Necro pet equipment

[Furiant]

So I have been playing a necro for a couple of hours and noticed that several things, including zoning, will despawn my pet. I gave the pet some equipment and when I zoned, I had hoped that the new pet would spawn *with all that equipment*, but this was not the case.

So, am I correct in assuming that anything I give my pet is lost forever when I zone?

[Heavydrop]

Yep.

Anything you give a summoned pet is gone for good, whether you zone or not.

A charmed pet you can kill and get the stuff back from.

For now, I don't think giving a pet any gear really matters except for:
Some weapons and Muzzle of Mardu (summoned pet haste item)

Armor doesn't mean anything to give to a pet, as far as I know for now

[mickmoranis]

yeah I wonder what beninfit umbra gives, tecmos, IM sure you parsed it, how much protection does umbra provide to a pet?

[Tecmos Deception]

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

yeah I wonder what beninfit umbra gives, tecmos, IM sure you parsed it, how much protection does umbra provide to a pet?

I haven't actually sat down and tested this stuff, and it's too much of a pain to try to sort through logs where I wasn't intentionally setting up to test it.

But yeah, sooner or later I'm gonna convince a cleric to help me watch pet damage and tanking.

[Troxx]

Not true. Pets will wear armor and it has a dramatic impact on their survivability. Whether or not it's worth it to give your pet gear ... in general no. If you're hunting somewhere that drops ringmail, bronze, patchwork etc that will otherwise rot and you're going to keep the pet a while - possibly. High level people looking to maintain a single pet to tank for them (summoned or charmed) - might be worth it to carry a few pieces around.

For the enchanter/cleric or ench/sham duos out there - totally worth it to carry around a set of bronze. The pet will mitigate much better and you can snag the gear off the mob when you're done using it.

[Heavydrop]

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

Not true. Pets will wear armor and it has a dramatic impact on their survivability. Whether or not it's worth it to give your pet gear ... in general no. If you're hunting somewhere that drops ringmail, bronze, patchwork etc that will otherwise rot and you're going to keep the pet a while - possibly. High level people looking to maintain a single pet to tank for them (summoned or charmed) - might be worth it to carry a few pieces around.

For the enchanter/cleric or ench/sham duos out there - totally worth it to carry around a set of bronze. The pet will mitigate much better and you can snag the gear off the mob when you're done using it.

Good to know.
I'll start feeding my pet armor to use

[mickmoranis]

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

Not true. Pets will wear armor and it has a dramatic impact on their survivability. Whether or not it's worth it to give your pet gear ... in general no. If you're hunting somewhere that drops ringmail, bronze, patchwork etc that will otherwise rot and you're going to keep the pet a while - possibly. High level people looking to maintain a single pet to tank for them (summoned or charmed) - might be worth it to carry a few pieces around.

For the enchanter/cleric or ench/sham duos out there - totally worth it to carry around a set of bronze. The pet will mitigate much better and you can snag the gear off the mob when you're done using it.

there are some good -5 pants and sleeves that also provide ac from stonebront (that you cant get easily cus trivial loot code is the devil)

[Triiz]

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

there are some good -5 pants and sleeves that also provide ac from stonebront (that you cant get easily cus trivial loot code is the devil)

Even if someone can get xp/loot off the named's, I'd recommend just buying the Astral legs/cloak and I'm usually a proponent of farming your own stuff when you can. I tried to use Song of Highsun to "figure it out" a few weeks ago. The spawn points appear to be random as shit, the PH's are definitely random as shit, the possible spawn area is massive, the PH's basically roam the entire northern part of the zone, and the quest pieces aren't a guaranteed drop.

If you don't have a bard to zoom around with max selo speed, AOE all the possible PH's + a combination of track and pet track, I can't even imagine how much more of a pain in the ass it would be unless you get extremely lucky.

I usually find it entertaining to figure out outdoor spawn cycles, but screw that place.

Edit: Forgot to mention, the one quest there that may be worth doing for Enchanter is Purified Crystal Dagger, the best droppable +CHA Range in the game according to wiki. Not an easy quest at all though, the Crystallized Shadow Dagger from TOFS is an ultra-rare trash drop from TOFS named mobs as far as I can tell, and then you have to spawn a specific Stonebrunt named to finish it. That's what I was originally doing when I decided I'd try for the Astral pieces.

[Furiant]

Thanks for the help guys.

[Tann]

sub lv39 summon just give pet a torch and call it a day.