Not crying, want to start with that. IDC that lamers are overpowered. BUT! Why can a lamer have a nightmare and 2 dragons, but I (a mage) cant have a horse and 2 summoned daemons.... you know, that dont level up, arent bonded to me, get dispelled in 2 seconds or whatever... can you hook us mages up Telamon? haha.
I'm not an advocate of tamers however... ... I am a devil's advocate so, consider that the tamer has dedicated 200 skill points to the ability to control more creatures than the average joe. Are you still hunting with summons? Aside from low level / building up character funds activities, I don't see it being all that productive aside from just simply enjoying the activity. If the latter, then have at it. However, if you want to chat up about alternatives that don't involve taming or summons PM me.
Man I'd love to see a faction fight where everyone can pull two daemons to fight for them. That would really pick things up.
Its pretty impossible to hunt anything of value with summons/ evs. I just want to walk around town looking like a bad ass =) Also it'd help a miner out for sure!
I've always considered that the main difference with tamers is how long they can farm "uninterrupted", but aside from that I have been able to find nontaming methods to take down high level creatures. Most of my methods involve being social and hunting with people. As this is classified as an mmorpg one would think that is normal, but one may also be mistaken on that point. I know I can't always align my schedule with friends I already know, so I will often hunt with anybody. but as has been stated, there is plenty of spawn on this shard that can provide you with fortune without requiring summons. Just make sure when farming you recall to the bank often (after every 1-2 kills) and find at least 3 spots you like. That way if pks roll through not only will you not be afraid of losing anything, but you also might be more willing to stand and fight. Artic Ogre Lords (2 locations) Dread Spiders (3 locations)
I wouldnt consider Arctic Ogre Lords or Dread spiders high level =) Also, My request is mostly a joke. Obviously a pure mage is only good in a party. I do remember being able to kill poison / blood eles with EVs back in the day, and sure you'd get a dispell or two but the poison (atleast on bloods) would kill them in a minute. Thats almost impossible here as poison only seems to work when its on you haha.