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I wish MMOs had a better pet system
spartanp1
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I remember playing EQ and they had 4 different pets, and the pets each 4 levels grew in size and had each of their own abilities. You could equip the pets with weapons and armour to increase damage/armour. you could even see them wield the weapons, but not the armour. I thought WoW would have customizable pets where you dont just have another voidwalker like everyone else. And now War just has the Squid herder. Anyone else feel like this?
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I remember my ragnarok days i have 2 pet!!! one is rocker and ther other one is bapho jr
its kinda cute though
I Dont care how much people bash WoW, WoWs pet system is the best and only getting better.
Try SIms 2 Pets.
You feed them you water them, you walk them. All the micromanaging you want.
.... every pet is almost exactly the same? back in the old days different pets had different run speeds and attack speeds, now every pet is the same, except a few different types of pets have special abilities (boars have charge, owls have screech)
but to say best pet system? the system is limited to ONE class, and has almost.... argh.
WoWs pet system has gotten worse every patch. its terrible, even Linegae2 has a better pet system, and in that system is terrible.
Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats.
.... every pet is almost exactly the same? back in the old days different pets had different run speeds and attack speeds, now every pet is the same, except a few different types of pets have special abilities (boars have charge, owls have screech)
but to say best pet system? the system is limited to ONE class, and has almost.... argh.
WoWs pet system has gotten worse every patch. its terrible, even Linegae2 has a better pet system, and in that system is terrible.
Its just fun to bash WoW isnt it? Yes it is the best and no not every pet is the same, some pets are different looking I think WoW has over 100+ different looking pets, in next expansion each pet will get three talent lines like players so you can completely customize your pet. I know of no pet system that allows that in any other mmorpg. So its limited to one class best that then only having one pet choice, EQ2, EQ and even WAR you only get one pet choice and thats it.
i think cleverer pets will help the players..at the moment, some games' pet systems have setted "UI" for the pet by players themselves. it's a good trend for it.
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You obviously never played SWG preCU.
SWG's Creature Handler was an amazing pet system. The current Beast Master system is vastly inferior.
WoW's system is also inferior. I've played both. Hunter is OK, but CH was fantastic.
CH, Jedi, Commando, Smuggler, BH, Scout, Doctor, Chef, BE...yeah, lots of SWG time invested.
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yes its lots of fun to bash WoW.
First. 100+ different looking pets... most of which are simply reskins of each other. there are 20 different skills for boars alone, but they all share the same abilities.
link to pet talent trees, haven't heard anything about that.
and yes limited to 1 class. unlike other games like Lineage2 where pets are pets, and not limited to any class at all. anyone can get a wolf or dragon. and sorry to disprove your "facts" but you get plenty more than 1 choice in WAR as far as pets go.
WoWs pet system is terrible. its simply a class mechanic for the hunter, it's not even a true "pet" system.
Everything creates huge amounts of negativity on the internet, that's what the internet is for: Negativity, porn and lolcats.
Pre-cu SWG pet system was so fantastic, it even had multi-universe Creature Handler Guilds ...
It was indeed the best ... 22 pets .... ability to have 3 out at once .... all with cool and unique abilities ... the thrill of taming ( and not killing) that one rare baby pet .... roleplaying with the tricks you could teach them ...
Hunter in WoW was ok .. except that your pet is nothing but a tanking piece of meat ... and everything shrinks to the size of a labrador after taming
yes its lots of fun to bash WoW.
First. 100+ different looking pets... most of which are simply reskins of each other. there are 20 different skills for boars alone, but they all share the same abilities.
link to pet talent trees, haven't heard anything about that.
and yes limited to 1 class. unlike other games like Lineage2 where pets are pets, and not limited to any class at all. anyone can get a wolf or dragon. and sorry to disprove your "facts" but you get plenty more than 1 choice in WAR as far as pets go.
WoWs pet system is terrible. its simply a class mechanic for the hunter, it's not even a true "pet" system.
http://dominateyourserver.com/2008/09/15/wotlk-hunter-pets-major-changes/
Pets are getting major over hauls in WOTLK beta, for instance you can train owl pet to heal players in a group and lots lots more
UO has the best pet system out of any of the MMOs I have played.
IT swas a good system but it was basically UOs system slightly modified and put in a star wars wrapper
Not surprising considering how many UO devs worked on SWG
IN UO you could have up to 5 pets out at once -
Pets took 1 to 3 control points (you had 5) so you could take out a Dragon/wyrm and a drake/nightmare
SOme of the pack stuff was fun
I played around with a hellhound pack a frenzied Ostard pack and a imp pack
Yep. UO for sure. I can remember spending ages training taming and animal lore to legendary then spending months getting high/max stats rune beetle, white wyrm, nightmare and training their skills up.
Nothing comes close to UO. You can tame just about any animal based monster in the game then train their skills up. I used to love setting my trained bunny rabbits on mules in fel.
When you refer to pets as NPC/Monster support characters, then Ragnarok simply cannot be matched. It allows you to program the pets AI, even program 2 to work together. Also if you are willing to spend the money. Mabinogi has a nice pet system. At later episodes Flying combat/pets are added as well was double-back riding and the ability to play as your pet. There are also pets usable for trade-skilling like Cows, Sheeps, and Spiders.
I just wish MMO's had pets that were just that, pets and not another meatshield.
Everything DON'T have to be combat related ya know... Todays MMO Devs seem to think so sadly, and us players seem to starting to believe that too
SWG pets was awesome. But you had to be a master creature handler to have all the fun, which I was for a while. Now they even ruined that.
imo Angels Online has the best pet system to date.
But it costs $50 to upgrade it.
IT swas a good system but it was basically UOs system slightly modified and put in a star wars wrapper
Not surprising considering how many UO devs worked on SWG
IN UO you could have up to 5 pets out at once -
Pets took 1 to 3 control points (you had 5) so you could take out a Dragon/wyrm and a drake/nightmare
SOme of the pack stuff was fun
I played around with a hellhound pack a frenzied Ostard pack and a imp pack
Did the control point thing exist Pre-AoS because i remember people running around with hordes of creatures behind them. But yes UO owns the pet systems
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SWG and WOW have the best pet systems currently, I've been using the beast system and it has just as much depth as it did before... just the rest of the game isn't as good.
Yeah WOW has a good pet system... what's your pet in wow?
yes its lots of fun to bash WoW.
First. 100+ different looking pets... most of which are simply reskins of each other. there are 20 different skills for boars alone, but they all share the same abilities.
link to pet talent trees, haven't heard anything about that.
and yes limited to 1 class. unlike other games like Lineage2 where pets are pets, and not limited to any class at all. anyone can get a wolf or dragon. and sorry to disprove your "facts" but you get plenty more than 1 choice in WAR as far as pets go.
WoWs pet system is terrible. its simply a class mechanic for the hunter, it's not even a true "pet" system.
WoW pet talent trees in Wrath
Pets also get a whole bunch of new abilities and.or buffed old abilities.
I can't remember exactly when they implimented control points, but I believe it was pre-AOS. TBH it was one of the few needed changes to the pet system in UO. The pet system in WoW is adequate, although the new changes will add a good amount to it. However I have never had more fun with a pet system than I did in UO...
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Yeh they opened it up so you can have more kinda of pets too
Like the big T-rex type thing.