Patch 12.1.7

[Valnaaros]

Since Patch 12.1.5 is coming out tomorrow, we'll probably see the ptr for 12.1.7 start up within a couple of weeks or so.

[Valnaaros]

Not too much so far in 12.1.7, but at least one new model that (hopefully) will have a non-saddled version at some point, if not now



Not related strictly to 12.1.7, but there is a new toy that can purchased in a pack on the Blizz Store that allows you to turn your pets into Rexxar's companions.

https://www.wowhead.com/news/new-rexxar ... ack-383432

[worgpower]

That mount looks epic. I hope it will become a wild beast because it looks better than the bfa stegodons imo, and 1000x better than those Dragonflight thunder lizards, which is makes it a cooler combo. BFA thunder lizard textures and plates + Dragonflight thunder lizard’s body frame. It will most likely use ksm armoredon aka chloroceros animations

As for the pet transformation toy. I find it kind of bland for it to only work on hunter pets, it should have been open to other classes with permanent pets, it would have been hilarious to see a DK with Misha or a Warlock with Huffer. At first I expected it to summon exclusive pets to tame for your hunters, but this is fine as well

[DannyGreen]

Has to be a new breed of them, since they look way more carnivorous.

In terms of the pets, I think the toy should turn companion pets into it instead. that's just me though.
I'd love a special npc that would summon versions of enemies for you. Tie them to an achivement or something. Summon a mount version to tame.

That actually brings up a question.
How many mounts are actually usable in combat? Like how many of them have combat animations?

[Wain]

It's hard to be sure whether that mount foreshadows future world content or not. Because it's a Shop item it could go either way. It seems like a bunch of shop mounts are just artists being free-form creative (which is wonderful) and some are related to future game stuff. With this one it's really hard to tell which it is!

I suspect it's not related to in-game content because its frame is more geometrical than we expect in WoW models from world content (e.g. its head is quite blocky). It looks more like one of those HotS models that was adapted for WoW. I want to say the more plastic texture is also a giveaway that it's a HotS-derived model but the previous thunder lizard model was like that too.

[Wain]

Not related strictly to 12.1.7, but there is a new toy that can purchased in a pack on the Blizz Store that allows you to turn your pets into Rexxar's companions.

https://www.wowhead.com/news/new-rexxar ... ack-383432

OMG, this part completely slipped my notice! I'm not a fan of $$$ content affecting hunter pets but it's related to Petopia so I'll have to catalogue it somewhere.

[Boven]

Not related strictly to 12.1.7, but there is a new toy that can purchased in a pack on the Blizz Store that allows you to turn your pets into Rexxar's companions.

https://www.wowhead.com/news/new-rexxar ... ack-383432

OMG, this part completely slipped my notice! I'm not a fan of $$$ content affecting hunter pets but it's related to Petopia so I'll have to catalogue it somewhere.

I like to think I'd take better care of Misha and Huffer than Rexxar does. I actually use mend pet and revive pet!

Having recently done the quests at the Crossroads in Forever, I dunno about that rug. It has hooves.

[DannyGreen]

It's hard to be sure whether that mount foreshadows future world content or not. Because it's a Shop item it could go either way. It seems like a bunch of shop mounts are just artists being free-form creative (which is wonderful) and some are related to future game stuff. With this one it's really hard to tell which it is!

we seem to be getting a minipet of the stegodons to, and a bunch of "savage" items next patch in the trading post.
So maybe?!
Here's hoping i'd love to do some savage caveman stuff again. I loved wod and zandalar

[worgpower]

I think this is exactly what they are going for. I saw the grinning reaver on the list of new trading post mounts. This one I’m particularly excited for since it’s the only ever Ravager mount in the game and the design is top tier

[Valnaaros]

I'm not sure. Unless some new zones are introduced that would fit the theme, we know that we'll be going back to Northrend in Last Titan. The closest to savage or caveman-esque would be Sholazar Basin.

[Wain]

I'm not 100% certain, but Petopia and WCM may be offline for a number of weeks, starting very soon. Or they may be okay, but I'm posting pre-emptively.

You may have heard a very serious PHP vulnerability was revealed today, and it will affect our server. Our sites, and this forum, rely heavily on php, so killing the php server will stop our pages from working. So that may or may not happen any time now.

Our host is probably not going to apply the upcoming php fix and has asked me to move Petopia and WCM to a hosting company. I'm already in negotiation with one but nothing is going to happen until after I get back from leave in early November. And even then I'm not sure how quickly we can get things running.

And to be honest, I'm not sure how much it's going to cost so I don't know if I can afford it. My work has been sparse and the site ads bring in very little revenue these days. But I'll see what I can do.

If the site goes down, please pass on this info to anyone you know, and you can still find us on Bluesky : https://bsky.app/profile/wowpetopia.bsky.social

If that happens, see you on the other side!

[Tsukina]

Okay, Wain, thanks for letting people know and thank you so much for all the work you've done keeping this going all this time.