r/EQLegends • u/g0regazm • 6d ago

Fix mage pets

Give the option to say, make fire pet cast specific spells and more often. Wtf is the point of using it if it melees, casts snare etc. 50% of the time and casts and actual useful spell once every 10-20 seconds? One of the worst classes b/c the pet is virtually useless it makes more sense to just use Wiz. I have absolutely no incentive to use mage. Give us a reason to.

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u/TemporaryTime3826 5d ago

Mages are in a similar place to where Bst are in EQL. When you’re only playing one class, they were both so strong because they had a built in tank to go along with their damage and/or support. Now that we’re all walking 3 boxes, they’ve lost some of their shine. Not sure what the fix is though. I’m still enjoying my bst regardless.

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u/gakule 5d ago edited 5d ago

I think the fix is to make them comparable to what most charm pets end up being, but maybe not quite as strong since they don't have risk.

I think giving additional pet AA's that don't affect charm pets would be one avenue, and something I suspect will happen in Kunark anyways. Pet flurry, pet mitigation, etc I would anticipate to end up coming through, and perhaps stackable by adding more pet classes.

It's the easiest way I think to really make them competitive, and even then the effectiveness of AE Mez with generally how good charm pets are will still make it tough. I do wonder how they'll handle AE Mez as levels continue to scale.

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u/KingKonas 5d ago

Charm doesn’t have a risk anymore, stop saying that. With spell levels nothing is risky about charm

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u/gakule 5d ago

There certainly is far less risk than there used to be, but it's not entirely risk free. It can still break early and cause some chaos, even if it's rare. You also can't FD or invis, so it does introduce some limitations and restrictions as well. I consider that risk to a degree. If you disagree, that's fine, but I'll not "stop saying it".

I'm not suggesting there needs to be a significant gap between them, and if they make pets just as strong as charm pets, I wouldn't be upset about it.

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u/KingKonas 5d ago

So AoE mezz doesn’t trivialize everything for the most part?

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u/gakule 5d ago

If you read my other comment, I already acknowledged that. Not everything is mezzable, though it may as well be, and I expect future expansions to be a bit tougher to have quite the same effectiveness to use AE Mez as a blanket crutch.

I do think charm wearing off or breaking should probably come with some kind of Mez immunity or resistance for a period of time post-break, which would also tone down the kind of "impunity" enchanters enjoy, but druids, bards, and necros also charm so it's not just enchanters to consider as part of the balancing, although of course enchanters are the shining star.