Quick question [PTR]

[Ryai]

Ew lame.
Why would they change the colors after people tried so hard to camp and tame the color they wanted,
and are now getting an unwanted color change to their new partner?
Just ew. I hate unexpected/unwanted changes like that. D:

Because most likely it is easier and cheaper to do this, than to really mess about with coding. And also the fact perhaps as was said before, Devs are thinking Anyone so far that has tamed a Madexx has most likely tamed a Madexx because LolRareSpecial. How many people were starting to gripe over their blues and browns becoming commonplace with the new mob implimented on the PTR?

A dev perhaps thought Oh well then lets give them a surprise, here, rare skins for you guys!

And now people are complaining about that >.<


Look as much as we want Madexx's ID to be retired in such a way as to allow unchanged skins- this is honestly most likely cheaper and quicker as I said atm, to start in affect on the PTR.

Also it could be intended because seriously, how many people have Madexx as it is? I only know of ONE possibility and that is possibly black Madexx. Seen no corpses, seen no Madexxes, hell I've not had to clear my cache EVER for a Madexx alert! Blizzard most likely is overlooking the minority because well lets face it guys.

People with Madexx are a minority.

[Wain]

I've heard back from "Noah" already. It was a mistake. Somebody (not him) mistakenly changed something on them they weren't supposed to. It's already been fixed and so I guess should appear in the next PTR update or two. You can all stop hyperventilating Madexx's colours will go back to normal.

[Cialbi]

Now I go from feeling bad for several members of this board, to feeling bad for Pent.

[Ryai]

I've heard back from "Noah" already. It was a mistake. Somebody (not him) mistakenly changed something on them they weren't supposed to. It's already been fixed and so I guess should appear in the next PTR update or two. You can all stop hyperventilating Madexx's colours will go back to normal.

So what does this mean though Wain?

Is Madexx still spawning in 5 colors? Is Madexx going to spawn in only 3 colors from now on?

is the color changer ever going to be stable if the latter?

[Wain]

Madexx's colours will go back to normal. i.e. all 5 possible colours on their original quest NPCs, so whichever you tamed originally you will continue to have.

[Kalliope]

That's good news for most people then! All colors still available and stable, with a few easily accessible color changers for those who just want anything.

*hugs Pent* You shall find him!

[Ryai]

This sucks balls, sorry, but it does. No no not Madexx not changing colors, but the fact that A: Madexx is still the most insane spawner ever as this is as bad a TLPD tbh, or worse. And the color changers? I hate them. Maybe if it was Blue+black, or Blue+green, but I hate the brown. I despise the brown. It's horrible and dull, especially when you compare it to the bright blue skin it can be.

I got so fed up when the color swap kept coming up brown every time I dismissed it [10 times and only twice blue..] I shoved dynamite into him and punted him off a cliff for disappointing me.

It seems Madexx is the new god damn King Krush.

[Celi]

Aww shucks. I was kinda looking forward to my bronze becoming a green as green is much nicer. Oh well, guess Snapism will just have to remain as he is.

[Aeliel]

Oh thank god. *clings to blue Madexx*

Although yeah, now I feel bad for the people who were looking forward to the skin change because it would mean they'd have the one they want. I hope Pent and the others get lucky soon.

[Pent]

I apologize for sounding the way I sounded last night.

Don't feel bad just for me... feel bad for me and the hundreds (and maybe even thousands) of other hunters who probably would think this was a good idea if they actually knew what went down on the PTR and here. Most hunters do not come to these boards, and if they do they do not post here.

Wain didn't really come out and say (if "Noah' told him even) what was supposed to have happened to the Madexx colors, and why someone was even messing with the blue and bronze colors for Madexx in the first place. Are they planning on still removing the two colors from the rare Madexx spawns and having Madexx only spawn in green, red, and black, and planning on letting the hunters who tamed the blue and bronze Madexxs keep those stable colors while still making the non-rare ones color changers? OR... do they plan on leaving everything alone and keep blue and bronze in the Madexx spawn colors mixed in with the other three colors?

Without doing something... players on high populated realms will always be screwed over while players on lower populated realms have it a little easier. They might as well have Madexx spawn right in the middle of Orgrimmar or Stormwind... I know that is a little exaggerated, but having Madexx where he is now and his really crappy spawn timeframe it's like having a treasure chest that is 10 miles wide floating in the water right in the middle of a international trade route...

At this point I hope this happens... Blizzard decides to retire the blue and bronze stable Madexx colors, and have the color changers keep the ability to change colors. While making Madexx only spawn in green, red, and black... and hopefully a shorter more consistent spawn timeframe.

I don't mind camping a random color rare that could spawn anywhere within a 2 mile radius IF I knew I could count on him showing up in 3-6 hours... but the whole 6-24hr timeframe for Madexx in random generated colors is stupid... and I have a feeling Blizzard might know this...

(btw... I do see how a miscommunications from people at Blizzard could have caused this... but it still wasn't an "accident" in the way a normal accident occurs)

Carry on.

[Sasrei]

Yay! Im glad that my two will stay the same. And if you must ask why I have all 5 colors? Easy, quick to lvl to 85 and noone for the longest time cared about Madexx. I leveled Saon and parked Sas at Uldum. Knowing the usual spawn timer helped as well 3 times he spawned at 4:20-4:30, and twice at 8:30am. I saw 3 black, 3 green, 1 red, 1 brown, 1 blue on Sas and the only one I found dead was a green. The other ones I didnt have I found homes for, as noone really cared for Madexx and he was up for awhile. Most people on my server still dont really care for him as I dont see alot of people with him besides a few others. Its mostly Sambas. But Icecrown is an extremely high populated server so I guess it just depends on how many people are questing there. But again I got to 85 on the first friday after cata, and within 2 weeks I had them all so I am not sure what it is like now with alot more people at a higher level an I havent been there in awhile so I dont know what it is like..

I am sorry that you havent been able to find Madexx and I hope that he spawns for you. But I am glad mine wont be changing to a different color.
Though I agree with you Pent in hoping what they do but adding one thing instead of the color changer being blue+brown, instead itll be blue+green.
Those seem to be the favourite colors of everyone so I think that would make more people happy. And maybe adding a blue+red one And yah a less spawn timer would be great to..

[Aeliel]

I feel bad for anybody and everybody who can't get the pet they want. I've done long camps (don't get me started on the two weeks of 5hr+ / day of circling before I found Karoma, after seeing her dead or killed in front of me despite pleading several times, or the fact that it took me a year of near-constant checking every time I could after hitting the appropriate level to find Loque) and... yeah. They suck.

Consistent spawn timers would go a long way to making it less rage-inducing to find rares, especially Madexx. As would moving the spawn somewhere much less crowded.

Hell, I wouldn't even object to - going to an extreme - putting every single Madexx skin on a stable, non-color-changing scorpid somewhere. As long as the already-tamed ones don't change colors anything works for me.

[bluddy]

just wondering...will this mean that there'll be two diffferent red/green madexxes spawning...ande only one black...which would result in many green/red madexxes and few black madexxes

[Pent]

just wondering...will this mean that there'll be two diffferent red/green madexxes spawning...ande only one black...which would result in many green/red madexxes and few black madexxes

No one outside of Blizzard knows their intentions as of yet... but more than likely they will just remove the bronze and blue from the spawn table (meaning they won't factor into the other colors spawning more or less) so the other three will just spawn... IF that is what Blizzard is going for...

Nothing is concrete.

[Loki]

Yay, my blue Madexx goes back to being plain old common again Why they can't just not add any common skins, or add stable common skins for blue and brown and switch the colors like this, I have no idea. I know it's a color changer but it's not hard to call and dismiss until it's the color you want even so. I think in the long run not having the already-tamed ones switch color to a rare is a bad idea. People on this forum are likely to be the ones that have bonded with their color, yes, but I think the majority will tame it because it is a rare unique color or model or skin, and would rather have a unique skin and a color changer than a stable version of a common skin (especially when a lot of people regard color-changers as cooler anyway).

[Rhyela]

I've heard back from "Noah" already. It was a mistake. Somebody (not him) mistakenly changed something on them they weren't supposed to. It's already been fixed and so I guess should appear in the next PTR update or two. You can all stop hyperventilating Madexx's colours will go back to normal.

YAAAAAAAAAAY!!! /cuddleloves Madexx

1) Happy for the people who get to keep the colors they either wanted originally or happened to bond with.

2) Feel bad for the people who still have to camp a color (Pent).

3) Hoping the brown and blue are removed from the spawn table for Madexx and the commons made stable (and hey, why not knock down that goofy spawn timer for Madexx while we're at it? ).

4) This feels like the least intrusive way to go about this.

Thanks Wain!

[Ryai]

I know it's a color changer but it's not hard to call and dismiss until it's the color you want even so.

Call scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call Scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call Scorpid: Blue! Yay! *farm/quest be forced to mount*

Dismount: brown scorpid...

RNG is not lovely.

Honestly I don't give a damn if it's common or not, I want a Madexx skin scorpid and I don't want a color changer, I hate them, at first they were novelties to me and then it just wore on me because it just doesn't make sense that I could tame a raptor that was able to change colors worse than a chameleon >.<

[Rhyela]

I know it's a color changer but it's not hard to call and dismiss until it's the color you want even so.

Call scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call Scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call scorpid: Brown! Dismiss

Call Scorpid: Blue! Yay! *farm/quest be forced to mount*

Dismount: brown scorpid...

RNG is not lovely.

Honestly I don't give a damn if it's common or not, I want a Madexx skin scorpid and I don't want a color changer, I hate them, at first they were novelties to me and then it just wore on me because it just doesn't make sense that I could tame a raptor that was able to change colors worse than a chameleon >.<

So much hate for the bronze Madexx! It's really rather pretty in its own way (a nice sandy/golden/bronzey color rather than blehbrown), but I completely understand that compared to its more colorful brethren, it seems to fall short. Still, give the poor guy a chance!

[Ryai]

So much hate for the bronze Madexx! It's really rather pretty in its own way (a nice sandy/golden/bronzey color rather than blehbrown), but I completely understand that compared to its more colorful brethren, it seems to fall short. Still, give the poor guy a chance!

I tried. It's just, ug, it's to dark compared to such detailing it has [the black] and it seems to just be a bit poorly shaded, especially when you get to the underneath of the scorpid how it just turns to a more indiscriminant brownblack. It just doesn't stand out, it doesn't have flare, it is dull and imo poorly colored. I have seen uses of brown and wonderfully so, but this isn't really one of them. Maybe if he was lighter, but he isn't. He matches the pet screen to well, he doesn't really stand out, and it's hard to make out most of the detailing on him because he's a brown blob imo.


That and I really just don't like color changers that much for my serious mains.

[Slickrock]

I think part of the issue with the Red/Black/Brown Madexxes are that the colors and detail gets lost a little bit since he's kinda small. Green and Blue show up better, so are more popular.

Wain: Any chance to ask Noah about scaling up Madexx 10%-20%? That bit of a size increase would help a lot. (Shale spiders could use that bump too).