I'd love to see something like pet armor, even if it's just collars. Something that could make your pet a little more personalized. You could have different collars to raise different stats, make them paintable, even use runes on them. You could even have special pet paints to change the color of your pets.
It would make having a pet a little more fun and make pet haters a little less um...adverse to them, since they could see them more as a weapon rather than a burden.
Pet Armor
Pashet
RTSFirebat
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I'd love to see something like pet armor, even if it's just collars. Something that could make your pet a little more personalized. You could have different collars to raise different stats, make them paintable, even use runes on them. You could even have special pet paints to change the color of your pets.
It would make having a pet a little more fun and make pet haters a little less um...adverse to them, since they could see them more as a weapon rather than a burden. |
However I like the idea of a pet collar, as you could have collars of different types: "Collar of Power" or what have you.
Pashet
Then why have colored armor at all, why color your weapon. Why not have colored pets. Wouldn't you like to have a black stalker or a black wolf?
RTSFirebat
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Then why have colored armor at all, why color your weapon. Why not have colored pets. Wouldn't you like to have a black stalker or a black wolf?
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However what would be much work interesting would to place pets of different colours on the field... since it seems odd to see nothing but endless White Snow Wolfs for example.
They could then place special "very-rarely spawn" coloured pets... like golden or shadow pets... would give rangers some fancy new options
But I stand by the fact, while dyeing our armor and weapons is ok... dyeing pets just seems weird.
Pashet
I am not proposing that the pets be out of their natural range of colors, no orange wolves or purple lynxes. Just that you be able to customize the color of your pet. A black stalker, a white spider, a brown warthog or a grey bear perhaps. Maybe mix some to get the lynx color or a tiger.
Pashet
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Because in real-life (And I know this game isn't real-life), you don't take our pet to a vet and ask them to paint it another colour
However what would be much work interesting would to place pets of different colours on the field... since it seems odd to see nothing but endless White Snow Wolfs for example. They could then place special "very-rarely spawn" coloured pets... like golden or shadow pets... would give rangers some fancy new options But I stand by the fact, while dyeing our armor and weapons is ok... dyeing pets just seems weird. |
RTSFirebat
Your idea has merit, but to me it seems "crule" to dye your pets diffferent colours... besides adding different coloured ones on the field would be much more interesting and make the game look better overall
Pashet
I guess I'm not happy with the endless white wolves and want some variety with my pets. My guild has all wolves and it gets confusing as to which is which.
Pashet
If you are stuck with the same colors of pets out in the wild then you have to change their colors somewhere. I do agree, it would be better to have them different colors in the wild, but I have the feeling that it might be easier for the devs to do it the dyeing way.
Drago Solaris
what if instead of dying the hole pet blue you got like a blue pattern put on the fur
Tyil Thunder Arrow
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Your idea has merit, but to me it seems "crule" to dye your pets diffferent colours
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Shamblemonkee
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Sensible pet dyes! Or variation in the wild.
Pet battle armor
Sensible pet dyes! Or variation in the wild.
Pet battle armor
Elena
pet armour ? i will seriously have to consider this when tehy decide to use it in game don't wanna look like the stone summit argh! lol
i'm for the idea of more pet variation natural colours i actually thought snow wolfs where going to look different than wolfes and so far the only different looking pets are bears pre sear: brown post sear : black
i'm for the idea of more pet variation natural colours i actually thought snow wolfs where going to look different than wolfes and so far the only different looking pets are bears pre sear: brown post sear : black
DarrenJasper
I would also like the option to knit your chihuahua an adorable sweater, and to have your house full of cats eat your corpse when you die alone with them.
Tyil Thunder Arrow
slight armors would be cool just nothing to over the top
Elena
the first thing i saw when i read pet armour was a wolf completely or mostly covered in armour running to the enemy...
Epinephrine
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Sensible pet dyes! Or variation in the wild. Pet battle armor |
Lizards could have a great deal of variation in colours, as could Moas.
InvaderGIR
I wanna give my Strider some chocobo boots and saddle... oh wait.
Akilles
I just got a bear as a pet but Bacon, my old warthog with his mazzive head and tiny legs would have been so funny to llok at with platemail armor and spikes!!! HAHAHA I would just like to see even a collar. Diamond studded or something! w00t!
Pashet
I'm not suggesting anything over the top guys, just something to boost stats a little, maybe something to make the pet more part of the game and not just there. Make the pet a little more original to the owner and not just the same for each player.
=HT=Ingram
I like it, as long as its cosmetic only... I would also like to bring my pet into towns, but alas we do not. lol Don't need bears and such killing the natives after all. hehehe...
FireMountain
I think I should be able to get one of those old time leather football helmets for my bear he'd look so cool.
Zoolooman
I think pet armor should be infused. I had a public gent who wouldn't leave his bear dead, even though Spectral Agony ground and reground it into a crimson puddle. Perhaps if the pet would've survived the the ranger wouldn't have blacked out his skills over and over in a futile fued with the Mursaat.
Porkchop Sandwhiches
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Your idea has merit, but to me it seems "crule" to dye your pets diffferent colours... besides adding different coloured ones on the field would be much more interesting and make the game look better overall
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Theres a lot of magic in Tyria, who says I can't find some to change the color of my pets hair?
Serac
Funny, with all the talk about armor, I came up with the ludicrous idea of pet armor runes. Then again I doubt that's workable or even balanced but it's still a fun thought. Imagine getting a rare salvage armor and then going "wtf? pet rune? @!#@!&$_!&$"
Eclair
Pink Bear, nuff said.
arnansnow
Black strider is better.
Starsky-sama
that would be harsh. dyed pets. owww. animal testing/cruelty.hehe
but i wouldnt mind having a silver/blue bear.
as for the armor: I would like to see the cape on my pet. now thats personalized. or a tatoo that can be dyed...(that would be a little funny, if they gave pets their own inventory screen)
but i wouldnt mind having a silver/blue bear.
as for the armor: I would like to see the cape on my pet. now thats personalized. or a tatoo that can be dyed...(that would be a little funny, if they gave pets their own inventory screen)
arnansnow
black anything would actually look awesome
although I am tempted by pink and green
although I am tempted by pink and green
d4nowar
Ok, have pets spawn in different colors randomly. Variation in the wild, as someone said.
Then make it so you could trade your pets around to people, because people would want the super rare colored pets (And we all know that animals don't have feelings and wouldn't mind being traded around, especially since they aren't real animals).
I can just see it now, "WTS Rainbow Bear to kind owner. Pm with offers!"
Oh man... We could go on hunts. Not item hunts or skill hunts... but actual animal hunts.
Maybe instead of charm animal we could get "harpoon animal." Or something like that.
But now I'm getting carried away...
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Variation in the wild is good and trading pets is also good.
Then make it so you could trade your pets around to people, because people would want the super rare colored pets (And we all know that animals don't have feelings and wouldn't mind being traded around, especially since they aren't real animals).
I can just see it now, "WTS Rainbow Bear to kind owner. Pm with offers!"
Oh man... We could go on hunts. Not item hunts or skill hunts... but actual animal hunts.
Maybe instead of charm animal we could get "harpoon animal." Or something like that.
But now I'm getting carried away...
This sentence will sum everything up:
Variation in the wild is good and trading pets is also good.
Pashet
I'm thinking if you had rare animals in the wild then everyone would go for those and the common ones would just get left out. Then you have the same situation as before. All the animals are the same. That's why I thought the coloring system was a good idea in the first place. Of course if you had various colors, a wide range with rare and common colors, then that would be great. Everyone could get what they wanted.
As for armor, why can't it be just like people's armor, with runes for upgrades. It makes sense, the programming is there, it just needs to be adapted to the pets.
As for armor, why can't it be just like people's armor, with runes for upgrades. It makes sense, the programming is there, it just needs to be adapted to the pets.
TrueLoki
I think this Idea could go a long way, and in several different directions. However right now pets serve little more pourpse than cannon fodder in later levels. Pet armor could be a little much(tho the idea of my fenrir in full combat armor with bladed paw gloves for added damage is drool worthy.) Perhaps they could however implement a pet trainer, this would bring up a menu much like the current attribute menu and allow you to spread an alloted amont of points in your pets abilities. dependent on level of course.
A bear could have the warrior strengh attribute as well as an endurance (health) and maybe speed (attack speed) attribute a collar like mentions above could give your pet some added defence and possibly have the "Pet Rune" placed in it. and give pets the own skills the bear has his mauling ability why can my wolf have a rip (bleeding??) ability.
Anyone else think this idea could work?
A bear could have the warrior strengh attribute as well as an endurance (health) and maybe speed (attack speed) attribute a collar like mentions above could give your pet some added defence and possibly have the "Pet Rune" placed in it. and give pets the own skills the bear has his mauling ability why can my wolf have a rip (bleeding??) ability.
Anyone else think this idea could work?
Pashet
A pet trainer is a great idea. Give them skill points like we have. That would be awesome. It just seems like a pet should be more than just a extra weapon. Giving them attributes, collars, armor and color makes them more of a companion than an accesory.
arnansnow
So, you are saying we should have WoW pets, now I don't disagree that this would help pets a lot, as they suck now, but it still sounds like WoW.
Pashet
I never played WoW so I wouldn't know.
arnansnow
WoW, had pets getting skills from pet trainers, and pets that were actually good, that tanked and aggroed well (most of the time).
Pashet
Ah, I was thinking that the pets would get the attribute points from the trainer as suggested by TrueLoki and apply them to Strength, Endurance, Speed, Attack. Skills/spells would still be applied from your attack bar.
arnansnow
Why would you want to have attributes, all the pets are for different things, just find the pet that has the attribute setting you like, don't make all the pets the same.
TrueLoki
not wow type skils but more like combat modifing attributes. One wolf could have a really hihg defence and damage but very low attack speek while another has an attack speed through the roof and moderate in the other 2
arnansnow
If you want high defense get a bear, if you want speed get the speed pet (strider?) but don't make all the pets the same, and the ability to customize them.