One thing I really enjoyed about daoc was the way mob and pet mechanics worked when you had a buffed pet. I've made a few pet classes here on uthgard and have noticed that the damage pets do in combat is WAY off from live. I remember on live buffed pets tearing up higher con mobs with their physical damage output.

I heard from another player that there are differences in the way mobs are coded between uthgard and live. It would be nice if this issue were looked into somewhat though. I might be in the minority, but I enjoy PvE with a beefy pet! Focus shield works, but it's not the same for me with the different mob mechanics.

This is a known problem and there are several threads on the forums about this. It will be fixed in future as you may have noticed all Uthgard mobs are rather weak, so are the pets (are mobs themself).

Thanks for responding. I did notice that mobs are weak with the exception of mobs higher level than you. The code for how mob damage effects targets below level range seems powerful.
On live I remember pulling many many mobs with focus pull (6-7 oranges), and the buffed pet made it a very tanky target.
Am I remembering right here?

Buffed pets here seem to struggle to tank 3 oranges on uthgard. Which would make sense because they are weak.

I will just wait until you guys fix it, and hopefully I can make an enchantment chanter once again!

Buffs dont work properly on pets or mobs yet. So dont expect too much. Will be fixed later.