Pet & Melee

Cenarius · 04-16-2009, 08:47 AM

I was wondering, since I left the game for around 1 year, if those two things got some changes.

around June 08

Pet: As far as I remember.. the pet overall zone dps was not really doing very much. Including timesink while casting, dying etc. what is coming with having a pet, it was not really pushing our dps.

Melee: there has been some discussion about melee, since most of raidmobs casting AE's, moving in and out and with this losing time while you could cast etc. it was not worth to do it and even str achiement tree was not successful.

Any advices?

Attli · 04-16-2009, 12:19 PM

Pet seems to vary wildly depending on whether or not you're in a group or raid. In a group my essence pet is about 150ish or so, but in a raid it's about 850ish. So yes, pet is very much worth it.

As for melee, I usually smack trash mobs around a bit, but almost never on named encounters, as the AEs are usually too brutal and I don't feel like eating up the MT wards more than I have to :P

Revel · 04-17-2009, 04:38 AM

I basically have the same experiences.

Pet depends alot on the buffs and the procs that your group/raid has up. It does at least 400 in raids, but can spike up to 1k.

Melee is more limited. I've seen people obtain approximately 600, but without it I've reached 200. So the gain is pretty small.

Pricia · 04-17-2009, 04:16 PM

I usually take a pet, unless in situations where I know it won't last long anyway (AoE mobs, or I know I might die soon anyway). For melee, I only bother really when I have time to get close to the mob or I know it's going to be a longer fight (and I won't die from AoE). I always melee Varsoon or the Naga in Tombs for example.

Cenarius · 04-18-2009, 03:26 AM

Allright thx so I tested with a pet and was working fine...