If you're truly the best, you should be able to beat the non-epic mages without using an epic pet. Also, you still benefit just from having the resists/hp/mana that the Orb gives, you just shouldn't be allowed to right click it because it creates an insurmountable advantage for (mostly) the people who happen to be in the guilds that are willing to track Inny 24/7 and kill him minutes after he spawns. There's nothing meritocratic about just having the epic, so it's not like you're discriminating against the most skilled mages. Also, I shouldn't have to repeat this but the Live botb didn't allow the epic pet. I'm not sure why this is even a question.
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