Isya, I thought I'd give you a little tip, but there's a boss who actually drops a pirate hat you can wear with your armor. I had it on my rogue before the end of the beta weekends. Looks awesome, but it doesn't drop very often. He's in the dungeon around the late 20s, early 30s.
I think I've yet to see my panther actually hit anything the entire time I've played this character. The one time he actually got off his *** to jump on someone, I had just struck the killing blow and he hit nothing but air. I've been basically soloing with a social pet this whole time.