Monster Summoning Pet Question from a noob mage

[Juslike]

Hi folks

My baby mage has just got to and through 30 today

I have Monster Summoning I.

Are the Monster Summoning pets better than our normal pets or just a bit of 'fluff' ?

[Tweelis]

IMO the monster pet is a toy. It looks neat but as far as actual pet for killing stuff you should stick with the fire pet plus temp and gear.

[Juslike]

Ok, will do thanks for the help

[Andorrabell]

Fire pet? Really? Won't they be meleeing and the suck at low levels? I always tell baby mages to use air.. am I missing something?

[Tweelis]

Although the fire pet is really weak melee it's way overpowered when you consider its inate damage shield.

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If you look on this page it'll show the pet names and damage shield damage. The Greater summoning fire has an inate damage shield of 28 which will tear mobs apart, especially if you can find some fast hitting mobs. Granted it has lousy mitigation and very few hitpoints but if you toss some summoned armor and a temperance onto the pet it'll be like a baby mage in god mode.

[Andorrabell]

Thanks for replying. Baby mages are gods in any case, but esp with temp and fists of ixiblat

[Bastler]

And baby clr mercs are cheap. Especially if you play in TSS where you can get good cash drops from the very start.

[Juslike]

Not got SoD - only as far as SoF - so doing it pure with no Merc, but yes I am a god

Have tried fire and air, and fire does seem better atm

[Sillaen]

It's been a while so I don't know if the pre 50 pets were revamped, but back in the day the fire pet was the absolute beast (even prior to temp, toys). Like someone before said, even though it had the least HPs/mitigation etc... it's innate dmg shield, which at those levels are way better than what you can cast on him, just dropped mobs amazingly fast. Prior to lvl 50, it was my pet of choice. However, under certain situations you would use other pets, like air for a lot of caster mobs and earth for the really heavy hitting ones.
After 50, fire pets turned into pathetic wizards ... that is until the last fire pet revamp.

As far as the monster pets, they are mainly fluff. There was a time, IIRC MS3 or/and 4 had the best survival rating for raids because of the bull rush and proc, but that's a thing of the past.

[Juslike]

Thanks for the input folks

I've played EQ off and on since 99, and for some reason never played a Mage before, I don't know why, I might have stayed put sooner

I humbly ask for forgiveness, as I have seen the error of my ways now