Mage Pets Hardly Ever Cast.
 

Am I the only one to notice that mage pets never cast spells? Im using a lvl 51 earth pet and it can solo a mob and never root it. Live pets casted allll the time. So much so that they made the /pet nocast command because pets could never keep up with running mobs because they casted all the time. It seems as if they have a "proc rate" on this server that is sadly lower than the default proc rate of weapons.

Necro pets proc lifetap all the time (when you get high enough to cast one that can), not sure what the deal is there. If you can find some credible evidence of a certain proc rate on the old live servers back in 2000ish I'm sure they could be adjusted to be more accurate.

I can't speak for mage pets, but when i charm a mob with an innate proc (like in CoM, the lifetap procs on wraiths) it casts quite frequently. Do mage pets actually cast a spell that takes time to cast or is it all procs?

I agree. I want to say earth pets castes the most frequently. Fire and water middle of the road and air stun was less frequently.



If someone can find a video of a mage pet fighting from 199-2001 that would be ideal. Then we could time it.

Maybe your memory might be confused with someone who used Ranger root weapons with an earth pet? Probably same with Necro pets and lifetap weapons

Earth pets are definitely off cast wise with root.

I played a mage on Tallon Zek and have very fond memories of how often earth pets would root elfs and gnomes.
I believe that pets might be more powerful on this server, like their defense is higher here, but they don't cast nearly as often. Like every 5 or 6 rounds. Here its like 50 rounds of attacks per cast.

Calling all way back machine experts!

Mage Compendium Library:

http://web.archive.org/web/200306070...pic.php?t=3239

Mage pet HP values, spells cast, regen and ability levels:

http://web.archive.org/web/200306071...pic.php?t=3191

These are probably valuable in themselves but I'm not seeing anything specifically about casting rate...

Looks like this has been reported before, with some people going off and parsing mage pets in EQ Mac.

https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...d.php?t=107938

Wasn't fixed though.