Question - Pet Tank for TLP/Group Comp (TBS and beyond - Phinny)

[Muxx]

Due to my guild having an abundance of tanks on raids, i was looking for a way to get around this while still be able to enjoy raiding/boxing with my guild/and doing Expansion group progression.

I was curious to know what peoples thoughts are on a Pet Tank setup. with 1 only melee. I get stressed with multi-boxing (Trueboxing) melee, and would prefer to only have the pilot/main be a melee.

I was looking at class setups like this:
BST MAG MAG WIZ ENC CLR

BST or MAG would be my main (raid gearing wise), BST would be the pilot, BST/MAG/ENC are my favorite classes. (We also have no Beastlords on raids)
CLR/ENC basically needed for guild support on raids (im 1 of 2 enchanters on raids, we have a billion shamans on raids but few clerics). Also addicted to Cleric Divine Arb/Epic 2.0 Healing.
MAG MAG WIZ = my DPS Setup, love pets and COTH + Ports. (Enc will also have a dps rotation, and BST of course is also dpsing).

I guess my plan would be to pilot and tank using BST Pet and 1 MAG Earth Pet (As needed), 1 MAG pet for dps, the DPS on Pets and Casters DPS is starting get back up to good ranges again with Secrets of Faydwer dropping in a few weeks, as well as Seed of Destruction.

Does anyone else have experience running pet tanks on TLP around this Era? or even live Experience running pets beyond these expansions.

My General TLP/Live Team is SK CLR ENC DRU WIZ MAG - i swap in a bard when the enchanter isnt needed on raids, but i usually have the enc most of the time.

I've tried a sk/clr/brd/zerk/zerk/bst on the TLP, and melee base groups are fun but on true box it is very stressful with positioning, mobs moving out of range etc.

Would love thoughts/opinions on this idea.

I read a lot of olds posts on various comps, very little on Pet Tanking groups and limits (there was one post i saw on pet tank limits for EoK, but nothing was posted definitvely on if was super bad or just ok). I dont want to be WTF DPS like 3x Zerkers, but i just like to be able to hold my own, possible do group progression quests, tasks, and HAs.

 

[InvisigothMT]

Years ago I played with some guys who did pet groups, I had a bard and I'd pull 2 at a time and charm one and sic it on the other and the crew would send pets in. I'd go off to pull another pair and come back to them finishing off my former pet. That crew was Bard/Mage/Necro/BL with a shaman or enchanter joining sometime.

 

[eqtrader74]

I did pet groups up to DoN, but missed those expansions you're specifically asking about.

On Live, I've used KissAssist mage PetTank groups for EoK/RoS T1/T2 group content without any major issues. There are actually a couple named in OT that are much easier with a pet group than a standard tank group due to their skill/stat reducing AE. I haven't tried the RoS missions with a pet group, but that's on my to-do list.