switchdoc
07-03-2010, 03:40 AM
<p>First off, hello all!</p><p>My wife and I just came back to EQ2 after not playing for over a a year and a half or so. Because we wanted to avoid the situation we had last time (the two of us in the same room, playing the same game, but doing completely different things and not even talking to each other) we agreed that we would roll brand new toons and duo exclusively.</p><p>So, she rolled a Fury and I rolled a Necromancer. My original thought had been that the Necromancer Tank Pet could act as almost a third group member, effectively giving us a nice threesome with the fury for nukes and heals and the necro for additional damage and some crowd control (snares, fears, stuns, etc)</p><p>In doing research I came accross a post with two different AA specs, one for Tank/Solo and One for Mage/DPS. I am hoping you will know of the guides I am referring to as I don't have a link handy and they factor heavily into the questions in this post. Basically one is designed to spec AAs into the tank pet for soloing and one is designed to use the Mage pet for DPS assuming it will be used in groups and raids.</p><p>Because we aren't technically a 'group' I've been using my AA's as suggested in the Solo/Tank Guide, focusing on tainted heals and then on to Perceptors Command and Perceptors Bodyguard with a bit in teh Wisdom line when I am feeling adventerous.</p><p>So far this has been working very well, but I am finding as I get to the mid 30s (just hit 34 tonight) that fights really drag out using the Tank pet. Because of this I've been using the mage pet more and he seems to be holding his own for the most part. Now I am worried that I am wasting AA on the tank that could be spent specing for the mage pet using the Mage/DPS guide which I am assuming would add significant DPS to our little duo and speed up the fights.</p><p>So my question is this. In a our duo, Fury and Necro, should I be focusing on the Solo tank build, or the mage/dps build?</p><p>One of the first things the mage/dps guide has you do is put points in the Int line (I believe), and the first skill there is to reduce the amount of hate the pet receives. You have to put points into this before you can get to the goodies below it. This makes me assume that the mage pet will not hold aggro well. Is this the case? In a full group or a raid this is desireable. The mob should be beating on the tank, not sparky. In our duo though, we don't have a tank so if sparky isn't getting beat on, we are.</p><p>So, the question is, does the Mage pet hold aggro well enough (or kill fast enough) that I can spec for him and get the advantages of more DPS and hopefully quicker fights? Or because we lack a real tank am I going to need that Tank pet? I really want to use the mage pet but my wife insists that wiping every third pull does NOT build character no matter what I say. <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.</p><p>Oh, also if you don't mind, a real newb question:</p><p>Where does one get this magical respec mirror I've been hearing about? Everyone posts about it like its the most common thing in the world to have aside from tussah root but I've never seen one. Is ita higher level item I can't get to at 34?</p><p>Thanks again!</p><p>-Switch</p>