I don't see where it matters really - it is a spell you should use very seldom to begin with.

I got the one in Sarith on the first kill and after about 4 PH's. Such is how things are when a RNG is involved.

Type 3 augs? Which pet and what was on the pet? Damage potion?

Someone parsed or calculated a while back that a 2hb with mana return focus and 2 mana return augs in that item was about the best combo for us...that was right after HoT came out if I recall correctly. I am not sure if that changed since that was posted though...think it is over in the SOE mage for...

I've not seen this problem at all.

Are the adds low enough level that the air pet can stun them?

Molo'd these ROF mobs with an EM16 earth pet at lvl 100 and 8200ish aa's and only those buffs I could cast on myself or the merc cast: most named in Shards, a couple in EW, Kaficus in Chapterhouse, and Velishan in Breeding Grounds.

Both useless imo.

There are 30 purity augs dropping now as well.

The earth pet is also pretty awesome. Mine is EM16 focused and it handles spikey damage a lot better than the air pet did.