firstly yes, we will make a sub section to pets called Battle Pets
secondly use the pet template, parent to Battle Pets, tag battlepet, and add a note saying "battle pet, will fight when used with necromancer/necromancer ac"
finally through discussing with the staff i'v found out that all battlepets currently should be doing the same damage as eachother. therefore we do not record and sort of damage rating for them. ur stats, and the damage range of the weapon u have equipped should effect its damage in the same way they effect normal attacks. finally, any additional discrepancies in damage may be based on the "pet's level". since the new scaling of items when received has gone in game, we can't be certain what level pets have, that may in some cases cause small differences in the damage they do. if so, this too is to be considered a bug, and we dont need to record any data on it.
i think that covers everything. mew!