Game Mechanics: Mage: Earth pet will not Root a Player with Sow.

[Lovely]

Confirmed. Earth pets doesn't even cast root on people with sow or Jboots. But the second you remove the speed buff they cast it again like normal.

[Clark]

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

Confirmed. Earth pets doesn't even cast root on people with sow or Jboots. But the second you remove the speed buff they cast it again like normal.

what in the..

[nilbog]

Okay so I'm looking into the earth pet situation. Before I waste a lot of time in the wrong areas, a few questions:

When you say it is never resisted. Is it truly NEVER resisted? Or is it extremely rare to resist?

Does the root resist problem exist with both low level mage pets and high level ones? EarthElementalAttack (low) vs. EarthElementalStrike (kunark lvl).

Does the root frequency problem exist with both low level mage pets and high level ones? EarthElementalAttack (low) vs. EarthElementalStrike (kunark lvl).

Do these same problems exist for PVE encounters on the pvp server, or only for PVP?

[heartbrand]

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

Okay so I'm looking into the earth pet situation. Before I waste a lot of time in the wrong areas, a few questions:

When you say it is never resisted. Is it truly NEVER resisted? Or is it extremely rare to resist?

Does the root resist problem exist with both low level mage pets and high level ones? EarthElementalAttack (low) vs. EarthElementalStrike (kunark lvl).

Does the root frequency problem exist with both low level mage pets and high level ones? EarthElementalAttack (low) vs. EarthElementalStrike (kunark lvl).

Do these same problems exist for PVE encounters on the pvp server, or only for PVP?

It is resisted, but even with 200+ MR it seems a 50/50 proposition at best, and anything lower than that and it's GG. I'm not sure what level pet the issue is with, but I know it definitely occurs with the high level kunark one. With the frequency, again I'm not sure about the low level one, but it certainly occurs very frequently with the high level one. The frequency wouldn't be an issue if the root was correctly resisted. Maybe this will be the chance we've all been waiting for, that ALL root spells are looked into.

[Dullah]

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

Okay so I'm looking into the earth pet situation. Before I waste a lot of time in the wrong areas, a few questions:

When you say it is never resisted. Is it truly NEVER resisted? Or is it extremely rare to resist?

Does the root resist problem exist with both low level mage pets and high level ones? EarthElementalAttack (low) vs. EarthElementalStrike (kunark lvl).

Does the root frequency problem exist with both low level mage pets and high level ones? EarthElementalAttack (low) vs. EarthElementalStrike (kunark lvl).

Do these same problems exist for PVE encounters on the pvp server, or only for PVP?

It is resisted, but its rare to resist at around 150 MR (should be immune at that level of MR). Even with best in slot MR, you are almost permanently rooted. The frequency is high enough that even if you do resist it, by the time the previous root breaks another one is right behind it. There will be small breaks in between roots fading and landing where you can try to flee, but you are mostly locked down permanently.

Also, earth pet root (as well as all roots) overwrite snare and they shouldn't. They also overwrite spells like shaman torpor which they shouldn't. Basically anything with a snare effect will be overwritten by roots, but this should not happen. Don't mean to detract from the issue though.