Quote Originally Posted by damianfox View Post
How important is pet positioning to playing ARC/SMN?

I was immediately interested in the class, but I am concerned about my ability to micromanage the pet.

As stylish as the summoners are, I might be better off just nuking things with BM if I have a hard time multitasking.
generally when pets do not have agro with a mob, they fight from the back. its a pretty standard setup since most mobs perform frontal attacks that would damage it. i don't remember seeing this mechanic though, so if there isnt one, it should be incorporated. a pet class needs to be able to keep its pet alive through the fight. dying to massive AOE is a problem that at least in WoW has been addressed since pet classes loose almost near half if not more of their effectiveness when their pets die, and reviving them is a significant reduction in dps.