Help: Magician Leveling Strat

[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.

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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.