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Originally Posted by loramin
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I would definitely recommend buying one. At level 49 having a JBB for soloing is really handy. Maybe not quite as handy as Fungi, but still really handy. With the JBB you can kill mobs by only casting a few roots (and maybe a heal, depending), especially if you also have the epic. Or you can cast your pet, slow the mob, and kill it with melee + pet + JBB (+ epic) damage. Either way, not having to cast DoTs (except epic) reduces downtime a ton, which means faster leveling.
Even when you get a little higher and can't just chain JBB all day, it's still a really useful item to have. And as others have said, if you save up the plat difference to get a fungi, you can always sell your JBB (just beware you might lose some plat on the deal: when I was playing a year or so ago JBB was selling for 20k-ish).
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I agree with this.
I used my jbb till 55 lvl, and only stopped because I quit playing the shaman. The bracer enables you to spam a decent nuke using zero mana.
I solo'd tons of guards with it. Iirc, 49 is when you get a really decent pet. With that bracer I would slow Kelethin guards, let the pet tank them, wait till pet beat them down to 90% to get decent aggro then just spam nuked them.
That pet holds aggro, and you essentially can nuke those guards dead with that bracer and 1-2 dots while the pet tanks.
Another tip is if you have not done it yet, get a mage reclaim energy quested item.
These clickies can be used by shamans too from your inventory and make it so you can easily recast your pet spell until you get a good pet. This is important because a higher con pet is significantly more powerful than the weaker ones.
If you really want a fungi and have the time and patience, you could always take that 14k and play the tunnel. Buy low, sell high and within 1-2 weeks you will have 50k.
I realize not everyone likes to do that though, but honestly it's the easiest way for a casual who doesn't raid to make plats quickly.
If you buy a jbb, and find it not that useful for your play style, you can just resell it. They have held their price at 11-14k for months now, so you shouldn't lose any money on it.