Extended minor pentatonic scale forms?

[Skin]

Wat is the use of extended minor pentatonic scale forms, since they are basically the same as the 5 scale patterns?

[smfulla]

are you talking about different scale shapes/patterns on the fret board?????
coz if you are, its just to give you a better range, lets you link different notes with each other and get more licks going etc.
but if you aren't talking about that, can you tell me what you are talking about? Are you talking about the 'blues' scale?