Excelsior

I know this has been brought up before and was determined couldnt do anything about the speed inwhich they follow you because it was based of stamina or whatnot... but one thing I have noticed is that they never run. Any way to make them run when you run? I know my hiryu can move faster than he does when following me, he does so when I ride him. Of course I have no idea how hard something like that would be to code, but figured I'd atleast throw it out there.

Well, anyway whats the point in making pets faster ? Think about pack of animals running as fast as Umm. I think are "running" all the time, they try to follow you at their max speed.

The point is so that when you have a pet following you, you dont have to walk just so they can keep up with you. Just imagine the real world, if you have a dog, been your buddy for years and you are outside with it. If you are walking in the park with him, he will walk beside/behind you. If you take off running though and the dog wants to stay with you, he too will begin to run, instead of walking in hopes of catching up with you.

And I was refering to pets, not any other animals or umms running. Just wanting them to follow better.

EDIT:

Would also like to add, maybe it could be with bonded pets only, since they would be the ones that want to stay with you no matter what.

Well by pack of animals i meant something like 2 kitsune or other fast killing pets. If they had their movment speed incresed they would be unstopable, when killed one target they are near 2nd in no time.

I think it is possible, but maybe col or someone else see other negatives from quick pets.

oh I am sure there are negatives... always are. but just limit it to when you run they run. all other times they walk like normal. that way they wont be moving from monster to monster in a second killing everything.

As I said in the other post (I think I did anyway).....NPC escorts can stay with you. No matter how fast you run.....

Well just increasing their overall speed isnt going to work, because they look like theyre on stereoids. A pet does like 1 damage per second... if they are faster they do 5 damages per second, you just see the red numbers flying off the opponent. Plus, they run over the screen in almost instantly.
With some time it would be possible it rescript them so they just follow you faster, but attack and go to their target at the regular speed. But - pets are already strong, with the breeding and all. I think it's a bad idea to make them faster.

I think there is a bit of confusion here.......
Possibly its just with me...

We are not talking about fighting or anything and is not about swing speed (DEX and stamina) its about movement (Walk speed)

ALTHOUGH.....I would like the hit speed increased!

I walk(And run) at the same speed now that I have 125 DEX as I did when I had 15 when I started.....This has not chnged at all
Escorts and Prisoners and whatnot can stay with a mounted rider and never get left behind (Unless trapped by trees or some kind of static)

Pets cannot move faster than a walk.....EVER...Unless being ridden...
When they are dead they barely crawl along.....

Yup this is old threat, but it would be so much easier if pet would walk and run with you, so you dont need to walk just for them to keep up.

My old shard where i played before i started WoW, 'fixed' that problem.
It is posible