Midnight Alpha/Beta Thread

[Valnaaros]

They weren't found on the Beta since Delves, including the Nemesis system, weren't working fully in the Beta. I did notice the Nemesis spawns a couple of days ago, I just didn't comment about them here.

[Wain]

Wrathshell Consumptor isn't listed on Petopia yet, and can be found in most delves as a nemesis type minion. I would HIGHLY advise against taming them though because it can brick that specific encounter. Out of curiosity, I trapped and tamed all of the worms in a specific group, and that actually did cause the nemesis group to be impossible to complete. Should probably go back on beta and report that as a bug. Maybe have them make these untameable just to avoid that. They don't have any unique colors, so it wouldn't be a loss.

EDIT: Barbtooth Bloodtracker is also tameable (Wowhead doesn't show it correctly), spawns under similar conditions, and could also brick a nemesis encounter. Yes, I purposely bricked myself again to test it.

EDIT 2: Razorshell Ravager, spawned by Nullaeus when he randomly invades your delve (why can he do this already lmao), can be tamed as well, and absolutely bricks the fight. The ravagers are spawned as a mechanic that you need to kill to get Nullaeus to leave his invincibility phase, but taming one will permanently lock him in that phase. Your only option is to die if you want his loot; feign death doesn't work.

EDIT 3: Found Wain... sort of. RIP. He may not be a beast that bricks a delve, but this was still funny enough to post.
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First of all: HAH! I love the way my character is sulking in the corner about his death! Coincidentally, that would be the same delve run (only time I've run that delve) where I ran into Veph's ghost!

Secondly: thanks for those reports! I'll see they get passed on. Since they're game-breaking hopefully they'll fix them quickly, and great that none are unique.

[WerebearGuy]

I love finding broken stuff that makes it into the game, and boy do I have a whole list of funny things that need fixing that have given me generic AI ticket responses, but those three tameables were fun finds. Thankfully it was an idiot like me that did it for fun and not some idiot who'd go post on official forums thinking it was the game's fault and not their own. Also, agreed on that it's good they don't have unique looks. Boy would that have been a fun topic of discussion if one or more was unique and got fixed.

As for the screenshot, my friend said you got put in the time out corner. You(r ghost) just HAD to spawn facing a corner lmao.

[DannyGreen]

Oh i just noticed they fixed the scorpions is that new?

[worgpower]

Oh i just noticed they fixed the scorpions is that new?

The new scorpions from voidstorm retain their stinger when tamed. I tamed a scorpid from voidstorm, in the stable interface the tail is not present so it’s like a retained effect on its body. If only they also added the red variant to klaxids, the ones from nighthold are still broken

[Wain]

Oh i just noticed they fixed the scorpions is that new?

The new scorpions from voidstorm retain their stinger when tamed. I tamed a scorpid from voidstorm, in the stable interface the tail is not present so it’s like a retained effect on its body. If only they also added the red variant to klaxids, the ones from nighthold are still broken

Yeah, I was hoping they'd fix the rest before launch but apparently not I'll pass it on again and hopefully they'll be fixed!

[DannyGreen]

Something interesting to.
The scorpid with no stingers from the raid, are actually smaller

[worgpower]

I also forgot to mention the new klaxids don’t have that cool summon animation that nighthold scorpids use

[WerebearGuy]

I just checked the scorpids, because I was interested in the size difference Danny mentioned. Unfortunately, I only had Skorpyron to test, and it doesn't seem like there's a size difference at all. Skorpyron doesn't have any fancy summon animation like Worg mentioned either. Which ones have the size difference and summon animations?

[worgpower]

Animation most likely got removed, i tamed the acidmaw scorpid years ago and it did this emerging from the ground animation

[WerebearGuy]

Yep, no animation anymore. I went and grabbed an acidmaw, and it doesn't have any fun spawning animation. That's unfortunate.

[Valnaaros]

It looks like there is a way currently to tame friendly beasts in Midnight. How exactly it is done, I don't know, but there are pets that I have seen that have unique appearances that can only be found on friendly NPCs, such as Vision of the Matriarch, Curious Kitten, and Spirit of Lake Elrendar. Some of the saddled hawkstriders have also been tamed. Whatever the method seems to be able to be used in old content to tame things that are friendly there.

[Valnaaros]

I would say that if anyone knows the method, to just post it. Since it is now known that it is possible (and some suggestions I've seen about the method), it is only a matter of time before it is known to everyone.

[WerebearGuy]

I'm fairly certain Wain outright told us to not discuss exploits. They likely got lucky with a bug on the first couple days of the expansion, similar to what happened in Dragonflight and TWW. Those guys got something nice, so good on them. Just remember to not harass them over it like that one guy who got Aradan early and had the whole Secret Finder discord hounding him ingame. It's fine to ask ingame, and if they answer, cool. If not, that's their choice.

[Valnaaros]

I'm fairly certain Wain outright told us to not discuss exploits. They likely got lucky with a bug on the first couple days of the expansion, similar to what happened in Dragonflight and TWW. Those guys got something nice, so good on them. Just remember to not harass them over it like that one guy who got Aradan early and had the whole Secret Finder discord hounding him ingame. It's fine to ask ingame, and if they answer, cool. If not, that's their choice.

It was either that or him asking people here to not encourage exploits or try to keep them hidden. Something like that.

I haven’t harassed or talked to anyone. I haven’t seen them in game. I am basing it off of the armory of someone.

I think that the Aradan situation was the Blizz Dev that made the whole secret regarding Aradan showing off Aradan to show that it was possible to tame him, but I could be wrong.

[WerebearGuy]

I will say this; you probably saw me. I found an exploit on beta that was really, REALLY damning and could've caused way worse consequences. It finally got fixed with the last maintenance, so that bug is thoroughly squashed. I try to keep them out of view to keep from any needless drama, and I'm honest when people do catch me and ask as I just tell them "it was a bug that got fixed". This wouldn't be the first time I got caught with something to be fair, as I've had a lot of questions for several expansions. I'm no Rextroy, but I do find and try to get things fixed. Hope that can quell your curiosity somewhat.

[Valnaaros]

I will say this; you probably saw me. I found an exploit on beta that was really, REALLY damning and could've caused way worse consequences. It finally got fixed with the last maintenance, so that bug is thoroughly squashed. I try to keep them out of view to keep from any needless drama, and I'm honest when people do catch me and ask as I just tell them "it was a bug that got fixed". This wouldn't be the first time I got caught with something to be fair, as I've had a lot of questions for several expansions. I'm no Rextroy, but I do find and try to get things fixed. Hope that can quell your curiosity somewhat.

It wasn’t you that I saw. It was someone that used to be on this forum and has been banned.

[WerebearGuy]

Ah, that guy. I definitely don't condone that unforgivable stunt they puled back then, and my bug finding team more than chewed them out over that, but they are one of my helpers when it comes to finding and trying to fix bugs at the end of the day. It's just funny that it was them that got caught AGAIN. Gonna need a serious talk with them again after this, but yeah. They contributed massively to getting that exploit fixed though, so I can't be too mad. At least over this, anyway.

"Friendly taming" exploits are WAY, WAAAAY worse deep down, and this most recent one was very much capable of some really bad things. This is why they are not shared, and why we (try to) keep them hush hush. The friendly taming aspect just happens to be one of the harmless side effects, and we're allowed to keep the things we have because they're entirely harmless despite being a side effect from that exploit. I would love to share tricks that are 100% harmless, but exploits are never 100% harmless. Never. Petopia is an open forum too, so random guests who just search "epic wow exploits" on google can very likely find what is posted. It's a wonder they even get fixed as quickly as they do nowadays, because it was MUCH slower prior to TWW.

I feel like this kind of veered off topic, so I'm just gonna leave it at this. Anyone you see with unintended pets is very likely myself or one of my helpers who I trust when it comes to understanding, performing, and ultimately reporting these problematic things. On behalf of my team, I apologize for any confusion or hysteria it has caused.

[Lemonsniffer]

So the main reason i come to petopia forums is for unintended tame information. I dont want exploits or work arounds. Just things like the baby mammoth where someone at blizz maybe labeled something wrong. Are there other good places to find this info? because I know this stuff is often patched pretty quick and we are quickly exiting the start period of the expansion. Thanks!

[Wain]

Yeah, please don't post active exploits here - unless they were reported a good while ago and we're fairly sure Blizzard has decided not to fix them.

I can pass on anything you PM me if you want it reported, or want to check if it's intended.