Well seeing what MA has done with other "come back" professions I put my money on them continuing their pace and making sure there is no real benefit to the community and just deepening the level of the ped sink. Rideable pets are copy paste from every other mmo. The only difference is those games make sure they master the level of lag these mounts create. EU servers STILL cant get 25 avatars on screen without CTD's or stutter stepping lag let alone adding pets. The worst part is Arkadia is still being dealt gimp server access compared to Caly so pets will just compound that problem.
It will be interesting what happens to our Taming skills, Animal Lore etc and how that translates into the new profession. Next week we get our first taste i think!
Dream on! opcorn: I'm still sitting on some fruits - glad they didn't decay with the time they've been in my storage!
Glad to see so many optimistic ppl here! Taming will be back, deal with it. Also, i have witnessed serious lag and disconnects for some avatars, while i didn't have any lag myself. We were both on the same server at the time. This can't be server side issue. Shoot your ISP. (Disclaimer: I can't possibly know about all problems with all players in all timezones. I can only talk about what i have witnessed myself.)