In another game I've played there were training dummies that could be used to test dps on. I'm wondering if we could have something similar here with different levels that can't die but we could continue fighting to get a general idea of how powerful our pets are.

Might be interesting if we could also "rent" gear to try out on the dummies that obviously we can't keep. It's only for use on a dummy. Could be an interesting gold dump. I wouldn't make it too expensive though since if you're wanting to play around with lots of gear possibilities for multiple pets it could add up really fast.

This is actually a very good idea. I wanted training dummies since day one actually lol (coming from many MMOs, I know their use). I just haven't found an opportunity to put them into the game yet.

The gear rental thing also sounds like it would be useful. It would be kinda tricky to code though - but not impossible.

I would say to look for this feature in towns after we revamp the entire combat system.