Pet Aggro Issues

[StoneySilen]

<DIV>Yesterday I went into Hidden Vale(think that is what is called) near the little rat merchant in CL and sells the Earthwalking Potion.  Anyway I went in there and charmed a wizard pet in there.  They would open up with nuking the mob with a 100+ dmg spell, then I cast a debuff on the mob and everytime the mob would beeline for me even though I only casted a debuff.  Is our pets aggro from damage that low that a simple debuff gains more aggro then a 100dmg spell?</DIV>

[Jacien]

The issue is code based. Coercer pets are not pets in the same sence that necro/conj/illus pets are. And with this in mind it's important to note the Charm is constantly updated on the mob you are controling as a pet. Thus, targets will almost always go straight for the coercer as soon as you perform any action at all, sometimes without any action at all, because the charm is much like a buff that is constantly refreshed upon the pet.Think of it this way (as a comparison). You're a templar/inqui with a reactive heal on the pet.<div></div>

[Gutmonger]

Is your charm master? Honestly even with adepts its pretty horrible but when you go into master its 100%  better. I found most pets suck pretty bad untill I got to CT. You will find pets in your 40+++ levels have much better bite. I dont have aggro problems anymore for the mostpart. If my pets at lower levels where as effective as they are now I probably would have just soloed my way up. It does get better.

[Celidya]

I usually cast the hate buff and dps buff on my pet, and keep the int/agi with the last conc slot. Aggro is not really an issue, if i want the pet to keep aggro (which happens very rarely, it's better to charm a mage pet and burn the mob as fast as possible with stun/root/daze/stifle to avoid getting it, than to let my pet takes hits), i send him, let him take a few hits, then full debuff, and usually when the mob turns to me he's almost dead.If you really want a tank pet, try to find a fighter one with taunt, that helps, but a big nuke is always better <span>:smileytongue:</span><div></div>

[StoneySilen]

Well my coercer is only lvl 21 now so he probably doesn't have half the spells you guys talked about.  But I would have thought a 100point damage spell by a wizard pet would give enough aggro to keep the mob off me.  But it didn't, just a simple debuff on the mob would cause them to turn to me.

[MugnMo]

Stuns, stifles, dazes, power drains, and debuffs all general alot of agro. I'm much more likely to pull agro when I'm playing "defensively" than I am when I'm nuking and doting.

[Venzule]

<P>Send pet.<BR>Root Target.<BR>Load it up with everything.<BR>When root breaks Stun.<BR>Apply Root again.<BR>When root breaks Stun.</P> <P> </P> <P>Dead Mob.</P>

[SonnyA]

<div><blockquote><hr>StoneySilence wrote:<div>Yesterday I went into Hidden Vale(think that is what is called) near the little rat merchant in CL and sells the Earthwalking Potion.  Anyway I went in there and charmed a wizard pet in there.  They would open up with nuking the mob with a 100+ dmg spell, then I cast a debuff on the mob and everytime the mob would beeline for me even though I only casted a debuff.  Is our pets aggro from damage that low that a simple debuff gains more aggro then a 100dmg spell?</div><hr></blockquote>That's Valley of the rogue magi and what you're describing sounds like a bug. My coercer lived there for most of his teens and I've never experienced this. If the pet opens with a nuke, there's no way that you should be able to pull aggro with a debuff. Is it the same behavior if you use other spells? It might be the spell that's bugged.But the best pet in there is the Diabolist.</div>