Question about Druid Charm Pets
 

Hi All,

From what I can gather, it seems like most people suggest using daggers as pet weapons. Is there a reason for this other than economy? Thanks in advance :D

nope

it's not really classic, but the stats on the weapons you give your pets are completely irrelevant, i give my pets regular "daggers" because it is easy to find vendors that sell them and they are relatively cheap at 2p a piece (for a somewhat higher level character)

but you can give them whatever crap you like as long as it is 1h and can be primary/secondary.

of special note: weapons that have procs will proc when a pet wields them, this makes weapons like gnoll hide lariats and ebony blades quite fun to use.

and the only reason to give a pet weapons at all is to get them to duel wield (and to make them look cool), this becomes relevant at lvl 20+ depending on your pet's level.

Cheap and light, small size.

I miss the PoK vendor with infinite rusty daggers.

Sounds like a mental carry-over from the time in classic that Necro pets took weapon delay (no idea this was ever true for others).

No, the reason has already been stated. Daggers are the cheapest vendored 1 handed weapon, well clubs are the same price, but daggers weigh a lot less than a club. So you carry a handmade backpack full of 10 daggers and you have enough for a couple nights of adventuring.

In other words, economy.

a : thrifty and efficient use of material resources : frugality in expenditures; also : an instance or a means of economizing

The original question:

Thanks.

economy + weight, if it was just economy people would have a backpack full of clubs. Most druids don't have 255 strength though so daggers are the most obvious choice. Has nothing at all to do with some necro pet myth.

actually it was true for all mobs (including charmed mobs) as well during classic, this is one of the reasons that dorn b'dynn, ambassador dvinn and the other infamous dragoon dirk wielders across norrath were so brutal for their con - they attacked about 30% faster, and thus did 30% more dps than a normal mob of equivalent level, because they wielded dragoon dirks.