Patch 5.1 Speculation thread

[Zangor]

with patch 5.1 coming very soon to the PTR we may soon find ourselves with a few late comers to the shores of pandaria. what am i talking about you might ask? SPIRIT BEASTS!!! according to certain people spirit beasts where developed too late in beta to be implemented by launch and they are supposedly coming in patch 5.1 along side the final color variation of silk worms. this is very exciting news and i figured just the unknown parts of 5.1 warrented a thread! so what do you all think the new spirit beasts will be? how many do you think there will be? and do you guys think they will use similar mechanics to the already implemented pandaria rares, or will they have even newer challenges to them? post here and GET HYPED!

[Shirubia]

My hopes for a spirit beast:
- Kitsune
- Winged Serpent
- Crane
And really would like:
- A model of an untamable family (Like a flying shark, a mana wyrm, hydra, etc)

As for the method... I think it will be following the tracks too... Although I think I would prefer if even after uncovering the beast with flare/hunter's mark, you had to do something else to tame it, like with the Molten Front taming challenges or Ghostcrawler.

[Zangor]

id love to see any of those beasts. but i want one that is Sha themed i just love the black and white appearance the aha have and it would make a great corporeal spirit beasts for once. haven't seen a gold old physical spirit beast since skill over 2 years ago!

[Shirubia]

Yeah, a SOLID spirit beast would be nice for a change and a Sha-Themed beast would really be awesome... A ravager/nether ray would totally go with the sha theme IMO xD

[WildcatTM]

I'm expecting a sha spirit beast. Maybe with an option to cleanse it? No cats. I'm so over cats. Wouldn't be against see a new pet family, though I'm sure it's unlikely. I wouldn't be surprised if the they introduced challenge tames 2.0 along with the tracking.

I don't like this idea, but how about a continent rare?

[Jäysee]

I don't like this idea, but how about a continent rare?

1 spirit beast rare for the whole continent that could spawn anywhere on the continent. Can you say never sleeping again?

[Lisaara]

I don't like this idea, but how about a continent rare?

1 spirit beast rare for the whole continent that could spawn anywhere on the continent. Can you say never sleeping again?

Oh please no. x.x; I dont want Madexx Madness again!

[swimgremlin]

Psh, enough of spirit beast speculation, I wanna see a displaced black sholazar rhino who got too close to the waygate and ended up in Pandaria. Maybe he was fleeing the dreadful red devilsaur!!!

What I'm getting at is, more colors of limited color species>moar spirit beasts. That's just me though.

[WildcatTM]

I don't like this idea, but how about a continent rare?

1 spirit beast rare for the whole continent that could spawn anywhere on the continent. Can you say never sleeping again?

I don't like the idea at all, but it is an interesting concept. Especially if you work out the details.

[WildcatTM]

Psh, enough of spirit beast speculation, I wanna see a displaced black sholazar rhino who got too close to the waygate and ended up in Pandaria. Maybe he was fleeing the dreadful red devilsaur!!!

What I'm getting at is, more colors of limited color species>moar spirit beasts. That's just me though.

I'm cool with that, but spirit beast(s) are confirmed for 5.1, so ...

[pop]

I think the most logical one that would be implemented would be a spirit beast with the same skin with Xuen, the white tiger.

[Wain]

I wouldn't say confirmed for 5.1, but they are coming soon. Hopefully 5.1, but it depends on how much time they have to get it out the door. It's looking like 5.1 is going to be a patch they get out sooner rather than later, and not a full tier patch. Hopefully we see spirit beasts in it though.

[Danielfboone]

I'm expecting a pretty extensive patch with new raids and quest hubs to accommodate the increased presence of the two warring factions.

I'm still thinking the Spirit Beasts will take after Xuen, Niuzao, and the Red Crane and Cloud Serpent to start with. I hope they're more solid than ghostly though. Obviously they wouldn't give us exact replicas of those Celestials but something close. I wouldn't be a fan of a Sha based pet though. It wouldn't make sense for it to still be infested after being tamed.

I'm thinking 5.1 will hit in a month to 6 weeks from now.

[Lisaara]

I think the most logical one that would be implemented would be a spirit beast with the same skin with Xuen, the white tiger.

Agreed!

[Ana]

A spirit Yak with the same skin as the Yak god.. mmm thats gonna happen

[Malackai]

Actually I wouldn't mind a Kuchon like pet (those manti like collossus models (http://www.wowhead.com/npc=64717#modelviewer:10+0)) its so detailed it always makes me cry it would have been such a nice addition to the silithid family. Still dont know why we cant tame them as far as i have seen during the quests from the klaxxi there even more beastly in nature then most of the silithid in terms of intellect

[Eternallylostx]

What about the silkworm?
Nobody likes the new silkworm. :c

Anyways, I'd like a Mana Wyrm, please.

[Kozia]

I wish they added a low level goat.
(ot: first post from a long time lurker :> )

[Royi]

I don't like this idea, but how about a continent rare?

1 spirit beast rare for the whole continent that could spawn anywhere on the continent. Can you say never sleeping again?

I had a similar idea on these forums a long time ago, I think with the footprints it would be even neater having it cross continent.

http://forums.wow-petopia.com/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=18009

Just imagine "spirit tracks" that would spawn anywhere on the continent. That would be incredibly fun to track.


Or what about a spirit beast that you could only track when you were dead. That would make some logical sense right ~ since you would both be in spirit form at the time (i dont know how it would work, but it could possibly be a neat mechanic)

[Zangor]

what if you find it while you are dead and you talk to it and it resurrects you and you can tame it right there in the living world. sorta like a traveling spirit healer but without resurrection sickness.