"Dismiss your pet."

[Nekrotix]

I was recently in a Dungeon Group with a few rando's. It was all fine until my Pet accidentally kept on pulling mobs, and the first time it was because it was a Cliff, so of course the dumb pet just goes the LONGEST POSSIBLE ROUTE and AGGRO'S EVERYTHING.
So this is what they told me.
"Dismiss your pet."
Dismiss. Yes, I understand, "But you should ALWAYS dismiss your pet in some situations as a Hunter!"
But let me ask you this.
Has a Warlock's Imp, Felguard, or ANY Minion EVER pulled more mobs than intended? Have they ever been scolded by a group, and forcibly removed from combat, forcing a Warlock to go solo, because their Minion is dumb as bricks? How about a Death Knight and his Ghoul?

Nope. Those pets somehow know NOT TO AGGRO ANY MOBS. In fact, they act like the USAIN BOLT and RUSH to your location if you've gotten to a location that is farther away from them.
But Hunter Pets? Nooo. They meander their way to your location, slowly, and make sure they pick up EVERY SINGLE ENEMY ALONG THE WAY.

So I ask. Why is it that I have to dismiss my pet during EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DUNGEON OR RAID because BLIZZARD can't set up a system that doesn't cause a pet to aggro unintentional mobs, when they have been FULLY FUCKING CAPABLE OF DOING SO, for 12 YEARS.

I LIKE HAVING A PET. DON'T FORCE ME TO GO SOLO BECAUSE OF YOUR SHODDY PROGRAMMING.

[Zulandia]

Dk, Lock and mage pets are all just as bad at pulling things if not put away before jumping off things they're just quicker to get rid of so are forgotten about less often when doing so (and thus more often when complaining during needless forum posts).

[Gum]

My warlock pet has. Youre trying to create an issue, where there is none, id give you a 2/10. Dismiss your damn pet, its part of learning to play.

[Aretak]

Has a Warlock's Imp, Felguard, or ANY Minion EVER pulled more mobs than intended? Have they ever been scolded by a group, and forcibly removed from combat, forcing a Warlock to go solo, because their Minion is dumb as bricks? How about a Death Knight and his Ghoul?

Yes, absolutely. Warlocks pulled the whole of Corla's room in Blackrock Caverns almost every time I saw one in there through jumping down at the door and the pet running around. Same in Gnomeregan whilst levelling. There's no blame to be attached to Blizzard really. Pets path like mobs. If you're jumping off somewhere in an instance to bypass trash, dismiss your pet. Pet class 101 IMO.

[Deathsknight]

You kidding? As a warlock my pet looks at me jump and is like, wtf man i'm gunna pull this whole instance because you ditched me.

[Makorus]

Oh no, you have to dismiss your pet for 5 seconds so you can make a jump.

And yes, every single pet pulls the entire instance in 1.) Blackrock Caverns and 2.) Shadowmoon Burial Grounds. There's probably more but those are the prime examples, really.

[De Lupe]

I LIKE HAVING A PET. DON'T FORCE ME TO GO SOLO BECAUSE OF YOUR SHODDY PROGRAMMING.

As a Hunter player for nearing ten years:

Dismiss your pet before jumping off cliffs.
Resummon them when you get to the bottom.

PROBLEM SOLVED!

[Elim Garak]

As a Hunter player for nearing ten years:

Dismiss your pet before jumping off cliffs.
Resummon them when you get to the bottom.

PROBLEM SOLVED!

How is it solved if you still have to do this dismiss nonsense?

[Luperca]

Dismissing your pet is part of being a pet class, if you don't like it play another class or go MM. It is a 3 sec cast, not life changing in any way.

[De Lupe]

How is it solved if you still have to do this dismiss nonsense?

Because it doesn't pull the whole instance, which is the core problem here.

[Deleted]

Reroll please

[Cernunnos]

Or get one of the Lynx cat pets in Eversong Forest. They have stealth when not in combat.

[Elim Garak]

Because it doesn't pull the whole instance, which is the core problem here.

the core problem is that they do pull mobs and need to be dismissed to not pull mobs. Without that problem there would be no need to dismiss pets and everyone will be happy.

[Yarathir]

My warlock pet has. Youre trying to create an issue, where there is none, id give you a 2/10. Dismiss your damn pet, its part of learning to play.

Oh no, you have to dismiss your pet for 5 seconds so you can make a jump.

As a Hunter player for nearing ten years:

Dismiss your pet before jumping off cliffs.
Resummon them when you get to the bottom.

PROBLEM SOLVED!

Or they could, you know, fix it. If you make classes with minions that are vital to its gameplay, having them in a state like this for 12 years now is actually quite an embarrassment. Players shouldn't have to be unnecessarily bothered by the fact that Blizzard screwed up and is refusing to fix it.

[Detheavn]

They don't need to fix it. People should just be more aware of what they are doing

[durrtygoodz]

Or they could, you know, fix it. If you make classes with minions that are vital to its gameplay, having them in a state like this for 12 years now is actually quite an embarrassment. Players shouldn't have to be unnecessarily bothered by the fact that Blizzard screwed up and is refusing to fix it.

You saying Blizz should fix it, but only broken things can be fixed and it's not broken. It's intended to be this way. Dismiss pet nubba.

[Gum]

Or they could, you know, fix it. If you make classes with minions that are vital to its gameplay, having them in a state like this for 12 years now is actually quite an embarrassment. Players shouldn't have to be unnecessarily bothered by the fact that Blizzard screwed up and is refusing to fix it.

Seems to me, that most if not all of those places, are spots where you yourself are trying to skip some part of the dungeon/world/quest. If you dont want to go the intended way, but want to skip to make everything faster, i think its fair that you're expected to dismiss your damn pet bro. Else you know, you could go the intended way.. Along with your pet

[Deleted]

Has a Warlock's Imp, Felguard, or ANY Minion EVER pulled more mobs than intended? Have they ever been scolded by a group, and forcibly removed from combat, forcing a Warlock to go solo, because their Minion is dumb as bricks? How about a Death Knight and his Ghoul?

Nope. Those pets somehow know NOT TO AGGRO ANY MOBS. In fact, they act like the USAIN BOLT and RUSH to your location if you've gotten to a location that is farther away from them.

Actually every pet is able to pull half the dungeon. But in my experience the one class that fucks up at that part most is the hunter.

[Yarathir]

They don't need to fix it. People should just be more aware of what they are doing

They don't need to fix old, heavily flawed coding because people should learn to deal with it, okay.

[Deleted]

As everyone said, every pet has this problem. You're just bad, even for a hunter ;P

If you want a workaround that does not involve L2P or taking Lone Wolf, using a cat is your best bet. And a cat, as we all know, is fine too.