Soloing vs. grouping, once and for all

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

The only thing that is really insane is the fire pet Dshield (however the thing has no HP). Its damage=level (or at least, im pretty sure it does). So at 20 the pet has a perma 18ish point damage shield, thats what a level 40ish mage can cast.

Also if you think they are insane now wait until they get that beast that is the epic pet... Thing is crazy.

I played a mage from velious on and never used the fire pet except in groups because they were wizards and would cast spells. When did they have this high of DS? I only remember them casting wizard DS's like O'Keilly or something that didnt do much damage, I always had to cast my DS on them to overwrite the shitty one they cast on themselves.

edit: also the fire pet did considerable less melee damage than the other 3 pets.

[ShivanAngel]

only the 50+ first pets are wizards.

before 50 they have the same melee damage table (they may hit for max less often due to low strength). But their Dshield is equal to the level of the pet, so the level 4 pet has a 5 point DS. Their autocast nuke is also the strongest of the 4 pets.