MAGE GUIDES FOR EQL PLAYERS ADDING A MAGE IN THEIR BUILD

[Adonhiram]

Dear fellow players,

With the multiclass system, we will have probably a lot of people incorporating a mage in their build but who never rolled a mage on live, TLPs or emus. I would like to help "new" mages by linking resources I wrote for the old mage forums. I wrote the whole TLP section in which you will find, at least I hope, useful information. Some of it may not apply to EQL considering the specifics of the server, but most of it shall stay true, especially in regard to pet control and behavior.

The TLP section of eqmagetower can be found here :  TLP section eqmagetower

Of course, you don't need to read it all, everything past Kunark is not accurate yet.

However, I urge you to read at least THIS post which explains how to make a macro adding a /pet back off command before the /pet attack command. This will be your pet attack macro during all your life. It will greatly enhance your control over your pet and it will allow you to switch targets, even when pet is tanking multiples, long before /pet hold or /pet focus. Read the post, make your macro, never again click the attack button in that pet window 

Feel free to reach out on the EQL Discord if you have questions, I will be glad to chat with all of you "new" mages.

Elemental Greetings !

Adon

[Adonhiram]

PS - Of course, once the game starts in July and I can experience myself different builds with a MAG, I'll try to write more specialized guides aimed at the specifics of EQL's gameplay. A MAG/CLR/ENC will play differently as a PAL/MNK/MAG obviously, as the pet will not be the main tank, which influences the choice of pet, where and how to position it, etc. But for the start and to help the fellow players who got into beta, the guides should provide a good general knowledge of pets and the mage class.

[Caliente]

Nice!

Thanks for sharing this, there is some helpful information there for sure. I believe I even read some of those guides while playing on a mage on TLP not long ago.

I look forward to any work you will be putting out!

[Adonhiram]

Nice!

Thanks for sharing this, there is some helpful information there for sure. I believe I even read some of those guides while playing on a mage on TLP not long ago.

I look forward to any work you will be putting out!

Thank you Caliente!

[Chalcedon]

That's funny. My initial take on a build is MAG/ENC/CLR. I'll definitely look into your links. Thanks!

[Adonhiram]

That's funny. My initial take on a build is MAG/ENC/CLR. I'll definitely look into your links. Thanks!

Have fun with your MAG/ENC/CLR, I am considering it as well Your ENC part will highly appreciate the /pet attack macro I am suggesting. It will allow you most of the time to switch targets long before /pet hold or /pet focus, so that you can disengage mob A to send your pet on mob B (or C or D...). This way, you are safer if a mez gets resisted, with taunt on, mob B,C,D should stick on pet and not rush at you. Consider your pet a "pre-mez tool". Same applies to slow, tash, etc which are all quite high aggro. However, if mob B,C,D is not close to mob A, this technique requires pet to have a run speed buff (a fast running pet is more likely to disengage if it runs faster as the mob). As a mage, on live, you get your first pet run speed buff (Expedience) in your 20s and the second one (Velocity, which is better as sow, 8O% run speed increase iirc) in Kunark era. I don't know how EQL will handle these spells, as Expedience was not implemented in classic.