Soriid + Haarka - Potentially Changing Silithids

[Worba]

Also agree. I can't imagine it would be difficult to just flag a few of the alternative Silithid types and have them all function in the same way. Just gives some variety to the very tiny pet species. ^^

Hmm... well, I wouldn't mind if they made the ants into "alternate skin" silithids, but for the others that seems a waste - the wasps should be wasps (esp considering the drones from scholazar currently are wasps and use that same model albeit with bad coloring), and beetles should be tenacity (heck I'd be fine if they even wanted to throw them into the "rhino" family - I just want to see a beetle tank pet).

[Worba]

In the interest of creating a fresh start from the somewhat muddled existing threads on the two Silithids, the previous topics have been locked and this can serve as the new one. Feel free to continue discussion and also post screenshots/information of any updates to this interesting glitch that currently occurs. Right now there is no guarantee that that either of the Silithids will keep their new Cataclysm beta models in the future.

To summarize:

If a character is copied to the Cataclysm Beta realms at the moment with Soriid and/or Haarka, the pets will gain a new model. So far these are the only two to behave this way.

Cool summary pic. Thanks!

[bluddy]

Tamed on lave finally in beta i love them so much! Blizz plea,plea,pleeaase let them stay the hunter society (means me ) begs you please?

[Vephriel]

Hmm, though this is playing on paranoia, someone pointed out an interesting thought on the post over at Mania's Arcania:

[...]Let’s look at the other options and what seems most likely. First off, making both of them tameable. As nice as that would be, one must remember that even without doing the tameable-pet pass, someone at Blizz took the time to make these named Silithids untameable. It makes no sense to do this just so that they will be tameable at launch.

It’s possible that Blizzard could try and change the model of pre-tamed Soriid and Haarka to the old model pre-Cat release, but they will be strained as is. If they are going to hit their end-of-year release period (and they will, I’ve little doubt), they aren’t going to have a lot of time to fix it in their game client. And as Mania mentioned above, if it isn’t fixed pre-release it likely won’t be. However, I vote that if you want one, you should get it sooner. They may not have time fix the model for those that have already tamed it, but it wouldn’t take a lot to turn off taming these two pets during a Tuesday maintenance period…thus severely limiting how many are out in the field.

It's pure speculation of course, but now I might just have to bite the bullet and go grab my Soriid now just in case something like that were to happen and I'd be kicking myself later.

[Kalliope]

Gah, I want to grab Soriid for Kalli before 4.0, but I can't give up my actives. :/

[bluddy]

kaliope i broke my hearth when i released gondria and nuramoc. But you know i know they'll be roaming their areas for eternity and the silithids wont

cata to do list
tame gondria
nuramoc
Skoll
King krush
Aotona
and get the timelost proto drake!

[Kalliope]

kaliope i broke my hearth when i released gondria and nuramoc. But you know i know they'll be roaming their areas for eternity and the silithids wont

Yes. :/

I can't give up Orpheus again; Chatter still hasn't been spotted on the beta. Hector is OCJ, who's out there, but I need him for raiding still. Theseus is King Krush and is never going anywhere. Ursa is a common black bear and Atalanta is a ghost saber. These two are the only ones I could technically part with, but I can't; they're my first pets, my babies.

So if I end up with no brainbug on my main, so be it. I can live with that.

[bluddy]

i got the perfect solution! i think........ wait for the last moments a week pre-cata or so and get rid of hector! i hate these disgusting wolves!!!!! brainbog or disgusting wolf? BRAINS!!!!!!! use u'r brains

[Vephriel]

I was going to do pretty much that myself, Bluddy, but now I feel pressed for time as if any patch may lead to a decision by Blizzard to make the live versions of Soriid/Haarka untameable. Again, overly paranoid I know, but I can't allow myself to miss even the slim chance since I really love that new purple and red Soriid model.

[Kalliope]

i got the perfect solution! i think........ wait for the last moments a week pre-cata or so and get rid of hector! i hate these disgusting wolves!!!!! brainbog or disgusting wolf? BRAINS!!!!!!! use u'r brains

Oh no, I can't get rid of Hector either. He's the only wolf Kalli's ever really bonded with (Cerberus in corehound form > Cerberus in wolf form) and I can't take that away from either of them. He's a good lil' puppy and I loves him. Even if he wasn't too horribly bright in SSC while we were three-manning it. x_x Silly puppy... xD

My current plan is to wait for 4.0 and the expanded stable slots. Hopefully that won't be too late. :/

[bluddy]

not overly paranoid i understand it completely u don't want to lose u'r chance at getting the most awesome pet in game Currently they are way to big for any use in dungeons got kicked because they couldn't target but awesome for some pvp still have to try that one out though.

don't get paranoia, i honestly think they wont change it i'm giving them motherloads o bugs they hgave to deal with a few hunters can wait but one day cata will run out of it's beautiful bugs okay u can get paranoia by now


P.S.

Sorry for insulting u'r prescious wolf kal

[Qraljar]

I have all my fingers crossed that all the silithid models will end up tameable - the ant-things, the scarabs, the brain bugs and the wasps - and that these guys just showed up first because that's the way the content designers happened to get to the job.

That's probably not terribly likely, but I still have my fingers crossed.

Mind you, these brain bugs would probably need to scale down a bit when tamed ...

Actually. Sholazar has those wasps.

Silithid Wasps

For if you didn't know yet. They do look like Silithid Wasps now, the non-boss skin. Even though they're yellow with light blue. But if you're really a lover of wasps and want that skin, the color ain't gonna matter to you

And as for the rest, the beetles, the workers, I want them all so I can snuggle em <3

[bluddy]

silithids + bluddy = hell of a good combo!
I want them all!

[Kalliope]

Heehee, it's okay. He's a loveable lug and has been called worse before. xD It's a good thing he's such a forgiving sort.

I *do* have Haarka on Kallimon, so really, I'm covered and won't be totally heartbroken if I don't get Soriid for Kalliope. I intend to tame a silithid for her regardless of the form. Brainbug would be preferred, but the original form is starting to grow on me too.

I have all my fingers crossed that all the silithid models will end up tameable - the ant-things, the scarabs, the brain bugs and the wasps - and that these guys just showed up first because that's the way the content designers happened to get to the job.

That's probably not terribly likely, but I still have my fingers crossed.

Mind you, these brain bugs would probably need to scale down a bit when tamed ...

Actually. Sholazar has those wasps.

Silithid Wasps

For if you didn't know yet. They do look like Silithid Wasps now, the non-boss skin. Even though they're yellow with light blue. But if you're really a lover of wasps and want that skin, the color ain't gonna matter to you

I am pretty sure Mania already knows about those. But color DOES matter to some of us.

[Zangor]

blizzard may well do this they need to add variety to the exotic family of pets with only 3-4 skins in each family we need more!
i think that this may be remedied by making these guy tameable and also adding the new worm models and such to the tameable beast families worms may be one of the exotic families with lots of skins but i still think more would be nice!

[bluddy]

i dont care if they add new exotics i just want new skins!

[Qraljar]

Heehee, it's okay. He's a loveable lug and has been called worse before. xD It's a good thing he's such a forgiving sort.

I *do* have Haarka on Kallimon, so really, I'm covered and won't be totally heartbroken if I don't get Soriid for Kalliope. I intend to tame a silithid for her regardless of the form. Brainbug would be preferred, but the original form is starting to grow on me too.

I have all my fingers crossed that all the silithid models will end up tameable - the ant-things, the scarabs, the brain bugs and the wasps - and that these guys just showed up first because that's the way the content designers happened to get to the job.

That's probably not terribly likely, but I still have my fingers crossed.

Mind you, these brain bugs would probably need to scale down a bit when tamed ...

Actually. Sholazar has those wasps.

Silithid Wasps

For if you didn't know yet. They do look like Silithid Wasps now, the non-boss skin. Even though they're yellow with light blue. But if you're really a lover of wasps and want that skin, the color ain't gonna matter to you

I am pretty sure Mania already knows about those. But color DOES matter to some of us.

Sorry! Not trying to accuse anyone! Just wanting to let you know that these are still a possibility, they get pretty big too

[bluddy]

Big but pretty?

[Renle]

Hehe, I had been wondering why people kept referring to that model as the 'brain bug'.

I always thought it was a reference to 'Starship Troopers' because they kinda look like the Brain Bug from the movie:
http://theminiaturespage.com/news/pics/ ... 24698b.jpg

And the regular tameable model is definitely a nod towards the warrior bug from the same movie:
http://www.trooperpx.com/SSTgame/imgSTT ... arrior.jpg

[Unggoy]

Hehe, I had been wondering why people kept referring to that model as the 'brain bug'.

I always thought it was a reference to 'Starship Troopers' because they kinda look like the Brain Bug from the movie:
http://theminiaturespage.com/news/pics/ ... 24698b.jpg

And the regular tameable model is definitely a nod towards the warrior bug from the same movie:
http://www.trooperpx.com/SSTgame/imgSTT ... arrior.jpg

Loved that movie as a kid, but maybe it was because it had guns, aliens, and boobs... *shrug*