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ok i made my shaman and got myself a merc tank, here is my two questions.

#1 Is there a way to make your merc tank attack a mob you target without you doing anything to the target first, like tell your merc tank to attqck, like necro's and mag's have a pet attack button?

#2 When i buff my merc tank with all my buffs i have, is there a way to see the buffs on my merc tank so i know what buffs runs out of time ect...?

ok thank you, will check on the merc window box i dragged it open but stil saw no spells, ill try again whne i log in .

I was searching this forum for a thread I began when I first acquired my merc, but for some reason can't find it. At any rate, the advice I was given was that learning how to use the settings on your merc is very important. I am a druid with a tank merc and iirc there is an "aggressive" and a "passive" setting. 99% of the time I use aggressive. It is a "bit" like the tank attacking a mob without me doing anything, but not in the pet type sense. You can't target a mob and then send the tank in, but if I get hit by a mob that appeared out of nowhere, for example, my tank is on it often before I know I got hit...lol. As a caster, I often stand at a distance from my targeted mob, cast some type of low-aggro spell and my tank rushes in while I stand back and either heal my merc or DoT, nuke, debuff, etc. That's about the closest we can get with mercs to your question.

I use the passive mode when I want to pull a mob away from other mobs. If I keep my tank on aggressive mode, he runs in and starts fighting after I cast, which can attract the attention of nearby mobs. (Thinking here of my experiences in Bastion of Thunder.) In that case, I put my merc on passive so it basically follows me around doing nothing, cast whatever on the mob (I have found that a GREAT spell to cast that doesn't generally create aggro from other mobs is the "Nullify/Cancel Magic" line. My Pally uses that in combination with the Calm spell to single pull from a group), pull the mob where I want it, then switch my merc back to aggressive so he can begin tanking.

Something I didn't realize was a GREAT help until recently is to use the group roles and mark yourself main assist. For awhile I was using a rogue merc with my pally before I switched to a wizard and, even set on aggressive mode, they often seemed "confused" - ie. they stood around and watched me get beat up. After talking to a friend who told me to make sure to set myself as main assist (I also set myself as main tank on the pally-main puller on the druid) so the merc knows who to assist - I don't have that issue any longer.

Hope that helps a bit :)

In reguard to Azalysa search for a thread, it's merc upgrade at https://everquest.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=1&mid=1312609276177414664 , and the control part starts around post #9.

Yther Ore.

ok i got one if my toons to lvl 21, my magician and have a tier 1 Jman healer, up keep every 15 mins is 3 plat, now since im new to the the game im most of time keep up paying that 3 plat since aot of loot that been dropping for me by time i go sell i net around 35-60 plat total s 90% time np keeping up with the plat if i get low i suspend the merc and farm low mobs to get plat up alot higher faster.

Now this is what i dont understand my friend has his magician to lvl 23 he has a apprentence 2 merc confidence medum healer his up keep is around 5 gold, and NO his healer pet doesnt run away on him when he is doing multiple mobs at once , he isnt having any problems

Im still confused in the differencce of the app mercs tier 1-5 EXCEPT the cost up keep is cheaper than the Jman tier 1, a few people in game telling me dont waiste your time on app mercs no matter there tier 1 or using tier 5, well there upkeep is way cheaper than the jman tier 1 that also has a confidence LOW. As Apprencice merc 1 is confidence low, tier 2 is medium, tier 3 medium tier 4 high and tier 5 is high, so how does a Jman tier 1 confidence low better than a app merc tier 2 confidence medium, tier 3 medium, tier 4 high and tier 5 high?????

Yes i checked out all the info on here about mercs and checked the merc site on allkhazam that sony posted when mercs first came out, I do not undestand all that stuff, i have hard time understanding things due to my disabilty, BUT im now using a app 2 healer merc and loving the low cost upkeep compared to the jman tier 1 costing me more plat, im quessing the apprentice mercs may not have all the buffs than a jman tier 1 but my app healer i got only to help assist with healing nothing else till i get way much higher and then try to figure out the Jman tier 1, tier 2, tier 3, tier 4, tier 5 or they called ranks which i dont undrstand ithat part iether too, i read your post and link, YTHER,, but i just couldnt understand all you said about the merc, yes i do know how to cnntrol them depending on my playstyle, mobs ect.. thats not the problem i just cant comprehand the diff between a Jman tier 1 Low healer with my lvl 20 magiavn that costing me 3 plat to upkeep compared to now using app tier 2 medium healer. I trirft research more on the mercs for like mercs for dummies 101 rofl cause that the only way i can understand all that merc lingo like missions arc ect..... that has no menaing ot my mind i cant understand or comprehand., sorry

Edited, Dec 30th 2011 7:18am by kraetor

thank you very much, I love the info you gave me and does make sence at my starting levels im better off with a app 2 or may just dismiss her and get the app merc 5 till im higher level then switch over to a Jman, i did get a jman for my druid yesterday and WOW he killed fast lol

I agree with you Friar Bijou, i been starting to do that on one of my lvl 20 toons, that is a SUPER idea, thank you very much and by far Jman 1 is a lot better,ive been trying all the app merc tiers 1-5 of each class compared to the mobs my lvl or 1 level above me ocasionally a red con and i have to say they did not compared up to a jman tier 1, so now on im always going to stick with jmen mercs