Imagine this;
Your dog wakes you up to take him for a walk. You put his leash on, grab your keys, and walk outside.
Then you see your neighbors all at their front steps with their own dog.
It's just weird.
Pets shouldn't be an everyone-has-one thing. Not that it shouldn't be an option, but there should be other paths aside from the "decide not to use a pet and be less effective overall" path. Most MMOish things I play that have pets don't make them so abundant. You'll be in a group, someone will take out their critter and you'll go "Cool! Someone with a pet!". Though other people will have their own gimmicks. Some guy will have a big magic staff, some guy will have a jetpack, who knows.
Anyone else feel kinda weird about this?
Does it feel like you have to spam the sprite action button to get it to attack?