Lvl 16 magician advice

[webrunner5]

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

Who says the 4 pets were for solo? Obviously fire pet is for solo since he has DS and in a group with tank he's useless. Earth is for CC, air is for stunning casters in group, and water is for DPS in group if not offtanking, and backstabs at 54+.

That said, this leaves solo, any duo without a tank, and grouping when you pet offtank as the superior territory for the fire pet. Which means 90% of the time if you play like that (solo, duo with another pet class or caster, or grouped and help offtank/split pulls) the fire pet is superior because it is designed to be so. This has always been my entire point. By all means, get all focus items and pets but if you could only choose one, there is no way it wouldn't be fire. Best tank because of D.S. making it more efficient to heal or chain cast than earth pet and higher dps than any other pet, when tanking.

So I disagree, I think a new player, who may be lucky to have plat for 1 pet and other spells each level, and maybe spend and quest for 1 focus item, would be far better served by "just get the fire pet" (for aforementioned reasons) than to be told "they are all useful and necessary and you need them all". Honestly, if you get a mage his torch at low level he ONLY needs fire pet til 30+ at which point his fire pet can solo the cmaps to farm the pieces for the other focus items. Win/win

You still have no clue what you are talking about only using the Fire Pet to solo, Jesus.

New people. DO NOT listen to what he is saying please.

You do not use a Fire pet to farm high level trust me. I am not saying buy all 4 pets every level. Buy what you can afford, and learn how to play all 4 of them. Not just be level 30 and never used any other one, and be clueless as hell like you are suggesting.

[Bodybagger]

You are addressing new people then saying farming at high level... just how confused or fucking retarded are you exactly?

Do you understand the word CONTEXT? I said a new player, lucky to be getting spells, and perhaps lucky enough to get 1 single focus item.... obviously anyone wealthy enough or high lvl enough to get them all could situationally use them all etc. Bottom line is fire > all for solo, most duo, and a lot of grouping until above lvl 30 gameplay or so where situational pets can really start to shine in certain scenarios.

What part of this do you not get? You can't simultaneously address someone as a new player and discuss high end solo'ing and epics with them.... wtf is wrong with you?