This is driving me crazy.
  • Someone tells me my DPS is low.
  • I think ok maybe I am off, so I look at parser and see my DPS + my Garuda is on the high end of DPS being done.
  • I point out my combined DPS, and ask them if this isn't what they are seeing.
  • They tell me "Pet Damage Doesn't Count"
  • My head explodes.
  • They tell me I suck etc etc.
  • I just leave, knowing its not worth it to argue.

I have run into this issue in every MMORPG I have played when pet classes are involved. I think the issue started in the days of WoW when Hunter pets would always die from Raid AoE, and thus weren't considered in theorcrafting because "Pets don't count because they die to easily." And its just kind of stuck. That is really the only thing I can think of as to why this line of thinking is around...

Thoughts, examples, sob stories welcome.