Give your bird a try, Lesrider. I haven't really noticed a lot of difference no matter what my stats say. Still killing a lot, still not getting damaged to the point of being dead (that's even better than before)...meh. A bird's still a fun killing machine. And the Nature and Terrify combos seem to do even more damage than before. Get a bird or two and a Mage or two and a good tank and mobs just disappear.