why is this forced on us and not an option?

[Wildsprite]

Unfortunately there were a lot of complaints in the other direction about having to click or tab up every time you wanted to use the skills on the pet hotbar, so I guess that prompted the change. I wouldn't expect a change before 2.51 or 2.55

I dont want them to remove it, just make it optional so if you use the pet hotbar it doesnt do this