Minor Familiar  

try out an enchanter pet sometime. Now -that's- useless. 1.) I can't order it to do jack squat. It just sits on it's fanny and waits for me to have the ever-loving beejeezus beaten out of me before it -considers _maybe_- helping out. 2.) I get NO BONUSES from having it cast. None. No mana regen, no resistance buffs. Nada. 3.) Even when it -does- fight, it's weak. I have to put all of my best buffs (which when i first got my most recent best buffs, my pet was too low of a level to even have them cast on it) on it for it to do a little damage (when it actually hits), and not die in two ticks (when it's actually doing enough damage to get aggro, which is usually me soloing, and then if it dies, I'm gone. X.x)

Or, I could always just charm a pet. If you snag a good one, they do a decent amount of damage (to you), can take quite a bit of damage (from you, while it's beating the int out of you), and can make good exp (which you'll lose, after it gets done killing you).

I'll-Enchant-U of Drinal
High Elf Jewelry Liquidation Outlet
"If I don't sell you a ring, I'll eat a bug!"

Edited, Sat May 28 16:04:17 2005

do we need a regent to cast this spell

I agree with Cendyen that you're better off with this spell than not. Ten points added to your resists is a lot and you can send the thing away every time you zone. Plus it lasts a long time. Buying an item that gives you that much added resists doesn't come cheap and I've yet to see one that gives you all five at once.

But I also agree with those who say this spell is a bad joke. Even at lvl 40 with conjur at 59 and spec conjur at 26, I usually fizzle an average of 10-15 times in a row before the thing works. That means at least two full bars of mana before I get it. Plus I almost never get skill ups from casting it.

I suggest casting eye of zomm whenever you have down time like waiting for a group to get your conjur skill up.

I agree with Arjaizen all the way!

Nice Post Arjaizen ! I picked up my minor familiar spell when I was 40th. I figured I just did not notice any mana regen. because it was two spell levels below my current ******** Reguardless; I play on RALLOS ZEK ! The bonus resistance makes this spell VERY SWEET INDEED. Mana smana come to my world and play a real game of EQ my friend. The 'Shoot out noob zones' reflect only a small part of the ZEK experience. We are a vast array of non allied people going thru everyday adventuring with small groups of ******** crashing the party. Hummmmm... Wait that's real life Im talking about but nevertheless; no where will you find a more enjoyable experience. No minor problems to worry yourself because you just want to make it home alive. Risk and Reward factor on Rallos is to the moon compared to "Soccer Servers" where everyone is unhappy because they all finished in a tie for first place. So to end my long tedious post I say to my fellow Wizards buy it and try it out for yourselves. Anyone who sits and counts down the ticker on spells and item's and feels cheated needs to find a new game to play. IT's A GAME. Stop counting and start playing :)

Valria. RALLOS ZEK ( Real Risk, Real Reward )

1. Maybe a focus effect could be added.
2. Maybe the familiar could be given two fine steel long swords and sent after that ganker who just.... Oh nm.
3. Maybe a command of "Pet find 'insert gankers name here'And the pet would instantly home in on the dude like a cruse missle."
4. Maybe the familiar would fart or pee on your group members which would add to Party joking and wacky banter. Hu you guys dont joke around on blue servers. humm....
5. How about the familiars would forage up money for thoes of you car salesmen,greedy teens,scumbag lawyers and future ENRON penny poachers on blue servers and we can keep the wacky stuff on the PvP servers.


Edited, Mon Jun 17 04:54:40 2002

I had a familiar summoned when dueling a bard friend of mine and she could not charm me. I removed the familiar buff and then she was able to charm me as usual. I would like confirmation on whether or not the familiar prevents charm, because if so it would be a very valuable tool in places like the Lair of Splitpaw.

Cendien Myndfyre
Lvl 30 Wizard
Wild Hunt

One of the first things I wanted to do upon hitting level 29 was to get this spell. I'd heard that familiars help in regenerating mana, and even a 1 point/tick improvement in mana recovery would be a big help in getting back to fighting after a nasty pull.

After I got the spell, I noticed it really didn't seem to help me get back my mana any faster. In fact, 1 point of mana regen doesn't come until Lesser Familiar, at level 49!

I've quickly come to the conclusion that the cost of a familiar isn't likely to be worth the casting cost.

1: +10 resistances for the most part only helps versus casters. (I suppose if one were soloing, and fighting things that could poison or disease you, then the familar would be useful.)

2: One area effect spell from a casting mob will waste the familiar, and wipe out your resistance bonus anyway.

3: A slightly reduced fizzle rate is not much of a benefit. I almost never fizzle, and if I do, the mana loss is not significant. Even if the familiar -eliminated- fizzles, I'm not sure the benefit would offset the cost.

If every familiar up the line had its mana regen upped by one point/tick, it would make the cost of summoning worth it.

If not that, then having the familiar provide a substantive benefit... increasing the chance of criticals by 20%, for example, would make them valuable.

In my opinion, a familiar (at least at level 29,) is little more than an ornament at worst, and at best is only useful in a few selected situations.