Loki wrote:I hope their timers are not the awful 6-18 hours of Cata rares. Something more akin to Skarr/Karkin (approx 2-4 hours) would be more suitable.
Only some are that bad. Madexx is 10-15 hours with few exceptions (although with the most variation of timer that I've ever seen - it's almost like a 12 hour spawn with about 3 hour give-or-take involved). I think I still have the spawn timer data from when I was camping for blue...
I have my suspicions as to other timers, but none with data as convincing.
Acherontia wrote:
It's like daring someone to go insult a bunch of kindly old nuns. You'll wind up going back to your friends with a story about how they smiled at your insults and tried to give you cookies, or something.
Well, if its a long timer, I'd rather it be concise. Like how Maddexx is in that 12 hour window. Not something like "It can spawn 2 minutes from now, it can spawn 2 days from now". because I will go absolutely nuts. D:
Most tamable rares fall within a 1-2 hour window either side of their timer. Madexx's 'window' is unusually long for something that isn't as wildly varying as TLPD/Vyragosa or Aeonaxx. It could be pretty frustrating when the hunt drags on for more than a week--because the longer the window is, the smaller your windows of 'safe' time are to sleep/eat without worrying about a spawn.
Acherontia wrote:
It's like daring someone to go insult a bunch of kindly old nuns. You'll wind up going back to your friends with a story about how they smiled at your insults and tried to give you cookies, or something.
After looking this all over. I really like the mechanism, or at least the theory of it, but for me personally, I'm pretty "meh" about the skins used. I'll certainly try to track a few down, but other than the quillen, I'm not really interested in any of the skins. Perhaps the tiger and goat as well, but nothing really stands out. Perhaps that's a function of having SO many choices now, it's harder for something to stand out.
No, I saw that too! I'm glad I'm not the only one.
Acherontia wrote:
It's like daring someone to go insult a bunch of kindly old nuns. You'll wind up going back to your friends with a story about how they smiled at your insults and tried to give you cookies, or something.
Vephriel wrote:I made the connection, but I'm amused because Mazzranache is male.
Then I think they would be Blizzard's first official gay male couple, wouldn't they? As for the chicks, there's other pink tallstriders out there now, and they could have stolen the eggs.
( •_•) Many whelps!
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■) Handle it.
Vephriel wrote:I made the connection, but I'm amused because Mazzranache is male.
Then I think they would be Blizzard's first official gay male couple, wouldn't they? As for the chicks, there's other pink tallstriders out there now, and they could have stolen the eggs.
I approve of this being the case. It's too hilarious/awesome.
Vephriel wrote:I made the connection, but I'm amused because Mazzranache is male.
Then I think they would be Blizzard's first official gay male couple, wouldn't they? As for the chicks, there's other pink tallstriders out there now, and they could have stolen the eggs.
Dear god. This needs fan art. o.o That would be way too adorable. I mean come on. Pink chicken lovebirds. Can I get a yes please?
LupisDarkmoon wrote:
Dear god. This needs fan art. o.o That would be way too adorable. I mean come on. Pink chicken lovebirds. Can I get a yes please?
DAMMIT! There was someone at the convention I was going to who did sketches on consignment. If only this had come through before I left rather than after. I totally want to draw this/have this drawn now!
LupisDarkmoon wrote:
Dear god. This needs fan art. o.o That would be way too adorable. I mean come on. Pink chicken lovebirds. Can I get a yes please?
DAMMIT! There was someone at the convention I was going to who did sketches on consignment. If only this had come through before I left rather than after. I totally want to draw this/have this drawn now!
Uh, ahem, I draw things? I'll get right on it.
( •_•) Many whelps!
( •_•)>⌐■-■
(⌐■_■) Handle it.
I'm really looking forward to trying this in MoP. I love the idea of actually hunting your pet. I wasn't particularly keen on any of the quilen skins, but when I saw Portent I knew that this was my quilen. ^^ I'm betting that he will always spawn in the wrong colour for me though.
Normally I hate pink, but Patranache is quite lovely. And Savage, why must you tempt me?!
I'm glad I'm not the only one.
