Thanks. I didn't think about the air pet stun, guess that would work better to help mitigate any damage.

I am going to be starting a newbie mage with a friend who is new to EQ and was wondering which was best: 1) Tank merc with fire pet, let the merc take the hits with a DS and just have pet dps and myself nuke while hunting red cons, or 2) Fire pet with cleric merc and just mow through white/blue cons...