thanks buddy :-)

[@denarr2944]

Thanks for all your reviews, Rainer. It's really helping to alleviate a lot of my anxiety on what to come.

[@RainerNW]

You're welcome! Glad it helps :-)

[@friarjon7948]

Ok that makes things a bit clearer... and another epic Rainer spreadsheet eggggsellent! :D

[@RainerNW]

:-)

[@warzshadow9701]

Thank you for the updates, wonderful job you've done!

[@RainerNW]

You're welcome Laury :-)

[@BernieWonka]

Thanks for the info and specially for the document!

[@UniverseSpectator]

After going through your spreadsheet, I realized is that the air and water Archeons will be good especially if you own all four of them because of the set bonuses and because of the bolster effect. Maybe not for all classes but for wizards Archeons will still be useful. The con Artist will be a good one to have as well and the experimental alchemist too.

[@RainerNW]

Hmmm... bolster does not affect archons since they are not augments... Archons are actually pretty crappy in m16... this is very sad since almost everyone uses them now

[@UniverseSpectator]

@@RainerNW thanks for clarifying that I will have to rethink my companion builds.

[@elnoches6638]

Thank you for all you do man this was very useful Keep it up!!

[@stevenxowens792]

Huge thanks for this!!! Outstanding job sir!

[@RainerNW]

You're welcome!

[@MrJoejo82]

These changes are so monumental that we might as well call this Neverwinter 2.

[@RainerNW]

It is...

[@achouri1198]

Thank you Rainer, awesome video. I play as HR so my companion bonus will be same as you showed. However I wonder if the companion bonus type is Class dependent or Paragon dependent.

[@RainerNW]

Hmm did not check, but from what I heard its class dependent

[@achouri1198]

@@RainerNW That's weird! I thought different paragons need different bonuses. Like GF need ones for DPS and ones for Tank.

[@ronben-ezer8373]

It's determined by class

[@Cool2Krish]

Nice info. Thank you Rainer

[@northsidegaming]

Excelent work my friend, excelent keep it up

[@RainerNW]

Thanks bro :-)

[@northsidegaming]

@@RainerNW You deserve more then that man, keep it up full support.

[@AnaliaQuetzaly]

Thanks you 👍

[@RainerNW]

You're welcome!

[@SENZALA_your_awesomeness]

Thanks for the very informative video. You nailed it! One thing I missed: can your add info on the type of slots each class has? I'm a GF and I'd like to plan the comps based on the slots for my class. Maybe you could even add this info on a tab of your AMAZING spreadsheet. Thanks for the great content. Keep it up!

[@Dontez_Inferno]

Yes please with this @rainer .

[@RainerNW]

Sorry for not responding to this! Luckily I did add this information to the spreadsheet :D! Thank you for being a member

[@blenderbabysrevenge]

Wow. I am going to be like a kid in a candy store! My main has over 120 companions! Thanks for this post!

[@Dramatik4Real]

You deserve a fat paycheck from Cryptic Rainer!

[@RainerNW]

Thanks :-) Don't see that happening ever haha ;-)

[@xFloaty]

Any chance you've checked what the life steal severity from the swarm mount equip power has been changed to?

[@batman822]

This is great news

[@Barbariandisks]

So all those power companions i have will have a use now? The sellsword and the allosaur? I wonder what changes the dwarven rager will get. My HR is the only toon that has the tiger.

[@arconada]

Oooookaaaaay, If you insist in creating great content I guess I have to finally subscribe. There, you happy? Great Video btw.

[@RainerNW]

Haha sorry for the inconvenience

[@TheNickFloShow]

Stunning! Amazing! Thank you!

[@RainerNW]

You're welcome bro

[@fredrauch418]

Rainer, when are you going to add the English translation to the Companions tab of your MOD16-pocket-wiki? Console player here and mod drops soon, I'm desperate ;) I can't even use the old document version to at least see all the companion types, it links to the new version which the Companions tab is only in Russian. Thanks.

[@RainerNW]

Wait what? There should be 2 companion tabs. One russian one english. Ill check to make sure

[@fredrauch418]

Found it further up in the list of tabs by Companion Power Slots ty ;)

[@andrewnyack4047]

Awesome vid

[@lunardnb8086]

They’ve f*^ked this game right up 😂

[@NaterBalls]

I completely agree, i have over 4k hours in this game all of this mod 16 looks dumd, if they keep it up at this rate games going to die faster, but all they care about is getting new players in and getting them to spend their money

[@felipefeitosa6574]

What does +3 null mean at Razorwood? U think Lion is new bis for all class dps?

[@RainerNW]

That was a bug in the past

[@Sauciflash]

OK so bolster gives more power to your pet, but the other bonuses are for your character, right? Something I don't get and maybe you were gonna deal with in another video, is the new stat on Dark enchants for instance: Companion influence strength. If you were planning on talking about it later, I'll wait.

[@RainerNW]

Companion influence strength might actually be the first bonus you get for summoning the companion... not 100% sure though. Will check this later (not covered in the coming week :-( )

[@Sauciflash]

@@RainerNW All right, I'm sure you'll let us know soon enough. Some people try to be better than others, and some people are just good ;)

[@DonnyCarroll]

So are they doing anything for the people who payed zen for idle companion slots? Seeing that it is going to be pretty much bottomless slots like mounts. I bought several idle companion slot packs. I honestly don’t care if they do or don’t. But just wondering.

[@morcass_]

Have you testet out 'non Stat' utility pets yes? Just asking because I've tried out Owlbear cup on preview (since crit is capped at 50% it should at least do something) but it literally does nothing when slotting him as utility pet

[@RainerNW]

Haven't tested pets in combat yet.. I would like to get all of them first so I can also test them all in one go :-)

[@morcass_]

@@RainerNW maybe I could copy some unbound ones to the preview for testing if you want :)

[@RainerNW]

That would be awesome :-) In the companions tab of the pocket wiki you can see which companions I already have and which ones I don't have yet. This is marked in the second column ("x" means I have it). I put all the companion which I don't have yet at the top, because sorting isn't really possible. My handle is on the readme page :-)

[@morcass_]

@@RainerNW kinda possible to add me in discord or somehow like that?:o

[@RainerNW]

@@morcass_ My Discord is on the Readme page of any sheet I made ;-)

[@ronben-ezer8373]

So what happens with the idle active companion we spent AD/ZEN for?

[@oldeknight]

there are no Idle anymore, Active companions are those you places in 1 of 6 skil slots, , Green blue. gold panels

[@RainerNW]

The slots are lost investment. But see it like this: you will have more powers to choose from, from the getgo

[@samuelzizi5611]

Why is the bullette pup bis Also would it be better to use a mystic augment comp with high boister because of (archons) or bullette pup with lower boister

[@RainerNW]

Bulette pup is the only augment that gives additional power and combat advantage as the augment enhancement power. It's not a huge difference (3.1k power/combat advantage), but BiS is not about big differences ;-)

[@samuelzizi5611]

@@RainerNW So would it be better to have a mystic augment comp with higher boister or bullette pup with lower boister if you were able to get combat advantage somewhere else

[@Max-xd4cm]

this is a good stuff !!

[@raphealwood4434]

Hp strength? Is this a multiplier? I'm not seeing anyone asking what this does. Just curious if it would be better than some of these othere ones.

[@RainerNW]

Has to do with outgoing or incoming healing. Not max hp :-)

[@BigDK16058]

I wonder if the mounts are going to change as well. I hope they updated the older legendary mounts with better combat powers because the new ones look way better than my imperial rage drake.

[@RainerNW]

Video on mount bonusses + overview today! ;-)

[@RainerNW]

Not mount powers though..

[@BigDK16058]

@@RainerNW noice

[@RainerNW]

goo.gl/images/H3sutf

[@ronben-ezer8373]

I'm a HEALER PALADIN. How much offence slots, defense slots, and utility slots do I get? Please tell me fast before the xbox market will become even more crazy

[@RainerNW]

Sorry I can't... on a business trip right now.....

[@N7Tigger]

You should get at least some extra stats from augments as they don't do damage, draw aggro or provide combat advantage.

[@RainerNW]

True, they give more stats, but don't help actively in combat...

[@GirlVersusGame]

Is it possible to trade Enchants for Runestones? For example if you currently have x3 rings on a companion and each ring has x2 slots so you end up with x6 R14 Black Ice - can those x6 Black Ice be traded at the vendor for x6 Runestones of your choice? - Thank!

[@centurionfragger9859]

what companions do you recommend for scourge warlock, need something that will watch my back while doing mass damage to enemies

[@hristo.bogdanov]

I have that small problem... My companion hits for 1... after buying best equipment I could for him the change was drastic - he now hits for 20... Can you please help?

[@RainerNW]

Companion damage is based on your own weapon damage. Are you by any chance using training weapons?

[@hristo.bogdanov]

@@RainerNW Partisan dagger (above 370 damage). My companion do not have any items tough... There was no reward or drop of their kind of items, so I have nothing to give them.

[@RainerNW]

That kind of explains it. Your weapon damage is very low, although 1 is still extremely low.. If you have a bit of AD you could temporarily buy some very basic and cheap gear on the auction house. That might help a bit

[@sonofkrypton8417]

Do you still get more stats from companions from having charisma ? Is charisma still the most important stat because of it ?

[@RainerNW]

Yes cha has companion influence!

[@sonofkrypton8417]

Lame

[@chrisg6782]

Does the current companion gear scale to 80 on preview?

[@RainerNW]

Uhmmmmmm good question. I would say no but I am not 100% sure. You will get new comp gear though

[@chrisg6782]

@@RainerNW good to know, cheers!

[@matiasdistefanodistefano1114]

Hi, is there any way to create a character at level 70? Before I could use the token in the menu but now I can not do it, ty.

[@oldeknight]

you have 5 legendary bolstered, you get 35%

[@ryanwolf7174]

level up 2 legendary you mean to spend more astral diamonds in the game so their pockets get richer that's what you meanI see where this game is going okay boys and ladies break out your Visa cards and start digging deep because you're going to need lots of astral diamonds

[@ryanbaumgartener7635]

So whats gonna be the bis active companion?

[@RainerNW]

At the moment priestess of sehanine moonbow looks pretty good... BUT ***BIG*** BUT, it will get nerfed - already confirmed. Next in like are the debuff comps.. but they also might get nerfed.. The correct answer is actually -> I have no clue what it's going to be. The mod is far from finished

[@ronben-ezer8373]

I heard that the black dragon ioun stone is better now. But I don't know for sure

[@Dontez_Inferno]

@@RainerNW Dont say that yet Rainer!!! Let them read the spreadsheet!

[@RainerNW]

@@Dontez_Inferno the active companion powers are actually not in the sheet... active as in the powers that the summoned companion will use in combat. Some companions debuff enemies... some have healing skills, some pure damage and some tank the enemies for you. Getting all the skill updates would be a pain in the butt :P but something I do want to add at some point!

[@Dontez_Inferno]

@@RainerNW I was saying anything you mention is gonna cause a mad dash to the AH on live! Let's keep on the down low for a little bit :)

[@OverlandingArmyVeteran]

We need a link to the spreadsheet you made!

[@samuelzizi5611]

can you use any companion gear or are they specific slots still

[@RainerNW]

On companions you can only use companion gear

[@samuelzizi5611]

@@RainerNW I mean can I use any companion gear

[@RainerNW]

@@samuelzizi5611 yes any, companion gear does not use specific slot types anymore

[@samuelzizi5611]

Thx for the info just bought 3 +5 companion gear cheap just wanted to make sure

[@RainerNW]

@@samuelzizi5611 don't buy comp gear, you will get better comp gear immediately in m16 (after 5 minutes you get 3 comp items better than anything pre-mod16)

[@SunMoonCky]

There goes another market about the crash on PS4. Oh well maybe everyone will have spent all thier ad by the time mod 16 rolls round.

[@RainerNW]

Haha, the comps market hasn't crashed yet on PS4? I'm sure it already did.... as soon as mod16 hit preview everything crashed.. insignias.. pets... runestones...

[@SunMoonCky]

Actually quite a bit at this stuff crush about a week before it hit preview. Makes me wonder. Insignia 3 pack 20k per was less the 2k the week before Green in signia were a few 100 ad now most are over 4k each Runestones haven't been hit that hard yet. But that's probably because the market was already super saturated with that stuff.

[@RainerNW]

@@SunMoonCky 4k for greens is cheap.. on pc they are 15k+ haha... *** HINT *** If you get insignias.. be on the lookout for vigor and leeching... you can trade them for any insig you want since they will be obsolete. This is true for all qualities

[@ronben-ezer8373]

I know. That's why they sell on xbox like 3 runestones of other types

[@SunMoonCky]

Might have found a easy way to farm green insignias. I'll let you after I can confirm it.

[@athkianos1]

what we have to do to see the companion stats for mod 16 as u show us on video at 11:00 minute ? i try open the link but not companion list there

[@RainerNW]

The sheet has 2 tabs. A readme tab (which you probably saw) and a companions tab. The tabs don't always load immediately so make sure to let it load fully... then go to the companions tab :-)

[@Bobur1777]

Is the bolster bonus on base companion stats or with equipment? @rainer

[@RainerNW]

Hmmm.. not sure!

[@ronben-ezer8373]

7 MILLION?!?! I wonder if I would kill dungeon bosses in one hit with this... 🤔

[@tommarynissen]

hey, where i can find that excel file?

[@RainerNW]

Link in description!

[@rReaKon]

so maximal bolster bonus can be 35%?

[@RainerNW]

Exactly!

[@soplam9555]

Hi Rainer is there a way to view your doc sheet as pictures ? Sorry for asking my console browser doesn't load it and I don't own a PC or mobile device.

[@RainerNW]

It would be a huge image but I can do it. Wont update over time though....

[@soplam9555]

Ok, I think ill wait for mod 16 to go live by that time I may have something to view it.

[@blackerpii9759]

Am I the only one who doesn't understand the new companion mechanics?

[@RainerNW]

What is your question?

[@CanzHR]

the spreadsheet comes up empty for me. am i doing something wrong?

[@RainerNW]

Not sure... it works for also on mobile and pc. Maybe it takes a while to load?

[@Soma874]

Click the companions tab in the very bottom left of the doc.

[@NaterBalls]

Am i the only one that thinks this is the worst mod yet, i mean we spend hundred of hours and or money on our Toons for them to said nah we changed our minds just do it again, here's so more broken content, that I'm sure the player base will be able to exploit and break it just like all the other mods won't fix anything, there are so many glitches in the game and each mod keeps adding new ones but yet they don't do anything about it, sorry for the rant

[@denarr2944]

No you're not the only one, but you ARE in the minority.

[@RainerNW]

I disagree its the worst mod. I think many people will agree that that was mod6 ;-). As for mod16.. imho they had the right idea... but they took too much at once. Can't do an evolution (level cap raise/new gear) AND revolution (new combat system/stats) in the same mod... its just impossible to get right. As for bugs.. oof yea I think we will definitely get some of those on live.... But we NEEDED a change

[@genkihoriguchi5612]

what dedin gülüm nasılsa ögrenecez batıyozmu çıkıyozmu çözemedim

[@RainerNW]

Tried to translate this, but not sure what you mean? English would be nice ;-)

[@freehugzz6153]

A majority of people think this is a bad mod. Play it before you say anything. I know I came here for for helpful tips, not to come complain.

[@RainerNW]

Exactly. You need to try, really try, to see whether you like it... and I dont mean log in amd hit a dummy without changes.. that will only be depressing... adjust and try. Its not that bad

[@alanL3sley]

Do a guide on how to uninstall Neverwinter :(

[@RainerNW]

:-/

[@justdead99]

Are you a payed actor for cryptic?

[@RainerNW]

I wish I got paid by cryptic lol... spent too much time testing.... ON HOLIDAY 😑.

[@llll-llll8697]

I hope devs nerf all this companions because trzbiat took all bis comp on ah that sucks

[@llll-llll8697]

Its like saying look we made a sheet on best companions now go and buy mine

[@RainerNW]

Sneaky.. but yea I expect a lot of companions to be changed

[@TheNickFloShow]

Like x1,000,000,000!

[@RainerNW]

KZbin only registering 36 atm... you broke youtube :P

[@handorvalar5856]

its broken........ its the sum lowest 5 companion

[@handorvalar5856]

4 green and 1 white = 9% bolsterFighters

[@RainerNW]

@@handorvalar5856 yea missed the white. I think you're right... but will be fixed I guess. I will report it to the devs

[@GerardoRodriguez-rq6nn]

We get it you guys already have everything on pc . But plz stop doing this .. you guys are crashing the market on Xbox with all this videos !!!!!!!!!!this is not helpful at all ....

[@RainerNW]

Even before the video the markets have crashed buddy.... there are always console players who check out preview and/or who have buddies on pc.... i am mainly helping EVERYONE equalising what they know...

[@GerardoRodriguez-rq6nn]

I know .. I’m not complaining about all your videos ... believe me your videos are really helpful... I love them .. but when you guys talk about stuff that will be need it to upgrade items and things like that ... the market goes crazy ... we are really far away from mod 16 on Xbox /ps4 and there is. It way that people can get stuff ... to get little stronger at the moment .... companions are way to value .... companions gear is way to expensive ... there is not way possible for new player to get items .....

[@GerardoRodriguez-rq6nn]

I love your videos .... is just not this kind of videos .... and I know is not only u . Few other people youTubers are doing the same king of videos ... it can’t be coincidence that everyone upload videos about the same content..

[@RainerNW]

As for console, there is an upside to the coin as well... due to this m16 news.. the m5 BiS companion gear all of a sudden got a lot cheaper. Talking mainly about the amulet. Also MW weapons should be dropping in price quite a bit. But yea... the market is unstoppable.... Best is to make these videos ASAP so everyone has an equal chance to benefit.... I can't make it fairer than that... (well I could have bought out the market myself and santa claus everyone :P)