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Hmm ... here is a very quick look at what that might look like on the front page:
Thoughts?
Edit: It gets a little longer after Pandaria releases:
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They could also be organized by buff/debuff/CC types, but that might be more confusing.
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I prefer the first page without 'Pet Families' at the top. What do you think about 'Exotics' instead of 'Exotic Families'?
I'd also be comfortable with leaving Hydras off the front page. Could make a special entry for them in the Rare and Special Pets section.
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However I quite like it as it is now, without the ferocity/cunning/tenacity headers since they can be any spec now, even if they do come with a default spec when tamed.
Edit: o.o Only just realised the dates on this thread. Oops... ^^;
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My main problem, which I've also discussed with Mania, is that I think the Blizzard icons are absolutely terrible for visually recognizing families in a rapid way. Some of them are just too similar, or represent abstract parts of the beast, or just bear no resemblance to the beast at all. So if you have a dog in mind, you have to recall it's a spiked collar and not a dog. The quilen is apparently an angry, red tauren. Basilisks are, quite naturally, spinal columns (?!?). The monkey... I've always found a little disturbing, but that's probably a symptom of my mind.
Sadly, there's no immediate replacement that fits the grid as nicely.
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I wonder if removing the underlining from the family names would make them more quickly readable? I think just having the icon be click-able would be fine.
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It's half of a cat face.Everdeen wrote:Also, am I the only one who has no idea what the spirit beast icon is meant to be?!
I used this image from google to help illustrate:
We can see the glowing eye, the ear at the top, and then part of the nose bridge. Also some whiskers in the bottom left. It's definitely an awkward cropping decision though.
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Anyways, on topic, I really like the front page now with the families listed alphabetically. It's also much easier to see the Exotic families by themselves. You're right about the icons though, so many of them are...odd. As for alternatives, perhaps using one of the model icons, or something like silhouettes of a recognizable model?
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Also, I just remembered that basilisks now use the croc icon, rather than the spine. That at least makes more sense but it's going to be bad with another two icons the same. Are quilen still the red tauren? I haven't had one in a while.
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Also, I agree that hydras should be removed for now and added later, otherwise all untamable, but potentially tamable, families should be added into that category. Seeing them there just gives a sense of false hope or something.
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I think it's because of all the datamined stuff from a while ago which added in a hydra ability, etc. It made everyone very hopeful. But nothing's happening with them, so... :/TygerDarkstorm wrote:Also, I agree that hydras should be removed for now and added later, otherwise all untamable, but potentially tamable, families should be added into that category. Seeing them there just gives a sense of false hope or something.
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Hydras are a real, existing family. New ones can't be tamed, but the existing ones don't fit anywhere else. They need to be included for that reason.Everdeen wrote:I think it's because of all the datamined stuff from a while ago which added in a hydra ability, etc. It made everyone very hopeful. But nothing's happening with them, so... :/TygerDarkstorm wrote:Also, I agree that hydras should be removed for now and added later, otherwise all untamable, but potentially tamable, families should be added into that category. Seeing them there just gives a sense of false hope or something.
Perhaps the category could be relabeled "Discontinued Pets" or "Former Pets" or "Limited Edition Pets" - something to more clearly indicate why they are there while other untameable families are not.
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I'm in agreement with Wain. We don't know for a fact if they're never ever gonna be tameable.Wain wrote:I'm kinda happy with hydras where they are. They're right at the bottom, in their own category as "untamable". As was pointed out, they are different to all other untameable families in that they really do exist as a family and have tamed members in the game, just now unavailable to new hunters. If anyone showed up wondering where they could get that ghost hydra they saw with that hunter in the BG, they can at least find it.