You can crawl with a pet. Just need to be sure to keep it close if there's going to be weird pathing in an area. It's no big deal to just reclaim it and summon another anyway, already have to do that to invis through an area.
Not having CC isn't relevant if you've chosen a correct path to crawl and play perfectly. The pet is the CC, you should never be getting into a situation where you can't beat a specific group of MOBs. Chain summoning not working correctly unfortunately limits the places a Mage can crawl, but normally there are plenty of things that can be done solo.
Lull spells being overpowered on p99 also distorts things. Enchanters were not getting so many free rides through areas in classic EQ by trying to lull through. Critical resists were far more common.
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