Game Mechanics: Level 49 Fire Pet not casting damage shield often

[kanras]

Fixed, pending update.

[Toehammer]

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

Fixed, pending update.

awesome! i noticed it with my 39 fire pet as well... totally cannot chain summon or really solo effectively anymore [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

too bad with double exp weekend, was looking to bust out of 40!

[Kaellaven]

It's not as big of a deal but there is also a delay between summoning air pet and when he casts invis on himself.

[Sundawg]

There was always a delay in between summoning the pet and it casting its spells, of a random duration. I think a dev once said it had to do with how many pet type mobs were up at the time, either in zone or server wide (I forget).

Log onto EQmac with a mage and you will see this in action. Sometimes it will cast very quicky, sometimes several (many) seconds will pass first. Very classic.

[Kaellaven]

Ill have to do some research - I didnt play mage on live, but I dont ever remember hearing about that. Funny that there isn't any mention of that in any of the solo guides I've come across.

The mage pets abilities (damage shield, invis) should be inherent to the pet - after all the fire pet is a big ball of magma and the air pet is a wisp of air. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Kaellaven]

Lucy Info on the fire pet ds lists the casting time as "0" : http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.htm...27&source=Live


Same with air pet : http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.htm...28&source=Live