Sorry if I use the wrong term here but I am coming from wow looking for something more sci fi. I am level 7 and have just encountered a bunch of headless and then the higher level barebones but i couldn't seem to get the mobs to attack my simulacura, they always aggro to me even if I just stand there, is there an aoe aggro thing or something? I don't understand how I can get my pet to tank ala a wow hunter. am I just playing this wrong?

/simui if it isn't up

Either command your Sim to "Aggressive" to attack any hostiles it sees, "Defensive" to auto-attack anything that attacks you, or "Passive" to not attack anything, in which case you target a NPC and click the fist to make your sim attack.