I read this tip somewhere to help stop your merc or pet from going wild by making a macro with /merc backoff /pet backoff My problem is that the this disables the pet/merc to only follow me ( which is fine ) but I have to manually reset the pet. the merc/pet might normally be set to protect me and itself , or someone else on the team from a drop down box. the merc/pet might be set to assist me or someone else on the team from a drop down box. It is a real pain in the .... to have to reset the pet/merc to what it was previously set to every time I want to stop it from running off and picking daisies. I wouldn't mind having a macro to reset it's targets after I've stopped it. I want a /pet backon or /pet assist someone , etc. Are there no slash command equivalents to the the drop down boxes and check boxes?
/pet_attack (attacks your current target) /pet_preserve_self and /pet_preserve_master (will cause pet to either attack whatever is attacking it or you. /target_pet will allow you to quickly attack whatever is top of your pet's hate list in chat type /pet then hit tab key to get pet commands.
Just got back in game to check. syntax on my mage should read /pet preserve_self and /pet preserve_master, also available is /pet follow. Note also that typing /pet then tabkey in chat isn't very helpful. Much better help at http://eq2.wikia.com/wiki/Slash_Commands#Pet_commands
