It could be nice if donation pet couldnt loose stats... kinda feel **** to pay 500ED for a pet, +100ED to make it mlvl 45, and have to pay 50ed (well, thats what I heard it cost for stats retrival).
I dont say for the 1 you tame out in the wild (special event etc), but having to watch to make sure your dont get stat loss on a pet you paid for.... specialy since you dont have unlimited ability points like the breeded pet. The donation pet kinda loose a lot of value :/ yea they ahve special abilitys/high dmg, but 3 ice hound (per example) reach overall the dps (or near), but has more HP than 1 single pet (since you have 3x the 2k cap). I know special pets have cons and pros... and its correct. they do high dmg ect. but have few pts to spend and are 5 slots (5 slots is a lot oO) I think that ok, but if you add the stats loss... :/
*Also, no way to restor min/max dmg other than pay ED (no tonic for it) :/ after couple weeks, my WW is now at 36/61, no way to recover those dmg pts...
Just a tough... Saw couple player trying to sell their pets recently. I personaly started to think to sell my WW and get myself a Bio, or 2 moce ice hound and a mount.
On a side note... why not add a special craftable pot that allow you to get +ability pts on your pet? (a random # depending on skill going from 5-25, dependings on the ingrediant you want to set) This would increase the value of pet pots crafting, and also allow to increase your special pet even futher, to a "cap" whit a lot of work (Special HP, since most of the stats/dmg/resist is arleady maxed)