Training pets

As a Creature Handler, you can be train your pets to follow verbal commands. These commands may be said in the Spatial channel or using the /tellpet command (issuing commands using /tellpet has three advantages: the commands are not heard by anyone, including your enemies, you can issue them while incapacitated, and they have a greater range}.

The following is written primarily for creature pets. Programming droids is similar and covered under the article on droids.

Pet Commands
Based on what skills you have learned as a creature handler, you will have three or more commands that you can train your pets to recognize.

Training your pet
The Train option on your pet's radial menu brings up the Teach Pet Command window, which lists every command your pet can learn and it's current command phrase. You can train a new phrase for a command by selecting it from the list and clicking the Train button.

Once you select a command, the pet will say "?" and listen for the phrase you wish it to recognize the command by. After you say or /tellpet the phrase, the pet either learns the command and responds "!" or doesn't understand you and you you will need to try training the command again. You can verify the command phrases in the teaching window and by selecting the pet control device.

Pet Naming
While you are teaching commands to your pet, you can also choose to name it. This is done by simply prefacing the command phrase with the desired name. You must train four separate commands this way before the pet will take on its new name. You can then reprogram the commands without the name for ease of use, and the name will stick. Note: most of the rules for character naming apply to pet names.