Pet class needed....

[Wraithcat]

This game is quite good, but I'm not the button mashing type, and I'm really hoping that they look to introduce a variant of the Druid as a pet class.

That'd be really cool!!

[Angelus_dead]

It is incorrect to assume that a "pet class" would lower the need for the player to make input actions. Quite possibly it would feel like playing two characters at once: the druid caster and also the animal warrior.

[Wraithcat]

Well, that is certainly true, but from my experience with other games, a pet class allows you to be a little bit more relaxed about the gameplay.

[richieelias]

Every class is a pet class.

Buy a hireling :P

[xanvar]

You can play a cleric and have 5 players that are pretty much like a pet.

[Memnir]

Given the utterly feeble Summoned Monster AI - a pet class would be a complete train wreck.

[tfangel]

If you want to see what a pet class might be like, (besides hirelings, which might be different type of "pet") make a character who can summon monster and can get that iron (or other metal) companion. It's interesting to say the least, but they really do have a mind of their own. I think that two is the most you can summon other than hirelings which add to party numbers.

If they did make a pet class, it should have at least the controls of hirelings, as they sometimes get stupid too.

[Aesop]

Given the utterly feeble Summoned Monster AI - a pet class would be a complete train wreck.

I would assume that a Pet Class would use the Hireling Style control Bar and not just the Summoned Monster AI. Though the Hireling AI isn't much better over all. It definately needs to be more reactive to the desires of the controler


So yeah a WF Druid with their Pet, a Summoned Ally and an Adamantine Defender to help out occasionally... could be interesting ... or laggy one of the two or both


Aesop

[hermespan]

You can play a cleric and have 5 players that are pretty much like a pet.

Often the AI is much worse than npc pets.

[clanqui]

Often the AI is much worse than npc pets.

And tamagotchi's also whine much less.

[Eladiun]

you Can Play A Cleric And Have 5 Players That Are Pretty Much Like A Pet.

+1

As for the OP, ugg god no. The last thing this game needs is a pet class.

[Nyhm]

Well, that is certainly true, but from my experience with other games, a pet class allows you to be a little bit more relaxed about the gameplay.

Translation: I enjoyed being a hunter and watching movies while my pet leveled me.

[Arianrhod]

Druids would be nice to have, as would persistent pets. I agree that it won't likely create a "sit back and relax while the pet does the work" situation, though. DDO's designers don't seem interested in promoting that kind of gameplay

However, I hope it won't happen right away. Hirelings are a relatively new addition to the game, and there's still a lot of room for improvement in their AI and the system for controlling them. I'd say leave hirelings as the only "persistent pets" for now, and concentrate on getting them working well. Once that's done, the code can be adapted for druid pets and the like

[Elyanna]

Ok I'll bite...

Rangers can Summon Nature Ally and Improved Wild Empathy..TADA! Two pets at once for a time..

[Robi3.0]

This game is quite good, but I'm not the button mashing type, and I'm really hoping that they look to introduce a variant of the Druid as a pet class.

That'd be really cool!!

Sorry if is missed it, but I am surprised no one has said this yet:

Or instead of a "new" pet class we could give rangers animal companions per 3.5 rules.

Then of course Druids would get them as well when they are released in 2016.

[LordCrovax]

Sorry if is missed it, but I am surprised no one has said this yet:

Or instead of a "new" pet class we could give rangers animal companions per 3.5 rules.

Then of course Druids would get them as well when they are released in 2016.

Yep, I said it, tho it bears to be repeated a few dozen more times, till it makes it IG....Dire Wolf ftw...

[Missing_Minds]

Yep, I said it, tho it bears to be repeated a few dozen more times, till it makes it IG....Dire Wolf ftw...

Have you looked at what wolves do in the game yet?

Give me a dire rat!
I'll summon a dam cat if I want a tripper.

[Atisha]

Sorry if is missed it, but I am surprised no one has said this yet:

Or instead of a "new" pet class we could give rangers animal companions per 3.5 rules.

Then of course Druids would get them as well when they are released in 2016.

I think that's an overly optimistic projection, don't you?

[Samadhi]

Although not for the same reasons as you necessarily, I'm all about amping up pets.

[Uska]

umm not really we dont pet AI is bugged and this isnt just another mmo and we dont need to be like the others.