All the pets have their uses. Fire tends to be best for solo with its high self DS but remember all of a mages flexibility is in their pets. We don't have any CC/stuns/etc of any kind on our own. There are times you will want to use other pets.
Perfect example is if you're soloing casters that you want to burn down fast. Use air for stun or more likely earth for high hp + root. In this case the fire pets DS isn't very useful and his lower hp will drop fast. (focused fire pet has hp of unfocused air pet. Earth still has significantly higher hp)
Another example is splitting 2 tough mobs. The fire pet will die too fast usually with his low hp. Earth pet allows you to root, pull back and fight 1 at a time (although for short times but still saves a lot of damage if you position well)
So if you want to just level easy mode on the bard diet, sure only buy your fire pets and make yourself another CotH bot but if you really want to play a mage use all your tools.
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