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Posted by: Harnel.6810

Harnel.6810

An idea struck me that I think would actually garner some attention from the community.

A big thing with rangers is pet selection. While plenty of pets are sub-par (moas in particular, if the community is anything to go off of) some are still chosen for their appearance and overall contribution to appearance and character of the… character.

To this end, I had a realization. There’s plenty of animals not currently available (rock dogs, gryphons, raptors, and plated behemoths come to mind) that are, surprisingly, available to NPC characters (there’s even an event chain where you help an ogre chieftain tame a siege devourer to take back his tribe from a rival.). We also have items available in the Trading Post that spawn particular NPCs, and this got me thinking; what if we could summon exclusive pets?

The idea is fairly simple. There’s a few pets that aren’t tamable in the overworld by normal means, and are instead available through perhaps flutes, whistles, or other means of calling them available through the gem store. An animal flute. It spawns a juvenile version of the animal in question that doesn’t respawn after a ranger has tamed it, and possibly can only be tamed by the individual that purchased the animal flute.

Whether it’s simply a different look for a pet identical to another one, or an entirely new type of pet, I think this has the potential to be a very big thing, especially among the ranger playing community.

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Posted by: Zorby.8236

Zorby.8236

No
/15characters

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Posted by: Harnel.6810

Harnel.6810

No
/15characters

Sorry, but this was helpful how? This is a reasonable idea, adds to the business plan, adds more pets to the game, and can potentially be a good addition to how things run about in Tyria. Please state your concerns, rather than typing a two letter word and juking the 15 character limit

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Posted by: Teraphas.6210

Teraphas.6210

Pay to win. Even with currency conversion this is too close to a pay to win scenario. Only way it would work would be like the white raven. Idenical but different skin.

Paying for cosmetic pet change yes. Paying for stronger pet type no

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Posted by: Harnel.6810

Harnel.6810

This is what i was intending actually. in the same way that Black Moas are identical to pink moas in everything except looks, that’s what I’d go for. New pet types would add things in, but assuming they’re still on the level of other pets, it wouldn’t be a problem.

I’ll be honest, I wish I had a pet Salamander Drake or River Drake Broodmother, though I know that’s unlikely to be in the cards. I don’t even want extra damage or anything like that, just to have a larger pet :/

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Posted by: Martin The Brave.8731

Martin The Brave.8731

I don’t think is a good idea as it seems the justification for this is the lack of more aesthetically pleasing pets who also function well. I think in the future maybe when we get a “Big” update or expansion we will see Arenanet role in more pets for Rangers. And maybe they’ll be some of the things you listed.

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Posted by: Teraphas.6210

Teraphas.6210

Even if they are on the same level as other pets if they do something new or different it falls under a potential pay to win if it come only from the gem store.

It doesn’t have to be more powerful to fall into paytowin item and thus against anet stated intentions

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Posted by: Astral Projections.7320

Astral Projections.7320

It’s an interesting suggestion. For then to do it however, they would have to expand the ranger pet panel. Not itself a problem, but all the people who complain about Pay to Win would have something else to complain about because they can’t fill the panel and get all the pets without spending money in the gem store.

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Posted by: Zorby.8236

Zorby.8236

How about the fact that most new interresting stuff is released through the CS rather than the actual game? How about the fact some people are sick of the CS after all lottery boxes?

But ok, if it’s reskins then ok…And as long as it’s butt-ugly skins like rock dogs…

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