Ranged pet attack ?

[Wintersborn]

<p>Hello me and my GF are having fun playing a Coercer and Necro Duo but we are new to pet classes so I have a few questions that I hope someone can answer.</p><p>1. How or what is the command to make your pet charmed or conjured only use ranged attacks ?</p><p>2. If I charm a Healer mob can I make it or will it cast heals on us by itself ?</p><p>As it is right now Her (Necro) pet tanks while she does some DPS and I (Coercer) CC adds etc and melee for DPS and I would like to add some more DPS or healing from a Charmed mage or healer mob.</p><p>I have read that if I were to switch to a casting AA spec I may be able to get a bit more DPS but I really like the Str/Melee line : )</p><p>Anyone know how or if it is able to be done ?</p><p>Thanks</p>

[Wintersborn]

<p>Hmm somehow it double posted, sorry ?</p>

[Lord Montague]

<p>1. The command it /pet ranged</p><p>2. Sadly, there is no way to force a charmed mob or any particular pet to do certain things (although I know a necro can force their tank pet to taunt, that's about it though).  So whether or not it heals anyone will be purely on a whim of the AI.</p>

[Oriax]

<p>A healer pet will never heal you or a group member. It will however heal itself but then only if it's hp drops to below 50% or less.</p>

[Wintersborn]

<p>Ok thanks for the /command.</p><p>So the best way to get DPS out of a charmed pet is to find a Mage mob.</p><p>Anyone find the Str line viable in the later levels ? I like the idea of a Melee mage : )</p>

[Eriol]

<p>I don't know about charmed pets (haven't bothered to try) but in addition to the /pet ranged command, there is a /pet melee command, and a "pet options" menu.  You access this by right-clicking on the pet itself, and there should be a pet options window which can dictate the /pet ranged or /pet melee behavior.  For the necro pet at least (as well as your god pets, so that they'll PERMANENTLY hide), and I can see the same mechanic working for charmed pets, though it's possible it wouldn't.</p><p>Good luck.</p>

[Oriax]

<p>If you have a charmed pet or possessed essence then you will still have the same pet window that summoners have with all the same commands. If the charmed or possessed mob is a mage or priest then it will cast damage spells and self heal (priests) at ranged. Even some shadowknight type mobs will cast a ranged spell from time to time or summon the temp pet they have while at ranged.</p>

[Eriol]

<p><cite>Strossus@Runnyeye wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>If you have a charmed pet or possessed essence then you will still have the same pet window that summoners have with all the same commands.</p></blockquote><p>Do you mean pet options, or the normal command window?  The normal "pet window" of course is always the same (heck even templars get that for their short-duration hammer pet), but I was referring to the window that comes up when you right-click a summoner pet and specifically choose the "Pet Options" option in that menu, which allows you to set the hide/not hidden for god pets, and the melee/ranged for "normal" pets.</p>

[Rijacki]

<p>A side note:</p><p>You can name your Possessed pet but not your Charmed *sniffle*</p><p>You can even name dumbfires (i.e. Puppetmaster) but only if you use a macro to fire it and have /petname [name] in the commands.</p><p>My possessed pet is "Moppet", my dumbfire Puppetmaster are "Mini". My Cazic pet is "Borden".  Those are the only pets I ever bother with, usually.</p>