pet Training

"News" <picthford DeleteThis @btinternet.com> writes:
>once you get hunter to level 60, is it possible to go get new pet ( emu
>thing around lvl 15) and train it up to lvl 60??

It's certainly possible, but not bloody likely. Your pet will gain
experience all the time as he's below you in level, but in most places
you'd be even vaguely interested in fighting in, the pet will a) be a
gigantic aggro magnet, and b) will be dead in seconds.

You would have to spend lots of time in low-level areas grinding
experience for your pet. Doesn't sound like much fun to me. *
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* PV something like badgers--something like lizards--and something
like corkscrews.
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In article <eebpn8$fr9$1@atlas.ip-plus.net>, Christian Stauffer
<wildcard666.RemoveThis@bluewin.ch> wrote:

> I recently tamed a deviate stalker (blackish raptor in wailing caverns)
> and tried to level him, but gave up quickly. I needed about 8 level 48
> mobs to get him from 15 to 16, but killing a level 48 mob without a
> tank is a tedious job for a hunter, even at 60 with decent (blue) gear.

I tamed a Rotting Agam'ar (L28) at L60, and it's not that difficult to
level up. Felstone Field is ideal, especially the skeletal mages. Until
your pet is high enough to do damage, it's just best to keep him out to
get the xp, and you get to use all the hunter skills you've forgotten
in the last 40 levels

Ranged L50-52 mobs like the mages are trivial - no L60 hunter is going
to lose a ranged firefight, and even the melee mobs just need a bit of
care. Fire Trap, then start with a stun to slow them down, and an aimed
shot and multi-shot combo (or even serpent sting for the dot) should
have them pretty low. When they get in melee range, you can wing clip
them, run a few yards and hit them on the turn with another multi-shot
and then finish them off with a sword. Any crit during this will finish
the fight in half the time. Ice Traps are useful for double pulls.

I guess it's 'tedious' in that you have to do different things, but
it's more interesting than just sending in a L60 pet and auto-piloting
autoshot. I've got my boar to L60, and I'd consider doing it again with
a different low level pet, just for the change of pace.

Felstone Field (when it's not completely botted out) is also a great
place for AD rep.

Oh, and it seems that pets use *your* level for aggro, not their own.

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Neil
aka HighVis

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