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New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:38 pm
by Heleos
Possible new pets?

From MMO Champion:
New Creature Families
Storm Elemental -
MT - Water Elemental -
Terrorguard -
Abyssal -
Hook Wasp - <~~~~~ New Wasps?
Riverbeast - <~~~~~~~~ ?
Link: http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 9:40 pm
by Lupen202
Riverbeast could be a crocolisk, but I hope not. it could be that hippo-type creature we saw concept art of during blizzcon.

Edit:

This thing

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Hook-wasp?

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Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:11 pm
by SylviaDragon
:) Oooh the potential "Hook Wasp" looks nasty enough to be a new member of Sylvi's stables!

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:45 pm
by Lupis
Sign me up for River Beasts!

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 10:46 pm
by Vephriel
Ooh, really curious to see the river beast's in game model. They look a lot like the seal/walrus things we have currently, but better able to walk around on land. (I still think it would be kind of cute to have tameable seals though who flop around behind you)

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:00 pm
by cowmuflage
Going to wait and see before I get my hopes up. I want to see game art before anything else.

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:05 pm
by Heleos
Woah the concept art is amazing. @.@

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Fri Apr 04, 2014 11:56 pm
by pop
Riverbeast is the long-tailed hippo. I'm hoping that both Draenic Hippos and Pandarian beavers would be considered as 'Riverbeasts'.

Hook Wasp is the new mount.

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:25 am
by SylviaDragon
The wasp kind of reminds me of a StarCraft zerg unit that more or less death grips a target with its tongue- now I really want to something like that in-game just because it would be hilarious xD

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:43 am
by cowmuflage
So I'm not the only one that thinks that? :lol: It really does look like a zerg

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:47 am
by Wain
Slickrock saw the riverbeast at Bizzcon and said it looked a lot like the concept art.

The fact they added families for these makes me expect they are considering both as pets and that the hook wasps won't just be included in wasps.

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 6:00 am
by cowmuflage
I hope they have a better name then "RiverBeast" something more original sounding because that's kinda lazy :lol: What's next groundbeast and skybeast? :lol:

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 7:02 am
by pop
cowmuflage wrote:I hope they have a better name then "RiverBeast" something more original sounding because that's kinda lazy :lol: What's next groundbeast and skybeast? :lol:
I actually like the name River Beast as it can be an umbrella term that would include currently untamable beasts. *cough*beavers*cough.

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 12:04 pm
by Xota
Vephriel wrote:Ooh, really curious to see the river beast's in game model. They look a lot like the seal/walrus things we have currently, but better able to walk around on land. (I still think it would be kind of cute to have tameable seals though who flop around behind you)
I want aquatic form to be able to be a sealion, and to be able to flop around on the ground.

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:06 pm
by Nachtwulf
I like that one of the Riverbeast's abilities is Mortal Wounds. Since hippos are the most deadly animals in Africa anyway.

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sat Apr 05, 2014 2:14 pm
by Myrrmi
As are beavers everywhere else.
Those teeth! Look at those teeth!

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 1:52 am
by pop
Nachtwulf wrote:I like that one of the Riverbeast's abilities is Mortal Wounds. Since hippos are the most deadly animals in Africa anyway.
Africa? You mean Draenor, right?

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:03 pm
by Heleos
A look at the HIPPO (What we thought was riverbeat) in-game model:

http://media.mmo-champion.com/images/ne ... hippo1.jpg

Wolves, Clefs, Sporebats, and more new models:

http://www.mmo-champion.com/content/389 ... pha-Models

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 5:58 pm
by Vephriel
Looks like the hippo's using the direhorn animations, seems like that'll be a suitable skeleton. :)

Re: New Pets in Alpha notes?

Posted: Sun Apr 06, 2014 6:02 pm
by Danielfboone
I really like the new Talbuks, Elekks, Boars, and Hippos but it looks like they still will be only mounts and not pets. Especially the first two.