Buttons in the control pets window.

[captainstar]

Sometimes when I'm in a Hami Raid with a bunch of characters around, I feel like I have to click the attack button a bunch of times in the pets window so the lag doesn't slow me down. So my idea is this. Make it more obvious that the attack button was pressed by changing its color.

[Rudra]

First off, this is not a vote against the OP. It's just a question.

 

The icon already changes to the attack symbol when you click the attack command, and it reverts back out to the follow symbol when they drop out of the attack command. So what would changing the color do beyond that?

 

(Edit: Regardless if the color changes or not, you still have to look at the pet window to check the pet status icons to see if the attack command took. Unless you did not disable pet chat, in which case they typically give a chat cue to acknowledge the attack command. And there is already the attack command symbol. [Edit again: As well as the visual indicator of the pets attacking the designated target.] So I'm not following what adding a color change would do.)

 

Edit yet again: I see you are using the simplified pet window. I highly recommend using the advanced pet window. If you don't know how to access it, select "Options" on the pet window and then select the advanced controls. It will make your life as a MM much easier.

Edited June 18, 2023 by Rudra

[TheZag]

They should change the names from simplified and advanced pet windows to 'the crap pet window' (simplified) and 'the good pet window' (advanced).

 

Definitely use the advanced window and drag the tiny buttons into your power tray and use them from there.  I put attack target, follow, stay, go to, aggressive, defensive, and passive all in my tray so i dont have to use the drop down menus in the pet window.

 

[Rudra]

Like @TheZag said, the simplified pet window is garbage. The advanced window lets you see what the current status of your pets are, something the garbage window, I mean simplified window, doesn't do. It also gives you control over each pet so you can use different commands for different pets as needed. I really have no idea why the simplified window even exists, it is that worthless.