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What i would like to see for the pet system since there is no classes is a skill that isnt tied to a class that allows you to have an animal companion and to bring it out you would need to slot it as a passive ability or utility skill which would make it basically a vanity pet it doesnt help you just follows you around and if you want it to actually engage in combat with you you would need to slot a seperate ability in place of one of you attack abilities so that when i am not delving into some forgotten ruins with a party or part of an expedition to clean out a lizardman encampment my fighter can explore the world with a pet wolf that could lend a hand in whatever i find in the wold. and by using those slots that would normally be used for important skills it in my opnion would help balance out damage output or even survivabilty by choosing to forgo a skill that say would increase my defense or attack power in a last ditch effort to survive like last stand and retaliation in WoW for a pet and going one less attack ability so that it actually helps you and doesnt look pretty. also by having the pet use up a important skil slot to just be vanity it would help keep down the amount of vanity pets people have out when you are in a big battle...so it wouldnt be like a raid where everyone has there pets out (from WoW experience again) and create unecassary lag

I think as far as soloing goes its all about using your head like back in UO before trammel be obserervant of your surroundings the smiling man with the funny hat will probably try to kill you in the middle of no where with no witnesses to his crime and he probably has a friend close by to help him take your gear. If you stumble across a goblin fort dont go knocking down the door. but there will probably be a couple outside the fort that would be challenging enough for you on your own. the world is supposed to change so there should be situations where soloing is not only possible but fun and rewarding so long as you dont go looking for treasure in dragon caves or where your gold leafed armor with precious jewels while you stroll shady locations alone. but even if you use common sense and are aware of your enviroment you will die alot but that ever present danger is part of the rush for exploring a dangerous world alone. and when your tired of dying and have lost all your wealth you can just do things with other people to make up for all that lost gear that bandits and goblins have taken from your corpse