Curse

BrettM · Apr 21, 2009, 02:17 PM // 14:17

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Originally Posted by Arduinna

You mean if you charm the Black Moa on characters that haven't already charmed it in the first place?

Yes. One of my ranger's heroes has the Black Moa, since my ranger didn't want to give up his authentic Green Hills Strider. But hero pets don't unlock statues in the HoM. Now he will be able to put Samo in the Menagerie for a bit while getting the Black Moa for the statue. It's fine if I have to send him back to Echovald, but he also wants one from the Menagerie to level to dire to replace the hero's pet. (The terrifying Black Moa looks rather unimpressive ... puny, even ... standing with the other L20 moas on the B.I.R.D. team, which are all dire or hearty. Margrid is demanding parity with Jin and Pyre, and she's a hard lady to refuse.) I'm hoping I can kill two moas with one stone by just charming one from the Menagerie.

MithranArkanere · Apr 21, 2009, 04:01 PM // 16:01

Wait... how will we unlock ax tier for pets that appear only as Elder like the Black Moa?

FoxBat · Apr 21, 2009, 04:19 PM // 16:19

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Wait... how will we unlock ax tier for pets that appear only as Elder like the Black Moa?

Zcoin/balth faction/gold.

Really training pets is such a PITA, I'm going to bet just buying the unlocks will be easier at this point...

Lonesamurai · Apr 21, 2009, 04:22 PM // 16:22

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Wait... how will we unlock ax tier for pets that appear only as Elder like the Black Moa?

thats a good question

maybe some only have the one evolution, like theres only one type of some runes

zwei2stein · Apr 21, 2009, 04:31 PM // 16:31

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Originally Posted by MithranArkanere

Wait... how will we unlock ax tier for pets that appear only as Elder like the Black Moa?

Any L20 evolution unlocks all evolutions on L15, so all you need to do is to pick up L15 dire or hearty moa at Menagerie and level them to 20.

Lonesamurai · Apr 21, 2009, 04:45 PM // 16:45

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Originally Posted by zwei2stein

Any L20 evolution unlocks all evolutions on L15, so all you need to do is to pick up L15 dire or hearty moa at Menagerie and level them to 20.

he means Elite pets like teh Black Moa that is auto lvl 20 when you cap it

however, according to the Wiki, i have this wrong:

Notes

Tamed Black Moas are always level 20 and have elder status.
Whenever you take a Black Moa Bird to the entrance of the Sunspear Great Hall, Nehdukah and his friends there will run away. The reason can be seen in the dialogue for the quest Hog Hunt. This does not seem to apply for hero pets.
The Black Moa can be displayed on the "Fellowship" monument in the Hall of Monuments.
There is no Black Moa miniature, but there is a Black Moa Chick.
There is currently no way to obtain a Dire or Hearty black moa, however the addition of the Zaishen Menagerie will change this.

zwei2stein · Apr 21, 2009, 04:56 PM // 16:56

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Originally Posted by Lonesamurai

he means Elite pets like teh Black Moa that is auto lvl 20 when you cap it

L20 pet without evolution (Tier 6) unlocks all evolution on all lower tiers (up to and including Tier 5). That means you will get L15 version of all evolutions available.

Hence, you can relevel your elite pet to evolution of your choice

duckboy · Apr 23, 2009, 09:19 AM // 09:19

can the rainbow pheonix be added to the menagerie and will it be possible to then have it on me ranger instead of my koabd ele?

also, who here is thinking of taking a necro and going animal slaughtering and minion making in there?

RupDur78 · Apr 23, 2009, 09:38 AM // 09:38

well because of bordum i went though and capped all the pets even the ones that are duplicates so when this patch goes live ill at least have all of them....

Lonesamurai · Apr 23, 2009, 09:49 AM // 09:49

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Originally Posted by duckboy

can the rainbow pheonix be added to the menagerie and will it be possible to then have it on me ranger instead of my koabd ele?

Yes

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Originally Posted by duckboy

also, who here is thinking of taking a necro and going animal slaughtering and minion making in there?

SO tempting!!!

BenjZee · Apr 23, 2009, 12:02 PM // 12:02

or train pets against others..
btw
we all live...in a pokemon world..doo doo doo
I'm also interested in what you get as 'core' pets from the unlock pack.

Miss Sarah Lauren · Apr 23, 2009, 12:49 PM // 12:49

I just give myself something to do..

and I like it this way:P

BrettM · Apr 23, 2009, 02:44 PM // 14:44

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Originally Posted by SmithyBen

I'm also interested in what you get as 'core' pets from the unlock pack.

I don't plan on getting the unlock pack, since I'd rather do it myself. But, at a guess, perhaps all pets available in starting areas of each campaign. IIRC:

Prophecies: Moas, wolves, stalkers, warthogs, and black bears
Factions: Cranes and tigers
Nightfall: Flamingos, crocodiles, and warthogs
EotN: Polar bears, mountain eagles (the only pets near Boreal and the Eye)

That looks like a pretty good selection, though perhaps they'll throw in some other popular or common choices, such as lions or black wolves, and maybe some uncommon choices for variety, such as dune lizards.

Now, if ANet did something surprising, like adding a new Golden Moa skin, I'd buy this thing in a heartbeat.

duckboy · Apr 23, 2009, 04:41 PM // 16:41

golden moa = baby chicken/duck

tho tbh wouldn't suprise me if they did do somethin like that to get ppl interested in buying it.

BrettM · Apr 23, 2009, 06:04 PM // 18:04

A Blue Moa, then, if you prefer.

Take a regular moa and change the hues from red/salmon to a nice parrot blue. Or a black dune lizard with red eyes. Or some other easy re-skin/re-color job on an existing animal model. It would be a great promotional tool! "Unique pet(s), available ONLY from the Zaishen Menagerie when unlocked by the Pet Unlock Pack!"

A simple idea (which is likely more complicated to implement than it sounds) that would probably boost sales quite a bit.

duckboy · Apr 23, 2009, 06:18 PM // 18:18

u a anet sales rep? :O !!!!

lol

BenjZee · Apr 23, 2009, 06:47 PM // 18:47

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Originally Posted by BrettM

A Blue Moa, then, if you prefer.

Take a regular moa and change the hues from red/salmon to a nice parrot blue. Or a black dune lizard with red eyes. Or some other easy re-skin/re-color job on an existing animal model. It would be a great promotional tool! "Unique pet(s), available ONLY from the Zaishen Menagerie when unlocked by the Pet Unlock Pack!"

A simple idea (which is likely more complicated to implement than it sounds) that would probably boost sales quite a bit.

dyable pets ...genious....i want a green moa

Nanood · Apr 23, 2009, 07:27 PM // 19:27

Mmm, my own private zoo.. That has to be fun for the first couple of weeks at least.

BenjZee · Apr 23, 2009, 08:12 PM // 20:12

on a side note what's a good place to just train a pet up to level 20

micosay · Apr 23, 2009, 08:14 PM // 20:14

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Originally Posted by SmithyBen

on a side note what's a good place to just train a pet up to level 20

Gogo Junundu.