I've seen forum posts pro and con. Is it worth the trouble to get a pet? I haven't seen a lot of ppl with pets. Im lvl 20 and hanging around Gludin/Gludio currently.
they dont really do much
the wolves can add extra damage but any damage they do detracts from your xp
hatchlings do less damage than wolves but survive better
baby pets heal you (those guys are ok)
Do you think it is something that would be handy at the early lvls (20-30)? I heard you have to keep a ton of resurrection scrolls since you only have 3 minutes to revive your pet... otherwise you have to do the whole pet process over again.
pets are a luxury item, hence they are expencive to maintain.
cost of food adds up quite a bit in a hurry for any pet. the healing pets cost about 500k adena or so when you run the quest yourself. the xping pets (wolf/hatchling) require armor, weapon, food and soulshots/spiritshots, plus you'll wanna keep lots of Blessed Res scrolls for them.
the xping pets do well with melee types than with mystic types.
so add all that up, and figure it out for yourself if it's worth having a pet or no.
I've seen forum posts pro and con. Is it worth the trouble to get a pet? I haven't seen a lot of ppl with pets. Im lvl 20 and hanging around Gludin/Gludio currently.
At your level? No.
Not only is pet gear costly (2M-18M+), but they are hard to keep alive. (Depending on your class and mobs your fighting.) NC crippled pets for most people with aggro changes in C3 and never went back and fixed their Pdef/HP/Mdef to compensate.
The hatchlings and wolf are cheap to get, via somewhat easy/lengthy quests, but the 'baby' pets will cost you ~500K+ to 'buy'. (Via 1-time quests or purchased from a Clan Hall.)
For food, Wolf eats the most, closely followed by the Star and Wind Hatchlings. They don't start out too bad, but costs rise with level. That said the food cost is still cheaper then comparable damage via/SS. (Nowhere near as fast though.) Note: While not a 'pet', the Sineater fits roughly in this area for food consumption.
The Baby pets and the Twilight hatch eat the least/easiest to feed. That said, the babies are extremely weak (Pretty much 1 hit kills to ALL mobs.) while the Twilight is a bit better, but still not up to the level of his siblings. Babies heal about 39HP without beast SPS, and around 141Hp with their 'battle heal' when your HP falls below 5%. (Takes 3/4 their MP to do that though, so it's a one shot until they regen MP a bit.)