I like the options you have there xXxX . True enough Wiz have a few ways to level themselves solo. tstorming the place is a good idea.. when you're lvl 31. Turn Undead is also a good idea.. when you're lvl 32 ;-)
The problem rises in other situations I am a lower level wiz at this moment (not very powerful, low mc so my spells don't hurt much yet and cost a lot of mp (can be gone in 15-30 minutes).. Hunting with pets is the only cost effective way for a wiz to make money. Why should any other class be able to hunt for hours and hours and a wiz be sent home after 15-30 mins because out of mp?
I will take blackmaggots for example, because they are the only somewhat good pet I am able to tame. The taming of 5 pets, I think in my case takes an average time of 10-20 minutes. Not very quick, To be honest.. I don't want them to tame at the first hit.. but would be friendly to shorten this time a bit.. It comes with the job and saves me loads of gold during hunt so I take it for granted. I look at it as an investment.. Time for money savers
Every class that has pets (let it be summoned or tamed) prefers leveled pets over non-leveled pets. As do I, so I make the choice of leveling them.. Here is where it becomes interesting.
There are a few scenario's when it comes to lvling the pets and I will name four :
A very lucky day:
You have the pets tamed and teleport to WoomyonWoods, RT to WT and go to lobby. Nobody is there and you can level up your pets freely till lvl 7 (
This takes about 45 mins, average)
A lucky day:
You have the pets tamed and teleport to WoomyonWoods, RT to WT and go to lobby. Nobody is here and you can level up the pets till lvl 3 and other people with pets enter, you decide to tt , go to snakes and finish the leveling there. (
This takes about 1 hour 8 minutes)
A less lucky day:
You have the pets tamed and teleport to WoomyonWoods, RT to WT and go to lobby. One person with pets is here and you get a few hits in , but decide to be friendly and give the room to other one there (They were first, after all) go outside, rt in WoomyonWoods, to pre-level pets a bit so they are better for snakes and go to snakes to finish the leveling. (
This takes about 1 hour 27 min)
A crap luck day:
You have the pets tamed and teleport to WoomyonWoods, RT to WT and go to lobby. Three persons with pets is here, so no mobs. You RT around WoomyonWood, have no luck with mobs. Go to another province like Mizu and you only find a few mobs there (mostly hens and deer, they don't attack) barely pre-level the pets and then go to snakes we a few other people with pets had the same idea.. you scrape by every pet you can get..
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This takes up to 2 hours)
It's not just that it takes long to tame and level pets.. that is not the complaint. For all who think that: it's the combination with the flimsy taming time system, that makes it horrific at times
Because the taming time is a real joke to be honest. Compared to the time need to get pets and level them, even in the most lucky scenario I've had pets untame in an hour. At best it's random between 1 and 2 hours.. and they don't all untame the same spaces between them as the time between you actually taming them. To be fair: the 5 min warning helps a bit.. but isn't always exactly reliable either.. so I have to slow it down to be sure so they survive.
It would be most helpful, for hunting and planning and stuff.. If you would consider making the amount of time tamed, a fixed one. Preferably one that is in balance with the amount of time needed to get to the end-result.
Sidenote:
This is not a complaint, because if this is the way it is, this is the way it is and it is my choice to also play a wizard. But that doesn't mean we can't request a bit more leniency. ;-)
