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Taluwen wrote:

Raydex-of-the-dawn wrote:

Taluwen wrote:
Which is the only tameable mount so doesn't really help the argument. XD also those 'mounts' act as pets for those orcs. That's the only reason they're tameable because they're actually pets.

However, we have saddleless mounts, too - look at the kitties, for instance. A saddleless pheonix would be the same.

if you can link something considered a mount in the wild that is tameable, I'll be more inclined to believe that. If its saddle-less, it's not a mount. it just has the same appearance.

And truth be told, I don't think a phoenix could be or should be truly tamed. it's a majestic beast, legendary even. if we can't even get a dragon to be tamed, a phoenix is beyond our reach for sure.

Mad Hatter wrote:its like trying to tame a gnome

Taluwen wrote:Except Phoenixes are considered god-like, and are sentient in some lore. :/ Soooo that makes them just like dragons in a sense. that's probably why it isnt tameable. it's sentient. Thank you for bringing that point up.

Here's some links involving the phoenix.

Phoenix in general
Egyptian Phoenix
Chinese Phoenix

There's a lot but from how they're described, it seems to hint they were sentient or pretty close to it.

Taluwen wrote:Except Phoenixes are considered god-like, and are sentient in some lore. :/ Soooo that makes them just like dragons in a sense. that's probably why it isnt tameable. it's sentient. Thank you for bringing that point up.

Here's some links involving the phoenix.

Phoenix in general
Egyptian Phoenix
Chinese Phoenix

There's a lot but from how they're described, it seems to hint they were sentient or pretty close to it.

Taluwen wrote:And truth be told, I don't think a phoenix could be or should be truly tamed. it's a majestic beast, legendary even. if we can't even get a dragon to be tamed, a phoenix is beyond our reach for sure.

Taluwen wrote: if you can link something considered a mount in the wild that is tameable, I'll be more inclined to believe that. If its saddle-less, it's not a mount. it just has the same appearance.

Raydex-of-the-dawn wrote:

Taluwen wrote:Except Phoenixes are considered god-like, and are sentient in some lore. :/ Soooo that makes them just like dragons in a sense. that's probably why it isnt tameable. it's sentient. Thank you for bringing that point up.

Here's some links involving the phoenix.

Phoenix in general
Egyptian Phoenix
Chinese Phoenix

There's a lot but from how they're described, it seems to hint they were sentient or pretty close to it.

Loque'Nahak is a god's mate. And if you took the saddle off the phoenix it wouldn't be a mount.

Taluwen wrote:Except Phoenixes are considered god-like, and are sentient in some lore. :/ Soooo that makes them just like dragons in a sense. that's probably why it isnt tameable. it's sentient. Thank you for bringing that point up.

Here's some links involving the phoenix.

Phoenix in general
Egyptian Phoenix
Chinese Phoenix

There's a lot but from how they're described, it seems to hint they were sentient or pretty close to it.

Taluwen wrote:

Raydex-of-the-dawn wrote:

Taluwen wrote:Except Phoenixes are considered god-like, and are sentient in some lore. :/ Soooo that makes them just like dragons in a sense. that's probably why it isnt tameable. it's sentient. Thank you for bringing that point up.

Here's some links involving the phoenix.

Phoenix in general
Egyptian Phoenix
Chinese Phoenix

There's a lot but from how they're described, it seems to hint they were sentient or pretty close to it.

Loque'Nahak is a god's mate. And if you took the saddle off the phoenix it wouldn't be a mount.

But Loque himself isn't a god. He just smexes her to make more snow leopards. nothing more. His description says he's far from home usually. Remove the saddle, it becomes the mini-pet.

LeeAndrew wrote:While we are on the subject of non tamable pets. One I have been dreaming about since vanila WoW is the Sprite Darter Hatchling as a pet. Its in Blades Edge Mountain classified as dragonkin, I really hope they will make it a hunters pet one day, then I will be HAPPY!


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Taluwen wrote: Raydex: Actually, wind serpents alone aren't legendary. they're just wind serpents. They aren't called quetzalcoatls in-game while the Phoenix itself and it's mini-pet counterpart are called the Phoenix. Had the wind serpents been called quetzalcoatls in-game, then that'd be a different matter all together, though I don't think the quetzalcoatls look quite like the wind serpents in game. They're much more flourished and majestic.

WoWWiki wrote: he phoenix is a natural predator of the Elemental Plane. The wondrous bird is about 18 feet long with a sleek, feathered body that dances with bright flames. Its colorful feathers range from yellow to orange to red. A crest of spiky feathers runs down the center of its back, and its wingspan stretches out 30 feet. From birth to death, it spends its life hunting through the air -- in fact, it lacks any legs that might enable it to land. Even after death it often rises again from its own ashes to continue the hunt.

The phoenix is a fearless, aggressive predator of aerial prey. Its only direct form is a vicious bite, but the secondary damage from its flaming aura and ability to burn help to bring down its prey quickly. A phoenix prefers to attack from above and behind with surprise, but follows up its initial attack by remaining close to burn its victims while continuing to strike with its beak.

Raydex-of-the-dawn wrote:

Taluwen wrote: Raydex: Actually, wind serpents alone aren't legendary. they're just wind serpents. They aren't called quetzalcoatls in-game while the Phoenix itself and it's mini-pet counterpart are called the Phoenix. Had the wind serpents been called quetzalcoatls in-game, then that'd be a different matter all together, though I don't think the quetzalcoatls look quite like the wind serpents in game. They're much more flourished and majestic.

Sorry about shortening the quote, I hate having them all huge.

Name doesn't really matter, yaknow. Our pheonixes in-game hardly look like feng-huang (the Chinese phoenix), for instance. One sec.

WoWWiki wrote: he phoenix is a natural predator of the Elemental Plane. The wondrous bird is about 18 feet long with a sleek, feathered body that dances with bright flames. Its colorful feathers range from yellow to orange to red. A crest of spiky feathers runs down the center of its back, and its wingspan stretches out 30 feet. From birth to death, it spends its life hunting through the air -- in fact, it lacks any legs that might enable it to land. Even after death it often rises again from its own ashes to continue the hunt.

The phoenix is a fearless, aggressive predator of aerial prey. Its only direct form is a vicious bite, but the secondary damage from its flaming aura and ability to burn help to bring down its prey quickly. A phoenix prefers to attack from above and behind with surprise, but follows up its initial attack by remaining close to burn its victims while continuing to strike with its beak.

There. Good info. A natural predator that attacks with biting and burning. Not too legendary...

I mean, we can tame all sorts of crazy stuff, so...xD

Solunerra wrote:If not hunters, then I would want them for fire magi or destruction warlocks. As for phoenix as pets, blood magi had them and where able to use them as combat pets.

Tahlian wrote:I don't think we're likely to see sprite darter tamable at any point, dragonkin classification aside...if you're in the beta and have been to Hyjal, you know there's a quest where they help you flush out some stealthed Twilight's Hammer cultists. In that quest - the sprite darters speak to you.

To my knowledge, nothing we're able to tame is capable of speech, is it?