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Azunara wrote:I really am liking the flavor one these wolves just chilling around. They seem awfully lifelike, which is a nice change from static meandering around in a small area. Plus, SV or MM hunters finally get a nifty, incredibly badass skin. What I wish they'd do is try to fit this skin though on other worg or coyote models. I'm really not a fan of saber worg, but maybe I could give it a shot.

That skin on a worg would look fun.

I have a feeling that would work about as well as trying to fit Loque's skin on a cat. The skins are built around entirely different models and would take significant work (close to redoing the whole thing) in order to make it fit on the new model.

While Krush has some epic paths (and one particularly dim-witted one), I will always have fond memories of getting roflstomped by Mosh...at level 70. WITH A FRIEND. I'm still not entirely sure why, but he was hitting like a Mack truck and would take out my pet in a few swings, at which point I and my mage friend were toast. I think we eventually downed him, although whether it was after we convinced yet another guildie to join in, or that we got lucky, is harder to remember.

Interesting.. id have to see it in game to decide (still waiting on the lvl 90 templates) but it makes me wonder if they should just make BM add an extra pet ability instead of being "exotics". We have a ton of normal pets that could be considered exotic (terrorpene, and even 'ghost" like normal pets) but maybe they are doing this to appease the mass amount of peeps who dont like BM but want an awesome looking pet. I really enjoy BM spec but im thinking if they are going to add pets like that who have awesome effects (lightning) then eh why not.

Im wondering if that Arcturis bear will pop up sometime?

Sasrei wrote:

Im wondering if that Arcturis bear will pop up sometime?

glowy version or 'zombie bear' version?

I don't see whats wrong with giving non exotic pets fancy effects. Just gives more choice for everyone :3

cowmuflage wrote:I don't see whats wrong with giving non exotic pets fancy effects. Just gives more choice for everyone :3

And it's not like it's a new standard or anything. Terrorpene for sure. Lava spiders for another!

And I believe Sas was talking about the "zombie" bear.

Kalliope wrote:

cowmuflage wrote:I don't see whats wrong with giving non exotic pets fancy effects. Just gives more choice for everyone :3

And it's not like it's a new standard or anything. Terrorpene for sure. Lava spiders for another!

And I believe Sas was talking about the "zombie" bear.

Indeed haha totally forgot about those XD

I have my reservations, but as there are already exceptions to the 'normal looks for normal pets' it's a tough one to argue. *shrugs* Better than handing Exotics to all specs, at least.

I love my Loki and dont care if there is a none SB version roaming. Im kind of excited to be able to have a "mate" for him to acompany me in my none BM spec once this goes live. I do know many are sad his beautiful skin now has a duller copy but for those who have him and would like to get a mate/buddy/friend or just have a none SB of him then here is a chance

I am sorry for those who camped days/weeks/months/year for a special skin to have it copied....but see it this way....so many love that skin but not everyone can get them, a copy isnt an insult, its people showing great love for a good thing and wanting it in a comon version Skoll is still the amazing stormy blue beast we tamed

Some don't see it as one, some do, it's just...one of those things where trying to convince each other is getting us nowhere. Wish I could find more of those people still hunting for Skoll when I stumble across him! It's a distressingly frequent occurrence (so much so I had someone ELSE try to rehome him to me once).

Please let this remain a wolf. Not a fan of Skoll but that is a pretty skin. Would be a good wolf to name after my border collie Cloud. Pity it's the wolf model I don't much like, to scrawny by far and the never closing mouth.... Might tame it if I have room somewhere.

Ziarre wrote:I have my reservations, but as there are already exceptions to the 'normal looks for normal pets' it's a tough one to argue. *shrugs* Better than handing Exotics to all specs, at least.

This, more or less. This just seemed more 'spirit beast' compared to Terrorpene, who doesn't really scream the spirit beast standard.

Is that skin legit or are they just pulling our legs? Cause that's a pretty damn lazy skin. They like... turned Skoll a tad more grey. That's it. Wow. o.O

I dont mind them at all as long they are not identical to skoll and these are not.
Personaly id love a black skin with red lightning named Hati. :B

Jessibelle wrote:

Ziarre wrote:I have my reservations, but as there are already exceptions to the 'normal looks for normal pets' it's a tough one to argue. *shrugs* Better than handing Exotics to all specs, at least.

This, more or less. This just seemed more 'spirit beast' compared to Terrorpene, who doesn't really scream the spirit beast standard.

Yes, but you know if they put this as a spirit beast somewhere, hunters everywhere would cry about how Blizz is just reskinning SBs like the three ghost cats and then no one would be happy.

Let's look at it this way guys. No matter what Blizzard does, there will ALWAYS be someone unhappy. It is a statistical improbability that everyone will be happy. There will always be at least one person who is like, "This change upsets me."

So if you're happy, be happy. If you're upset, sorry, but think about those people who will be happy. Put aside your misery for their joy. And then at least maybe most people can be okay.

Jessibelle wrote:

Ziarre wrote:I have my reservations, but as there are already exceptions to the 'normal looks for normal pets' it's a tough one to argue. *shrugs* Better than handing Exotics to all specs, at least.

This, more or less. This just seemed more 'spirit beast' compared to Terrorpene, who doesn't really scream the spirit beast standard.

He does to me. XD

Spirit beasts for the most part seem to be named rare beasts, most of them have ghost like qualities. Though we have "normal" pets that are ghost like as well but never had the same effects the SBs have. With this one its on a common mob with the same effects just different color. Makes me wonder.

Meggers wrote:He does to me. XD

But most spirit beasts are 'spiritual', as the name might suggest. They're all spectral or have some kind of mystical aura to them. Terrorpene is a turtle made of fire.

Everdeen wrote:

Meggers wrote:He does to me. XD

But most spirit beasts are 'spiritual', as the name might suggest. They're all spectral or have some kind of mystical aura to them. Terrorpene is a turtle made of fire.

That's what I was getting at earlier - in the very beginning when we had no "energized animals" and just 1-2 rather muted looking ghost animals, I think SB was used as kind of a catchall for anything supernatural, but then after the first couple had been added, they seemed to take a more literal view of what SB means as you described, so that all specs could feasibly have something special - particularly as regards xpac beasts.

Thus Loque and Skoll are (at least arguably) "grandfathered in" to the current SB trend, and the electro-wolves are basically the mop version of lava spiders, e.g. glowy hunter bait to lure us up to the new cap level.

Everdeen wrote:Is that skin legit or are they just pulling our legs? Cause that's a pretty damn lazy skin. They like... turned Skoll a tad more grey. That's it. Wow. o.O

The other two colours of the Skoll skin were created at the same time as the original and have languished unused in the database ever since. That's what they do... create a few different versions of a skin for the devs to pick and choose what they want to use where. And it's great the devs are finding ways to get at least one of the two of them into the game finally, for people who might want them. You only have to look at the sheer volume of truly amazing work the art team have done (and are still doing) with MoP to appreciate that they're certainly not lazy. To me this expansion is by far their greatest achievement. I think they've really outdone themselves.