Pets Break Mez
 

You can check the Rant thread out for more detail.

This is just the information thread.

Your pet, WILL ,break mez if it attacks a mezzed target. And it will repeatedly break mez if the caster has to recast and the pet is still trying to attack a target. Please be courteous and let either the tank, or the mezzer break the mez. Do not depend on non-existent game mechanics stopping your pet from breaking it. Your pet will get the mezzer killed.

Pets not breaking mez did not come out until sometime after Luclin was released.

Working as intended.

Enjoy.

Haynar

Yes I agree its working as intended. But people don't seem to understand the way it works. Why I am trying to get the word out. That pets do break mez. That is the way it was in classic. And people need to stop depending on a Non-existing game mechanic, (i.e. Pets stopping auto-attacking when a target is mezzed) to control their pets.

It is the way classic was, there is no fix necessary, other than players fixing their play style.

What are you saying?

People need to know how to play their class?

*shocker*

Haynar

How typically understanding and respectful of a member of the dev team.

eh I give you 3 stars.

Chanters likewise need to know their class and not keep trying to mezz targets that are already being handled.

That's the other side of the coin.

Problem: Pets breaking mezz?
Solution: If adds keep hittin back off, Onced mezzed hit assist button, pet attack. If u dont back pet off even when the first mob is dead your pet will then go at mob to break mez. What is the problem?

Infectiuos... Chanters can't "pet back off" with summoned pets :)

That being said, I agree with Haynar: Working as intended..

If you see a pet on a mob, the smart thing to do is to root it, not mez it.

This is unclear.

Pets will break mez if:
You set it to attack, and it is then mezzed.
The mob AEs - or otherwise attacks the pet - it and then its target is killed without the controller backing it to clear its aggro.*


Pets will not:
Be commanded to attack a mezzed mob.

Long story short, watch AE casters, obviously don't screw with a mob in the brief moment a poorly played enchanter or bard drops a mez, and JFSJLFKSD use assist if you're silly enough to group as a pet class.

Key mechanic - your pet is an npc with an aggro list that you can clear by hitting back.


*This is where most of the rage comes from. Fun fact - this thread pops up every couple weeks.