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More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 6:48 am
by Wain
This patch may seem light on new pets so far, but it did give me crabs.
In the latest patch, a number of the deep-sea spiky crabs in Vashj'ir are now tameable:
Green Sand Crab - green
(Agitated Green Sand Crab also tameable)
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Spineshell Pincer - red
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Sandskin Pincer - black
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Silversand Burrower - orange
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That leaves blue as the only "basic" spikey crab colour that isn't available. (Note that the blue pyreshell scuttler that is mentioned on Petopia isn't a basic colour at all, as detailed below...)
UPDATED:
Pyreshell Scuttler - currently a colour-changer but has biolucent markings. Can be one of four colours when summoned:
Blue with purple markings:
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Black with purple markings:
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Black with blue markings:
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Green with blue markings:
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EDIT: updated the biolucent Pyreshell pics with better shots
I've seen Critter versions called "Crab Hatchling" that exhibit other skin/marking colour combos, such as green/purple, red/purple and orange/purple. Basically any skin + purple markings. All biolucent markings are either blue or purple, and I presume all combinations are possible, but are not all used in beast versions.
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:08 am
by The Insect Man
Excellent news - and about time.
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:12 am
by Rottingham
The Insect Man wrote:Excellent news - and about time.
^ this
I am very happy now
Thanks for the great news!!!
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:23 am
by Wain
If I could get on my "freeze on login" Alliance hunter I could test out the bioluminescent crabs... anyone else able to do this?
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:39 am
by Sarayana
Eeeeee my red crab!!! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!!! <3
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:55 am
by SgtMakkie
They look really cool!
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 8:33 am
by Doth777
Wain wrote:If I could get on my "freeze on login" Alliance hunter I could test out the bioluminescent crabs... anyone else able to do this?
Same issue here, and that's the same crab I want
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:54 am
by Wain
OK, so I'm an idiot. My Horde hunter WAS high enough to tame the Pyreshell Scuttlers:
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The good news is they keep the markings after taming (and resummoning)!
The BAD news is the colour is unstable. It changes with each summons.
So it can come out as blue with purple markings:
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Black with purple markings:
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Black with blue markings:
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And finally, green with blue markings (the colour on this one is subtle so I'll also add a behind shot that shows it better):
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Those are the only colours I got after many repeat summonings and they're also the only colours I saw on the NPCs.
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:06 am
by Wain
Doth777 wrote:Wain wrote:If I could get on my "freeze on login" Alliance hunter I could test out the bioluminescent crabs... anyone else able to do this?
Same issue here, and that's the same crab I want
BTW, it just let me log in as my main hunter, Frej. I tried to log in a lot of times first. Maybe it eventually took mercy on me. Just before I was able to finally log in it actually disconnected me (rather than froze up like usual), so maybe it was resetting something? :/
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:08 am
by Saturo
Yaay! Crabs!
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:21 am
by Ixnay
I think this is my favorite new pet model so far.
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:25 am
by Zeilla8
Wain wrote:If I could get on my "freeze on login" Alliance hunter I could test out the bioluminescent crabs... anyone else able to do this?
Can't get on my 85 character, but I'll see if I can do this on one of my other level 80 copies. Really excellent news and post, as always Wain!
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:36 am
by Wain
Zeilla8 wrote:Can't get on my 85 character, but I'll see if I can do this on one of my other level 80 copies. Really excellent news and post, as always Wain!
Thank you
But I did get on a toon that could tame the pyreshells and updated it
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:37 am
by Qraljar
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:53 am
by Grigg
Wain wrote:The BAD news is the colour is unstable. It changes with each summons.
I actually like the color changers. This is fantastic news to me.
Unfortunately it appears to be the only way to get it in blue though...
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 2:55 pm
by Galahandra
Orange...my favourite colour <3
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:25 pm
by Kalliope
Wain wrote:This patch may seem light on new pets so far, but it did give me crabs.
<3!
Lovely finds!
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Mon Sep 27, 2010 10:05 pm
by Worba
RED CRAB. WANT. WANTWANT.
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 2:50 am
by Kayb
Wain wrote:but it did give me crabs.
Sorry to be immature, but ROFL. I nearly choked laughing at that
Re: More spiky crabs (and colours) tameable
Posted: Tue Sep 28, 2010 3:00 am
by Wain
Kayb wrote:Wain wrote:but it did give me crabs.
Sorry to be immature, but ROFL. I nearly choked laughing at that
Not sure if you're on the beta, but there's a quest in Vashj'ir that will really crack you up then
At least for Alliance, but I think for both factions.