Is pet XP nerf really that bad?

[Estu]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Estu, you have been on here longer than I have. What are you going to do with a Mage with NO pet when they don't get any Root, Snare or Fear. How many places can you hunt at that only have single mobs to pull??

I understand your point about getting full XP, but then you are hanging your ass out a lot of times with no pet up with a mob beating on you as a Mage and you can't cast a new pet, sounds like either death or gate hell all the time. The pet nerf just killed a Mage solo as far as I am concerned. I mean its not the end of the world but the ONLY thing a Mage has really going for them is their pet. And the Devs pretty much wiped out that that function on them.

First of all, the pet nerf is how pets were in classic, so I don't understand arguing against it when this is a classic server. Second, you can always hunt outdoors, where you can easily avoid adds, or you can hunt indoors as you would have before and eat the 50% penalty - saying that it killed mages solo is IMO hysterical. Third, this.