Minipets

Crunk N Monkey

Crunk N Monkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

Bellevue Nebraska

The Mystic Tokers

R/D

With the new addition to minipets in the game, there is something that im sure alot of people would enjoy. Most people dont really use minipets and buy them to store in HoM. But what if we were able to add emo's to the minipets, according to what the character did? Say if i made my character dance my minipet should dance as well, and so on and so forth. thoughts?

scythefromunder

scythefromunder

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

CA

Tears Of The Ascended [ToA]

hmm...Why?
I think most people buy minis for looks or for their HoM.

Crunk N Monkey

Crunk N Monkey

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: May 2007

Bellevue Nebraska

The Mystic Tokers

R/D

i just feel the only thing they do is walk around or fly around and follow you, wouldnt it be nice to see them do more?

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Not going to happen. A.net would need to create a few dozen new movement animations for each of the... 40+ minipets in existance. That would take WAY too much time to update the minipet's models to allow for that range of motion.

the savage nornbear

the savage nornbear

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Apr 2008

The Raging Cadavers [rage]

R/

/notsigned, my rurik is much to regal to be airhumping.

Div

Div

I like yumy food!

Join Date: Jan 2006

Where I can eat yumy food

Dead Alley [dR]

Mo/R

Quote:
Originally Posted by Crunk N Monkey
i just feel the only thing they do is walk around or fly around and follow you, wouldnt it be nice to see them do more?
Isn't that the whole point of vanity skin weapons too? To just look pretty?

scythefromunder

scythefromunder

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

CA

Tears Of The Ascended [ToA]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Crunk N Monkey
i just feel the only thing they do is walk around or fly around and follow you, wouldnt it be nice to see them do more?
IF anet was able to do that, they would be able to make armor glow or have animation. Seing it hasnt happen, minipets wont do more.

Konig Des Todes

Konig Des Todes

Ooo, pretty flower

Join Date: Jan 2008

Citadel of the Decayed

The Archivists' Sanctum [Lore]

N/

Maybe for the human/humanoid minipets, but for monsters, no,except maybe a roar or something.

Would be funny to see the Mini Mad King Thorn tell jokes and kill people who don't do what he says though.

monks ARE bald

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Apr 2008

W/Me

Quote:
Originally Posted by scythefromunder
IF anet was able to do that, they would be able to make armor glow or have animation. Seing it hasnt happen, minipets wont do more.
anet most likely CAN do that they just simply dont take the time to care

GaaaaaH

GaaaaaH

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Mar 2008

W/

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Not going to happen. A.net would need to create a few dozen new movement animations for each of the... 40+ minipets in existance. That would take WAY too much time to update the minipet's models to allow for that range of motion.
most minipets are resized existing models, so animations would exist for them

Icy The Mage

Icy The Mage

Forge Runner

Join Date: Apr 2008

Canada

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by scythefromunder
make armor glow
Chaos Gloves

Quote:
Originally Posted by scythefromunder
have animation
Voltaic Spear, Fellblade, FDS/IDS, etc...

evenfall

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: May 2005

Anet already did that once and added the battle ready animation to the minipets.

scythefromunder

scythefromunder

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Apr 2008

CA

Tears Of The Ascended [ToA]

Quote:
Originally Posted by IcyFiftyFive
Chaos Gloves


Voltaic Spear, Fellblade, FDS/IDS, etc...

yes but does general armor do that?

Luminarus

Luminarus

Furnace Stoker

Join Date: Aug 2007

Sydney, Australia

Haze of Light [pure]

R/

Why should general armor do that? You pay more for the exotic stuff that does... but thats irrelevant. Not really worth it, better things for anet to add, and yeah that just about covers it.

FXCW

FXCW

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2008

London,UK

Passionate Kiss of Nosferatu

R/

If you just stand around the minipets do have one animation which they repeat, and I don't mean walking around ;P

Supervillain

Supervillain

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Dec 2006

England

HML

W/

Minipets are like toys...
Most toys dont copy what you do :S

MithranArkanere

MithranArkanere

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Nov 2006

wikipedia.org/wiki/Vigo

Heraldos de la Llama Oscura [HLO]

E/

Something quite simpler could be made:
- Make minimets try to mimic the owner's emotes.

Some models have certain animations, other don't.

For example:
- Shiro, Koss, The Ghostly Hero and Rurik will use all Warrior emotes.
- The Greased Lightning will use only the emotes player can use under the Rollerbeetle racer effect.
- Gwen will 'dance' like in pre-Searing...

If the model have the animation, the miniature will make it. If not, it will stay iddle until the player finished the emote, and done.

Etc...

HawkofStorms

HawkofStorms

Hall Hero

Join Date: Aug 2005

E/

Quote:
Originally Posted by GaaaaaH
most minipets are resized existing models, so animations would exist for them
Of them dancing?

No, didn't think so.

russiansteven

russiansteven

Lion's Arch Merchant

Join Date: Jun 2008

In a chair

R/Mo

Quote:
Originally Posted by HawkofStorms
Not going to happen. A.net would need to create a few dozen new movement animations for each of the... 40+ minipets in existance. That would take WAY too much time to update the minipet's models to allow for that range of motion.

- I agree with him and also that wont happen because theres 40+ minis and it will take more then two months at least to get them all animated. Also they do not have the time to do this type of thing. But yes I wish I this would happen it would be really kewl!

Shayne Hawke

Shayne Hawke

Departed from Tyria

Join Date: May 2007

Clan Dethryche [dth]

R/

/signed for a new String Puppet Miniature that looks like a silly little joke of a human that characters can carry around when they're idle and will do the emotes that players command instead of the player acting them out.

/notsigned for this thread.

beaverlegions

beaverlegions

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Sep 2006

The Siege Turtles

R/

LOL is that a joke? You don't actually believe they'd implement that in game do you?