01-02-2008, 08:36 PM
I find myself closing in anyway to heal my pet. When it loses aggro, I tend to rely on traps (freezing or frost), Concussion Shot and Wing Clip to kite and kill said mob. In really bad cases I also use Bombs with AoE 3 second stuns and really horrible situations; Advanced Target Dummy. Though that's an expensive way to avoid death (even if I get some of the parts back). There's also the Scare Beast when fighting those, though I don't like to use it as scared mobs tend to bring back some friends with them.
Often just freezing the mob, mending the pet and bandaging myself up during the 10 seconds the trap buys me, then sending in the pet to attack, is enough to get the mob to focus back on the pet. If it doesn't, I already have a second freezing (or Immolation, if it's low on HP) trap ready, since I tend to put down traps right as I fire my first shot (after the pet has drawn aggro) and thus eliminate most of the cool down.
Now at level 30 I also have Feign Death, which I'm hoping will make life even easier.
I just don't see at the moment where that +6 range is useful except when I pull myself. Which I really don't do unless the pet will draw multiple mobs if I send it in. Pulling draws aggro to me right away, which the pet then has to work to break as the mob is charging in on me.
As for PvP, I'll respec for that when I want to try it. So far though in low level duels I've won 'em all except against Rogues (don't have flare yet). Stealth + Sap is simply ridiculous. He gets caught by my freezing trap, sure, but his sap lasts 25 seconds while my trap only lasts 10. Result: I die.
Often just freezing the mob, mending the pet and bandaging myself up during the 10 seconds the trap buys me, then sending in the pet to attack, is enough to get the mob to focus back on the pet. If it doesn't, I already have a second freezing (or Immolation, if it's low on HP) trap ready, since I tend to put down traps right as I fire my first shot (after the pet has drawn aggro) and thus eliminate most of the cool down.
Now at level 30 I also have Feign Death, which I'm hoping will make life even easier.
I just don't see at the moment where that +6 range is useful except when I pull myself. Which I really don't do unless the pet will draw multiple mobs if I send it in. Pulling draws aggro to me right away, which the pet then has to work to break as the mob is charging in on me.
As for PvP, I'll respec for that when I want to try it. So far though in low level duels I've won 'em all except against Rogues (don't have flare yet). Stealth + Sap is simply ridiculous. He gets caught by my freezing trap, sure, but his sap lasts 25 seconds while my trap only lasts 10. Result: I die.