Hmmm...Dark elf...If it were in-game, I wouldn't help you out. But in
the interests of a good mailing list, I'll go ahead and put in my two
cents worth.
Petra Fiene wrote:
>
> From: "Petra Fiene" <pfi@...>
>
> Hi fellow enchanters,
>
> ive some questions on fighting strategies with the pet, and the actual
> how-to:
>
> 1. my pet went into melee with some unwanted mob, and i have a safe position
> and want the pet to come back to keep it alive, but i found no way to to get
> the pet to do so? I just watch the pet getting slain and another 3 dagger
> going lost.. any suggestions?
Our pets only attack things that attack us first. Also, they don't
follow commands. We have sort of a moving bodyguard that doesn't listen
to advice.
>
> 2. In group fighting with possibly more than one mob, i try to tag the
> different monsters to cast my really fine enchanter spells, clicking
> directly on the chest or head of a monster, and what did i tag? ... my pet,
> my partymembers... everything clickable in around the next five miles... but
> not the monster i want. F8 always tags my pet.. its quite useless. Sometimes
> i loose lots of seconds runnig forth and back or around the battle to get
> the mob tagged. The same with 3 orcs running towards us... strategy is
> clear, just root, flux or mesmerize to control 2 of them and wait until the
> party slain the first... but the run nearly one orc inside the other,
> chances to tag them in time to cast...zero. its a stupid handling prob...and
> that stupid pet is always in the line of sight. Suggestions?
Try different views. I haven't done it yet, but I'm pretty sure the
overhead view would provide an EASY way to mouse-target opponents.
>
> 3. anyone ever casted a pet in befallen? i am getting mad about that, the
> pet is that nervous runnig around me, and is alwas really far from me, and
> get into melee with everything that moves. Once i casted 4 pets because
> every 2 minutes i realized, oh the pet got lost somewhere i didnt even hear
> a taunting attacker... i run around there a lot, from one door to the next,
> and most times i dont even see, where my pet is, and where he gets himself
> slain this time. suggestions?
I have. That was a hairy trip. Thought I was going to die, and would
have, if not for the intervention of a Troll Shadowknight named Torgo.
Made me re-think my opinion of trolls.
Our pets aren't guaranteed to work well in dungeons, but are better to
have than not have. Just get used to buying those tiny daggers. I now
have about 60 I keep in the bank, plus a supply on my person. Makes
visiting Qeynos a little easier.
Lotwilla, Fourth Circle Enchantress of the Eldritch Collective
E'Ci Server