EQ2: Tri-Box BLs

[Lyonheart]

I'm finding the 3x3 boxing very enjoyable. the mercs are incredibly powerful and it fixes a lot of issues with the dungeon finder. the dungeon finder will try to keep you together but gives a sort of first come first serve to people in the queue ( so you might get instant pop and you might wait 30 minutes even thought you queued a pre-made team). if you queue 3x3 it will drop the mercs as needed so you almost always get an instant pop. You don't feel so cheated when a merc is dropped.

I have a question about the BL, can the beasts powers be added to a macro or do you have to click on the screen ? I don't have my BL on the main screen so I've just kind of let him do his thing in the background, I'm sure he would be more powerful if did a little work on him.

Im so low that im not sure how effective my method is. but yea.. i place the BL abilities in my macros based on their timers, just like other spells. But im sure that is not optimal. I will miss around with it when it matters more.. right now the team is just way OP.. i went in Cazic Thul when the front mobs were orange cons and the nameds were red ( 10 levels above my team or more ) and killed everything easy. I know from the past that dungons get harder at some point. So when i need to refine my macros..i will. But right now it works great.

One thing i do that really helps is I have video feeds over my pet bars and they heal you get for them as well.. so i can see their health, power and such. So once i do make macros to use their powers I can do it that way.. just click through the video feed at the right times etc..

the thing i love about BLs in EQ2, is they feel like what i always thought a survival hunter should be in WoW. They have some ranged.. but they use mostly melee with a lot of help from the pets. I have not even changed pets since level 10 ( when you can tame ) I use a lion that i got on noob island. But i know there are a lot of options.

Also, at 30ish you get spirit stance, wich allows your pet to heal via its damage. I have not utilized that yet either.. have not needed to. So i will do some testing with that as well.