HMMMMMMMMMMM. Lets start with a fun fact, when I first started playing this private server I did not mind that AoE pets were not implemented. But when I first started our community was ALOT bigger and healthier, we had some strong players that had proper gear and skills ranked. Fast forward to the current state of the private server, most of the highest level players quit or just not as active as they use to be. Because of that I feel like I'm just stuck, since those endgame dungeons I would like to run are not really an option since most of the community is undergeared or underlevel. The addition of AoE pets would solve that problem a little, but of course would not solve the bigger problem which would be lack of *geared active* players we have. I see people keep mentioning how broken clouds and bone dragons are, but seem to forget when AoE pets first came out they were not healing or doing 500+ AoE damage and reducing mobs protection. The most broken AoE pet back then was Ice dragon since you could just freeze everything constantly and I wouldn't mind compromising there. If you check the New Pet menu on the character screen you will find the AoE pets I would like to be added to the game. The summon effect for those pets does not do any significant damage, for those who argue that one could just hide/play dead and spam them for every room. Another reason it seem some people are against AoE pets being added is because they seem to think they allow you to instantly be able to solo content. Which is not true at all... You cannot go into peaca int with shit gear, low rank skills and no knowledge of how the mobs react expecting to solo. Will AoE pet make a dungeon such as peaca int less painful if you don't have other players that are able to carry their weight in there? Yes, But what other option do we have exactly. To those that think AoE pets will reduce party play even more, I would rather have geared players beside me any day then a few pets that would make a dungeon do-able but still clear slow as fuck.
We'll never have enough people to run the hardest stuff and most people quit before they can get to that point because of the sole reason that it is a private server and not an official thing.
^ This basially sums up why i feel they are needed.