What if... no spirit beasts?

[RHMakonea]

I'm hoping that it was just pushed back because of them focusing on other things, after all the last spirit beasts just being reskins I'll probably continue to just use my current pets. Would like to see some rare Water strider and Quilin thought if not any new spirit beasts

[Oswen]

But Porcupines? No. I would not even bother even looking at that Spirit Beast. I am sorry but I cannot stand the thought of a Companion Spirit Beast.

I wouldn't really call porcupines "companions", they are in no way little cute hedgehogs.
A wild Old world porcupine (which WoW porcupines seems to be based on, being Pandaria so similar to Asia) is a sturdy, stubborn animal which you may actually don't want to mess with if not prepared, they can charge and kill beasts which are way bigger than them (including lions or humans) you may want to read on their behaviour here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crested_Porcupine (these are the wild porcupines we have here were i live).

Still, porcupine or not, i'd love to see somekind of new Spirit Beast, like those amazing fanarts we have posted here on the forums.

[Wain]

I personally would love to see a porcupine spirit beast. WoW has serious aspects but it also incorporates some degree of silliness at all levels. I think a spirit porcupine could be more lighthearted without being a parody and would be something a bit different. It's not like they'd all become like that.

Besides, if they did make one, I'd have to wait and see what they came up with. It could actually look pretty mean

[Slickrock]

While I wouldn't mind a porcupine SB...

My preference is still for a boar or rhino. There needs to be something that ties to the asian theme (just no more cats, please). But that and the flurry over the wolves got me thinking... since the SB buff is kinda meh now anyway...

What if spirit beasts were reworked, and they stayed in their "original" family, but added the SB heal special? (and of course kept their unique models).

Might make things more interesting...

[SpiritBinder]

I personally would love to see a porcupine spirit beast.

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Lets see, add some blue, a little transparency, shiny eyes, aura effect, etc.... Hey Presto!

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[Miacoda]

I've always htought it'd be cool to have a skoll-esque porcupine... like, electric currents travel through its spikes.
Crap am I derailing? My apologies!

[Teigan]

All this talk of "killing off the family" is a bit dramatic. We haven't had a new sporebat skin since BC and no one claims they are "dead" I would be fine if there are no new SBs in this expansion. We have a lot to choose from already. And I would rather have none than another Gondria or transparent beast in general. I'd jump at the chance for another solid beast like Loque or Skoll, but its not a priority to me.

[Wain]

I personally would love to see a porcupine spirit beast.

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Lets see, add some blue, a little transparency, shiny eyes, aura effect, etc.... Hey Presto!
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Oh hahah

Actually I think 'cookie's idea of electricity arcing between the spines would be hilarious More like Igor the Mad Scientist / Porcupine.

As for this thread, it seems to have fragmented a little anyway. It is, by its very nature, a speculation thread based on a worst-case scenario with no actual evidence to support the game is going that way. But hypothetical threads are perfectly cool, too. As I said previously I personally don't believe they'd remove spirit beasts as they give the artists a chance to do something a bit weirder with beast art once in a while.

As for what I'd like to see as a spirit beast (since the discussion has gone that way)...

I only posted in support of the porcupine since it was brought up as something a few others would hate to see.

But if I got to choose the next one, I'd opt to showcase one of the newest tameable families. I'd choose a crane because of the elegance of the design and would give the artists a chance to really shine with something different and beautiful. Other than that I'd love to see what they'd do with a spirit old world basilisk. Maybe turn the crests into shimmering "flames" of some colour.

[Myrrmi]

I have a feeling we might get a spiritbeast in a later patch, when A/H conflikt will have taken its toll on Pandaria. Or a sha-beast... /droll

[Ziarre]

All this talk of "killing off the family" is a bit dramatic. We haven't had a new sporebat skin since BC and no one claims they are "dead" I would be fine if there are no new SBs in this expansion. We have a lot to choose from already. And I would rather have none than another Gondria or transparent beast in general. I'd jump at the chance for another solid beast like Loque or Skoll, but its not a priority to me.

While I might grumble at those against feline or transparent spirit-beasts, I agree with the majority of your comment. I might like a with-launch spirit beast, but the family's hardly going to die if we don't see a new one at release.