Is there a reason other than personal prefs or personal opinions on aesthetics to use non standard pets?
You have tank pets and dps pets that excel at their jobs and have an obvious roll to play.
Example of non standard: The commonly seen in the wild yet oft overlooked Crocolisk pet.
What would make the croc a viable pet?
From what I see it has no unique abilities.
Can the basic bite+growl provide the threat needed to tank and if not the DPS needed to remain useful? Does it matter in the end?
What would be a balanced pet?
I have been having a discussion with a friend about the croc, my side is that the species brings nothing to the table as a pet, its lack of additional skill hurting its standing even more. His side being in a nut shell no species is really that much ahead of another therefor a croc is not really any better than say a boar or cat or w/e and that it boils down to builds in the end.
I see his point about "its all about how you use your pet" but the discussion is about crocs, not pets in general.
All the info I seem to find about crocs as pets usually contains the term "huntard" or "annoying sound" in the same sentence.
So I stand confused. This is an obviously stat driven game, the croc from what I see just does not have the stats to make cut, I see it as mediocre or subpar given your options.
Personally I like my Boar-tank and the level of comfort he provides on my dial up connection. Sure he may not shred things like a cat but its nice to be alive when I come out of a 30 second lag bubble. I don't see a croc performing as well as my boar in a tank roll, and I choose my pet to tank.