My shaman is 29, but I'm very interested to learn what I've got to look forward to. I did find the following post, however, which might interest you:
http://www.project1999.org/forums/sh...d.php?t=117409
this suggests that you should complete one of the turn in quests given by
http://wiki.project1999.com/Vira this npc. They give you an item that you can click from backpack. It'll make your pet go away and refund you some of the casting cost. This lets you get the best level pet without blowign too much mana on it.
My guess for root would be to continue to use the cheap one, but idk.
Grats on 34!