Controllable pets viability

[Tomoko]

Are controlled pets even viable ? They look utterly useless from being passive and stalking your enemy up close while you beat them up.

[galadon3]

They are not literally utterly useless, since they do attack every now and then, but yea their ai is garbage and often they just don't attack, so way way worse then they are on paper.
For anything else then just wanting a pet-master kind of character I'd recommend to avoid them.
What works well are kinda static attacks like those runes throwing lightning or the hydra-power, ofc they have the drawback that the fight could just move out of their range.

[Tomoko]

or the regular summons that attack directly but despawn afterwhile or after the fight. But yeah if the perma pets don't do anything because of their ai, it's hard to say they have an actual use.

[galadon3]

Nope both have that problem and again, I hoped I had said it clear enough but apparently we live in a time were nobody understands anything but "BEST EVER" or "TOTALLY USELESS"....

perma-pets as well as short time summons like the shadows for example, SOMETIMES function well and SOMETIMES have a kind of mental breakdown and don't attack.
Even the short-time champion-backups can suffer from that.

I hope that makes it clear?

[Flyingbox]

Pets got a buff a few years back that took them from braindead to nuisance in pvp. They can fire a lot of CC but their power falls off endgame in PvE to just be their sheer replaceable number.

[Rocket Poop]

depends. 1 or 2 is actually pretty negligible, unless you have extra points to spend and wanna get it on healing drones, which can be the most useful out of all them if you choose only 1.

Making a pet master build can work if you get alot of them and use auras that can boost them. I personally use Primal Majesty, but Destruction (for dmg) and that other one that boosts team's defense.

While having a pet master build can be fun, it does have its downsides. Obvious one is you have to summon each and every one. There's no "summon all at once" button.

They can also be annoying in certain situations, like they can accidentally pull mobs u dont intend to, which can overwhelm team if no one was ready.

For normal content (main quests and open world exploration) they can be very viable.

I digress: I usually dont like pets as most mmos i played they are utterly useless. So far theres only one mmo i played that is no longer available where you can literally make your pet do all the work for you. Unless game is "balanced" toward pets i tend to avoid them lol.

[Tomoko]

Wait there's no limit to pet summons ? Like as long as you have the power slotted you can summon them and they can stay forever ? ( for the controllable and broken ones)

[Tomoko]

oooh interesting. if you remove the bugged ai that is.

[ƛ . Ŀ . Ƭ . Ø . MK7 v2]

end game wise they are not so great , since pet AI is an wonky mechanics in this game , would not recommend for end game stuff