The usefulness of pets revealed! (Pilfurr and Broomy)

The Pet Bonding Package was of bring help when I was powerleveling Saija (Karjalanien) from level 90 to 100. Now, what made it helpful when it came with 50x Pet Food? Simple. The pets themselves!

Pilfurr and Broomy

To start off, I have to say that these pets, like any other things, have their own up and downs. Let's take a look at the little Pilfurr...

Pilfurr hatching!

This fluffy, little pet simply grabs items off the ground. Originally called Grabber from kGE and was named Pilfurr (a portmanteau of the words "pilfer" and "fur" with an extra "r" added).

Here's on what the Pilfurr can do and its limitations:

• Picks up the items for you while you focus on killing mobs
• Picks up ANYTHING it finds
• If your inventory is full (due to the fact it grabs equips along the way), it will stay stuck on the item it was supposed to pick up until it disappears
• Picks up at a slower rate, compared to send one character to pick up stuff
  

Experiences with this little critter proved to be very useful when AFK'ing, just make sure your have enough space in your inventory when you use him for a scavenger hunt! One note is that I noticed that it picked up an item called "A Strange Ore" from the Island of Fire. Plus, it also picked up some chips along the way and others interesting finds. I would scream with joy if this would pick an elite equip recipe!

Next on the list would be the floating Broomy!

Broomy hatching!

Unlike Pilfurr, Broomy heals and buffs your family. According to this video, Broomy was designed so players can come up with more possible family combinations. Maybe to help expand from the usual "always has a Scout or healing-type character" combination. This was originally called Buppet at kGE and its sGE name refers to the fact that scarecrows and brooms are made from the same material (maybe? just a theory of mine).

Here's what I noticed on what Broomy can do plus the limitations:

• Heals party members by 1000 HP
• When party members are fully healed, it will start buffing
• Buffs random levels of Intensify, Acceleration and Meditation between 5-11
• Healing rate is slower than that of a character using the Healing skill
• Will always cast the Acceleration buff when you use the Fortify buff

Although I liked Pilfurr because it was so cute, I have totally underestimated the usefulness of this pet! It helped me a lot when I was powerleveling characters since it helped a lot in healing my characters and put some buffs as well. Although I still use a Scout, it's perfect for AFK'ing as well so you don't have to manually buff your family and the extra healing will make a difference as well! Of course, you would get into an argument with the little sucker for using the Fortify buff because as long as you don't have the Acceleration buff, it will do its thing to using that buff no matter what.

If I get a hold on other pets, I will be more than happy to write these "reviews" to better help you decide who to take along with you on your next game in Granado Espada. Until next time, see y'all! :D

The enigmatic, floating Broomy

Originally named Buppet, this little, floating scarecrow actually heals and buffs your party. It's effectiveness will depend on how well your party fends off the enemy since it gives it benefits slower than your usual healing character.

Since you are able to "collect" different pets, you can own a Pilfurr and a Broomy. You can only call one of them at a time, though. Realizing this, I decided to go on another quest to get another Moss covered Egg, with Claire, Grace and Emilia the Sage (an experimental team for AFK'ing with Broomy). After acquiring another Moss covered Egg, the Pet Expert just placed in incubation at the Green House.

Claire here was really cheery getting her own Pilfurr, since the Mena Family owns one. She cleaned the egg, removing all the moss surrounding it. She returned the next day, growing impatient...

Where's my Pilfurr already?!?

Grace replied "Now, now. These things don't hatch overnight, even in this place." "So this is how an egg looks like... Interesting..." Emilia commented. But Claire was so impatient that she threw a fit. "Ohhhh!!! Iwantoneiwantoneiwantoneiwantoneiwantone!!!" Of course, this led Claire to be very clumsy that she accidentally spilled her Nutrition drink on the egg.

"Arrgh!!! Now look what you've done!" Grace angrily replied. "Oh no! My drink! The egg!" responded the shocked Claire. "We gotta clean it off before we get out of here!" Emilia noticed that the Nutrition quickly dried off the egg and the egg started shaking. "Hmmmm? What's this?" "Wha~?!? Is it hatching?!?" remarked Claire. All three girls were shocked to see the end result...

It hatched- Wait, WHAT'S THAT?!?!?

Uh oh... Looks like Claire got something else than what she wanted! "Awww... It's looks ugly! I don't want it!" remarked the disappointed Claire. "That's what you get for being hasty! I'm not getting that!" Grace replied. "According what the Pet Expert said, it'll recognize the first thing it sees as its mother!" Emilia told the ladies. Just so happens that the little creature stared at Claire long enough. "Oh dear... Looks like you're its mother, Claire!" commented Emilia. "Yuck! Get away from me! I don't like you! Arrgghh!!!"

And that my friends, you should never be hasty in getting things done. Poor little Claire. She fails to see the advantages of having a Broomy as well.