Positives.
pet swill be a great addition to characteristics, will be usefull in combat a sthey can fight for you with specific goals. namable and add an addition of weapon and armour choices to the game.
Negatives.
pets may unbalance combat and would either be too powerfull or weak. may slow computer, imagine 4 knights all with pets, speed of the internet wont keep up. when they are not used for combat, they are simply pointless. having no use at all except looks, which could just use accessory's.
NOW, the 3rd option.
Pets would be the same colour to our knights, namable, and would also giude our knights on the right track. pets will be able to giude our knights to certain objects, or along certain paths. will have a tab in which they have a command menu. (will display other options to like amterial giving) this will display multiple commands, to either giude the knight along paths which is the way to extra money and the like or along paths to the next elevator to help survival and prevent a knight with a single health bar left from walking into a ambush. could stop when something is wrong, letting you know to be wary. would hide in terrain when a fight breaks out, and blink in the shadow. your knight may choose to give items to your pet, like an material that would have different effects depending on the animal and material. (i thank starlinvf for the idea of giving materials, which is good for my idea of trust). for example, a fire coloured based pet, as the knight is heavily eqiupped with fire, is given a red shard, pet likes it as its a fire based material. another material it will not like. this could help biuld up trust in your pet, which allows your knight to perfom different commands.
may make internet a little slow so would only work in either 2 knight partys or solo. certainly should not be visible in haven, or lockdown.
plus, most people would go for wolver, so alllllllllllllll pets, should look different, depends on the knights characteristics and gear. other animal types should have sommething extra to make people go for them instead. only one at a time can be eqiuped, and only one pet per knight. this is knights best friend, always looking out for the knight even though it is no longer a combat tool.
Man's best friend.
- show right path
- 'bark' at secrets, like hidden graveyard places or that switch of d27 FSC
- collect crowns/heat
- cry when you are dead but sing/dance if someone revved you but you just didnt get up (yay rev indicator for allies!)
- mark or jump on spawn zones for easier bomb placement