Dear Devs...

yet still, it remains half done. Either no control whatsoever (controller pets) or gimped AI macro/binds workaround control. Even if you make the most complex binds and macro's, if a pet decides to go melee or 'hangs' in 1 attack, its done.

See, guildwars, you can see heroes as 'MM pets'. To a high degree fully costumizable and you can even control his powers. (or disable). Based on their powers and weapons, he will perfectly choose to go melee or ranged, and even then u can force him to do so.

If you take some randoms in pets:
-Bot protector always will use heal power when needed, as sort of super priority thing.
-Merc medic however, doesnt. If i'm mezzed, he heals me, if i'm low health, he mez-prot me, if he even notice me.
-Certain powers only trigger at certain range, they did change merc LRM and snipe shot being used afaik at any range, but the moment of usage is away bad. Oni firebreath, Superbot/commando flametrower, they only trigger at certain range. Even if you put them at that range, its a wild gues what they will do, Oni will run melee or hang in the immobilize loop, Commando will randomly go shoot thingie he can.
-Why do mercs redraw _everytime_ a mob dies? While graveknight/junin doesnt?

Necro zombies always have a delay after they have jumped, be it even a 1ft high edge, they have a delay. Ninja seems to have a very weird melee/range issue, with a huge control of sending pets to a certain location they do work ok, but they get stuck in 1/2 powers imho way too often. Also ninja has a strange pathfinding system, even pointing at a open area they make a weird 'line' towards it.

Graveknight seems weird, often when i see em at range they draw their weapon but then suddenly to spam the 2 ranged dark attacks. Sending them melee they have huge delay between attacks, same goes for the junin ninja dudes. Even fresh 'recharged' they do attack #1, delay, attack #2, huge delay, attack #1 again. Also if a mob is knocked back or runs away, they have delay. Delay to run after it, delay to pick a new power, or even to attack if they get in melee again.

Priority of melee/ranged is already in the game, so why not give the option to your pets? (although oni is great melee, i prefer him to stay 100% ranged, like the Lich, who majority of time remains perfectly ranged - while bruiser should imho always run melee and for the single tosser that runs, he use boulder).

I dont mind i dont have full control over pets, but dont say 'binds and macros' will fix it. I dont ask for perfect AI, i only ask for balance among the pets.

No where did I state, "binds and macros fix all". I understand the AI is far from perfect, I'm coming up on my 5th lvl 50 masterminds. But, you'd be shocked at how many players that complain about MM pet AIs refuse to use binds/macros.

Bots would be better off without their Brawl too.

Battle drones? Maybe better off without.
Protectors? Probably better off without.

Assbot? STAY OFF MY ASSBOT! He's huge! I want him to smack people! I mean, LOOK AT THAT THING! He brawls with a metric ton of metal! I know it has a chance for stun, but it should cause fear too!

True, the Assault Bot can keep his brawl... though I'd like to ditch his Flamethrower.

Wow, I came looking for macros and binds 2 hours after getting my 2nd zombie...
I couldn't even imagine trying to play this guy without the goto commands!

Redtomax seems pretty borked on the pet data, so cant use anything there anymore.

So unless you come up with numbers, i just stick to my experience.

Well, I wouldn't go THAT far...

I have two lvl 50 Merc/Poison and Merc/Storm and both have AH and Lady procs. They are NICE. It's extra damage that they didn't have before. I think their damage is decent now.

Come to think about it, Merc's damage is indeed quite low before the procs. It's low because they spend like 2-4s on each attack. Activation time is very important to factor in dps.

Spec-Ops' controls need some buffs.

Ninja also dies the easiest... believe me. It doesn't matter how much damage you do if you die in seconds. Genins are extremely squishy. You need a good defensive secondary to babysit them or a good combination of healing/buffs.

I like Genins a lot actually. I love their throwing stars. I am not a big fan of Crane Kick on them as they have buggy AI when a foe is knocked back.

Ninja's biggest problem is Jounins IMO. I can live with squishiness but Jounin's AI is the worst of all.


If Jounins only use Poison Dart once and then go in for melee like Jack Frost and Stone pet, then Ninja's total dps can be impressive. I am sick of goto Jounins and then they get stuck on using Caltrops...