Shattered Kingdoms

Irritating.

Yeah, no, not really. If you are having issues going through storebought pets, then that is a personal issue.

Nah. Storebought pets do have a ton of hps for no reason.

For casters who have way too little HP.

For newbie chars that play anything that is not a hvy armor class

I think pets have been appropriately nerfed already. None of them do any damage whatsoever. Further reduction in HPs is going to jack over a few classes who'll have no chance to do anything before dying. I'm thinking priests and rogues - there may be others.

Store bought pets are over the top, at the moment. They should not have as many or more HP than GM mercenaries and barbarians.

What anecdotal evidence is prompting you three to form this opinion?

I'd be surprised if a storebought pet's HP wasn't the same as a merc/barb PC at their level. Just because storebought pets have more HP than casters doesn't mean they have too many HPs. It isn't as if they have any weapon skills, defense skills, or any saves.

I think a point is that a level 30 or 25 barbarian pet will have close to the hps of a gm warrior because Dulrik tried to lessen the gap between the higher levels. So when pets where wimped, it really didn't change a lot, except limiting their skills and reducing their damage output.

I don't believe pets need to be wimped btw.

wtf are you talking about anecdotal evidence? It takes 4 circle stabs to down a horse. It takes more damage to kill a storebought pet than it does to kill a max hp barb pc. Nearly twice as much damage, I'll add.