Do you use non combat pets?

Rake

Yes, almost always.

thedovahmon wrote: »

If I left Flappy at home, she'd just knock everything over-

Besides, I like her company.

I had a dog for few years and he used to crush stuff as well, when left home alone.
This is clearly the case of you giving more attention to that statue than to your pet.
Pet saw that and tried to replace statue, hoping for more attention from you.

AngelFires333

Rarely/never.

I don't want them to get hurt.
Some of them are very cute.

Love the Pixie dude.
But having a pet just standing around while I'm ripping through enemies is kind of silly imo.

Tho my crafter has a pet.
If that counts.

Tabris93

I use it on my Thief, to have some entertainment while I hide and wait for my bounty to disappear.

Danikat

Yes, almost always.

Always.

Well, on the rare occasions I'm doing dungeons with anyone other than my guild (who have always said they're fine with it) I'll ask if the pet bothers anyone and it's about 50/50 whether I get asked to put it away or leave it out.

My warden always uses the striped senche-pather, because she's the same character I use in most games and she has a pet panther/other large cat in every game which allows it. (Which is confusing sometimes, in some games it's a combat pet, so every so often in ESO I'm wondering why he's not attacking.)

My other characters each use a subset of my other pets which I think suits them. Sometimes I use the Random Mount addon to randomise them, so the pet changes whenever I change areas, sometimes I disable it and just stick with 1 for a while.

Banana

Rarely/never.

Id like to decon

Khumbu

Yes, almost always.

I use the blue coiled winged snake on my Warden main, even if the poor thing is almost never viewable because of my big dumb photo-bombing screen-hogging bear pet. Always liked WoW's windserpents but the lack of landing and endless flapping animations drove me crazy. ESO's winged serpent pets are so much better in design, concept and animations that I had to have one.

Outside of that, I use crown crate reward throwaway pets as housing furniture (for example, every reptillian pet I own as well as good old Beta Monkey are posed to live on trees or furniture in my house).

Nerouyn

Rarely/never.

Almost never.

The game has some very nice pets but it also has chronic lag / slow loading in any populated area. Every pet adds to that.

And away from towns they don't make sense to me. Even though they can't be attacked, their invulnerability is artificial. I wouldn't want to take vulnerable animals into dangerous places.

TriangularChicken

Rarely/never.

Absolutely hate pets in ESO, i'm not a role player..i'm here to clear achievments (PvE dungeons/trials) and to PvP, if i want to play with pets i play with them in real life..just my opinion.

Fluke.Slywalker

Rarely/never.

With all the trials I used to run, I kinda got used to not having them on.

If I get a new one that I think looks cool I'll have it on for a bit, that's about it.

Hoolielulu

Sometimes.

My haunted house cat follows my Khajiit assassin and inhales in the souls of the recently departed.

Sylvermynx

Yes, almost always.

Rowjoh wrote: »

Can't understand why some people feel the need for a non functional 'pet' in this game - does absolutely nothing except cause an irritating distraction in open play and group content.

Reckon it's mostly younger/casual players that are afflicted by this irrational compulsion.

Makes much more sense if on display in a house or for role play.

*rolls eyes* I'm 71. Every one of my girls has a non-combat pet. They're cute, they have nifty little idle anims, and I just like them. I also put them in houses, though the limit is rather stringent.

I tend to "match" them to the girls one way or another....

srfrogg23

Yes, almost always.

Yeah. I've usually got some critter following me around.

mrs_helheim

Rarely/never.

Never. Ever since I got told to put it away in sanctum 2 years ago, I've never had one since. Not worth the extra lag.

Odovacar

Sometimes.

I do sometimes, but mostly..no ..im so boring lol. I have been using the new bantum guar we all received for the 70K concurrent twitch viewers reward.

rubenanto29rwb17_ESO

Rarely/never.

nope, i always use non-combat pet only to annoy people in trial hahaha

AcadianPaladin

Yes, almost always.

My elf always travels with Kitsune, her Fennec Fox. Always. Not welcome in trials? Easy choice - no trials. Why would she want to play herdball with a dozen characters when she and her vixen can quest or clear dungeons in peace. On her own schedule. At her own pace. While looking in every sack and barrel.

Oh, and I'm neither young nor casual about how I play.

Danikat

Yes, almost always.

Sylvermynx wrote: »

Rowjoh wrote: »

Can't understand why some people feel the need for a non functional 'pet' in this game - does absolutely nothing except cause an irritating distraction in open play and group content.

Reckon it's mostly younger/casual players that are afflicted by this irrational compulsion.

Makes much more sense if on display in a house or for role play.

*rolls eyes* I'm 71. Every one of my girls has a non-combat pet. They're cute, they have nifty little idle anims, and I just like them. I also put them in houses, though the limit is rather stringent.

I tend to "match" them to the girls one way or another....

I think I'm actually more likely to use things like this as I've gotten older. I remember being a teenager and being so concerned with trying to be 'mature' and adult that I wouldn't dare show interest in anything which might be seen as cute or silly (although back then my only MMO was Ultima Online and they didn't have non-combat pets, so this specific question didn't come up).

Now I really don't care what other people think of my pets, or anything else I do with my characters. I use the ones I like, because I like them, and leave everyone else to sort themselves out.

Fischblut

Yes, almost always.

In Oblivion, I created a pack of 5 or 6 Skinned Hounds - they had collision with me and each other (it would be unacceptable in ESO), but it looked so epic - and in addition to epic look, they fought for me I doubt that even upcoming Necromancer class will give me better feeling of actually being necromancer than when I command my pack of "undead" dog skeletons

But I don't like non-combat pets in ESO... don't like them following me and not helping me in fight. When I disable pet for some reason, or RaidNotifier bugs out and doesn't re-enable pets after I leave the trial, I often don't notice it for a long time Then I'm suddenly like "Wait, where is my cute little snake?.."
Unfortunately developers create very cute pets, and I simply like to observe them - meaning I have to use them... One pet especially warms my heart, and I wouldn't mind having more of them following me together We need more varieties of cute little snakes! When I visited Hews Bane for the very first time some years ago, I saw Sep Adders... I looked at those wild critters for a long time and decided: I want to look at them all the time

Some screenshots are ruined by pets, but some screenshots are created only thanks to pets







Banker is stunned by cute kittens:



Pets, pets everywhere:





Merchant likes the feeling of warm fuzzy cat next to him:



Nobody cat command a cat where to be and where not to be:



On the watch for guards:



Haj Mota is either glad that he's about to eat, or angry that I'm too close to his dinner:



I can't decide if our Haj Mota pets are singing together, or starting a fight trying to blame each other for our wipe (who cares that they didn't help us at all):





We need more varieties of atronach pets (preferably combat pets)

Grianasteri

Yes, almost always.

zvavi wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, do you even use non combat pets?

Absolutely yes, why wouldnt you?

All 10 of my characters have their own non combat pet, in keeping with their RP theme and their look.

Kagukan

Yes, almost always.

Always. I love my pets that follow me around.

josiahva

Rarely/never.

Why do I want something following me around that contributes nothing to the game?

DaveMoeDee

When my toddler is watching me. She likes the pets.

Rowjoh wrote: »

Can't understand why some people feel the need for a non functional 'pet' in this game - does absolutely nothing except cause an irritating distraction in open play and group content.

Reckon it's mostly younger/casual players that are afflicted by this irrational compulsion.

Makes much more sense if on display in a house or for role play.

And why do people care about silly skins and cosmetics that do nothing in game? Probably just irrational kids.

gepe87

Rarely/never.

I don't like them.

commodore64

Rarely/never.

All pets should be killable in PVP. There is no 'non-combat'.

SidraWillowsky

Rarely/never.

Pets don't really suit my toons' personalities.

Nemesis7884

Rarely/never.

i used them a lot - but in dungeons / trials they are annoying and also got kinda tired of them after a while...i might use one when questing...but ther novelty has kinda worn out

driosketch

Yes, almost always.

I have so many, most of them free, so every character gets a different one.

LurgidBean

Hoolielulu wrote: »

My haunted house cat follows my Khajiit assassin and inhales in the souls of the recently departed.

Mine too!
My character Itty Bitty Kitty is using the Darlock Brae Beast mask (hood w metal cat snarl half-mask) to match her masked haunted house cat follower. I love them together!

My black Argonian in yellow/black dyed Shrouded Armour has the yellow striped Pocket Salamander.
The lighting is bad, but it is always nice to have someone "watch your six".

BretonMage

Yes, almost always.

Yes, my little cuties cheer me up when I'm out fighting, or exploring the caverns or wilderness. They're harmless, effortless little instances of small cheer.

Rehdaun

Yes, almost always.

Only time I don't run them is in trials.