This is a regular Everquest question and does not involve macroquest as such. I hope this is the right forum for this question.
I am used to 2-box a monk and a bard, with a merc tank and merc healer. The monk is the main toon, and sends commands to the bard. The mercs work on their own.
I am now adding a third toon, a mage, since everyone tells me over and over again that a mage pet out-tanks a merc tank by far. But the merc tank has a lot of build in features. I dont need to tell it to attack, if the monk is designated main assist and puller, and the merc tank is set to main tank. The merc tank taunts and tanks.
Will the mage pet command "/pet guard here" work in a similar manner? The pet has taunt on. Will it take over and tank the mob the monk pulls into camp automatically, or will the mage have to tell the pet to attack?
Also, any other how-to advice for this type of trio is welcome. The merc healer stays, obviously. Should I switch out the merc tank for a merc DPS (I have zero experience here) and if so, should it be melee DPS or caster DPS?
I am used to 2-box a monk and a bard, with a merc tank and merc healer. The monk is the main toon, and sends commands to the bard. The mercs work on their own.
I am now adding a third toon, a mage, since everyone tells me over and over again that a mage pet out-tanks a merc tank by far. But the merc tank has a lot of build in features. I dont need to tell it to attack, if the monk is designated main assist and puller, and the merc tank is set to main tank. The merc tank taunts and tanks.
Will the mage pet command "/pet guard here" work in a similar manner? The pet has taunt on. Will it take over and tank the mob the monk pulls into camp automatically, or will the mage have to tell the pet to attack?
Also, any other how-to advice for this type of trio is welcome. The merc healer stays, obviously. Should I switch out the merc tank for a merc DPS (I have zero experience here) and if so, should it be melee DPS or caster DPS?