About stables.....

[Kerafirewing]

Been on the PTR and watching videos and wanted to ask about the new stable slots. Anyone heard anything about prices for the new slots or will Blizzard actually be generous and GIVE us all those nice shiny pet slots? Just wondering how much gold I need to have available when this goes in so I can start planning what pets I want.

[Vephriel]

As far as we know they're all completely free. ^^ Just comes with the class it seems, so no gold involved.

[Kerafirewing]

That would be awsome indeed. I'm hoping it's true as every hunter I've copied to PTR or made has had them so didn't want any surprises on live.
Thanks for the info.

[Niabi]

It would make sense for Blizzard to keep the stable master spaces free and only charge for the five active stable spaces that hunters have on them (I am not positive but I think I may have seen a video somewhere that showcased the 5 active spaces unlocking once certain levels have been reached - can anyone confirm please?).

Can you imagine what the prices might be if we were charged to activate 20 additional stables (scary)!? From a logical mindset, I don't think Blizzard would be THAT cruel to hunters. No other class that I can think of would be required to invest as much gold into their character progression if it were made otherwise.

[Kalliope]

It would make sense for Blizzard to keep the stable master spaces free and only charge for the five active stable spaces that hunters have on them (I am not positive but I think I may have seen a video somewhere that showcased the 5 active spaces unlocking once certain levels have been reached - can anyone confirm please?).

Confirmed! In fact, this is why we'll only be getting 24 stable slots with the patch. Call pet #5 won't unlock until a later level, so we can't even put a pet in it.

[Cerah]

Does this apply only to Hunters who have the current 5 stable slots, or will all new hunters have all 24? I'd like to know how many pets Toeph might be able to get in the upcoming Lowbie Safari -- and I don't want to pay for more slots if I don't have to

[Coldfire989]

Well on Beta you start with all the inactive stables open but you have to lvl up to earn all 5 of the active ones. I forget what levels each comes at however.

[Nakari]

You gain a new active stable slot automatically every time you learn a new "rank" of Call Pet.

Call Pet 1 @ Level 1
Call Pet 2 @ Level 18
Call Pet 3 @ Level 42
Call Pet 4 @ Level 62
Call Pet 5 @ Level 82 (thus not available until Cataclysm)

All the inactive stable slots are available from the start (and for free).

[Cerah]

Thanks for the info! So the starter zone stable masters will be seeing a lot of Toeph next wednesday. No biggie. I'm just looking forward to having all these new friends

[Kayb]

awesome