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After studying Petopia, I decided to tame an Elder cloud serpent:
http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/html/mobs/mob_eldercloudserpent.shtml

Ok so a lot of people don't like to use them, but I love it :)

Anyway, I went to Arathi and Tamed a Young Mesa Buzzard, which has the innate skill of Dive:
http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/html/mobs/mob_youngmesabuzzard.shtml


Sure enough, dive appeared on the toolbar.
I dismissed it, and headed off to Thousand Needles and tamed the serpent.
I was dissapointed to see however that it didn't have Dive as a trainable skill. In fact, Dive doesn't actually appear on my list.

Is there a reason for this?

What snardo said.

Just because the pet you tame has the ability doesn't mean you learn it right away and are able to train it to other pets.

You need to use that skill over and over until it says you have learned the ability. Then you can train other pets that are capable of learning it.

Thanks :)
I was going to change to the above serpent when I reached the level, I might just use the Buzzard for now!

Nobody trains the wind serpent because it is a caster pet. Having a caster as a pet is a very bad idea. Their stats are horrible. If you don't believe me then read the thing that Petopia has written about it.

Synn, he was saying that nobody trains that specific wind serpent because it has caster stats, not all wind serpents.

Carrion Birds are made of awesome and win.
You should try one for a while ;)

Lol I did spell that wrong, shame on me, it was 5:00 had to finish the post before I left work so I rushed it.

It's hard to pick out one grammatical flaw in a sentence that is all together poor. But I'll try.

Wind serpent isn't plural, you are right, as long as you are talking about individual types of wind serpents. However, by putting "the" in front of it, you qualify wind serpent. Turning a noun into a proper noun. Wind Serpent, being the singular family name for all wind serpents.

To use another example.

Snakes are reptiles.

Obviously I am referring to all snakes. In a plural sense.

The snake is a reptile.

Same thing, put differently. "The snake" is referring to all snakes, but it is using the singular family name.

That snake is a reptile.

This one is referring to one particular snake.

I know you aren't trying to be an asshat, it's a good discussion, that wouldn't have been caused if proper sentences were used in the first place. lol

But it's a good thing hopefully some will read this and realize why grammar and spelling is important to relay your point properly without any misunderstandings.

< whacks utarius up side the head for making him read that >
:p

No offense Synn, but these kind of small things are beyond the knowledge of a lot of people here.
Most of us arent from england/US so try not to pick on small things.
You could perfectly understand what he meant without having trouble reading or anything.

No actually my first reply was what I thought he meant. I honestly thought he meant all wind serpents, it's not the first time I've seen someone have the misconception about them all being caster pets, so it was a pretty safe assumption.



That's the point, a simple grammatical error can lead to misunderstandings. Which the poster who this whole discussion rooted from came back and corrected, bravo on his part. :-).

But WTF is if you take a little time to type properly it leaves very little room for misunderstandings, unless someone missreads it but that is the readers fault.


Edit: PS aethian, it's more americans that mutilate the english language than it is people who english is not their first language, sad but true. And you can tell a post where someone is just learning english over someone who refuses to take a little time to correct grammar and/or spelling.

Edit 2: and yes I keep continuing this discussions because it's more +1s lol, got to hit that 1k mark.... probably should have made a new post to say this... Have to draw the line somewhere though.


Edited, Feb 15th 2008 8:37am by SynnTastic

And what was this post of yours? A +1 or you just had to get your oh so insightful and important point across? ;-/

Private jokes on a public forum always end well. amirite?

And it's "you're" not your (as in "you are now farming posts?")

Also... You're an idiot.

The proof is in what he said..

and yes I keep continuing this discussions because it's more +1s lol, got to hit that 1k mark.... probably should have made a new post to say this... Have to draw the line somewhere though

and being a scholar or sage is also pointless..
If all you do is ridicule people..

and being a person with under 10 posts clearly shows I am far from a post farmer..
I guess common sense eludes most people.. at least.. it seems to elude some of the Sages and Scholars here.. :)