I spent a few days getting Ridden Death.
Can't use it in raids and most instances
Does 10-20 dmg for a grand total of 3.4dps
I've heard rumors of Bearshamans increasing it to around 60-100 dps but still its absurd no reason for this at all
/signed
They should replace the combat pets/summons with the social pets. Social pets could then be modestly useful but not very effective in combat and at least contribute rather than oddly vanish into thin air like the mounts do. Then combat pets could be beefed up a bit to be modestly combat effective like they used to be. And perhaps supposedly stronger pets could actually be stronger rather than seem weaker or even less useful than weaker pets.
i just dont want my pet to disppear in fight. how hard can it be?
Make them visible only to the player that owns the pet. That way it can be rendered and dealt with mostly client side, has no impact on the game, etc. and it can be in-combat without an effect on other players.