One thing that Diablo 4 did right, was giving pets a nice QoL function - picking up all the gold on the ground.
It would be pretty cool to have the same in LE. I understand that it might be seen as a “pay for convenience” thing, but maybe all players could just receive some basic pet when they make their character??
I just would like pets to have a function, as I think it would make the game come alive in certain moments while playing 
Way too many threads about this already.
TLDR; devs say they see no need for an autopickup, but if they ever did this, everyone would get a free pet, so no P2W.
I’d like that. It just feels good in games like Torchlight 2 or *shudders * Diablo 4.
The free pet for everyone is so obvious to me - Minimus! I always wondered why they didn’t make use of him, it’s a noticeable and marketable character to me, and I’ll be damned, I want a Minimus pet that picks up gold and shards for me! 
It’s simple: He’s transported to the End of Time anyway, just create a dialog option to adopt this brave little critter.
Bonus points if you copy Torchlight 2’s “Send pet to town to sell stuff” mechanics!
Yeah, that’s fair. They could even do MTX for him & you could pet him just like you could pet Dogmeat in Fallout (1 & 2).