Earth pet's root lands way too much

[Bockscar]

Let mages have their hay day.

Sit down and let me explain the purpose of beta testing...

[Humerox]

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

Let mages have their hay day. They suck later on. The pet is very CC-able and their cast times are very long. They have no way to heal themselves. When you get some MR, the earth pet will not root you.

Problem is, it's going to be a pretty long wait with P99-type XP before you get the gear you need to resist. I'm not wanting to put up with light blue con mage pets chain rooting for months. It's a PITA, an advantage mages shouldn't have, and that would be an awfully long heyday.

[Tombom]

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

Let mages have their hay day. They suck later on. The pet is very CC-able and their cast times are very long. They have no way to heal themselves. When you get some MR, the earth pet will not root you.

how can you be so dumb?! sometimes it hurts.

[mimixownzall]

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

Sit down and let me explain the purpose of beta testing...

I'm pretty sure the mage pet root has a modifier on it since they are so much more lower than the mobs they are fighting - giving them a better chance to root shit.

I remember it landing all the time at low levels on SZ, but this was during velious. Not sure how it was classic.

[Bazooka]

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

Problem is, it's going to be a pretty long wait with P99-type XP before you get the gear you need to resist. I'm not wanting to put up with light blue con mage pets chain rooting for months. It's a PITA, an advantage mages shouldn't have, and that would be an awfully long heyday.

Endure Magic, not a very hard spell to get.

Or you could just fear/root/ many other things to handle the pet before it gets to you.

And if your a low-level melee running around soloing?

Your asking to get ganked [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Bazooka]

Just don't get why so many people having issues with Mages. I rolled a Cleric and have only been killed once by 3 WIZ's at level 2.

Since then killed over 5+ Mages, just root/fear the pet and blind/root/beat down the Mage.

Sorry if your a loner melee, find friends or level in zones most people don't (I leveled in East freeport/North Ro opposed to West freeport/East Commons) catch Mages when they go to resupply for pet reagents at their guilds.

I never even played EQ PVP before, this is just obvious shit.

[Humerox]

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

Endure Magic, not a very hard spell to get.

Or you could just fear/root/ many other things to handle the pet before it gets to you.

I know all that, lol. I'm talking about natural resists...light blue con pets shouldn't be rooting much, if at all. Like I said, it's more of an annoyance than anything else, and although a low-level problem, it's an important one.

[Nimblerot]

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

Endure Magic, not a very hard spell to get.

Or you could just fear/root/ many other things to handle the pet before it gets to you.

And if your a low-level melee running around soloing?

Your asking to get ganked [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Alright, lets break this down.

The lowest level any class can get the spell Endure Magic is 19. So pre level 20, mages have free reign to kill anyone they want. This is, of course, assuming that a 20 MR buff that can be dispelled will save you, which, given the current resist modifier on the earth pet's root, I'm betting won't unless its a pet much lower level than you.

Do you know why mages weren't given root? Because their damage output between their pet and nukes is insane. If they have a reliable CC like root at any given time, there is no reason to play any other class.

[Bazooka]

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

I know all that, lol. I'm talking about natural resists...light blue con pets shouldn't be rooting much, if at all. Like I said, it's more of an annoyance than anything else, and although a low-level problem, it's an important one.

I have heard stories of boxed gnome/mage gank squads griefing people off the beta.

But unless it's your bind point shouldn't be that big an issue.

[Nimblerot]

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

I never even played EQ PVP before