New player with specific questions

[Curmudgen]

Hello all! I am awaiting my Titanium discs arrival with great anticipation.

I played Live from velious on so I heard about some specific game features as they changed over time, as well as experiencing some changes to the game personally. As I am not sure what changes are just part of the client and therefore unchangeable I thought I would ask about some specifics.

Let me add that I have read and searched for these answers and could not find them.

1. There was a monk mitigation nerd around velious. Is that in place now as unchangeable code or can monks mitigate like original? I read a post about mobs hitting way too accurately, but at the end of the thread it seemed to indicate that had been fixed.

2. Do necromancer pets still tear up mobs with fine steel daggers?

3. Does FD as necro allow you to FD while your mob is engaged, and after that pet has been killed the mob NOT aggro you? I played a shard that FD was FUBAR and you had to poof the pet before you did it.

3. Are there a lot of shaman on the server? I have never played one and as I remember live they could both solo (albeit slowly) and were very wanted for slows all the way through Velious.

Sorry for the length of the post.