Game Mechanics: Mage Pet Spells

[Rygar]

Thank mcoy, unfortunately their log files were either end of Luclin or PoP era (which puts them post pet-patch revamp).

However, I did discover a plethora of data (over 2 hours of attack data / proc info) of an earth pet (either from the level 49 or 51 series, unsure yet). The data is in era, just a few days before Luclin launch.

We'll let the data tell the story, I'll try and get the script setup tonight and post the results (capture hit distribution on the pet as well).

[Rygar]

From mcoy's Qien logs, here is a snipped data dump of a Earth pet from Vocarate: Earth (verified by max hit of 58, minimum hit of 16... not sure what P99's range is on that level pet). It is also a vendor purchased spell, see no reason why mage wouldn't have it at this level unless a seasoned mage wants to chime in:

[Sat Dec 01 19:17:10 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:17:17 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 19:23:00 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:23:07 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 19:23:29 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 22
[Sat Dec 01 19:23:40 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Sat Dec 01 19:23:49 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9

[Sat Dec 01 19:29:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:29:22 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 19:29:31 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9

[Sat Dec 01 19:37:30 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:37:38 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 19:37:44 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 19:37:52 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 19:38:01 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Sat Dec 01 19:38:08 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 19:38:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 19:40:19 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:40:27 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 19:40:34 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 19:40:45 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11

[Sat Dec 01 19:42:35 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:42:46 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Sat Dec 01 19:42:52 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Sat Dec 01 19:44:16 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:44:22 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 19:44:30 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 19:44:37 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 19:50:02 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:50:08 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 19:50:17 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Sat Dec 01 19:50:28 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11

[Sat Dec 01 19:52:12 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:52:20 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 19:52:27 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 19:53:33 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:53:44 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Sat Dec 01 19:53:52 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Sat Dec 01 19:54:32 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:54:38 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 19:54:46 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 19:54:53 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 19:55:54 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 19:56:04 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Sat Dec 01 19:57:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Sat Dec 01 19:57:24 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9

[Sat Dec 01 20:05:17 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:05:24 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 20:05:38 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 14
[Sat Dec 01 20:05:46 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Sat Dec 01 20:14:08 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:14:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 20:14:28 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 13
[Sat Dec 01 20:14:38 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Sat Dec 01 20:14:46 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Sat Dec 01 20:15:47 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:15:57 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Sat Dec 01 20:16:04 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 20:16:36 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:16:46 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Sat Dec 01 20:16:52 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Sat Dec 01 20:21:43 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:21:56 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 13
[Sat Dec 01 20:22:02 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Sat Dec 01 20:23:08 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:23:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 20:23:24 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9

[Sat Dec 01 20:25:19 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:25:29 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Sat Dec 01 20:25:36 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 20:25:42 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 20:25:49 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 20:34:02 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:34:12 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Sat Dec 01 20:34:18 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Sat Dec 01 20:39:05 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 20:39:12 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 20:39:24 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 12
[Sat Dec 01 20:39:34 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Sat Dec 01 20:39:40 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 20:39:47 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 20:39:54 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 20:40:00 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 20:40:07 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 21:08:06 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:08:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Sat Dec 01 21:08:27 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 12
[Sat Dec 01 21:08:34 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 21:09:44 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:09:50 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 21:10:01 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11

[Sat Dec 01 21:11:33 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:11:41 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 21:11:48 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 21:13:47 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:13:56 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Sat Dec 01 21:14:08 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 12
[Sat Dec 01 21:14:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Sat Dec 01 21:22:54 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:23:01 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 21:23:07 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 21:23:15 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 21:23:21 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Sat Dec 01 21:23:46 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:23:54 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sat Dec 01 21:24:01 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 21:24:13 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 12

[Sat Dec 01 21:24:54 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:25:01 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sat Dec 01 21:25:10 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9

[Sat Dec 01 21:25:38 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:25:52 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 14
[Sat Dec 01 21:26:00 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Sat Dec 01 21:27:45 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sat Dec 01 21:27:51 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sat Dec 01 21:28:02 2001] Xaner begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11

Some of the initial cast times had to be determined by sleuthing the data. So Qien was quading in Cobalt Scar and his buddy was nearby.. sometimes he was in range of the melee hits, other times not. Sometimes a death message is logged, sometimes not. Other times it was by looking at the other members spell casting messages / frequency.

I feel fairly confident in the data breaks, the only exception I saw was the 22 second break in the beginning. This should be taken with a grain of salt as the mage was logged asking for help from Qien. It is possible he was running around trying not to die and pet ran out of range temporarily.

With that being said, it looks like earth pet casts it's root spell between 6-14 seconds.

I didn't want to post the raw data for all to analyze as it contains personal conversations, but a dev can always ask mcoy to PM the relative files if he's comfortable with it.

There are lots of other pets logged within the data, I'll see if I can isolate some of the 4 different types for mages.

Let me know if there are any requests with regards to the pet data (I'll work on posting the hit distribution later, too tired atm).

EDIT: Should mention that the 6-14 second cast time seems consistent with what the Mage Epic pet showed in era (granted it was a mix of procs / stuns). I did some analysis on it here: https://www.project1999.com/forums/s...0&postcount=25

[Rygar]

Additional parses on classic data and date prior to the 7/24/2002 pet tuning patch.

All these are Earth pets, should lend credibility to the EQMac data shown. I haven't ran any queries on the other pets yet (Fire / Water / Air).

All of these are from the 'Qien' log in mcoy's classic log files:

Genantik Parse:

[Sun Nov 11 14:15:06 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Sun Nov 11 14:15:14 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sun Nov 11 14:15:20 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Sun Nov 11 14:15:28 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Sun Nov 11 14:15:35 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sun Nov 11 14:15:44 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Sun Nov 11 14:15:51 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Sun Nov 11 14:16:02 2001] Genantik begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11

Xonober Parse:

[Wed Dec 12 00:52:00 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Wed Dec 12 00:52:07 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Wed Dec 12 00:52:18 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11


[Wed Dec 12 00:53:55 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Wed Dec 12 00:54:03 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Wed Dec 12 00:54:19 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 16
[Wed Dec 12 00:54:27 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Wed Dec 12 00:54:36 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9

[Wed Dec 12 00:55:20 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Wed Dec 12 00:55:28 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Wed Dec 12 00:55:49 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Wed Dec 12 00:55:57 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Wed Dec 12 00:56:19 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.

[Wed Dec 12 00:57:22 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.

[Wed Dec 12 00:59:59 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Wed Dec 12 01:00:08 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Wed Dec 12 01:00:15 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Wed Dec 12 01:00:32 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 17
[Wed Dec 12 01:00:40 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Wed Dec 12 01:00:56 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 16
[Wed Dec 12 01:01:07 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Wed Dec 12 01:01:13 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Wed Dec 12 01:01:26 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 13

[Wed Dec 12 01:02:19 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Wed Dec 12 01:02:25 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Wed Dec 12 01:02:32 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7


[Wed Dec 12 01:03:00 2001] Xonober begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.

Xabekn Parse:

[Tue Jul 09 01:46:08 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 01:46:17 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 01:46:24 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 01:46:35 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Tue Jul 09 01:46:41 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 01:46:49 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 01:46:58 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 01:47:05 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 01:47:12 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 01:47:22 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Tue Jul 09 01:47:29 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 01:47:36 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Tue Jul 09 01:57:53 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 01:57:59 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 01:58:07 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 01:58:13 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 01:58:24 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Tue Jul 09 01:58:31 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 01:58:37 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Tue Jul 09 02:08:02 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:08:09 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:08:15 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Tue Jul 09 02:25:42 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:25:48 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 02:25:58 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Tue Jul 09 02:26:08 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Tue Jul 09 02:26:16 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:26:23 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:26:30 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:26:37 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Tue Jul 09 02:29:11 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:29:27 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 16
[Tue Jul 09 02:29:34 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:29:44 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Tue Jul 09 02:29:51 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:29:57 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:06 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:13 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:21 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:28 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:36 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:44 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:52 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:30:59 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:31:06 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:31:14 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:31:21 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:31:32 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Tue Jul 09 02:31:39 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:31:46 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:31:52 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Tue Jul 09 02:33:33 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:33:40 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:33:52 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 12
[Tue Jul 09 02:33:59 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:34:06 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:34:13 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Tue Jul 09 02:42:58 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:43:14 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 16
[Tue Jul 09 02:43:21 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Tue Jul 09 02:46:02 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:46:08 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 02:46:19 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Tue Jul 09 02:46:26 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:46:34 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:46:40 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 02:46:48 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Tue Jul 09 02:48:23 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:48:31 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Tue Jul 09 02:49:46 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:49:56 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Tue Jul 09 02:50:05 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 02:50:16 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Tue Jul 09 02:50:24 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:50:32 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:50:39 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:50:47 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Tue Jul 09 02:51:44 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:51:53 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 02:51:59 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Tue Jul 09 02:54:13 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:54:21 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:54:29 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:54:36 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:54:41 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 5

[Tue Jul 09 02:54:54 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.

[Tue Jul 09 02:55:15 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.

[Tue Jul 09 02:56:07 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:56:14 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Tue Jul 09 02:56:50 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:56:57 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:57:04 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:57:13 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 02:57:22 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 02:57:29 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 02:57:37 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8
[Tue Jul 09 02:57:43 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 02:57:52 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9

[Tue Jul 09 02:58:23 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 02:58:32 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 02:58:43 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 11
[Tue Jul 09 02:58:51 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 8

[Tue Jul 09 03:08:40 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 03:08:50 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 10
[Tue Jul 09 03:08:56 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6

[Tue Jul 09 03:11:45 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Initial Cast.
[Tue Jul 09 03:11:52 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 03:12:01 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 9
[Tue Jul 09 03:12:07 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 03:12:13 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 03:12:20 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 03:12:26 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 6
[Tue Jul 09 03:12:33 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7
[Tue Jul 09 03:12:40 2002] Xabekn begins to cast a spell.   ****Time Between Casts: 7

[Selene]

So, has any developer commented on this issue or were any changes made?

I, too, played a mage back on live before Luclin era (quit during Velious) and I remember that my pets all casted frequently. In fact, the earth pet's root was so vital to my strategy as a mage as it was literally the only way I broke camps/dealt with adds, by backing my earth pet off as soon as the root was applied to a mob so I could just deal with one mob at a time.

I recently joined P99 two months ago and it is so obvious how much less frequently the pets cast their spells, that sometimes my pet would go almost 30+ seconds before even casting its root!! very frustrating and not classic at all.

(that being said, a big thank you to the devs for allowing us to enjoy this game! Please help us mages relive the experience too because we are 100% dependent on our pets, especially earth pet for CC!!!)

[Bristlebaner]

BUMP

[mcoy]

My logs are available to any verified dev for research. Just PM me and I'll send you a link to my google drive.

-Mcoy

[Bristlebaner]

Don't let this die - it's still a big isssue!

[Bristlebaner]

Telin - where are you!?

[Jimjam]

Just wanna say i remember mages spliting camps by spamming attack / back off on the first mob so it stayed out of range until it casted root, then tank/nuking down the second mob before root faded on the first.

[Bristlebaner]

Fingers crossed we get some movement on this sucker!