So I was thinking ( with no real concern for actual thought )

With powerset customization, wouldn't it be nice to be able to select different types of pets? I mean they would keep in style with the theme of the power set, but offer different looks.

Would only be slight skin alterations on existing pets, or moderate animation overhaul.

I guess it would help to have some write up on the insight I have, as so you would get an idea of what I'm talking about lol.

So my ideas for example

Fire Control:
Fire Imps : Of course!
Magmite : Stone Pet w/brimstone armor look. Magma Smash!
Fire Vine : Looks like Audrey, but fire-like vines and flaming petals ( my personal preference would be carrion creeper version, but sticking with the final pets ). fire/lethal damage.
Mirage : Flaming hot Phantasm woot! fireball instead of torrent
Misty : Jack Frost but wispy smoke-like, uses super-heated water attacks
Solarite : looks like Singularity, fire-red/orange hues. combustion attack instead of repel.

Ice Control:
Jack Frost : as if you didn't know.
Frost Imps : most people would probably already have some of these with color change, but these would have like Icicles(Ice Armor) on em =).
Arctic Blossom : beautiful crystalline flower, so deadly...so cold...ohhh such a chilling embrace.
Icy Apparition : Frozen Torrent anyone?!
Glacial Tyrant : Poo Man with ice crystals that sparkle Glacial Smash!
Ice Wisp : Singularity with a cool exterior...

That is just a basic gist, I'm sure there are those of you that are more clever....I have an expanded list if you truly wanted to see it, but this is good for the idea to get across .

Oh and since the devs didn't love you Mind Controllers enough to give you pets, I couldn't come up with anything to help ya.

Well give up some feedback, I'd doubt it'll happen, but we can roleplay our ideas as if we were on the development team .

EDIT: cleared up a code typo ;P

I would actually love to see this implemented.

A pick your pet type idea is pretty cool... I've always wanted my fire controller to not have imps. She needs Wispy.

While it seems like an interesting idea, I doubt it would be implemented. The powersets are balanced with the particular pet that each one has. Trading out pets would be a problem -- changing Phantasm into three "illusory imps" would probably be a problem. Giving Fire Controllers a high-resistance Tank Pet?

That would be brilliant.
I'm not sure about choosing pets with different powers, that woudl require a lot of thought regarding game balance, but having alternate pet skins would be fantastic.

I've often hated Controller pets as being oh so useful but oh so concept-breaking at the same time.

Singularity can be ignored fairly well just as an extension of your own magnetic/gravitic powers. But having an X-Men style mutant Ice Controller suddenly followed around by a frozen dude with a sword is really hard to explain. Being able to swap it our for a more graphically abstract entity (with the same functionality) would be very nice.

I do what I can to work with what we have. One of my characters has a pet cat with human torch powers and self-duplication that runs around on its back legs when it gets too excited, for example. But more options would be most welcome.

I'd love to see what a Singularity-like version of Earth's pet would look like. A big boulder with smaller lazily orbiting rocks, that speed up when it executes a melee attack?