They just need to scale with levels that's is it. How or if they plan to do that we have no way to know. Pets feel like summons spells anyway. Nothing like Animal companions at all.
Familiars in BG2 had a better vibe to it and that was 20 years ago. Looks like one of those ported dnd features that just got thrown in there with little to no preplaining.
I'm sure in the end it will be fine probably just like summoning spell, nothing new or amazing that would set new standards. Shovel makes for a better animal companion right now and his not even an animal or companion.
To add they still didn't fix the fact that if you take level 1 pet with ranger you get stuffed if you pick the wrong subclass. Many players will fall for that trap.
