Shaman Irritation - shut that dog up!

[Gennyfer]

<p>I hate that flippin' spirit dog I have - does it actually <em>do</em> anything other than bark? It sure can't hold aggro. Damage? Does it do damage???  I can't stand it's stupid barking. I actually waste money getting petamorphs to cast on it so I don't have to listen to the god forsaken thing. I don't want to listen to dogs bark in RL and I sure as hell don't want to hear it in my game. Can I do <span style="text-decoration: underline;">anything</span> to shut the [Removed for Content] thing up?</p>

[Edith]

<p>Does it do anything? Well, other than provide wards, haste, and proc an aoe blocker, no.  Not a thing.   </p><p>Learn to love Dogdog the Wonder Pet or roll a cleric.</p>

[Lemilla]

<p>If you don't put any AA in it to make it usefull ... no, it won't do much. If you don't want to hear the barking, just don't cast it.</p><p>You can also mute the NPC callovers under sound options.</p>

[Gennyfer]

<p>I guess the dog gets better later on. I just wish it would shut up.</p><p>And, I have a templar.</p>

[Edith]

<p>Heh, I was just being a tad dramatic. <img src="/eq2/images/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" /> </p><p>The dog is very useful if you spec for it, though there are viable non-dog specs.  Shaman in caster groups sometimes choose an alternate route as their group is out of range of dog benefits so often.</p><p>For my part, I don't even notice the barking anymore.  It's like xmas music when you work in retail; after a while you just don't hear it.</p>

[ElsaRat]

<p>The dog's bark is nothing compared to the necro companion's cackle. I don't care how well necros solo, I don't think I could put up with that; it's bad enough hearing it fighting undead mobs. So I'll be interested to hear if there's a work around. Petamorphs you say?</p><p>P.S.</p><p>"<span style="font-family: Helvetica;">You can also mute the NPC callovers under sound options." Ohhh, that looks useful.</span></p>

[Kari]

<p>I usually ask my coercer to turn her into a little rat. You can see her wailing away on the mobs with her fists and not a peep out of her.</p>

[Amphibia]

<p>Yeah.... I have a mystic and the AA that makes the dog useful. And it used to drive me absolutely, completely nuts!</p><p>My solution is to hoard those pet illusions from SoL and use them to shut the durn thing up. Every time I cast it. Every time it dies. Yes, every time. Man, that dog is annoying.... I have actually had complaints about it from others too, during raids.</p>

[Yimway]

<p>zomg!</p><p>+infinity for....</p><p>/pet muzzle</p><p>or</p><p>/pet silence</p><p>or anything else to disable sound generated from a pet without disabling other sounds in game.</p>

[xeyda]

<p>It is annoying things like this (and, omg, hoof/footsteps!) that keep me playing EQII silenced, with the radio or TV on for background noise.  I would much prefer greater control over the sound options and be able to enjoy the score.</p>

[MurFalad]

<p><cite>Amphibia wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yeah.... I have a mystic and the AA that makes the dog useful. And it used to drive me absolutely, completely nuts!</p><p>My solution is to hoard those pet illusions from SoL and use them to shut the durn thing up. Every time I cast it. Every time it dies. Yes, every time. Man, that dog is annoying.... I have actually had complaints about it from others too, during raids.</p></blockquote><p>That dog is annoying with the barking, I love Frogs, but I'm just not a dog lover, maybe we could have an option to swap the Dog for a oversized Frog, a scaly lizard like thing or something else more appropiate for Frogloks, there are so many of these models in the game that it would be a relatively simple change to implement this. </p><p>We could even have quests set up to learn each different pet, anything but the barking please.</p>

[Mikkachu]

<p>I want a cat.  I can listen to a cat meow or rawr all day long, but the barking dog drives me to insanity.  I'm sure everyone's different, though- forget insanity, I agree that the necro pet cackling makes me want to shoot in my own head.  My poor head.  /pet silence would just be lovely.  Useful for my coercer, too... some of the nicest pets are the most annoying ones.  Gah.</p>

[woolf2k]

<p>have you tried hiding it? </p>

[Finora]

<p><cite>Jaine@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>have you tried hiding it? </p></blockquote><p>Don't think /hide works on combat pets. Could be wrong though. I love my dog very useful. Much like one of the above posters said  I don't even notice it barking anymore. Of course my mystic was my main when AA's first came out so I have had the dog for years now.</p>