Proof that Water Pets are supposed to have significantly increased health regen:

[Jimjam]

Just for a moment lets all do the bump.

[Baler]

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

http://www.watson.org/~wander/eq/index2.html

Water: The water elemental has nearly as many hit points as the earth elemental. In addition, it's agility is better (it gets hit less), and it has a super fast regeneration. These factors also make it a popular soloing pet. It casts a direct damage spell, though how much damage this does in relation to its attack and the DD spell of fire is unknown. Its strength and attack rate (if they are indeed applicable and differ between the elementals) is probably in the middle, between earth and air.

https://web.archive.org/web/19991104...lementals.html
Nov, 1999 claims water pet has the fastest regen. But it's just that text, no examples or logs.

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

Here's one I found from 2001 where I specifically talked about the Water Pet's fast regen and poison immunity - http://everquest.allakhazam.com/db/c...00662102725701

Water – This pet is the pet that is totally balanced. It has good hitpoints, good agility, and does good damage. Its special abilities are that it is immune to poison and that it has regen. This pet is good for when you are camping a spot where things re-pop very quickly, since it regains its hitpoints so quickly from the regen. It also shines when fighting snakes that poison, since it is immune to poison. And lastly, it is a great pet for when you are poor, because you can buy just this pet and do all right with only it.

Kunark Prima Guide

The Water pet is immune to poison

Cutting it close but a post on Dec 6th 10:07 AM 2001

Water pet because it regenerates the fastest

https://web.archive.org/web/20181219...00765122675802

Dec 4th 5:21 AM 2001

Used a water pet of course since they are immune to poison.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181028...00746126714827

Oct 4th 9:13 PM 2001

On pets, yet again im saying this untill about lvl 34 earth is about as bad as using Fire to tank, (earth get hit alot canceling out the bonus of having a lot of HPS) there is not best pet but for soloing
Water is the best till 34. It has natural regen ( bout 4 hps a tick) Immune to poison,
Medium ac, good attack (better than earth) and it can back stab at lvl 39 o), Plus it has the second best hps and hits as bout as hard if not harder than earth. so making the water pet good ( imo the best ) for soloing below lvl 39

https://web.archive.org/web/20020111...ss=12&start=50

Oct 4th 9:13 PM 2001

Also the regen is very nice. let an earth pet get beat down, and then compare its regen time to the water, you'll see what I mean

https://web.archive.org/web/20020111...ss=12&start=50

Aug 21st 10:34 AM 2001

Water - This pet is your pet that is pretty much average in all areas. It has a good amount of hitpoints, does a good amount of damage, and has a fair amount of agility. It also regenerates hitpoints quickly and is immune to poison spells and effects.

https://web.archive.org/web/20020314...=9984044988117

[Dolalin]

Water pets definitely had faster regen.

[Baler]

Jul 20th 1:22 PM 2001

Water is good because it has decent hp, quick heal rate and a damage spell.

https://web.archive.org/web/20030525...=9956497323260

Jul 16th 4:25 AM 2001

If you go solo, then hunt darkweed snakes and be sure to choose water pet. Its almost immune to poison.

https://web.archive.org/web/20020322...99527191283218

May 24th 6:46 PM 2001

It is also immune to poison. Best of all, its regen rate is the fastest.

https://web.archive.org/web/20181030...99074440454420

May 13th 3:02 AM 2001

It has Best Regen point, immune to ANY type of poison attack

https://web.archive.org/web/20030516...98973734450361

Apr 1st 6:50 AM 2001

Water: Very resistant (possibly immune) to poison, highest hitpoint regeneration.

https://web.archive.org/web/20020829...=9861222279969

Apr 3rd 4:35 PM 2001

is immune to poison, and regens HP very quickly.
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nice to have in some situations( the poison immunity and fast HP-regen).

https://web.archive.org/web/20020829...98633011956980

Apr 5th 5:38 PM 2001

Water: Fast regen

https://web.archive.org/web/20020321...98650671894604

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I really hope water pets had faster regen and not that other pets had less regen, if you know what I mean. :x

Because that would mean everyone was getting excited for faster regen water pet when in fact they may be calling for a nerf on other pet's regen?

--off topic--
Aug 27th 12:56 PM 2001

Burnout - This spell will make your pets regen their hp slower, but it will also make them attack better. A good pet buff spell. Always keep it on your pet.

https://web.archive.org/web/20020322...99893141466521

Wat, lol.. lord what can of worms have we opened.

[Sabin76]

I distinctly remember Water Pets having faster regen and poison resistance/immunity back in the day as well. I seem to recall the stuff about the different stats, too, but I'm less confident about that (I THINK I remember the Earth pet getting hit a bunch, but also hitting like a truck, and I have a very vague recollection of some Mages saying it wasn't worth putting a DS on the air pet because it didn't get hit enough).

[Theturtlehermit]

Thanks for all the research, Baler.

I knew I wasnt crazy soloing Asps in oasis with water pet with ease because of the poison immunity and regen. (20 years ago holy geez lol)

[Baler]

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

Thanks for all the research, Baler.

I knew I wasnt crazy soloing Asps in oasis with water pet with ease because of the poison immunity and regen. (20 years ago holy geez lol)

I'm pretty sure there are even older pages, I gave up once I hit early 2001. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Whether or not water eles has more regen due to their being higher or other eles being lower, I did not determine. There are people who talk about downtime in some of those posts I linked.
There is more research that needs to be done on this imo.

[aaezil]

Did people think it had fast regen because it had a lot less HP and the numbers ticked up faster? Possibly

The immunity to poison seems right though

[Theturtlehermit]

Its not going to be because of low hp that the water pet seemed to regen faster. If this were the case, then the fire and air pets would seem to regen faster than the water pets. However, this was far from the case.

[Theturtlehermit]

iirc , water pets had a flat +15 or so hp regen per tick at lvl 4 and this remained until higher levels (50+, perhaps) where the numbers for all the elementals change in calculus abit. Still, the water pet always outshined the other pets for health regen by far. And without commanding the pet to sit, which gave it additional hp regen if you did so. (cant remember if the sitting mechanic was classic or not, but i think so)