Equip/Inventory Slot for Pets? (A way to customize your pet)

Credit for the original idea goes to hailstorm on the GameFAQS.com forums. I've just expanded it a little:

A minimal number of equip (1-2) and inventory (<5) slots for pets.

Equip Slots would allow customization of pets through items such as Collars or Harnesses, which could give minor stat boosts, have different appearances, and would be able to dye added jsut like playe armor.

Inventory Slots would allow your animal to act as a pack mule, at the cost of a penalty to performance in combat.

Pets already get stat boosts based on how you treat them.

Also, your pet isn't your packhorse.

i think the pet should also get skills that it controlled itself, so you don't have to use the skills for it

I like the idea; although I would disagree about them having skills they can control themselves. Rather takes the fun out of being a beastmaster, don't you think?

/signed

cute idea

/signed

If I want my pet to be a pack mule, it will be a pack mule.
No one is gonna stop me from using my pet as a pack mule, provided that there is an option for that to happen.

/signed for additional pet ideas

Ohhh farmers sign this idea!

lol...too bad its horrid (well the 2 equipment slots I could live with, assuming only pet equip items can actually go there)

and no they shouldnt have skills...unless they take up a slot on your bar anyways.

/notsigned

I like the idea of pet skills being added to your pet. Something like your pet having its own skill bar. Like you would still have to have charm pet on your skill bar but your pets skill bar could be used for things like comfort pet, Call of Protection etc. Also the pet getting its own customized armor would be cool. Nothing like your pet walking around in Knights Armor but something along the lines of light armor like your ranger has. I would also pay the gold to get your pet things like previously mentioned, collars. But storage I really cant see someone with a Spider going into tombs and there being a backpackon the spider. or saddle bags hanging off your Elder Wolf. So no on storage personally but yes to skills bar, armor & items that would individualize your pet.

Having its own skillbar would make ranger skills pointless, ignoring the fact that it would completely unbalance any build that uses a pet.

But who cares about a good game or balance. PeTs R cOoL!1!1!111oneoneone1!!1!elevety-seventeen!111!

blah remove the +X amount of armor every level and make us buy the armors for pets... ^^

/signet (but only the armor part)