Attack + Back Off Charm Trick

[gggun]

    What up all, 20 Coercer in tha house. Sorry for being a noob, but I can't get the attack / back off trick to work right with my charmed casters. I hit attack, then back off, and most of the time my pet just makes a quick motion and then stops. No spell casting.Am I doing something wrong here? How long do you wait before hitting back off after hitting attack? I've just been using my charmed mobs to tank, they nuke sometimes on their own. But I want to get the attack / back off action goin.<div></div>

[Life777form]

<DIV>It really depends on the mob and isnt as clean and easy as peaople make it sound with most mobs.</DIV>

[Aoi]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> gggunit wrote:<BR>    What up all, 20 Coercer in tha house. Sorry for being a noob, but I can't get the attack / back off trick to work right with my charmed casters. I hit attack, then back off, and most of the time my pet just makes a quick motion and then stops. No spell casting.<BR><BR>Am I doing something wrong here? How long do you wait before hitting back off after hitting attack? I've just been using my charmed mobs to tank, they nuke sometimes on their own. But I want to get the attack / back off action goin.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Well, first you have to make sure you have a caster pet that actually has ranged spells, and make sure you are in their range.  All you have to do is hit attack and back off immediately, over and over.</P> <P>Did you happen to read the charm guide stickied on this forum?  Mobs are just like player characters, in that they have spell timers and can't just constantly chain spells. </P> <P>I guess another good question is what are you expecting?  If you are expecting to have your pet cast every few secs, you are going to be dissapointed.  Most spells are on at least an 8-10 sec recast, and some are even longer.</P> <P>So basically, if you hit attack, then backloff and the mob casts once, then do it again immediately, chances are the pet does not have any spells up and available to cast.</P> <P>Cyene</P>

[gggun]

Thanks for the info. Do you guys setup a hotkey macro to do attack / backoff? That sounds like the best way.I've found at my lvl I can just have my caster mob tank. And yes, I do charm casters, I'm a noob to Coercer not a noob to EQ.<div></div>

[Aoi]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> gggunit wrote:<BR>Thanks for the info. Do you guys setup a hotkey macro to do attack / backoff? That sounds like the best way.<BR><BR>I've found at my lvl I can just have my caster mob tank. And yes, I do charm casters, I'm a noob to Coercer not a noob to EQ.<BR> <BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P><BR>Yah a macro definitely would not be a bad thing.</P> <P>In my experience, I have found most charmed casters are going to lead with a spell, then melee a round or 2, then cast a different spell.</P> <P>But, mobs can differ greatly.  Some of those Droags in HoF have 3-5 nice nukes, which gives the appearance of chain casting (though, some are melee range only).</P> <P>Cyene</P>

[Tanatus]

Dude turn off pet self defence and defend master....