Tantreghan
Grandmaster
Perhaps the staff could implement a new script where your pets are automatic. Let me break that down, : A script could be introduced where all pets are fully automated, this would allow the ranger to sit at the bank, while your pets recall to each farming spot without intervention of its owner. The pet would also heal itself, cure itself, be aware of impossible situations, teleport to murderers and use a combination of spells and melee hits, drink pots, loot, ID and keep only the best items which it puts on your own personal vendor and prices them according to data gathered from the forums. Pets will also clean your house, spend nights in the local inn singing about how great its owner is and will also solicit itself on street corners when you have had to fork out for some skill scrolls to raise its skills because it was ganked by EQMS or some other large bandit group.
Oh and as a bonus, it will also add posts to the PVP forums about speed hacking, complain about reds, moan about drop rates, demand changes to stealing and bake cakes on special occasions.
My Meta Does die, it is not a walking Nuclear Missle. Hopefully one day it is close, because of the amount of time and money i spend on this thing. i feel like i will have earned that. Pks can kill it, drag it off and get it killed, hold it for ransom, and i still loose my stats. You do not play one, like you said, so yo have no idea how LOOONG or EXPENSIVE it takes to lvl one of these metas up, let alone try to keep it strong when it does die.
I get my meta killed enough to loose stats, let alone worrying about a pk adding to that or having it drug off. If i get my meta killed, well maybe i deserve the stat loss. But i dont think that i should loose stats when im being griefed. If you played this type of char you would understand.
Also I will agree that it is the best PVM char and we make lots of money? well maybe we make more then others, but we also SPEND more then others. look at the price of relics, taming ss, and the time/money put into keeping pets stats up, and then having to lvl the relics.
There are now people who specifically hunt down metas and make it there goal to kill them....and its getting worse
That being said I will repeat i am strong supporter of the pks (and i dont play one) but my pets shouldnt suffer so harshly