Apparently ranger pets and minipets are able to run over and acquire the Birthday Cake nourishment buff.
Ranger pet can acquire the buff
Pet stats increase due to the buff
Buff is removed upon swapping to alt pet
Pet having the buff did not appear to add to player stats in the Hero Panel
(may still be buffing the player though, would need to be checked on your end)
Minipets can acquire the buff
Minipets having the buff did not appear to add to player stats in the Hero Panel
(may still be buffing the player though, would need to be checked on your end)
I am unsure if Necromancer minions and other summoned “companions” can also acquire the buff and have their stats increased, though it is likely that they can but also do not increase stats textually in the Hero Panel like the ranger pet and minipet do not
This is likely an oversight and unintended, but it’s not that big of a deal and is actually a minor (and much needed) boost to pets.
It’s not a big deal at all and they can ignore this if they want. Could be intentional for all I know and not an oversight.
I mainly started testing it out to see if the boosts added to the stats, MF and Karma of the player as well. Since they don’t seem to be (as they do not boost player stats textually in the Hero Panel) then I guess it’s not much of a problem.
Imagine if each necro minion+minipet had the boost and each one of them was adding all those stats to the player. Could have been a problem. Since that doesn’t seem to be the case, I don’t mind our pets having their cake and eating it too.
However, my pets prefer pie. Shame there isn’t a pie launcher somewhere.
