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Not sure if this is even a bug (maybe it's a "feature"?) or if it has been addressed elsewhere, but I can't find anything in the forums. Here's the rub: pressing the "switch weapon set" hotkey while the pet is highlighted un-equips his default attack. This turns the normally-ferocious Itumaak's fangs-of-death into harmless nuzzles -- you can see this reflected in the combat log in the attached image where I pressed the swap weapon sets hotkey every 3 attacks, causing his reliable damage output to drop to the minimum (vs a relatively heavily-armored Aloth). It's basically as if the pet has the npc default two weapons sets, but only one is equipped with its normal attack, and the other is bare fists (hence the puny crushing damage output). Of course, this isn't visible at all because the pet doesn't have a paper doll on which weapons or trinkets can be equipped, or a quick inventory toolbar showing what's equipped. Is this common knowledge and I'm just now figuring it out?

The only way to arrive at +8/+17 is if we assume that each disposition rank provides a non-integer bonus. e.g.: 2/3 (or 0.67 points) to deflection per rank, and 3/2 (or 1.5 points) to all other defenses per rank = (0.67) * (6) = 4 + 4base = 8 deflection (1.5) * (6) = 9 + 8base = 17 all other defenses Maybe this is the new magic formula? I loaded some previous save games where I had fewer ranks in my favored dispositions, and this seems to hold true (albeit rounded down to the nearest integer).

Summary: Can anyone confirm if the Faith and Conviction bonus for my paladin is (or is not) working properly? I know the base values got nerfed slightly from 5/10/10/10 to 4/8/8/8, but did the per-disposition-rank-bonus also get nerfed? As is evident in the screenshot, both my favored dispositions are maxed and I have accrued no disfavored dispositions, so by my understanding I should get +1 deflection and +2 all other defenses for each point in Benevolent and Passionate (up to a maximum of 3 for each), so I would expect to max out at +10/20/20/20, not the +8/17/17/17 that is being displayed. I am currently level 10 and have tried re-training my character to no avail. I am playing with beta v3.02.1008, though the game was begun on v3.00. Apologies if this is not a bug but misunderstanding on my part; however, I looked through the patch notes and didn't see any other changes to faith and conviction.