Tameable exposed-brain colossus and tan silithid bugs!

[Bellatryx]

I think it's silithids, isn't it?

Thats kind of what confused the heck out of me. hehe

[Wain]

Is the beetle family an exotic family or a regular one?

I'm pretty sure it's just regular and it's called "Beetles" but they currently have the exotic silithid buff. That would surely change... either they'll lose the buff or they'll become exotic.

[Bellatryx]

Is the beetle family an exotic family or a regular one?

I'm pretty sure it's just regular and it's called "Beetles" but they currently have the exotic silithid buff. That would surely change... either they'll lose the buff or they'll become exotic.

Thanks for setting me straight once and for all..

As for the buff.. perhaps its the non-BM hunter's answer to the silithid?

[Sasrei]

Oooooh!

The twisted side of me now wants to roll an undead hunter named "Zombie", and get a hive controller named "Snackbar"...

lol!

Neat find.. I am soo not taming it though.. man that would freak me out to no ends! lol but I forsee it being a very popular pet indeed

Brain bugs are going to be exotic right? I am pretty sure they have to be.

[rubybeam]

hehe go into battleground with this thing make player scared of it so they don't attack and kill. my plan in a nutshell :3

[The Insect Man]

At the moment we just basically have a new set of silithid skins called "beetle" - cunning tree, same skins, same diet etc.

It's my hope this is just temporary - like a lot of others, I think beetles would fit more as tenacity pets, either as standard pets with please-god-not-another-useless-pvp-ability, or as exotic pets with, say shell shield and some kind of nice raidbuff (Blessing of Might still up for grabs?).

[Protego]

Ewww the brain exposed really very creepy indeed.

[Kalliope]

At the moment we just basically have a new set of silithid skins called "beetle" - cunning tree, same skins, same diet etc.

^
This.

Brainbugs of any kind are lumped in with the rest of the silithids, not the beetles.

[Victorelle]

poor guy...

[Razzy]

[Slickrock]

hehe go into battleground with this thing make player scared of it so they don't attack and kill. my plan in a nutshell :3

This will certainly work for a while..

And for that matter, as long as the brain-bugs stay big, one hunter can sit in a tower and lock it down.. they will be nerfed eventually, but it will work for a while.

[Zetharl]

And it's a quest mob! Short camping time ftw!

[Anyia]

And for that matter, as long as the brain-bugs stay big, one hunter can sit in a tower and lock it down..

Haha, camp inside the model of the bug, don 2pc T5 to keep it up, and nuke away. Yep, I can see a size reduction heading our way. Pity, it looks so awesome this size.

[Chugs]

Here's an HD Cataclysm Beta video of me showing the exact location and then taming of the Hive Controller AKA the "Big Brain Bug" as we've taken to calling him in guild chat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDkmU4_WQLE

[Maqueda]

That seems doubtful. Ah-well! This game is all about fantasy. But it hurts my head just fantasizing the pain of salty water or any water filling the brain cavity.. Ugh.. yuck.

We can only hope that the poor guy's brain is similar to ours and completely lacks pain receptors.(or whatever they are called! -- At least, that's what they taught us in health class... >.>)

[Daranara]

So I nabbed this guy, just to see how it looked beside my hunter.

...I must congratulate blizz; they finally introduced a pet I will NEVER own. His sloshing brains are not a sight to behold D:

[Zeilla8]

Here's an HD Cataclysm Beta video of me showing the exact location and then taming of the Hive Controller AKA the "Big Brain Bug" as we've taken to calling him in guild chat.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RDkmU4_WQLE

Chugs made a nice vid of it.

I just went to check the Fledgeling Colosus in UnGuru and he's still untameable. Also you the 'beetles' in that cave are not tameable and are not beasts.