This is nothing but a fun thread, please try not to scream at people if you don't like their ideas. I just want to see what people think Blizzard could do to improve the pet system, purely for fun. It just seems like something amusing to do while I'm bored and I'm curious what sort of idea's people have. So toss them out and let's play with them a bit :) It could be fun...maybe?
1: Pet's could use some armor, even if it's just a single piece. Nothing godly or anything, but just something that might give your pet a slightly modified appearance and a minor stat boost. Could be fun to play with
2: I would actually kinda like to see pet's 100% normalized (all pets) with a slider to customize your pet completely. I think each pet race should have 1 or 2 unique powers, and that should be the only difference. That way you can pick a pet by their powers and appearance and not have to worry about dps, defense, balance. To balance out the fact that all pets would have the same stats, you would have to customize that setup. When you tame an animal, the slider I mentioned before would appear. You would be able to move it left and right, to a maximum of +10% and a minimum of -10% (moving it one way or the other either takes away points or adds points that you can use) so that you could choose to make your pet DPS, Tank or Balance.
You want a DPS pet but hate the ones we have now? Ok, go tame a wolf and slide the bars around. +10% DPS, +4% armor, -9% hp, or...something. I dunno how the point system would work. But you see my point I would think. Giving hunters even more flexability to deciding what kind of animal they want would be nice, at least to me. Then the only thing you have to worry about is the racial powers for a pet, instead of pouting that you can't have the pet species you want because it's basically useless. Might be nice to see something other than a Cat, Ravager or Wind Serpent for a change...
3: Rename feature. I don't care if it costs some gold, I think you should be able to rename your pets.