WTF Necro pet sucks!
 

So, I decided that my human necro blows and rolled an Erudite one.

Low and behold I realize that the pets have been nerfed almost to uselessness. They can't keep aggro - even one lifetap at 50% hps makes them target me and I can get rid of them. Hell, even just going up and meleeing, if I hit them for 6 dmg with my dagger, the mob won't get away from me. I feel like a damn SK sitting there tanking for my pet cause he can't tank for me. He can kill blues, but it takes forever, and since I don't want to end up tanking the entire time, I can't help him kill it to make things faster. I'm only level 5, does it get any better later levels? This can't possibly be classic.

Is this permanent or are they still being looked into/tweaked?

fear kite still works.

this is wat ur stuck wit, man. it's the result of tweaks, lol.

Even after you move away? I don't remember when they did it, but by design a mob should never target a pet if a PC is in melee range.

Yes, even when I move away mob still follows me most of the time. And no, I'm not at low health.

But they are wrong. Anyone who played a pet class during this time on EQ Live knows that this is completely wrong.

Actually, it's pretty accurate. Stop bitching about it.

I believe necro pets follow the same rules regarding the taunt skill as players do. Ie; You must be at least the level of the mob for the taunt to be successful. This is how it works with my enchanter charm,as well. If I charm a lower level mob and send it against a higher level mob it can't keep aggro. When I do it the other way around the higher level mob keeps aggro pretty well. Since your pet will usually be lower level than the mobs you're targetting their taunt will rarely work at all.

Stick to fear kiting or use root to keep mob on your pet.

You're level 5. Stop complaining. Expect to kite with your pet as they won't make for a decent tank until much later. Think of the necro pet as the best dot you have. 1-12 on a necro is a bit rough, after that it's smooth sailing to 60. Send pet - snare - fear - dot - rinse/repeat.

It gets better. My necro is 24 now and it's the easiest thing I've ever done.

Charmed pets dont taunt bro. Hes just doing rediculous dps.