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Bgnome

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

15 Feb 2005 at 18:06 - 1

i am sure others may have seen this already, but in the new movie released at the guildwars site, here, you can see at the very end that there is a bear walking along the path:

now since the korean interview mentioned new pets being one of the exclusives from the worlds at war concept, i am assuming that this may be related. i have no other proof and this may be jumping the gun but i think there is a really good chance that the bear is at least 1 of the new pets we should expect to see..

Dreamsmith

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Minnesota

Beguine Guild [BGN]

15 Feb 2005 at 18:17 - 2

(Image courtesy of Synthos)

I still say it's either the RGHBM (Rabid Ground Hog Boss Monster) or the GGHBM (Giant Ground Hog Boss Monster) that Gaile has previouisly alluded to. If you kill it, it'll drop the Fashionable Boots of Attractiveness.

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

15 Feb 2005 at 21:58 - 3

Look. It's obviously a Cafee Bara. You think Ascalon was destroyed by the Charr? haha...

But I may have to submit to the Radioactive Ground Hog theory.

Xapti

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Mo/

16 Feb 2005 at 00:02 - 4

Again, Weezer, What is a Cafee Bara?

I think it's a bear or bear-cub.

Good job with the image Dreamsmith.

Spooky

Bokusatsu Tenshi

Join Date: Dec 2004

Bellevue, WA

KEA

E/Mo

16 Feb 2005 at 00:49 - 5

I believe he is referring to a capybara, which are gigantic rodents that can grow to be about 2 feet tall.

Weezer_Blue

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Just a Box in a Cage

Hurry Up The Cakes [Oven]

16 Feb 2005 at 01:09 - 6

yes because i'm supposed to know how to spell capybara off the top of my head

Reaper2k3

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

16 Feb 2005 at 01:48 - 7

I brought this up in gwlounge yesterday, and it looks like a bear, see the size of that tree? thats a big tree. and im so getting a bear: monk + bear = pwn

Dreamsmith

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Minnesota

Beguine Guild [BGN]

16 Feb 2005 at 04:47 - 8

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weezer_Blue

yes because i'm supposed to know how to spell capybara off the top of my head

You've heard of the Internet, right?

Aladdar

Elite Guru

Join Date: Jan 2005

16 Feb 2005 at 13:06 - 9

So you're saying it's an ROUS.

BlackArrow

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

16 Feb 2005 at 21:00 - 10

I will definitly drop my wolf for a ROUS.

Xapti

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Mo/

17 Feb 2005 at 15:30 - 11

Well I just found it strange, because at TGH, I posted, "it certainly isn't a Capybara", then a few posts after me you say "I still think it looks like a cafee bara", I guess you didn't see my post (which is totally understandable).
It really doesn't walk or have a physique of a rodent. If you google image capybara images, you will see they look quite different. Different color, less built, arched back (as opposed to this), Taller shoulders, and much thicker legs.

Bgnome

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

17 Feb 2005 at 18:04 - 12

Quote:

Originally Posted by BlackArrow

I will definitly drop my wolf for a ROUS. i would settle for a midget in a rat suit.. especially if when it dies, it rolls over and does that kicking thing..

Bgnome

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

18 Feb 2005 at 21:16 - 13

anyone manage to charm a bear or any red-dotted animal for that matter? i seem to keep getting interrupted practically right after i initiate the skill..

Ti-Ben

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

Iberville, Quebec

Spirits of War

18 Feb 2005 at 23:08 - 14

The bear is a master at interupting skills. He can interupt all your skills all the time.

Spaten

Pre-Searing Cadet

Join Date: Mar 2005

Florida

06 Mar 2005 at 09:03 - 15

little off topic but its kinda a funny story: i was in pvp match and a guy with a wolf attacked my friendly killed him and i took his pet :P :

BlackArrow

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

06 Mar 2005 at 14:21 - 16

Are you saying the you killed a guy in PvP and stole his pet? I'm pretty sure thats impossible.

Whosa Skylore

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

in your closet...er....i mean

Dragon Assassins

W/Mo

06 Mar 2005 at 16:10 - 17

im preety sure hes saying his friend died and he took his pet? but i think thats impossible to but i have no clue

=HT=E5Destroyer

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

south carolina

hazteam

W/Mo

06 Mar 2005 at 16:41 - 18

when i played the last beta i had quite a few run ins with "bears" they were not far from the catacombs. wish i had tried to pet it..lol

Bladen Skull

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Mar 2005

06 Mar 2005 at 20:59 - 19

In PvP, I think it's possible to actually charm the other pet and make it your own. Poor poor master...

MoldyRiceFrenzy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Santa Rosa, CA

Confusion in The Ranks[tArD]

Mo/W

07 Mar 2005 at 02:22 - 20

man i hope thats true ive been hoping for somthing new for along time

Whosa Skylore

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

in your closet...er....i mean

Dragon Assassins

W/Mo

07 Mar 2005 at 02:47 - 21

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bladen Skull

In PvP, I think it's possible to actually charm the other pet and make it your own. Poor poor master... really?!?! HAhahahaHAhahaha, im def making a ranger and doing that to someone!!!!!

edit- also can you only do that to your own teammates animals or anyones animals?

Necrotic

Elite Guru

Join Date: Feb 2005

The mists

Co-founder of Knights of the Phoenix

07 Mar 2005 at 07:57 - 22

Over on another forum Gaile confimed that there was going to be charmable bears in release....I'm not sure if they will have one for next BWE though. Would be nice ... I hope the bears will get along better with the birds than my kitty did, she just wouldn't leave them alone no matter how far away they were.

Gaile Gray

ArenaNet

Join Date: Feb 2005

08 Mar 2005 at 08:40 - 23

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necrotic

Over on another forum Gaile confimed that there was going to be charmable bears in release I did? Man, I can't keep up with myself some days.

I think I said I wasn't sure, and that there may be charmable bears. But hey, I'm still trying to convince you guys it was the Rapid Gound Hog Boss Monster, and no one's buying that line.

chalt2

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Ohio

Heros of Oakhurst - Leader

E/R

08 Mar 2005 at 19:28 - 24

LOL, Gaile

I'm still laughing over the Rodents Of Unusual Size comment from Aladar

Halfy

Academy Page

Join Date: Feb 2005

Canada

Charter Vanguard

Rt/Me

08 Mar 2005 at 21:42 - 25

Either way, an extremely mean trick to play on all those hapless rangers who felt that perhaps ArenaNet set the bears interrupt cap at 100 and if they could just wait it out, maybe the next one would work...How cruel.

Too bad, I was thinking more of the Monty Python bunny than the bear. Its easy to tell which one would be more terrifying.

And no I did not try to charm it 100 times.

Tur713

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

Pink Animal Clan

E/Me

09 Mar 2005 at 05:35 - 26

Yes, I too was hoping I could charm the bunny... Beware the Vorpal Bunny!

Kiwi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

The Holy Land of Kiwis!

17 Mar 2005 at 04:33 - 27

CAPYBARA!! OH MY GOD, THATS MY FAVORITE ANIMAL!!

They are the largest rodents in the world, they weigh up 75lbs.

They live near the water and are good swimmers since they have partially webbed feet.

But anyways that isn't a Capybara, it's to big. I think it's a bear.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

17 Mar 2005 at 20:36 - 28

does anybody think that the bear is overpowered compared to all the other pets and therefore may not be a petable animal for balance?

MoldyRiceFrenzy

Wilds Pathfinder

Join Date: Feb 2005

Santa Rosa, CA

Confusion in The Ranks[tArD]

Mo/W

18 Mar 2005 at 02:31 - 29

Man i really want some new animals to charm stupid ostrich...he was suicidal

FluidFox

Banned

Join Date: Feb 2005

In a box with a Keyboard. (cst)

20 Mar 2005 at 17:18 - 30

I'm wondering if you could charm the bear with help from a friend. There are skills that might help... Maybe a way to interrupt that interrupt.. I'm sure it's been tried from about 100 different angles by now though, and probably with no success.

Think about bringing a pet with that kind of interrupt into a pvp match? It would completely shut people down. Not exactly fair.

Loviatar

Underworld Spelunker

Join Date: Feb 2005

20 Mar 2005 at 18:37 - 31

has anybody charmed a pet in seared askalon yet?

can you charm a animal that was red to begin with before you tried charm on green askalon?

Kiwi

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

The Holy Land of Kiwis!

20 Mar 2005 at 21:02 - 32

There are no 'charmable animals' in Seared Ascalon.

The types of monsters are:
Charr
Devourer
Trogs
Gargoyles
Stone Elementals

As you can see, they are not animals.

Edit: I saw that through the 'Creatures' section but when I was sifting through 'Areas' I came upon the explorable area Old Ascalon and there is ojne tameable creatue: The Moa Bird!!!

March Hare

Frost Gate Guardian

Join Date: Feb 2005

Wonderland

Knights of Ascalon

W/Me

20 Mar 2005 at 23:18 - 33

I can't (W/Mes) but I have seen a few. Lots of Wolves and a few Stalkers ( there is one in Old Ascalon , NW Quadrent, Hold down Alt - to find them)

=HT=Ingram

Forge Runner

Join Date: Feb 2005

Anchorage Alaska

Haz Team [HT]

R/W

22 Mar 2005 at 13:21 - 34

I'm starting to think the only real way to get a bear or standard wolf is with mesner skills and ranger skills combo...

Mesner power drain
and high ranger charm animal attributes...
Maybe best to try this with a party of mesner / rangers...

I got real close to charming it this way. I think I just needed to level up a little more to do it. I tried this at level 5, but didnt get a mesner to help me once I was level 8. seems mesners are kinda rare in the game.. everyone likes monks and warriors...

And yes this beta they listened to the people asking for pets in post searing that forgot to get them pre... lol so that was nice... They are all over Old Ascalon... and katrya too... But there are some nice high level lynx in the western regions to watch for too... Still looking for bear post searing. havent found any...

=WM= Azrael

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

Montana

Clan WidowMaker

22 Mar 2005 at 14:15 - 35

I did- and pulled another Ranger from my guild to go try it... because maybe if two tryed to charm it.....

Netrol

Ascalonian Squire

Join Date: Feb 2005

22 Mar 2005 at 23:48 - 36

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spaten

little off topic but its kinda a funny story: i was in pvp match and a guy with a wolf attacked my friendly killed him and i took his pet :P : Yes it is possible in the Tomb of the Primevile King. I have a clan buddy that charmed someone elses cat. After the guy was killed.

William the Silent

Academy Page

Join Date: Mar 2005

Verona, Wisconsin

The Consulate, [Ttgr]

24 Mar 2005 at 06:14 - 37

I think the bears would make an awesome pet. In this last BWE I can't remember where I was but I stumbled upon a big field of bears running around and they seem to be much more hostile than other "pet-ables." Since I'm not a ranger I don't have any pets, but I was wondering what the objective of all the black bears was. (if I remember correctly, when I pressed ctrl the bears showed up as hostile (red) "black bears").

DarkWasp

Desert Nomad

Join Date: Mar 2005

Paradise

Agency Of Forbidden Fruits [Oot]

R/A

24 Mar 2005 at 15:07 - 38

Its a bear, it walks like a bear.

Lansing Kai Don

Banned

Join Date: Mar 2005

Kansas

24 Mar 2005 at 18:50 - 39

The field you probably stumbled on with bears also had rock elementals ans is on your way to foibles fair/wizards folly... it's the entrance of wizard's folly. Yes, a bear pet would be an easy addition since they already have the graphic done, only need to include AI. I'm not a ranger, so I say let's see what the rangers of the game want.

Lansing Kai Don

William of Orange

Krytan Explorer

Join Date: Feb 2005

La Crosse, Wisconsin

Thousand Tigers Apund Ur Head, The Consulate

24 Mar 2005 at 18:56 - 40

If I were going to take a Pet with me anymore, I would love to be able to charm a Bear. Just because of it's overall strength advantage that you would assume a Bear would have, they would have to be extremely rare, nothing like with the Striders where you could just close your eyes, reach out, and grab two or three by the neck.