Help: Magician Leveling Strat

[Doctor Jeff]

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

I like can't stress enough to try to find a duo partner , specifically a cleric or shaman. Use max level fire pet and with it getting healed and doing all the solo damage exp will be so good

Cookies is a seasoned and professional Magician. Take his advice.

[Sage Truthbearer]

If I want to solo I use a focused fire pet. I do not do anything until the mob is fleeing (low HP), then I kill my pet and nuke it once for full XP.

Pro-tips:

• Get a Burnt Wood Staff at level 46. It's a mana-free 333 dmg nuke.
• If my pet is losing and about to die before the mob starts fleeing, then I just chain summon a new one.
• Learn how to chain summon. You start casting your new pet while your current one is still alive, and right before casting is completed you mouse-click "Go away" on Pet Window.
• I never heal my pet. It doesn't heal for much, and a full HP pet only costs 200 mana at lvl 49, and the mats are basically free.
• It's not really worth reclaiming your pet unless it has a decent amount of HP left. You only get mana back in proportion to how much HPs your pet has remaining.
• Mages are incredibly powerful soloers, but also very boring IMO. I found it's funner to duo or group.

[Dezik]

All classes are pretty boring solo besides I guess enchanter doing some crazy charm killing deep in a dungeon. It's always more fun to group or duo. What's nice about magician is you have the option. But yes I agree with above posters.. Chain pet post 39 is the way to go.

[Morningbreath]

Other mages must have much better luck than I do. If I summon the lowest possible fire pet at any given level, if the mob is worth any exp there's a strong possibility it will kill the pet before it makes any sense to summon another.

If you have jboots or sow I can see where that strat might be reliable...otherwise it's a pretty big risk when the pet is your only defense.

[trite]

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

Other mages must have much better luck than I do. If I summon the lowest possible fire pet at any given level, if the mob is worth any exp there's a strong possibility it will kill the pet before it makes any sense to summon another.

If you have jboots or sow I can see where that strat might be reliable...otherwise it's a pretty big risk when the pet is your only defense.

In a lot of zones you can out run the mobs by strafing without sow or jboots, bards swarm kite in many zones with dozens of mobs chasing them and don't use speed enhancing songs or spells

[Sage Truthbearer]

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

Other mages must have much better luck than I do. If I summon the lowest possible fire pet at any given level, if the mob is worth any exp there's a strong possibility it will kill the pet before it makes any sense to summon another.

Are you using a focused fire pet? Torch of Alna adds a couple 100 HPs or so to it. Also:

Originally Posted by Sage Truthbearer

• If my pet is losing and about to die before the mob starts fleeing, then I just chain summon a new one.
• Learn how to chain summon. You start casting your new pet while your current one is still alive, and right before casting is completed you mouse-click "Go away" on Pet Window.

[iruinedyourday]

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

All classes are pretty boring solo besides I guess enchanter doing some crazy charm killing deep in a dungeon. It's always more fun to group or duo. What's nice about magician is you have the option. But yes I agree with above posters.. Chain pet post 39 is the way to go.

Shaman clearing efreeti is real fun 😎