Whats the difference from Charmed Pets and Summoned Minions?
The idea of minions is that they’re much more disposable than a pet, and more easily acquired. When you animate a minion, it’s only going to be around for a short time, will not be able to travel between missions, and so forth. Therefore, it’s intended that you easily find assets to use to acquire one or several minions and use them while you can. With a charmed creature, on the other hand, you have a real pet, something that’s worth going out and finding and caring for. With attention and proper care and feeding, your lynx can be with you from mission to mission, could even travel with you from Ascalon to Kryta and beyond. The balance of pet mortality compared to minion mortality is something that the designers are still discussing. Minions die much more easily than pets, and I don’t believe that there are special “minion support skills” as there are for pets, such as Feeding and Comfort Animal. Stay tuned for more news about minions and pets in the near future.
