Mages

[Smasheek]

I was just wondering if there was going to be a good use for a mage other than for coth's. Their pets lack and the dps they put out isnt the greatest. The only thing that I have him tagging along for is the CotH's. If not no biggy he will be nice for power lvls I suppose lol.

[Tyler]

Maybe you aren't aware that Mage pets are like 500% better than what they are on Live. The lev70 pets and nukes are like also totally upgraded to what is on Live. Do you have these spells available yet - your ancients? The custom ones?

Also - their DPS isn't the greatest means what? Im curious to see some parses from an active Mage with Crit aas and some gear. Get the 1.5 and you have a beast as pet.

Sorry but based on your feedback (or lack thereof ) i can't tell you more.

[catthib]

My main character here is a lvl 70 Mage, and her pet tanks remarkably well. He is a yellow-con Earth pet equipped with summoned weapons, and now that I finally have Pet Affinity, he gets buffed by Sune, all hail Sune!! With her reliable Cleric bot, they have been living and AAing in Icewell Keep, and Junior tanks up to three dwarves (all dwarves must die, btw!), holds aggro quite well and never yells at the Clericbot for letting his health get too low. With the pet in the forefront of the fight, my Mage can stand back a bit and just throw nukes to her heart's content.

DPS-wise, a Mage can't really compete with a Wizard in a nuke-to-nuke stand-off, but a Wizard doesn't have a pet that can tank for them, so in my eyes, it's an even tradeoff.

[Smasheek]

Sorry, I was not aware of lvl 70 yet, I have just started on this server not too long ago and i suppose i was used to other servers as well. He is lvl 64 and climbing though. So hopefully I can get the power of the Earth pet tanking soon. Thank you.

[Tyler]

Np Even compared to other servers you should have noticed that "our" pets are noticable stronger. I think on average they are about 5-7 levels higher than what they were on live, plus 20+ more dps/hp.

Anyways, looking forward to hear from you once you get 70. It's also not only the earth pet, other flavors offer even more dps but don't tank as good.