Something I am wondering about is how reliable will the pet/summons AI be in this game.

I like the idea of summoning storm atronachs, and I like summoning in the single player games. But in an MMO, the AI has to be good enough to not be completely terrible in PvP, as pets often are.

Also, has there been any mention whether or not minions will have their own hotbar? With keys for attack, retreat, etc? In past MMO's, pets that cannot be controlled in such a way become 99% useless in PvP, and often in PvE as well. We need to be able to control our summons for them to be effective.

Nobody knows how good the AI will be. This is one of the things that can't be known until you play the game. Also, I'm pretty sure that summons will behave just like they do in other ES games.

Good question. Wish I had a answer.