Mages, let pets kill or do 51%?

[Kich867]

Heya, managed to convince a friend of mine to join P99, he's playin a mage.

He's level 12 now, just got his new spells. How much do you guys just say fuck it and let those little ballers slap shit for you and how much do you try to take the 51% for full xp?

So far, it seems like to us its simpler/faster to just let the pet kill shit and eat the 50% xp loss.

Also, feel like I've seen differing opinions on this of water vs fire pets for soloing. One guide says bluntly that fire pets are terrible and you should just use water pets when soloing, but the natural DS on the fire pet and nukes seems nice? And I've seen some sentiment that maybe later on the DS carries a bit harder and its easier to get 51% of the XP since the DS is neutral damage.

[Dogz]

Me personally, I don't worry about the 51%. I max summon fire pet and just have it murder stuff. Fire is by far the best solo pet sub 49

[Balimon]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Heya, managed to convince a friend of mine to join P99, he's playin a mage.

He's level 12 now, just got his new spells. How much do you guys just say fuck it and let those little ballers slap shit for you and how much do you try to take the 51% for full xp?

So far, it seems like to us its simpler/faster to just let the pet kill shit and eat the 50% xp loss.

Also, feel like I've seen differing opinions on this of water vs fire pets for soloing. One guide says bluntly that fire pets are terrible and you should just use water pets when soloing, but the natural DS on the fire pet and nukes seems nice? And I've seen some sentiment that maybe later on the DS carries a bit harder and its easier to get 51% of the XP since the DS is neutral damage.

Up to level 20/24 it's fine to just kill fast and eat the loss you won't notice it as much. Past that you will definitely want to get all the exp and it's easy to reclaim the pet when the mob is at 5% and nuke the remaining HP yourself.

Where did you read about water pets being best? They're literally the worst solo pet. Get a torch and a shovel and use fire and earth for solo play. Summon a torched fire pet, burnout if needed, reclaim at mob 5%, nuke, rinse repeat. Fire pets are the fastest leveling you'll see 29-55.

[Jimjam]

Have your irl pet dog box a level 1 halfling rogue.

Not only will you lose the pet penalty, a combination of the low xp on the rogue, their racial/class xp bonus and how xp is divided you'll end up with more xp than you would do solo.

[kjs86z2]

Make a new char and level with him and you don't have to worry about it.

If you don't have an enchanter, druid or necro yet, now is the time.

[Kich867]

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. Get a torch and a shovel and use fire and earth for solo play. Summon a torched fire pet, burnout if needed, reclaim at mob 5%, nuke, rinse repeat. Fire pets are the fastest leveling you'll see 29-55.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Afid%27...Choosing_a_Pet

Also, speaking of the fire pet, suppose I've never paid attention to this before but is it possible to stack DS's? Like does the one you cast go on top of its own natural DS or is it just whichever one is stronger?

[loramin]

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

Up to level 20/24 it's fine to just kill fast and eat the loss you won't notice it as much. Past that you will definitely want to get all the exp and it's easy to reclaim the pet when the mob is at 5% and nuke the remaining HP yourself.

Where did you read about water pets being best? They're literally the worst solo pet. Get a torch and a shovel and use fire and earth for solo play. Summon a torched fire pet, burnout if needed, reclaim at mob 5%, nuke, rinse repeat. Fire pets are the fastest leveling you'll see 29-55.

It really depends on what you're fighting. 29-55 I often found the earth pet much better than fire pet for leveling. But yeah, water is better for groups/raids (and I mainly only used air in Plane of Sky).

[Crede]

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

It really depends on what you're fighting. 29-55 I often found the earth pet much better than fire pet for leveling. But yeah, water is better for groups/raids (and I mainly only used air in Plane of Sky).

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.

[Vexenu]

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.

[Balimon]

Originally Posted by Kich867 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

https://wiki.project1999.com/Afid%27...Choosing_a_Pet

Also, speaking of the fire pet, suppose I've never paid attention to this before but is it possible to stack DS's? Like does the one you cast go on top of its own natural DS or is it just whichever one is stronger?

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.

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

It really depends on what you're fighting. 29-55 I often found the earth pet much better than fire pet for leveling. But yeah, water is better for groups/raids (and I mainly only used air in Plane of Sky).

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.]