What exactly changes for Mages / Pets in Kunark?

[Danth]

In addition to the above (pardon if I missed a comment), also note that the fire pets--a staple of pre-expansion Magicians--are widely regarded as terrible post-level 50. Furthermore, Velious comes out soon enough and it amplifies the problem: Velious monsters tend to hit a lot harder than Kunark opponents do and Magicians will be stuck using the same pets that were already borderline inadequate in Kunark. Many years of history on P1999-blue demonstrate that a great many Magicians will top out at level 55 for Call of the Hero at which point they'll quite often be relegated to pre-park duty. Those who make the push to 60 are most often grouping or at least duo'ing for much of their gameplay time.

Danth

[Christina.]

Soloing after 55 is just tedious. That's pretty much for every class.

[Selene]

So can anyone who has actually leveled a mage from 55-60 comment on this? Is it feasible in a practical sense to find camps or mobs and solo all the way to 60?

Because I really hate grouping on my mage

[cd288]

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

So can anyone who has actually leveled a mage from 55-60 comment on this? Is it feasible in a practical sense to find camps or mobs and solo all the way to 60?

Because I really hate grouping on my mage

I imagine if you bought metric tons of malachite and chain summoned you could probably solo 55-60

[Christina.]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I imagine if you bought metric tons of malachite and chain summoned you could probably solo 55-60

Right lol. Not worth anyone's time lol

[Vaarsuvius]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I imagine if you bought metric tons of malachite and chain summoned you could probably solo 55-60

Don't think you will be able to do so as long as pet chaining and pet aggro are broken. You will end up with a mob ignoring your newly summoned pet and chasing until you die, gate or pet lands a lucky root

If it has been fixed (haven't played my CotH bitch on blue for more than a month now so I could not say for sure), the collective p99 mage wisdom would suggest you to chain MS2 pets which cost 33% less mana than an earth pet

Rince, repeat, profit

[cd288]

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

Don't think you will be able to do so as long as pet chaining and pet aggro are broken. You will end up with a mob ignoring your newly summoned pet and chasing until you die, gate or pet lands a lucky root

If it has been fixed (haven't played my CotH bitch on blue for more than a month now so I could not say for sure), the collective p99 mage wisdom would suggest you to chain MS2 pets which cost 33% less mana than an earth pet

Rince, repeat, profit

Granted I’m not sure what it used to look like but I haven’t had trouble with pet aggro. I have to strafe run for several seconds while my pet whacks it for a bit but other than that

[Sabin76]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Granted I’m not sure what it used to look like but I haven’t had trouble with pet aggro. I have to strafe run for several seconds while my pet whacks it for a bit but other than that

This is good news. There were reports that it was impossible for the newly summoned pet to get agro off of you because the old pet agro transferred, but maybe they fixed it? Would like to get a second opinion, though.

[Christina.]

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

So can anyone who has actually leveled a mage from 55-60 comment on this? Is it feasible in a practical sense to find camps or mobs and solo all the way to 60?

Because I really hate grouping on my mage

I have a 60 magician and I can assure you soloing to 60 on a mage is going to take a hell of a long time lol. You'll be chain summoning like a mofo. You'll give up lol. Just group past 55

[damus1]

iirc i did burning woods giants most the time to 60. i imagine theres probably faster places but mage shouldn't have any problem soloing all the way thru