First i shall give a bit of back story.
I’m a player who has always been someone to collect things in video games.
In Everquest 2, there were collectibles funnily enough, i collected these to no end, and there were thousands of them.
In World of Warcraft, i collected Mini pets and mounts.
In the Elder Scrolls Games, i’d love to go out harvesting materials for Alchemy (While this isn’t 100% related to miniature pets, it’s still a collection)
What i’m getting at, is i did those things because i liked to having something to show off for it, or they provided a small benefit but meaningless benefit that wasn’t mandatory.
With the Minis in Guild wars 2, i feel less obliged to collect them, because, well frankly the way they’re implemented is pretty poor.
Countless times i’ve found myself running around, thinking my Mini is still following me, only to notice that he’s either:
A. Despawned.
B. Somehow managed to slip his way out of my Invisible bag and get deposited
C. Lagging behind me, literally a mile away.
For someone who has spent real life money on the pets in the gem store, this is a bit of a problem when i can’t even have anything to comfortably show for it, i have to constantly look to see if my mini is still active.
So to solve this problem, i’ve got a change that i feel everyone will agree with.
Provide Miniature pets with their own slot in the hero screen, when a miniature pet is stored in said slot, they will always follow the player, no matter what and they will also not be affected by Depositing collectibles.
Many players may feel “oh but this will clog up the game and cause lag because everyone will use pets!” No. They won’t, it has never been like this in other games that have utilized this function, and i highly doubt it will be different with guild wars 2, just because people have the option to use a Miniature pet, doesn’t mean they will. While it will give players like me, who love to collect these sorts of things, some bragging rights, heck, with this implementation, you could maybe even add in some legendary minis into the game!
Here is an idea from a player, that i would work great!
ElenaDragon.8401:
I would love to see a mini panel, similar to the Ranger pet panel, where once you collect a mini, it shows up and you can select it even if it is in your collections tab. Also, this would allow you to use the same mini on multiple characters and would not use up bag space.
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