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Originally Posted by Overcast
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I'd think in that case... Mage/Mage. EQ Mage is really an awesome Pet class, I'm surprised it hasn't been 'copied' more by other MMO's.
Necro's good, but there is a bit more of a learning curve to kiting excellence, managing health vs mana, weaker pet, and such.
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Mage/mage has a tendency to have trouble in later expansions. Assuming you're playing this combo for leveling purposes in classic only, then go for the mage/mage (though i frankly think necros may have it a bit easier). If you're looking for longevity i would highly discourage going for that combination. Mages have issues with indoor mobs (pet chaining is actually worse off in kunark/velious than a necro indoors, and you have hard hitting mobs to boot).
lvl 57 earth pet is level 49 3350 HP and hits for 72. This is WITH the earth staff from innoruuk. only a handful of mages on the server have this staff, and the revamp comes mid-way thru kunark where the loot table changes (innoruuk quits dropping it, it then drops from trash iirc). your 49 earth pet actually has MORE hp than your lvl 57 earth pet with the innoruuk staff. What i'm getting at is that pets aren't near as good during kunark/velious until you can manage to get your epic, which is probably the hardest epic in the game to acquire. And pets in general are nowhere near as viable as tanks and DPS in kunark/velious as they are now -- necro/shaman included.
Necros will get progressively better because other pet classes have to rely less on their pets as tanks (shaman and mage, though more so mage b/c of torpor/slow), where a necro can choose to root rot and fear kite and aggro kite, none of which require the pet to take a beating. Better mana conversion rates and the best DoTs in the game make them the fastest soloers by far. To boot, nearly all of the loot in kunark will be indoors, thus necro/shaman have it far easier than a mage would in tight situations.