Mages are up shit’s creek I guess

[Hagglebaron]

Looks like all mage pets past 20 are research only, and this lasts months. The whole point of a mage is the pet, why make their entire point of existence so incredibly tedious and unreliable to acquire? What’s a mage supposed to do if they can’t acquire a research pet, keep using a level 20 pet at level 30 and beyond? Or just not play the class until months down the road when mages become ungimped?