Mages, let pets kill or do 51%?

[Crede]

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

The fire pet is really nice for leveling with the torch focus. The extra HP makes all the difference. With good mob selection (they key is finding low blue cons, preferably ones with low HP for their level) you should be able to use one fire pet per mob, dismiss it when the mob gets low, and finish with a nuke. This avoids the 50% XP penalty from the pet and is very mana efficient. I was able to do this consistently on my Mage until level 50ish.

Alternatively, if you wanted to level alongside your friend it would be a great opportunity to level up a Cleric bot. Mage/Cleric is an extremely strong leveling duo and is dead simple to play (if anything some people might find it too boring because it's so easy). With decent twinking the Cleric can melee and tank well enough 1-40 to add DPS and level up the defense skills. After that you just get a max level pet, buff it to the gills, and keep it healed while it chainsaws through everything (Burnt Wood Staff on the Mage helps a lot 50+). The Mage brings tanking and damage, Cleric brings heals and CC. It's a less powerful but way more relaxed version of Ench/Cleric, and one that can easily level 1-60.

To sum up, clerics are OP. Best class

[loramin]

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

How so, you need like 1-2 nukes to get full xp for fire pet. the ds just destroys them paired with torch focus hp boost. I only switched to earth at 55 because the mobs just had too much hp for DS to make as much of a difference.

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

I like that guide and I used to use it, and it's out of date. It's not that the water pet is bad, it's just that the DS or root is so much better. The DS's do not stack, and the fire pet's natural DS is always higher than what you can cast.



Personally I prefer the earth pet too, I love having root control and it's just so beefy. Playing with the fire pet is literally playing with fire you're always riding the edge with that guy. It's faster and riskier [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Exactly.

Plus, maybe I was fighting the wrong mobs or something, but I often found the fire pet wouldn't even last a full fight. I'd wind up having to recast the pet mid-fight, so by the end it'd be beat up (and I'd have to either summon yet another one, or go into the next fight with a damaged pet ... ensuring that I'd be summoning it's replacement even earlier). Or else I'd lose mana some other way (eg. nuking).

In contrast, my beefy earth pet almost always lasted until the mob was running, so I never needed more than one per fight (no nukes required).

But again, I think it has a lot more to do with what you are fighting ... I don't think any one pet is always best.

[Botten]

I think they said most classes with Spirit of the Wolf can solo an ice burrower. (Maybe not rogues - Edit: nope, apparently Rogues can do it too from reading.)

In fact watched recently a ranger and a warrior do it.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

I think they said most classes with Spirit of the Wolf can solo an ice burrower. (Maybe not rogues - Edit: nope, apparently Rogues can do it too from reading.)

In fact watched recently a ranger and a warrior do it.

Ice Burrower's don't summon, and run at normal speed. Every class should be able to kite them indefinately with Jboots and/or SoW Pots. Some classes would just take longer than others. Rogues could use archery to kill one, for example.

[kjs86z2]

y tho

[DeathsSilkyMist]

Originally Posted by kjs86z2 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

y tho

I agree lol. I killed an Ice Burrower on my Shaman once. Probably won't do it again. But people like finding weird things to do after years of playing on the same box.

[Kich867]

Pretty sure these were supposed to be in the other thread.

[TheBlob]

It would seem so!

[Snaggles]

If you use a coldain crossbow or similar it’s way better to just keep killing. There is a small range of levels mid 50’s on while camping a couple spawns where killing a pet makes sense, otherwise you will start the next fight with a damaged pet. It’s just more efficient to let the pet do most the work and clean up at the end when it’s running.

[Zuranthium]

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

Where did you read about water pets being best? They're literally the worst solo pet.

Water pet can definitely be the best if you're not doing pet resummoning. Fast health regen makes a big difference. Even besides that part, it's at least better than the air pet if not needing the stun to interrupt casters.