Problem - Mage Pet Gear Failing

[Tovin]

My mage used to work perfectly in terms of summoning a pet and giving it weapons. A few months back I leveled from 95 to 100 and it hasn't worked since. The behavior is quite odd.

Desired behavior: When kiss activates or the pet dies, mage summons new pet and gives it weapons and gear. When the /pettoysplz (Pet Name) command is issued, give that pet the appropriate weapons and gear.

Current behavior: Mage summons pet but never summons gear. If pet is subsequently killed with /pet get lost, mage proceeds to summon the pet gear pack (but doesn't unwrap it). Mage then summons pet, buffs, and just leaves the unwrapped pack in top level inventory slot. Says "slot 4 is open, using that one" ... even if the slot is not open but slot 5 is.

When issued pettoysplz command: Will summon weapon pack, unfold it, and give it to the target. Will NOT summon and give weapons to mage's own pet (when ordered), only others' pets.

Here is the pet section of INI, although I've tried every combination I can think of:

[Pet]
PetOn=1
PetSpell=Shard of Water
PetFocus=NULL
PetShrinkOn=1
PetShrinkSpell=Putryl, Jagged Hoop of Heresy
PetBuffsOn=1
PetBuffs1=Burnout XI
PetBuffs2=Iceflame Eminence
PetBuffs3=Companion's Aegis
PetBuffs4=Second Wind Ward
PetBuffs5=NULL
PetBuffs6=NULL
PetBuffs7=NULL
PetBuffs8=NULL
PetCombatOn=1
PetToysOn=1
PetToys1=Grant Frightforged Armaments|Summoned: Frightforged Iceblade|Summoned: Frightforged Shortsword
PetToys2=Grant Visor of Gobeker
PetToys3=NULL
PetToys4=NULL
PetToys5=NULL
PetToys6=NULL
PetToysGave=Comet|Grant Frightforged Armaments:Summoned: Frightforged Iceblade1|Grant Frightforged Armaments:Summoned: Frightforged Shortsword2|Grant Visor of Gobeker
PetBreakMezSpell=NULL
PetRampPullWait=0
PetSuspend=0
MoveWhenHit=0

 

[Maskoi]

What version of Kiss are you using?

Comet. You named your pet after a reindeer that's cute.

 

[Tovin]

Using 8.5.5. Been broken for me since about February I believe.

And I named my pet after a deadly icy missile hurtling through space and time!!! And yes, a reindeer, never thought of it that way ... I feel emasculated.

 

[Sum1]

And yes, a reindeer, never thought of it that way ... I feel emasculated.

lol, well done! Are you married? If not, you don't know what emasculation is, yet

 

[ctaylor22]

Here is a link about the same issue:

http://www.redguides.com/community/showthread.php/38635-Mage-Pet-Toys

 

[macroquester]

Arent mage pets summmoned now with gear already, they just need weapons? So you dont need to summon gear for it.

 

[SamhainIowa]

Pets above a certain level (71) come with gear when summoned, and better gear depending on the pet focus equipped

for full information on what gear and how focii interact with pets take a look at
http://www.eqmagetower.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=2789

 

[Tovin]

That other link was very helpful, thanks for sharing ctaylor22. I'm not a fan of directly editing KA myself given I run multiple computers and replace files when new KA versions become available. I raid with my box team -- I'll just make my guildmates hand weapons to their own darn pets!!

And SamhainIowa --- thanks for the link. I was mostly concerned with giving the Mage pet a set of weapons and then giving the rest of my guild a full set of gear for their wimpy pets!

 

[ctaylor22]

I think this issue was fixed in KA 9.0.