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Vephriel wrote: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. ^^

Vephriel wrote: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.

[...]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.

bluddy wrote: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

bluddy wrote: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

Mania wrote: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 ...

Qraljar wrote:

Mania wrote: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

Kalliope wrote: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.

Qraljar wrote:

Mania wrote: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.

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

Renle wrote:

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