Experienced player duo with total newb. Enc/Clr?

[Garnaak]

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

What blues are you fighting at 11 that wreck you? A mage can solo any single blue at level 11 with ease, let alone a duo.

This is the question. I don't have a high level mage. I think highest is 16. But IIRC the whole life of the mage so far has been

target mob
/pet attack
Winning!

Maybe they did not purchase new spells so still using lvl 4 or 1 pet or something? Unsure, sounds fishy.

[Garnaak]

I would let him play whatever he enjoys. If mage, let him. You may not be able to play Ench though. Necro may be better choice for you. You can snare/fear away mobs that should not be being attacked, rather than him breaking mez and you getting slammed. He and his pet basically become an additional big DoT for you fear kiting, possibly 2 or 3 mobs at once.

As far as pet goes, at 11 all pets are kinda weak. New pet spells at 12. But mage pets are the strongest of any pets besides charmed. Don't think you are doing anything wrong with mage.

[Aandolaf]

Pets can be 1 of 4 levels when you summon them, and its random as to which one you get each cast. So sometimes they can be quite weak, try using the fire pet, and keep casting new ones until you get a max level one. You can find out if its max level by how hard it hits, or how much its DS does. This can just be learned over time, or the info is available on the wiki, I would say give that a try and see how it goes!

[Spithridates]

Is it your primary goal to get another character to 50+ or to have enjoyable play time with your friend? Don't let him roll cleric unless he really wants it. Letting him play something interesting and survivable will keep him most interested. Don't expect him to be cc or clutch heals or wicked dps beause you'll both get more frustrated. Let him roll monk to your priest class or chanter.

[Kurtanius21]

We died in the qeynos aqueducts, erudin island wisps, kurn’s castle skeletons. The pet is so weak. Usually once it starts dying, we have to nuke. And once the pet loses agro, we die. It’s been awful.

[Treefall]

Originally Posted by Kurtanius21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We died in the qeynos aqueducts, erudin island wisps, kurn’s castle skeletons. The pet is so weak. Usually once it starts dying, we have to nuke. And once the pet loses agro, we die. It’s been awful.

Hopefully he has upgraded his pets, assuming that is done - you root and he can chain cast pets, heck he'll want to know that for some soloing so his pet doesn't steal his xp, reclaim when low to make it more efficient.

Mes adds/lull and he can debuff should only have to fight one thing at a time 99% of the time.

[Vivitron]

Originally Posted by Kurtanius21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We died in the qeynos aqueducts, erudin island wisps, kurn’s castle skeletons. The pet is so weak. Usually once it starts dying, we have to nuke. And once the pet loses agro, we die. It’s been awful.

You keep talking about his pet, but your pet is is almost its equal; you need to use both. Enchanters get a new pet at every spell line and usually you have to buy them from High Keep. 11 sucks because you have the same pets you had at 8. When you hit 12 you will crush again like you did at level 8.

Try to avoid adds so you don't have to cc them. Outdoors try fighting by a wall or beach, indoors try watching to understand the path of the 1-2 mobs that move around the area where you fight.

[Tewaz]

I would personally recommend a monk/shaman duo with your friend being the monk.

It's very powerful and you can go all the way to 60 together.

He gets a FD button.

Also, is your friend using the level 8 pet? A level 8 pet with a rusted 2 hander hits hard.

I did a Erudite Mage to 12 in Qeynos Hills with a rusty halbred or 2h sword then switched to wisps with a summoned weapon and I tore through everything pretty easily.

[Gustoo]

You gotta keep upgrading the pet spells…

[ezigrelnos]

enchanter wizard duo is extremely convenient and very simple to play; enchanter does all the work and the wizard nukes at 20%

the wizard also has roots target stun instant aggro and evac which all make life easier

the first 16 levels are boring pet animation tanking but once you get some +cha gear and mana regen its a solid duo