Yeah, and actually, I never really even considered the pet thing. I usually just keep it on defensive. This generally works out because it's stealthed and takes forever to creep up to wherever the bad guy(s) are. I can't imagine it will do enough damage to pull aggro over real players.. ?
I've yet to get yelled at, lol. So, I dunno. Maybe people are just "sigh, effin noobs" and not blasting me for it.