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/sigh thats all i have to say i am just gonna get flamed

My personal opinion on the matter: none.

I have Skoll, mine's name is Hegg. I love him, he's the only Spirit Beast I've ever managed to bond with fully and keep. This new mob does nothing to change that or my view of Skoll, especially considering how much more vivid and vibrant blue the real Skoll is.

I think it would have been cooler if they had gone with a different colour rather than just a desaturated blue, not because I have a problem with it being the same colour scheme, I just think that it's a bit of a boring recolour. These recolours of Skoll have existed in the WoW files since WotLK though I believe, so Blizz is just deciding to use them. Might as well, I've been wondering when they were going to show up. As I said before, I couldn't care less about this whole thing myself. I know people are going to disagree, but *shrug*.

Sure, it happened, and Blizzard kindly let us keep the ones that we managed to tame instead of making them unusable like the serpents (remember the serpent-taming bug? before they had a family?) so that we'd have to keep them as stable-candy. They still made them untamable and took a full two expansions to give us that model again--once it made sense to.

Those 'plenty' can go ahead and be thrilled. It won't magically make me thrilled too. I'm satisfied enough in that there's a very visible difference in color, at least, I just wish it was a Spirit Beast. It'd give the folks clamoring for a common option something to pick up--I'm not one of them, but a regular wolf shooting lightning sits ill with me.

In the end, however, Blizz will do as they do. They're at least using a different color, so my objections are limited.

Vephriel wrote:My personal opinion on the matter: none.

I have Skoll, mine's name is Hegg. I love him, he's the only Spirit Beast I've ever managed to bond with fully and keep. This new mob does nothing to change that or my view of Skoll, especially considering how much more vivid and vibrant blue the real Skoll is.

I think it would have been cooler if they had gone with a different colour rather than just a desaturated blue, not because I have a problem with it being the same colour scheme, I just think that it's a bit of a boring recolour. These recolours of Skoll have existed in the WoW files since WotLK though I believe, so Blizz is just deciding to use them. Might as well, I've been wondering when they were going to show up. As I said before, I couldn't care less about this whole thing myself. I know people are going to disagree, but *shrug*.

Thats my point! I'm just happy for those who wanted a Skoll looking pet and dislike BM. Skoll is Skoll because hes BRIGHT BLUE. This wolf is a light gray.. Reminds me of thunder storms tbh. I find him pretty, though I do think it would have been cool to make him a darker grey.

I'd be thrilled if I thought it'd get the folks wanting to give Exotics to all specs off of BM's back, but sadly I fear it'll do just the opposite. 'We already have lightning wolves, why can't we have the other lightning wolf?'

i agree it kinda cheapens him in a way i dont now i cant explain it

Y'know... I've seen so many pets that were unique at one point become "common", either because they themselves were duplicated, or their spawn times lowered to 30 minutes to an hour, or they've used the same base skin with different colors, that it does not matter to me any more. That is NOT what makes them special to me. What makes them special is how we bond. When I see them for the first time, and I go, "I must have that pet!," because I'm just plain awed by it's beauty, or awesomeness, or whatever else.

Why let it bother you everytime a cluster of pixels is changed, multiplied, or whatever? It's a game.

Personally, I'm completely neutral. Yes, I camped Skoll for days. Yes, he still accompanies me; he's named Agni. Yes, I still love him as much as the day they released his model on WotLK beta.

Will I get one of these guys? Probably. Keep it? Can't say right now.

[shrug] Just my two cents.

look nothing will change Howlett thats my Skoll i love him a actaully got him right after i lost Louge thats a diffrant story it just makes me a little sad is all

If lookalikes of a pet cheapen the experience of having a pet for you, then I don't think you cared much about having that pet to begin with.

Fun enough though. It's usually beautiful but common pets that are the ones you see the least.

Plus, now you have a common lookalike, you may see less real Skolls.

Qraljar wrote:If lookalikes of a pet cheapen the experience of having a pet for you, then I don't think you cared much about having that pet to begin with.

Fun enough though. It's usually beautiful but common pets that are the ones you see the least.

Plus, now you have a common lookalike, you may see less real Skolls.

i care for my skoll more then most trust me

i doubt that you will see them all with stupid names like fakeskoll farkskoll stupidity like that oh god i cant wait for the tools to get them

Then why care about a lookalike that imo, looks worse than the real Skoll?

And here i thought the skoll recolors were hideous as hell i stand corrected seeing one in-game now xD gonna def be keeping skoll as my RP desired pet, but if this version really does remain Wolf and not Spirit Beast, well, i do say i will be troting around with a tenacity lightning wolf!

Qraljar wrote:If lookalikes of a pet cheapen the experience of having a pet for you, then I don't think you cared much about having that pet to begin with.

Okay, I see this statement way too many times. Just because you can't imagine caring for the pet as much if you feel its look is cheapened, does not mean it's the same for someone else. I can be absolutely furious about a skin being made common because I care about that pet. Being annoyed/irritated/angry has nothing to do with a lack of caring--in my case, it's quite the opposite!

I'm not furious in this case (only annoyed), but my point still stands.

Poor Skoll The new skin looks pretty poor in my opinion, it's very washed out, though I can understand if some people like it. I'd rather they'd made it a rare (even as a normal wolf) but I guess people would complain about rehashing like with Magria/Ankha. Grats to anyone who wanted it tamable

Loki wrote:Poor Skoll

I don't think Skoll cares if he's unique. He's probably ALL like "I'M NOT ALOOOOOONE! "

TheDoomcookie wrote:

Loki wrote:Poor Skoll

I don't think Skoll cares if he's unique. He's probably ALL like "I'M NOT ALOOOOOONE! "

Haha, he may well be

Olm the Wise. That is all.

Teigan wrote:Olm the Wise. That is all.

Ban'thalos. That is all.

"They aren't identical! They're just very similar."

My point exactly!

I'm BM, and I think this is awesome

Ziarre wrote:

Qraljar wrote:If lookalikes of a pet cheapen the experience of having a pet for you, then I don't think you cared much about having that pet to begin with.

Okay, I see this statement way too many times. Just because you can't imagine caring for the pet as much if you feel its look is cheapened, does not mean it's the same for someone else. I can be absolutely furious about a skin being made common because I care about that pet. Being annoyed/irritated/angry has nothing to do with a lack of caring--in my case, it's quite the opposite!

I'm not furious in this case (only annoyed), but my point still stands.

I have to second this. I am really not of one opinion over the other. Granted if this new wolf and Skoll were identical I would have my 2 cents, but they are not so mute point. I digress,
I don't like the "I don't agree so you are wrong" comments. Because your opinion is one thing doesn't mean that by default the other guy is wrong for his/hers.