Over the years, we've quite often gone "I wish..." in terms of our class, our pets and the game in general. It's nothing new, and for those of us that's been playing since release we've had both disappointments and celebrations as a result. We wished for many things that we've received. We've wished for many things we've no chance of ever receiving. But now, as Wrath of the Lich King is soon to tower over us, I feel like resurrecting an old wish.
A wish that is purely cosmetic. A wish that will have absolutely no bearing upon us as a class, no balance changing in PvP, no increased viability in neither raids nor soloing. A wish that is purely... selfish, in a way.
With Barbershops now demonstrating that changing both models and skin on players is a fairly easy task, I am now finding myself wishing I could customize my pet. Yes, there's a ton of pets around that I can tame but that doesn't change the fact that a 100 or more people on the server will have the exact same pet as me. I came to remember an old idea. Why can't we gather some sort of point-based "experience" as we travel the lands with our pets, that we can use as currency in a similar manner as Barbershops?
No, I don't want my Humar to sport a mohawk. I want to see battle scars. I want to see war dye, turning my black cat into a fearsome Warrior. I want to see my bear pet (if I still had one...) sporting armor plating. I want to see spiked collars and Mithril Claws. There's so many things you can do with modeling and skins that won't in any way change how our pet performs, but will differentiate the pet from the hundreds of other pets around.
A cooldown on this feature wouldn't be a problem. The cost of doing this should amount to quite some time next to your pet, battling whatever foe comes up against you. It shouldn't be too hard to implement, really. Of course, the graphic designers would have to spend quite some time creating new skins and textures, new models and so on. But I think it would most definitely be worth it. Hell, I'd pay extra for that feature.
Well, this or armor dyes. I don't want to face the horror that T2, T5 and T6 was again...
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I like the idea, but if you were to post it on the O-boards, I'd put some more QQ in it.
Else you'd maybe scare them of.
Else you'd maybe scare them of.
I think the concepts of paragraphs and punctuation would break their feeble little minds after half the post.
This would be a nice change. Especially since if they do this it means I can finally look different after 60 levels of staring at the same bear and 50 levels of the same cat.
Druids have been ******** about this for years. If we get it, which they have said is the plan, then I would support hunter pets getting it as well.
It is sad that I look the same in epics as a level 10 in whites.
Druids have been ******** about this for years. If we get it, which they have said is the plan, then I would support hunter pets getting it as well.
It is sad that I look the same in epics as a level 10 in whites.
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I would enjoy battle scars on everything, not just pets. I've always been amused how elves can continue to sport those long ears, at least half of which should long ago have been chopped off in battle.
Well, they'd have to find a way to do 'flood fill' kind of coloring. Seriously, if they let anyone go whacky with a paintbrush you'd find graffiti'd pets, profanity and all the stupid stuff humanity can dream up. Gone are the days where the textures, paints and other files were separated from the program so you could play away. So, if Blizz does something like this, expect it to be minimalized like the 'barbershop' and such.
It's all just a database, a whole bunch of databases, and databases to watch the databases. There's no reason they couldn't do it North, I just wouldn't hold my breath. They probably don't want to waste the coding time.
It's all just a database, a whole bunch of databases, and databases to watch the databases. There's no reason they couldn't do it North, I just wouldn't hold my breath. They probably don't want to waste the coding time.
I'm totally thinking THIS.
Well, a freeform "paintmode" wasn't quite what I had in mind. I can definitely see too many ways that could be... retarded. I was thinking more of a character creation mode, where you can change scar textures, add/remove armor patches and what have you. Modifying skins have happened a hundred times before in WoW, as these Druid skins are indicative of. But it's all been client side. Like my own reskinning of that ridiculous Dragonstalker set. (Mmm... Black and Silver Dragonstalker... sexy...)
I am not holding my breath. I know we can't expect Blizzard to set any of their workstock creating this many different new skins for each pet model, nor add new models of armor patches and other shiny additions to pets when they are in the middle of a massive expansion. I think fixing and balancing things will be their main concern for at least two months after release.
I am not holding my breath. I know we can't expect Blizzard to set any of their workstock creating this many different new skins for each pet model, nor add new models of armor patches and other shiny additions to pets when they are in the middle of a massive expansion. I think fixing and balancing things will be their main concern for at least two months after release.
I like the idea a lot. Would be nice for your pets to look different from everybody else's.
The druid skins are super sexy. Those are going on ASAP.
The druid skins are super sexy. Those are going on ASAP.
@ ProjectMidnight
That's almost as bad as a rick-roll.
@ NorthAI the Hand
Nice idea, but there'd have to be a way to earn them.
You couldn't have some lv 11 noob running his pet around, with armor and scars, as though he'd just laid the smack-down on murmor.
That's almost as bad as a rick-roll.
@ NorthAI the Hand
Nice idea, but there'd have to be a way to earn them.
You couldn't have some lv 11 noob running his pet around, with armor and scars, as though he'd just laid the smack-down on murmor.
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Hello, I like this idea. My two cents would be, mabe Blizz could add pet armor drops to the game.
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