I don't think there is time to add this for Monday's patch, but I'll give you an A for effort. Make that 95% instead of 75% and you've got an A+ idea.

I'd be happy if she would just sit still for a moment and stop hitting me in the face with her wings.

i'd rather her just be invisible whenever not in combat so only the user and party members can see the pet outside of combat.
would also semi buff sorcerer pet builds giving them a form of ambush at range

I love the matriarch but compared to the bear she is just a bit too small.

I always dismiss my clannfear and twilight matriarch after a fight.

Combat pets are a pain in the posterior because, unlike non-combat pets, they can interact with NPCs and other players, so they need to be "solid" rather than just visual.

Not sure if I'm saying that right, but combat pets, assistants, and mounts can block your ability to interact with things in the environment, whereas non-combat pets and even other players don't do that-- you can run or ride through them as if they're holograms, or loot things through them, even if you can't see what you're trying to loot because they're blocking your view.

Sorc players and non-Sorc players alike have generally agreed each of the many times this request has come up.

Reducing the size seems like a simple win/win and most seem to strongly support this.

Additionally, having the twilight land when idle would be most welcome (and the animations are already in the game).

Streamlining the dismiss process to something as simple as what PC users have with the wonderful addon 'Pet Dismiss' would be another welcome idea that I can't imagine any objection to.

Truly, there seems to be little controversy over the above ideas and I hope any/all of them are implemented sooner rather than later.

I'm responding to multiple posters without quoting, so I hope that's not confusing, but these are meant as general comments.

First, you do not need an add-on to dismiss your combat pets. I play with no add-ons at all, have never installed any. You can dismiss your combat pets by typing C for the character screen, then in the bottom right where it lists the active effects, just right-click on the combat pet(s) you want to dismiss.

Second, I'm glad that some people, having played the game since its beginning, have never experienced problems interacting with anything in the environment due to combat pets being in the way. But as a person whose main is a Sorcerer and who is frequently summoning a Clannfear and a Matriarch to help compensate for his mediocre DPS and to help with burst healing during combat, I know gosh darn well firsthand that combat pets absolutely do get in the way.

Yes, you can often manage to maneuver about until you're able to get a prompt for interacting with something, but that is not always the case. There are times in the Daggerfall Bank when I want to loot the barrels under the stairs, or the sacks that are leaning up against the barrels, but I can't get a prompt to come up no matter how much I move about because someone's bear is in the way-- and in some cases, I actually have a clear view of the container I want to loot and the bear isn't actually in the way, but for some reason the bear is still blocking me, as though it has some invisible barrier extending outward from its body that is in the way. This sort of thing also happens over by the desk that has the treasure chest beside it.

I don't know why, but it seems like bears are the worst, although they aren't the only combat pets that cause problems. I was going crazy trying to loot corpses and containers in dungeons because of my own pets getting in the way. It was purely by accident that I discovered how to dismiss them, and when I did, I was so thankful for that ability. That is why I now dismiss my combat pets as soon as a fight is over-- not for the sake of other players, but for my own sake!

For the record, I do not feel that reducing the sizes of the combat pets is the answer. Nor do I feel that it should be on ZOS to institute some kind of solution, such as having combat pets be auto-dismissed if a player gets within a certain distance of a crafting station, banker, etc. Rather, this is a matter where the players themselves need to step up, take responsibility for their own pets, and be decent enough human beings that they will not deliberately leave their combat pets active just to aggravate everyone else-- and yes, I honestly believe that a significant percentage of players would do exactly that, because that's the type of people they are. But I also believe that a significant percentage of players simply don't know any better yet-- that they haven't yet figured out how to dismiss their pets.

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In 6 years of players over 40 hours per week, doing at writs on at least 4 characters a day, it has been so rare that a combat pet has interfered with my activities anywhere. On those rare occasions I have been able to rectify this situation by merely moving a little to the left or to the right. So I find it challenging to believe others have such a serious issue with this. Maybe some just have bad RNG or get worked up over the little stuff.

I'm happy for you, but that is not the experience shared by many others. Understand that something that is a non issue for you, can be an issue for others. You don't have to experience something yourself for it to be troublesome or annoying as each person will have different experiences.

If you'd like, I will offer the services of myself and 11 warden friends to follow you around for a while while you are crafting/questing/banking to see if we can replicate the issue on your end.

I agree with @Sylvermynx and others in this thread completely. Bears are an absolute menace when it comes to interacting with crafting stations and turning in writs. I used to like Vivec for crafting, but had to give it up completely due to it being overrun with bears any time I try to go there, and it's become the same at the turn in area in Alinor too. The flappers are annoying, but summoned pets on the ground are even worse, clannfear and bear both, since they actually block you from interacting. It has made me grind my teeth over it for a while.

I dismiss ALWAYS on my sorc or warden. On xbox you have to click on your character sheet, then you can dismiss from your active affects from there, and it literally takes 2 seconds. I still wish it would automatically unsummon around crafting stations and writ turn in area, but I doubt that will ever happen.

Barring that, shrinking the size of the summoned critters would be nice, but I doubt we will ever see that either. I hope to be wrong.

I will say again please get rid of permanent pets. Let all pets be like Necros and only last 8/16 seconds. This would also get rid of the double bar requirement. A win all around for everyone.

The idea of making sorc/warden pets temporary is a loser. If sorc/wardens wanted temporary pets, they would be playing NB/necros. Permanent pets is exactly why I play sorc/warden and don't play NB/necro.

Don't ruin two classes when there are much better solutions that have been strongly supported within this thread involving reducing size, reducing the clicks required to 'dismiss all pets' to one click (like Pet Dismiss addon boasts) and having the twilight land when idle. Those changes address the problem without transforming (in a bad way) two entire classes.