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Anyone know if they will add more slots to the stable?

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i was just wondering if anyone has heard anything about them adding more slots to our stables? with 4.2 i already have almost all of my slots filled in my stable, and i only have one non rare pet (my oil coated wolf for crit buff because its the closest i can get to a rare wolf that i dont have to be BM to use)
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No one knows yet, but if they do you can rest easy knowing that it will be all over these forums the second someone finds out. 4.3 isn't even out on the PTR yet, however, so I wouldn't hold my breath for the news.
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very true. Thank you for the reply :-)
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It only took em a few years to get what we got, but I would be eternally grateful if they did this.
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Lol, it's funny how when we finally get more stable slots it still isn't enough for us xD.

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Yeah no news yet. Search "stable slots" or something like that and you'll find a lot of topics on this matter and the debate over it (amongst hunters).

IMO - 25 is more than enough. Otherwise there would be many cases that the Azeroth Animal Control would have to be called in for Pet-Hoarding ~ Spinoff Reality TV show would then be created of course...
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I certainly hope they will, given the rate of new species/rare spawns that Blizzard churns out (especially if they continue the trend of the rares in 4.2 being extremely Hunter-specific).
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I hope that they don't. Just because then, what's the point of having limited spots anyways? Also, it's bound to take up server resources. How many people will just collect pets, taking up resources, and possibly bogging down servers, just because now we can have many many pets?

My hunter has been around forever (literally, since I think a few weeks after release), and I don't even have one whole page filled up yet. Even already... I don't use all my pets as much as I'd like. I think I need to start a nice rotation system. Probably start rotating one of my spirit beast slots out every so often so that my other friends can come out and play (for the moment, I like having an empty spot, "just in case").

Think of it really though, do you really NEED 30-40 pet slots? How many people would actually use that many? The current number could be logical. It gives you enough slots to get almost every special pet ability, allowing us to be versatile, and/or have a few different specs. I think the only way they'd need to add more spots, is if they add more families, which have completely unique special abilities. And even then, only enough so we can keep being as versatile as we are with our pets.

Even if you like collecting... Collect screenshots or something instead. Afterall, if you're just going to camp it in order to use it for a week, then stable it indefinitely when the novelty wears off, or you find something else shiney, is there really much of a difference between camping for a pet, and camping for a screenshot? heh.
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I just want 30. Then I'll be happy I swear!

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Airwyn wrote:I just want 30. Then I'll be happy I swear!
Ish... lol
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they should make it so we can have as many pets as we want considering pets is a HUGE!!! part of our class. Pets is the main reason i went with being a hunter to begin with
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wickedhunter wrote:they should make it so we can have as many pets as we want considering pets is a HUGE!!! part of our class. Pets is the main reason i went with being a hunter to begin with
I disagree... every pet probably takes up a sizeable amount on the server (at least.. considering you'd then have let's say an average of 50 pets per hunter.. and thousands of hunters per server.. that could end up being WELL over millions of pets taking up space). And now, those pets have other data saved with them as well, unlike the very very early stages... We have their names, as well as their specs, and who knows what else might be stored in the database. Honestly.. if we could have as many pets as we wanted..I just.. can't even describe how that would make me feel, heh.

Honestly though, why would you NEED endless pets? You couldn't possibly use them all. In which case you'd just be collecting them to say you had/have them... in which case my "tame for an hour, screenshot, and set free" idea is much better... In that instance y ou can say "I took the challenge/time to camp and tame it! And look! I collected them all!" without hogging up resources on the server, or having endless numbers of unused pets in your stable...

I honestly think that blizz should decide that unless they add a significant number of new families with unique abilities, they'll not add any more slots. And announce it... I mean.. if you REALLY have to collect them all.. You can always just make another hunter!
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I think this can be merged/directed towards the PTR thread concerning the same topic. :) There are some very good arguments put forth for both sides on that thread - as well as some good information.

We have no official word on more pet slots, though, nor do we really know how easy/difficult it is - the best you can do is contribute your 2 cents and wait.

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wickedhunter wrote:they should make it so we can have as many pets as we want considering pets is a HUGE!!! part of our class. Pets is the main reason i went with being a hunter to begin with
I disagree... every pet probably takes up a sizeable amount on the server (at least.. considering you'd then have let's say an average of 50 pets per hunter.. and thousands of hunters per server.. that could end up being WELL over millions of pets taking up space). And now, those pets have other data saved with them as well, unlike the very very early stages... We have their names, as well as their specs, and who knows what else might be stored in the database. Honestly.. if we could have as many pets as we wanted..I just.. can't even describe how that would make me feel, heh.

Honestly though, why would you NEED endless pets? You couldn't possibly use them all. In which case you'd just be collecting them to say you had/have them... in which case my "tame for an hour, screenshot, and set free" idea is much better... In that instance y ou can say "I took the challenge/time to camp and tame it! And look! I collected them all!" without hogging up resources on the server, or having endless numbers of unused pets in your stable...

I honestly think that blizz should decide that unless they add a significant number of new families with unique abilities, they'll not add any more slots. And announce it... I mean.. if you REALLY have to collect them all.. You can always just make another hunter!

different skins bro main reason i wished they would do that anhd why would i make another hunter for that when i have a hunter for it already
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wickedhunter wrote:different skins bro main reason i wished they would do that anhd why would i make another hunter for that when i have a hunter for it already
The thing is, this isn't Pokemon. It's not 'Gotta tame 'em all'. Our pets are a major part of our class, as in they have buffs and attacks that they/we bring to the party. The idea isn't to catch and collect every pet in the game. The idea is to cherry-pick your favorite skins and *use* them. Pets aren't like companions and mounts. They're not just window-dressing. It would be like having the ability to carry as much armor and as many weapons around with you as you want without having to take up bag space.

My stable is full, but there's always space that I can open up with pets that will be replaced by a 'shinier skin' or released as something I just didn't bond with. Sure, it means I can't show off my Karoma any more, but if I never used it, why keep it around when there's something that comes along I want more?

If you want to be a collector, that's cool. Collect. But the rules of the game shouldn't change *that* much to allow collecting. Thre's always screenshots, as mentioned above. :)
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Kurasu wrote:The thing is, this isn't Pokemon. It's not 'Gotta tame 'em all'.
I'm not so sure of that distinction anymore. With the latest 10 "challenge tames", if you want to be able to prove that you've completed said challenges, that's ten slots right there. It's not like in Classic where you could spot a Rhok'delar and instantly know someone had completed the hunter epic quest challenges. Personally I'll just go with helping other hunters get their tames as my stable is already full (though Skarr might have an in). So far I've only homed a Kirix, but that's a start! :)
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Anyia wrote:
Kurasu wrote:The thing is, this isn't Pokemon. It's not 'Gotta tame 'em all'.
I'm not so sure of that distinction anymore. With the latest 10 "challenge tames", if you want to be able to prove that you've completed said challenges, that's ten slots right there. It's not like in Classic where you could spot a Rhok'delar and instantly know someone had completed the hunter epic quest challenges. Personally I'll just go with helping other hunters get their tames as my stable is already full (though Skarr might have an in). So far I've only homed a Kirix, but that's a start! :)
That's why I said collect screen shots. Keep one slot open.. Tame, keep for a few days, take some shots, etc, and then release. I honestly don't see how I could EVER use even 25 pets. And what's the point of KEEPING something just to say you have it? Get your proof, then make room for the next, heh.
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Yeah, 30 would do it. I get yelled at for not having core hound (our other hunters do, does it matter?, and 1 or 2 other skins I'd like to have but just don't have room for.

Edit; It's a sentiment thing. I can easily give sentiment reasons for all of my pets, but irl, I'm not a pack rat; I'm the first to get rid of stuff if I won't use it anymore. The pets are part of us, and are special. To herpaderp toss them out like dirty socks isn't something we enjoy doing.
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After all of the years (and expansions) with just a handful of stable slots, I have to say that I am still *wallowing* in the luxury of having 25 total slots available, combined with the ability to have up to five pets on constant "call". Thank you, Blizz for the Hunter love shown there!

At the same time, as more rares, and more taming challenges are brought into the game (I hope there will be more, anyway), I'd love to see more stable space gradually made available too, as each tame will often represent literally hours of game-time spent patrolling and camping in addition to the off-game time spent researching strategies and such. That little pet ID and associated talent spec(s) is the only proof that you have that you actually accomplished the tame (screen shots can be photo-shopped). For roughly the same reason, Lok'delar and Rhok'delar will always have a place in my bank, as well as my old Dungeon 2 and Tier 1 full sets -- those pieces represent a *tremendous* amount of game-time investment, and thus have legacy and value to me.

That said, I made do with only four pet slots for a very long time, and I can do the same with 25 slots just fine too. I've already had to make some hard decisions in order to make room for the five Patch 4.2 pet challenge-tames that I wanted to do, and will make more when the "Ooooh, new shiny!" bug hits me again.

It's all a matter of style and personality, really. The argument that giving hunters more stable slots would somehow overload servers or take up too much of Blizzard's computer storage space is a red herring. Storage space is cheap, and if more people stay in the game and *pay* Blizzard to become the equivalent of in-game Pokemon collectors, then Blizzard can make room for that and reap the profits from it. It will just be one more way that the paying client-base can keep coming back for more. If it's not your personal play-style, then simply don't buy the extra stable space -- which I'm sure is how more stable slots would be implemented, like buying extra guild bank tabs or extra bank bag slots.

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Storage space is cheap
This is true, however, it's not JUST the physical space. I've done some web development, and the larger a database gets, the slower it gets(searching especially, which I imagine would be happening very very frequently), and more cleanup maintenance it needs(so.. possibly more longer maintenance like we used to have). Now, I wasn't all that great at database management, true, however, you can only make something so efficient before it's gonna start to bog down anyways. Sure, this doesn't SEEM like a huge problem, but considering that there's who knows how many hunters out there.. and even just half of them go all "Woo! I'm gonna buy 100 stable slots cause I wanna have all the rares!" that would increase the database load by a LOT. I'm not saying that blizzard couldn't find a way to make it work. I'm just saying that there are technical limitations to everything.

I wouldn't be adverse to occasional stable size increases. But doing it (or asking for it)with every single patch just because "OMG NEW SHINIES!" is a bit much. I don't know, that's my personal play style. I'd feel a bit cheapened I think if I didn't have to actually THINK about which pets Iwanted. Part of what makes the ones I have special is the fact that I've decided they are the ones I'm going to keep... If I could just fork out some money (and.. I don't see blizz doing that.. it would be another extra cost on hunters ONLY, which blizz has completely done away with.. arrows.. pet food.. etc) and have essentially unlimited pets, I wouldn't think about WHY I need or want that shiney new model/skin...And I'd just tame at whim.. especially with how easy gold is to make while doing even just dailies in Cataclysm. But yeah, occasional stable increases, if there's a GOOD reason for it, like new families.. or maybe add another 5 or 10 for every 20 or so rares added or something..

I'm just curious.. All those of you that have full stables, and "need" more, how often do you actually use all of your pets?
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