Jify is right, the mana gained back is proportional to the HP of the pet, which makes using the spell to regain mana rather ineffective*.
The argument about classes who lack reclaim energy already have means of getting mana back fast doesn't make sense. Even enchanters have reclaim energy and they use their pets far less than shamans and they don't have a problem getting mana back. Shamans using a pet focus to reclaim their pets would mostly be a way to mitigate the enormous mana drain of trying to get a decent pet; at 500 mana a cast, medding for 15mn until you finally get a good pet isn't fun, it's a damn chore.
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Originally Posted by dali_lb
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Maybe it was usable from inventory for classes not supposed to have access to it. Many things was. that was the reason they removed eg. the guise from drops and made a new item. letting those that already got the original one keep it, as it weren't really killing game ballance, just a minor effect that the dev's didn't want everyone to be able to have access to..
Add to that, that P99 is "striving" to be as legit "classic" as possible, but the devs do make decissions of not making everything true classic, if they don't like it.
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Using your own example,
there is absolutely no difference whatsoever between the two items (focus items vs. guise). Both grant a minor effect that doesn't "kill game ballance".
*Furthermore, some dev (Haynar?) stated that he was working on trying to implement pet canni for mages (reclaim high level earth pet for more mana), a minor "exploit" that became a minor "feature" over time. After all, this is emu is trying to replicate EQ the way it was, not the way it was supposed to be (minus powerful, glaring expoits).
I've wasted enough time replying to random people. I've presented facts. I've made my case. I'll be waiting for a dev reply before making any further posts.