Pets at the BM: Bad Manners?

Hehe... I think some people need to relax a little more... Put on your big boy/girl pants when going to the BM/WW and relax.

It's a big, tough world out there *nods patronizingly*

I love mm's and play them lots including Demons but I can't stand them at the BM please put them away. I also hate people turning on their shields and people who buff others what is the point of that!?

I don't really bother, but then again Zombies just stand there and drool on the floor, so it's not much of an issue for my main villain.

I also tend to hit the market first thing, so I don't have any pets out to begin with.

With the ability to have minions zone with us, I generally keep them out at all times. However I usually 'Go to' them if I'm in a high traffic area, to someplace they won't get in the way.

I had to drop in when I saw the thread title, because the gaggle of pets that sometimes makes it hard to click the Market contact is terribly annoying. I don't appreciate the demons roaring in my face every two seconds either, anymore than I liked the sound of Psi Shockwave or whatever it was on autofire.

If you can use the the "goto" and "stay" commands to get them to hang out somewhere else while you shop...awesome. Thank you. More MM players need to be made aware of this.

Barring that, we need a fence. An anti-pet fence all around WW and the BM. They can wait outside making sad pet faces at their owners. Anyone who tries to summon a pet inside the fence is probably being a ***** and gets a shock, like from the Blue mitos, only it persists through zoning and death and only jumps to them and their pets.

At Cap au Diablo I will use the go to command. I usually dismiss them altogether if I will be there awhile. At any other BM I may or may not make them go stand in the corner. My pets are ninjas though. So they are small, well disciplined, and silent killers. Not like those howling heathens that other people bring to the BM.

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Originally Posted by DrMike2000 I think the demons make far too much noise when they're standing still. My first introduction to demon summoning was at the Facemakers in Cap, and a Demon MM came and stood next to me while they changed their costume. I could hear all the blazing and howling whilst on the costume screen with no idea what it was. (Well, a pretty good guess since it was the first or second day of the new issue ) On my Ninja or Thugs MM I take my pets to the black Market with me. I also turn off stealth auras and Dispersion Bubbles by habit when Im there. So I think I'd de-summonany demons if I ever got around to playing a demon MM.

Ha, ha. I know exactly what you mean. I was respecing a toon like 20 feet away from the BM in Cap au Diablo and I kept hearing these crazy noises. I thought we were under zombie attack and that I was going to die mid-respec. It was freaking me out!

Perhaps the Mastermind is role-playing knowing that it aggravates other villains. It's not like villains have a whole lot of ways to express their inner villainy in Rogue Isles. Pissing off the shoppers at BM might one way to let your inner evil shine....

I guess I'm more in the "put on your big boy pants and don't worry about it" camp. It's annoying if someone leaves an aura on at the BM or if there's 30 pets crowded around, but it's never stopped me from actually using the BM.

Now back when there was like 5x the population there is now (at least on the server I play on most), there regularly would be a lot of auras and pets around the BM, and I would dismiss my pets. However if there just 3 or so folks using the BM, as there often is now, I don't really bother. A few bots aren't bothering anyone, and I've never had a complaint.

Honestly, I haven't seen anyone claim that it bogs down their computer. I've only seen it raised as a possibility for other hypothetical people.
No one in this thread, at least.

I do have an SG mate who would get too bogged down by full teams, never mind MMs (he has, since, upgraded though).

Again this isn't anything I actually have strong feelings about... And my post about "big boy/girl pants" was entirely in jest... Despite the negative rep it got, haha. Ooh, careful what you say... anonymous comments may come your way Good thing I am wearing my big boy pants, heehee

Anyways... Yeah, some people have really low end systems (And/Or crank their settings up too high for good performance)... But a few pets really don't add up to alot. Formerly being one of them, people with low end systems know they have to do what they can to get by and that burden is on them.
Sure... If I can help... I am happy to (So long as it doesn't drastically cut into my reasonable fun, of course). The requests do need to be somewhat reasonable though... and I am not convinced this is one of them (I'd be happy to admit otherwise though, if someone knows better).


EDIT: Still... My only issue with pets at the BM are simply being in the way. Which is why I always position them to either be far away or, at the very least, not near the NPCs we need to click.

I've never minded pets at the BM in the past but the sheer size of a couple of the demon summoner dudes is fairly annoying. I dislike having to mouse around the screen trying to find a spot where I can access the market. The sounds are bad too, but for that i can just take off my headphones.

I have two chars, one redside and one blue, that are my market players. I often spend a lot of time on one or the other at the market. If someone stands there blasting noisy PBAoEs or with demons out I have a simple rule.

I one star them and label them an A**hole in the comment field. Just for future reference.