ETA on Update For Pets?

Has Anet given a ETA on when they'll allow players to be able to release/dismiss/remove a pet that is connected/linked/charmed by a Hero NPC (Koss, Melonni, etc.)? Didn't they promise this like 2 Months Ago?

No.

They said they're looking into it.

It will come when and if Anet gets around to it. There are more pressing problems at the moment that need more attention. Stuff like rubber banding and bots and such that require their attention more.

And Yet they Have time to add "Events, Nerf Skills, Add New Search Methods...Oh, new way of storeage."

Anyways I think there's a major need for this update, because I have a hero /w a pet, that I was training to become a dire. I was doing my normal routine in getting a Dire. (Pet Deals Dmg, Person takes Dmg). My Hero (Acolyte Jin) Stats:
[Attributes]
- 15 Beast Mastery
- 11 Expertise
- 3 Wilderness Survival
- 0 Marksmenship
- 10 Smiting Prayers
[Skills]
1:. Ferocious Strike
2:. Brutal Strike
3:. Predator's Pounce
4:. Strength of Honor
5:. Symbotic Bond
6:. Call of Protection
7:. Charm Animal
8:. Apply Poison
[Support]
1:. Mending

(Pet Never Died, Hero Never Died, Energy Sufficient, Dmg Sufficient)
This build has always given me a Dire pet. Then I stumbled on some weird Bug that made my pet fail to Evolve the 2nd time. Acolyte Jin's Pet is a Lvl 20Aggressive White Tiger. It had NEVER evolved to a Dire White Tiger. I've leveled that pet Outside Gates of Kryta and had it kill Specifically Margargoyles. Either this is a Bug, or lvl'ing a pet is purely by chance.

Here is Picture of that Lvl 20 Aggressive White Tiger:


Simply Put, They Need to Get This Update Now So people in my situation can dismiss/release the pet. If they don't want to do that then, They should address the pet lvling thing which, every person I talked to in-game, said it's a bug. Reguardless, They need to make Dismissing pets that are linked to heroes a PRIORITY!!!!

A Priority over important bugs and skill fixes?

You realize most people just use their pets as a meat shield right? Having "Dire" infront of its name is mostly just a goal because Dire is accounted for being harder to get.

You do realize that they have multiple teams working on multiple things right? If not, please accept this small education. Events are done by one group of people, skills are done by another, etc etc etc.

if that may be true, then where is the group thats working on this problem?...or do they even have one?

Priority? I think you need to review just what a real priority is.

I do not agree as there are many more important things that
need their attention

I'm tired of seeing dumb reasons not to make a change. Think about resources. It's easy to change some things (typo in a dialogue) and will take a very small amount of resources. Even if other things are more "important", they may require more resources. Nothing is more irksome than reading that a smart, needed change that would be easy to do shouldn't happen because there still isn't an auction house or some other change.

Then again, maybe you are right. Global warming is obviously more important that the survival of a single person, so I suggest you stop bothering with eating and sleeping, and get cracking on global warming. Or maybe start thinking about how priorities and resources interact.

Just because you think its an easy fix doesnt make it so. Mabey it requires more then you think it does, not trying to be a jerk just stating it may take some time for them to fix this problem

Perhaps, all of you who want things NOW could pitch in and start writing code for these updates.

As has been said, no firm schedule has been announced for that feature.