That PET shrinking was not an accident, it was asked by players several times (PvP whining threads), MA just listened to them.
Sorry for offtopic
I'm so tired that 5% or less (minority) of player base dictate and fuck up gameplay to majority.
And its not just pets, its pvp2, pvp3, pvp4, space, right click, radar, long log out and zillion of other changes just because of few pkers.
I caught and tamed my daikiba stalker 7 years a go not because it was small but because it was big and hardest to tame.
Never been in PVP with pet and neven will go.
I don't consider pet like a shield or like a selling item, pet is to love.
Seven years with beast, now passed level 100 and that is reward? Just because of few pkers.
On topic.
Don't panic. MA have many years of experience fixing bugs on item stats.
Its not just mentioned axe, many items with "bug" like whips, some MF chips, scanners, some guns and many other items were successfully fixed.
So mod chip is not broken - its successfully fixed lol.