Okay guys, I had to look some character info up in order to understand how in the world any magician could continue defending a position that is clearly detrimental to the class.
Cielli Thesaw
Level 89
Mana 32,002
AA Total 752
Not sure if the mage is the main character or if another class has more EQ play time, but clearly with just a superficial look at these stats says Cielli might not be as experienced with the magician class as others on these boards.
Cielli, if it means anything to you, there are people posting here that have been playing a mage in EQ since the game started and they have been through a lot of ups and downs over the years which developed certain sensitivities to words posted on mage boards that can and have hurt us as a class in the past.
This is not meant to put you down in any way, because we have all been where you are, thinking we had a good handle on how to play a magician, pet abilities, etc.
However, I can tell you that a mage with 750 AA's is nowhere close to understanding the potential of mage pets or class abilities.
At your level -- not level 89 -- but AA and time played, there is a long way to go before your pet can do the things being discussed here.
Once upon a time the fire pet was the best tank -- for that content at that level WAY back at that time -- people would laugh at that today.
Also understand that those of us who do high end raiding have a viewpoint even more alien to yours, simply because our pets and abilities makes content that would take a group of non-raiders -- solo content for us.
It makes the Air pet completely different from the Air pet you have.
I am not trying to tell you that your opinion is not welcome, it is.
However, when you feel the need to post:
Cielli wrote: I'm not sure why anyone would react so violently to the thought of a change in the air pets tanking ability, its a completely smurf tank already.
you might want to ask your question another way or take a leap of faith that people who have more experience and really love the magician class have your best interest at heart when cautioning against certain actions.
My 2cp.
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