Bronze Knight

Originally Posted by Master Zaprobo

Play: Pet Controls
When you first summon a Mastermind Henchman, you will be presented with the "Pet Controls" window. These default to a "Simple" mode where you will be able to command your henchmen using three preset "macros". These are Attack, Follow and Heel. Versions of these that will command all your henchman should already be present in your powers quickbar.

Henchmen have different stances:

* Aggressive: Attack anything hostile that comes within detection range, buff anything friendly in detection range (note that a henchmans detection range is often smaller than its attack range).
* Defensive: Attack anything that attacks me or my master, buff anything friendly in detection range.
* Passive: Don't attack or buff anything.

They can also be given different commands:

* Attack my Target: Attacks the thing you currently have targeted.
* Goto: Goto a spot designated by the player.
* Follow Me: Follow the player around.
* Stay: Stand still in this area, do not follow. (Stay is basically a "Goto the spot you are currently on")
* Dismiss: Destroys the henchman.

These can be used in combination. So "Aggressive/Follow Me" means "Follow me around, attacking anything that we get close enough to". Or "Passive/Attack My Target" means "Go attack this specific guy, and when you are done, don't attack anyone else."

The preset "Attack" actually commands your henchman to aggressive stance and to attack your target. "Follow" will be familiar to City of Heroes Pet Controllers (as this is their pets default mode) as it sets your henchman to aggressive stance and to follow you. "Heel" sets the henchman to passive mode and to follow you.

You can set the pet controls to two other modes - to command individual henchman, and to switch to Advanced Mode.

In individual henchman mode, you will be able to command any of your henchmen individually with either the Basic or Advanced controls. You can, of course, drag and drop these indiviual commands to your powers quickbar (enabling you to command specific henchman, or groups of henchmen).

In advanced controls mode, you will be able to pick any individual stance, and any individual command, rather than being "stuck" with the fixed preset macros. However, if you are wishing to have this level of control, I would severely recommend using macros or keybinds to do so.

Play: Macro and Keybind Commands
All henchman commands can also be issued from the chat box, as well as a two sets of extra ones, in the form of "slash" commands. This makes the creation of macros and binds extremely simple.

The slash commands (and syntax) for the first set are as follows:

/petcom {stance} {command} <<Requires a targetted henchman>>
/petcom_name {henchname} {stance} {command}
/petcom_pow {summon power} {stance} {command}
/petcom_all {stance} {command}

Each of the "petcom" commands can be followed by a stance (Defensive, Aggressive or Passive), a command (Goto, Follow, Stay, Attack or Dismiss) or one of each.