Talk:Jahai Rat

Is this accurate? That last bit about the odds of inflicting disease sounds like speculation. &mdash; JediRogue  (talk | contribs)

23:17, 2 November 2006 (CST) Yea...umm I don't know anything about "Gnaw of the rat" stuff.-Onlyashadow, Top 100 Guild 08:56, 3 November 2006 (CST)

I tested in the Mirror of Lyss. I made 2 of them start attacking me and waited there (healing of course) seeing if I ever got Diseased or saw any skill "Gnaw of Sickness" on my Damage moniter. I didn't. I sit there for over 30 minutes - which accounts for much more than 1000 attacks from them. Either the wild ones in Mirror of Lyss can't do it (like its only a charmed ones thing) or this is pretty much BUSTED. - Former Ruling 02:34, 5 November 2006 (CST)

WTF?
I was out in Vehtendi Valley and came across this group. One of the mobs in it was named 'Jahai Rat' but had the model of.. something very different...  I didn't bug report it. The screenshots are a little chaotic. It had the skills of whatever creature it looked like though. Anyone else seen this happen? (Ignore my nub skills and heroes : - BeXoR   09:04, 6 November 2006 (CST)


 * have seen this glitch before, also with pets. A charr stalker (with the skills and appearence it should have and in the right place) had the name "moa bird".  :: S oqed Hozi ::  16:03, 16 November 2006 (CST)
 * I have seen this before as well, a Jade Armor had the name "Black Bear", and it state it's level 5. －Sora 17:24, 17 November 2006 (CST)

I wonder if anybody who ran across these glitches tried to tame them? Baron Will Scarlett 22:59, 20 November 2006 (CST)


 * Yeh, I saw something on guru with the rat name a while back &mdash; Skuld 10:26, 29 November 2006 (CST)
 * Is a strange glitch that almost never happens, like creatures in different factions being spawned in another (Naga with Crimson Skulls, Revels with Summit Dwarven). So far I have only seen this once, in Prophecies a Salvn Cactus was 'renamed' as a Devourer.

Disease.
It seems some people are still willing to propagate this myth. There's an easy answer as to why it couldn't be true: it would throw the whole pet system out of balance. If the rat can inflict disease, then that makes it "better" that almost any other pet. The only other that has some sort of special ability is the Bear, with Brutal Mauling. And the downside to that is the reduced DPS.

Unless Jahai Rat has some sort of disadvantage that balances its ability to inflict disease, such as -60 total health or such, then there is simply no way the rumor is credible. Anet wouldn't introduce something so out of balance, causing a mass movement by Rangers to replace their beloved Elder Wolves and Black Widows with...rats. It's simply nonsense.

Finally: no screenshots. There is no other "proof" so far other than oral accounts. In controversial cases such as this, some more concrete evidence and testing must be demonstrated. Burden of the proof lies with the people claiming they see disease.

I'm going to move the recent edit to the Talk here, as it is more of an opinion than a fact and does not belong on the page. Entropy 23:17, 7 December 2006 (CST)

Someone already beat me to the punch, nevermind. :S Entropy 23:20, 7 December 2006 (CST)