In any case, I took a billion screenshots. I've compiled the pet-related ones for you all here, and am going to add my take on each of the pets I nabbed in case anyone's curious as to what they're like "in the flesh." I'm going to be posting them all shortly.
First up, Gezzarak. What can I say, except OH MY GOD YES. I WILL be taming her again on Live as soon as possible, and keeping her. Her skin is so well-done, especially for an older model. She really is a beauty. As soon as I logged in, the first thing I did was go farm the Time-Lost scrolls and tame
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On a related note is this guy. He is actually REALLY gorgeous, giving Gezz a real run for her money IMO. I was surprised by how much I liked him. I may actually retame, if I can find a reason to keep two warpies >.>
Another massive keeper: Shango. I have -always- wanted a saber tiger, and, well, dream come true much? Yeah, I'm easy to please
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Another likely keeper. I may exchange my Grub'thor for him. He takes on blue, greenish or dark gray hues depending on the lighting--a very striking pet! You can see the extra shot I nabbed of the white Jormungar--one selected and one not for comparison.
I thought I'd love the fox--I really did. I was shocked to find I downright dislike it. The movements are good, but from behind (where you are 100% of the time!) he's just plain Disney
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![Razz :P](./images/smilies/icon_razz.gif)
A few different models here. The black & red is beautiful, but I've always wanted the green one--and he looks great. Will definitely tame this guy. By the way, their SOUNDS are those of Felboars--rough and heavy--not the high-pitched, cute grunts and squeals of standard boar.
Grabbed this guy for a screenshot. Not my favorite skin, but pleasantly not as ugly as I'd expected
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Making my way through AQ for a white beetle, I realized I'd fallen and had to get past Buru. I THEN realized he was a beast, THEN remembered he was tameable--and realized the quickest way to get past him was to tame. He moves very slowly, so if you start your tame at max distance, it's quite easy. I'm guessing even a player on par with his level wouldn't have much trouble. He's got neat swiping attack animations, and a pleasantly comfortable size--not massive, but not undersized either.
Another long-time want, and utterly gorgeous. 4 second root on a Ferocity pet is nice. He is a beautiful beast, and adorably small. I will very likely tame this guy on Live once he's available.
Here's that beetle I went nuts to get from AQ. He's got gorgeous markings across his shell (I'm a sucker for black & white pets, too). He's also quite the tank--I tamed him and then my feign failed via knockback, so I called him back out and talented him mid-fight. He managed to tank the whole group of beetles--lvl 60 or not, I thought that was pretty cool (there's about 10 in the pack!).
Also from AQ, and also black & white, is the wasp. Easy tame--kill both his comrades (the pink one is the knockback artist) and tame. He's beautiful, too!
I logged the test char, an old copy, in to find this tiger beside her. I was shocked for a moment, wondering for a split-second if they were giving them out or something
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Last but not least! This will be a re-tame for sure. The animations are still primitive (the head is held very strangely while flying etc) but the sounds are hilariously cute--very perfectly "seagull." The model is pretty well done, too--and he uses Trick
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