mmmmk... Pet "control"

so we just got the new pet control. it consists of the pets hp and 3 commands:
attack- Sik em
defend- act normally
heel- quit ****ing around and come to me!
so... enough control or not?

Fine with me. at least I can Partialy control what my pet does.

Absolutely enough control.

Attack: "Ok, quit RED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GORED ENGINE GOing attacking the thing we can't hurt and attack THIS one, you fuzzy nublet!" or "Pet, it's time I teach you to draw fire."

Defend: "Keep close to me, just don't do anything stupid."

Heel: "... wait, I can pull them WITHOUT my pet acting like a dumbass? SWEET!!"

Try tapping that Attack button mid fight. Keeps your pet on the right target as you go along.

I actually find that even more useful than the pet control buttons, are the status icons below the pet window. Seeing which pet attack is currently active, which pet buffs (the various Call skills) are active, etc. is very useful, even more as these icons also include a timer bar.

Perfect, simple and effective. Attack one enemy and let your pet attack the other.

I do laugh that these basic controls were the "ZOMG PET CONTROLS!!!!!" that Gaile was hyping up. They work nice though.

The ability to see the effects on your pet shouldn't be underestimated. Actually knowing what hexes and conditions are on your pet instead of just having to guess off of downwards arrows is quite helpful.

Combined with basic hero controls, and I'm satisfied with it. It's not perfect, but it handles most of the fundamental problems of pet management from the past.

3 heroes and 4 pets makes for some insane clutter though

It's pretty much what I expected it would be. There's really not much more control you can add short of adding their own skill bar. Another possibility is being able to flag them the way you do with heroes but it can get really messy with all the micromanagement.

I'm still doing some tests to see if the nerfs to the pet interrupts were warranted because of the new pet controls. It's more out of curiosity than anything though.

I was kinda expecting more, but whatever. Some better than none.

Weak, but gets the job done. I agree that Gaile hyped these up too much.

Effective, though. No complaints here.

It's very nice, I've used a couple times today already. I like that it's nice and simple and not uber complicated too.

i think it is perfect. if i need to break off an attack and run or attack someone else because the enemies rezzed or if i need to pull monsters without worrying about my pet getting in the way, i can control that.

NOOOOOO!!!!!! WHY DID YOU ADD CONTROLS FOR PETS?!?!? The whole fun of the pet was their fuzzy logic!

OK, j/k. Perfect pet controls. TYVM.

A pet "flag" would have been nice... like with the Heros

at least old pet was set to aggressive all teh time now who needs KOSS ^_^

It could be useful, but you better be careful, you might get something you don't like. You should stick with something if it is good and not immediatly go "I want something different!". A flag could be good though, but I say let this be tested to see if a flag really needs to be implemented.

is it just me but when i use the pet controls for heroes, the "fight" button cannot be clicked and is used to lock target, shouldnt there be another lock target button and the fight button for aggressive mode instead?

Personally I would rather if I had to the ability to send my Pet in before hand,instead of still having to initiate combat first.

no dp on pets too =) in pve anyways

Imagine 8 pets zerging 1 target with Brutal Mauling.