I think my hope behind fire pet was not that it could tank, but that (in addition to proccing, AA, RB, etc) it could actually hold aggro really well for a tanking bard, since Bard will always be placed above fire pet on the hate list if he is in melee range while the fire pet flings spells from a di...

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Seems like a pretty important matter to me as well.

Thanks for the advice, guys. I'm thinking that Clash of Many on this setup would be awesome...Necro Pets+Bard Pets+Bard Aura+Talendor's+Arcane Arietta each nuke+Reluctant Benevolence And if anyone could test the fire pet, I'd be curious to hear about the results. But yeah, I am definitely hoping to ...

Heys guys, I'm returning to EQ after a while, and I'm thinking about starting a bard-mage-necro 3 box. I've done plenty of "catch-up" reading, but I do have a few questions, particularly pertaining to mage pets: Can the fire pet proc the bard's arcane arietta with his spells? Can the fire ...