Pets won't attack with offhand

[trevius]

You would have to look at the source to be sure, but this is probably related to skills. A monk starts off at level 1 with dual wield, but all other classes have to train to learn it. I think it still lets them wield 2 weapons at once, but only knows how to use one of them. Just a guess though.

[chrsschb]

Any idea on how to train an NPC's skills or manually set their level?

[ChaosSlayer]

logicly a PET is an npc
if a ranger NPC gets his dual wield at lev 17 - then a pet whos class is also set as ranger should behave identicly WIHOUT any special source coding

[chrsschb]

You would think that but for some reason it's not working.

I've tried all classes who get dual wield and ONLY setting the pets as a monk allows them off hand attacks. I have no idea why as I've tried this with pets of all levels.

[ChaosSlayer]

well in this case I urge devs to look into the code - pets should nto handled any diffirently than any other npc for ALL purposes

[chrsschb]

Update: No NPCs are attacking with offhand unless assigned the monk class.

So to me it looks like npcs aren't "learning" dual wield when they hit the appropriate level.