If I was in charge.

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

I'm curious. What's your perspective on the current aggro mechanics for the Mage class. How do you deal with it when the Pet dies?

You don’t let it die. There is no backup plan besides doing more damage and racing hp bars without aggro. Pick easier targets to exp on (old world stuff).

The only time I’ve had a pet die in a group was killing summonable mobs (cliff golems, eejag, phingal). In these cases if another pet or player is on it you won’t get summoned. Get another pet up and send it in ASAP.

I know it may be depressing now but there are situations where a mage can really impress (their dps is HIGHLY underrated). Level 49 is a huge one. Level 57 is as well. I’d find a shaman or enchanter buddy and just destroy stuff.

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The only time I’ve had a pet die in a group was killing summonable mobs (cliff golems, eejag, phingal). In these cases if another pet or player is on it you won’t get summoned. Get another pet up and send it in ASAP.

I just want to point out that if a mage pet has top DPS in a group then when the pet dies, the mage will get all of that aggro and then get summoned and die.

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

The only time I’ve had a pet die in a group was killing summonable mobs (cliff golems, eejag, phingal). In these cases if another pet or player is on it you won’t get summoned. Get another pet up and send it in ASAP.

I just want to point out that if a mage pet has top DPS in a group then when the pet dies, the mage will get all of that aggro and then get summoned and die.

While aggro does seem to transfer its not a 1 to 1 ratio. Otherwise every warrior tanked encounter and pet break would be instant death to an enchanter with a 200dps pet. Watch an AoW fight with the PC’s handling their pets sometime. There are videos online.

I’ve never had this happen as a mage in a group. Eejag or Phinny as pet fights. Enchanter duoing cliff golems when the enchanter pet breaks if a mage/necro/shaman pet is on the golem no PC summons happen and it doesn’t even chase the enchanter, just sticks on the summoned pet.

Do you have tangible experience with all this or going off theory? You might stop and actually try these mechanics before dismissing an entire class. Especially one with some pretty essential tools.

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

While aggro does seem to transfer its not a 1 to 1 ratio. Otherwise every warrior tanked encounter and pet break would be instant death to an enchanter with a 200dps pet. Watch an AoW fight with the PC’s handling their pets sometime. There are videos online.

I’ve never had this happen as a mage in a group. Eejag or Phinny as pet fights. Enchanter duoing cliff golems when the enchanter pet breaks if a mage/necro/shaman pet is on the golem no PC summons happen and it doesn’t even chase the enchanter, just sticks on the summoned pet.

Do you have tangible experience with all this or going off theory? You might stop and actually try these mechanics before dismissing an entire class. Especially one with some pretty essential tools.

I have had that exact situation happen. I was helping a bunch of other mages with getting the Phinny Water staff. I only had the level 52 Vocarate Earth Pet. The other 2 mages were using the higher level 57 Greater Vocaration: Earth pets. Those 2 mages ended up being summoned and died despite not using any nukes and only chain summoning. Our group wiped in kedge keep and no Phinny staff. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

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

I have had that exact situation happen. I was helping a bunch of other mages with getting the Phinny Water staff. I only had the level 52 Vocarate Earth Pet. The other 2 mages were using the higher level 57 Greater Vocaration: Earth pets. Those 2 mages ended up being summoned and died despite not using any nukes and only chain summoning. Our group wiped in kedge keep and no Phinny staff. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I’ve done this at least half a dozen times on blue. Pet dies, summon another and send it in. Buff on the fly.

I’ve never been summoned and killed because we always had one pet and/or one melee on it. Not sure what to say.