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Shoveltusk FINALLY! Now to make a Shoveltusk mog (said the grown adult who has bills and shiz)

I find these new additions awesome and I am extremely happy, especially about Shoveltusks, but it does strike me as a little surprising.

Remembering Wain's recent polls about families that need updated/additional looks and families you would like to see added, there is an inconsistency. I know pet tameability isn't a popularity contest, however when none of the top 63% choices for additional looks and none of the top 52% of new families make it in, it makes me go "Hmmmmmm." Everything we got (except Musken and Mech) had a presence in the polls, but none were in the top half % in either category. Yet they made it in over much more popular choices.

If any group of people have their finger on the pulse of desired pets, I would say it is our group since we specialize in it. I find that interesting that their thinking process doesn't seem to be in line with the popular choices among a specialized group like ours. This isn't disparaging their choices of course. Like I said, it's clearly not a popularity vote and I am not saying they should cater to us because we are pet specialists. I believe their choices are surely deliberate, and the Alpha/Beta isn't over so theres more to come surely.

All this to say I would be very very interested to get a sneak peek into their process of choosing which pets/looks become tameable and why. Seems interesting to me that top popular choices didn't make it, but many lower choices did. My curiosity wants to know why. I know yak and shoveltusk made it because they are linked to the theme of the xpac. However not all additions have this logical connection.

Is there any idea who of these pets will be exotic and only tameable for bm?

Quiv wrote:Shoveltusk FINALLY! Now to make a Shoveltusk mog (said the grown adult who has bills and shiz)

I find these new additions awesome and I am extremely happy, especially about Shoveltusks, but it does strike me as a little surprising.

Remembering Wain's recent polls about families that need updated/additional looks and families you would like to see added, there is an inconsistency. I know pet tameability isn't a popularity contest, however when none of the top 63% choices for additional looks and none of the top 52% of new families make it in, it makes me go "Hmmmmmm." Everything we got (except Musken and Mech) had a presence in the polls, but none were in the top half % in either category. Yet they made it in over much more popular choices.

If any group of people have their finger on the pulse of desired pets, I would say it is our group since we specialize in it. I find that interesting that their thinking process doesn't seem to be in line with the popular choices among a specialized group like ours. This isn't disparaging their choices of course. Like I said, it's clearly not a popularity vote and I am not saying they should cater to us because we are pet specialists. I believe their choices are surely deliberate, and the Alpha/Beta isn't over so theres more to come surely.

All this to say I would be very very interested to get a sneak peek into their process of choosing which pets/looks become tameable and why. Seems interesting to me that top popular choices didn't make it, but many lower choices did. My curiosity wants to know why. I know yak and shoveltusk made it because they are linked to the theme of the xpac. However not all additions have this logical connection.

Oh I agree with you. But I think the method of choosing is often dependant on what is related to the expansion as well as what players desire. In this case they saw a way of packaging a bunch of old, desired models with some new ones that will appear in the Broken Isles. Of course that hasn't been told to me explicitly and I can't see into their heads and I could be way off track. But I think there's some truth in it. Maybe well see skyscreamers yet. But if they don't feature in the Broken Isles then maybe not. (or maybe they do?).

With mechanicals it was clearly a feature related to the debut of gnome hunters.

With models like the sandreavers, it's probably a bit different because they're just closing gaps in an existing family and not creating a new feature one.

And finally they will want to save a few old and desired things to release in future expansions too

Those are my hunches about their reasoning anyway.

But it's still alpha and families are only just appearing, so who knows?

This taming pass also seems to be happening earlier than in some of the past betas. Its exciting!

Any news on new exotics?

I'm so excited about sand revers. I know they're an old model, but they're so creepy they're adorable.

By the way, have you guys checked out Gyreworms and the Grub worms (Vanilla and Outland models) yet? Also the 5.2 snakes?

Wooly Kodo hype! I've wanted a wooly kodo for god knows how long. This makes me happy.

Qraljar wrote:By the way, have you guys checked out Gyreworms and the Grub worms (Vanilla and Outland models) yet? Also the 5.2 snakes?

Gyreworms are still elementals

Wain wrote:It does look like the patch was forked in the middle of them flagging the tameables and we'll see a lot more in the next patch. So who knows?

I'm still holding out hope for pterrorwings and maybe more tameable raid boss pets.

Wait.. am I dreaming? Mushan? Shoveltusks?! SANDREAVERS?!!?

There's some very cool stuff happening here!

*faints*

Mana wyrms!!!

Kodo!!!



QUICK! Someone check Oondasta!!! *prays*

Not a new tame, but just pausing to remember how nice the new ravens are. This is just a plain, old Upland Raven from Pandaria.

They don't much look like the originals, but in this case I don't find that too unreasonable, because the original was so tiny and wooden it would be hard to update it faithfully. Maybe a hunter who is really tied to their old raven would disagree. If you do feel that way I'd be interested to know.

I should also note that most (or all?) yaks and mushan seem to have sounds on clicking. I stupidly forgot to test this as I went along, but I shall from now on.


In other news. Oondasta not (yet?) tameable.

Wain wrote:Not a new tame, but just pausing to remember how nice the new ravens are. This is just a plain, old Upland Raven from Pandaria.

They don't much look like the originals, but in this case I don't find that too unreasonable, because the original was so tiny and wooden it would be hard to update it faithfully. Maybe a hunter who is really tied to their old raven would disagree. If you do feel that way I'd be interested to know.

That looks great. Still not as happy with them as I would with Dread Ravens, but they look really - really good. Finally considering getting one, now that it's not so low-poly/critter quality.

Well, this is great news! I'll finally get to grab myself a permanent yak Looks like my signature is gonna be all ticked off bar Giraffes after this!

Glad to hear it, Loki! Maybe Giraffes will come later on in Alpha, or perhaps in the next expansion.

And wow, Wain, that raven looks amazing! It is pretty massive, though, and while I'd like to have my own "Giant Raven" pet, a smaller variation would be nice for the hunters who liked having a minipet-sized raven.

Wain wrote:In other news. Oondasta not (yet?) tameable.

I didn't think so but thank fer checking.

The new ravens are stunning. Alfred is going to look amazing.

Love the new raven. If kunchong turn out being silithid, could someone check nerubian skitterer/spiderlings and fliers?