Do you want more from your vanity pets?

So I completed Funcom's 30-mission goal this past weekend during The Secret World's one-month celebration. The reward was a shirt and a handful of points to use in the game's cash shop.

I spent them on the Little Lion vanity pet that is a spitting image of my real-world house cat, and I got a few chuckles out of having her follow me around as I smited various dead and undead creatures terrorizing the locals in Blue Mountain. Eventually I zoned and she went back to her digital cat-napping, and I was left to wonder why more games don't give you some actual functionality to go along with your vanity pets.

I know, they're just vanity pets, but in EverQuest II for example, I can make them play dead and about a dozen other tricks, whereas in The Secret World (and most other MMOs), they just follow me around. Heck, I can't even name this one! What about you, morning folk? Would you like your vanity pets to actually do something, or is that pretty far down on your MMO wishlist?

TH

Hm dunno mostly pets like that is more of an eye candy really. Never cared much about them

On wow I've only ever seen people get pets for the achievement or to show off that they did something for example I'm pretty sure one pet you needed to get exalted with a faction that are particularly difficult to get rep for, I'd agree with yog and say they are basically eye candy or are simply used for 'bragging' rights.