If this mechanic of longer pet cast times continues to exist, can we at least get tankier pets? They die so easily now, especially my void walker who can barely take anything it seems. Long CD on it as well, I found my voidwalker dying consistently and then im awkwardly long casting my voidwalker summon as mobs are slapping me with sticks.
We’re in shadowlands as great heroes yet suddenly our pets take even longer to summon than before…
Not to mention the Voidwalker’s deceptive AoE range, pulling mobs you didn’t want to fight. It’s low leech percentage, small health pool, not to mention Health Funnel chunks us so bad.
Like all things though, it’ll get better with gear.
This has been extremely annoying! Wasting a bunch of time fighting mobs that my voidwalker decided to pull.
Six second pet summon is a bummer and hopefully something that will change. I went with Demon Skin for my Wrathguard, which solved most of the issues with him tanking. On a random note, sure would be nice if our pet respawned with us when we jump down a large distance (Typically instance situations like entering the Maw and some of the dungeons where my pet randomly despawns).
Yeah I have to say its going to really blow in pvp if my pets just die immediately like they are now. The long cast time back in the day was offset by powerful summons and the warlock’s soul link. Without these two factors pets are pretty lackluster compared to say hunters pets.
Maybe it’s just more noticeable given the stupid long cast time, but I swear my pets are just despawning more often too. Teleporter? Pet despawns. Flight path? Pet despawns. It’s rather tedious.
I noticed this too. I would be in a middle of a fight after coming off a flight path and wondering why I was being attacked and my voidwalker wasn’t picking up aggro to realize my voidwalker wasn’t even up. Seems the only thing the demon is good for anymore is to stand in the way if you are trying to open a chest or click on something.