Is there any advantage of giving Mage epic or EoT weapons?

[onmove_broke]

I know it forces dual wield on lower level pets giving them a torch. Does giving a high lv charmed et or an epic mage pet/necro EoT do anything unless it has a proc on it?

On another note, which weapons are cheap to farm for pets?

[loramin]

Can't speak for the other classes, but Mage pets get innate dual wield starting at level 44 (https://wiki.project1999.com/Magicia...by_type_of_Pet), and I suspect this is true for Necros also.

As for pet weapons, I like to use the stun whips from South Karana gnolls, but really I tend to just throw any random (but cool looking) weapon I find onto my pet. The proc won't make a difference in a raid setting, but I like having my per look unique when it stands next to several carbon copies.

[sammoHung]

Unsure if accurate because I haven't tested it thoroughly - but I have a feeling that some charmed pets actually lose dual wield unless they have a weapon equipped.

I suspected it with a Greater War Boned skeleton in City of Mist. They are monk mobs, so have innate dual wield. But, when charmed: their DPS is lower non-torched than with torch. I tried paying attention to animation, and seemingly didn't see an offhand punch. I just started gathering data on this but:

I posit that charming a mob actually strips its dual wield capability, and you have to give it weapons / a torch for it to dual wield.

[Danth]

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

I know it forces dual wield on lower level pets giving them a torch. Does giving a high lv charmed et or an epic mage pet/necro EoT do anything unless it has a proc on it?

If you somehow find a weapon that'll increase it's damage above default, then it would benefit same as any other pet does. Since these are very high level, high-hitting pets, there are not a lot of weapons that'll do this, and one of the famous stand-bys (weighted axe) is nerfed on P99.

[Snaggles]

Some weapons aren’t pet-flagged. Any 30dmg weapon will make any pet hit for a max of 61 with the MH (2x dmg +1). With a 60 mage I have a bunch of Argent Defenders (67 hitter) banked. That and deadwood staves.

I thought I heard once that EoT won’t take two deadwood’s but no clue if that is true.