Game Mechanics: Mage Pet Spells

[Splorf22]

I played a mage on live, and I remember that all of the pets would cast every 6 seconds except the air stun, which was 12. This matches lucy precisely:

http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.htm...67&source=Live Air
http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.htm...20&source=Live Air Vocarate
http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.htm...69&source=Live Earth
http://lucy.allakhazam.com/spell.htm...22&source=Live Earth Vocarate
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/spell.html?spell=968 Water
http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/s...tml?spell=1021 Water Vocarate

So they should be casting those spells very frequently. And in fact I remember that magicians were concerned that their pets were wasting time casting these spells rather than meleeing and GZ was sure that it was not a problem. I recently bought a Magician and my feeling was that the pets were not casting nearly enough. So I went out to DL, maloed some green/lb cons and sicced my pet on them. I was carefully watching for resists, but between the low level of the mobs, malo, and getting lucky on the level of the pets every spell landed.

[Thu May 09 22:08:31 2013] A drolvarg rager is stunned by a gust of air.
[Thu May 09 22:08:43 2013] A drolvarg rager is stunned by a gust of air.
[Thu May 09 22:09:07 2013] A drolvarg rager is stunned by a gust of air.
[Thu May 09 22:09:24 2013] A drolvarg rager is stunned by a gust of air.
[Thu May 09 22:09:42 2013] A drolvarg rager is stunned by a gust of air.
[Thu May 09 22:10:04 2013] A drolvarg rager is stunned by a gust of air.

[Thu May 09 22:14:25 2013] A voracious brute's feet sink into the ground.
[Thu May 09 22:15:26 2013] A voracious brute's feet sink into the ground.
[Thu May 09 22:15:48 2013] A voracious brute's feet sink into the ground.

[Thu May 09 22:18:46 2013] A stonegazer cockatrice is slashed by shards of ice.
[Thu May 09 22:19:03 2013] A stonegazer cockatrice is slashed by shards of ice.
[Thu May 09 22:19:31 2013] A stonegazer cockatrice is slashed by shards of ice.
[Thu May 09 22:19:44 2013] A stonegazer cockatrice is slashed by shards of ice.

Now my (possibly faulty) memory is that the pets would cast every 12/6 seconds like clockwork. But even if it was somewhat random, I am 100% sure that the earth pet rooted more than once a minute. This is not only a pretty big issue for mages, but I'm wondering whether dragons are casting their aoes frequently enough.

[Karbuk]

Agreed!

[Splorf22]

Would also like to add that I feel pet aggro is screwy on this server as well. I will pull stuff in KC with burst of flame and half the time the mob will ignore my pet's full round of melee and still go at me. I guess sitting aggro is some of this, but still i never have this problem on my enchanter with charmed pets.

[diplo]

BUMP

[Splorf22]

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[Asap]

I remember earth pets casting root very, very frequently. Nice find Loraen

[SamwiseRed]

are you hasting your pet first? on red they cast like crazy. air pet will perma stun and earth pets will perma root.

edit: i actually have no idea if haste increases chance to cast.

i guess the point is, mage pets already stong as hell. you really need a buff?

[Splorf22]

classic is as classic does.

edit: Also I would add that Kazmeir does not feel overpowered at all in comparison to my other characters. That might change if I managed to get him an epic perhaps.

[Asap]

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

i guess the point is, mage pets already stong as hell. you really need a buff?

The point is not because we want them even more beastly then they are, it's to keep things classic

[Treats]

You should probably take a look at this on EQMac, I don't believe pets ever casted their Innate Attacks every 6 seconds. I guess it is supposed to be random between 6 and 24 seconds with the average being 12.