What is "dumbfire"?

Google isn't helping with this one. EQ2 traders talks about tinkerfest offering a "dumbfire pet" - what does that mean? Thanks!

i think it means just a non attacking cutesy follow pet

I thought dumbfire were the temporary combat pets cast by a spell or item.

I have always used "dumbfire pet" to mean the temporary ones not under control, like the necro bat swam which always pulls the other golems in crypt.

So if you get a control panel it's not dumbfire. If you cast a spell and a pet animation occurs and then vanishes, that's dumbfire.

Could also say it is an animated DoT.

Those are cosmetic pets.

Yes..a "temp" pet that is cast with a spell. You are not able to control it like traditional pets used by pet classes.

Examples of dumbfire pets are the Brigand Band of Thugs, Necro Blighted Horde, Congy Aqueous Swarm, etc.

Yeah a dumbfire pet is basically a spell with an animation to it that includes some kind of creature. It's not like a real pet that interacts or casts things of its own accord.

((Hugs)) everyone! Thanks!

Are the dumbfire pets effected by how much attack speed and multi attack DPS etc?

No. It does a prescribed amount of damage based on the spell tier. The always thought the difference between it and other DoTs is that the mob can actually attack and kill them vice curing them to end the damage. But I'm not really sure about that.

Dumbfire are truly dumb lol --
I had a guild leader who loved all of us wizards
and other dumbfire owners to cast them before a particular
big fight for one of the fabled weapons --
he was a tank, guess he liked them for aggro --
never did figure it out -- haven't used mine since