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Longasc · Oct 15, 2007, 07:06 PM // 19:06

I am vanquishing this area at the moment.

Ventari's island with the sylvari tree is surrounded by huge groups of hippopotami. They are hammer warriors and use enraged smash.

OK, if this is already well known, please delete... I think it is new, I never saw them in normal mode.

NoXiFy · Oct 15, 2007, 07:14 PM // 19:14

PICS PLEASE!!!! I Saw them too, but when ii went back to screenshot, I couldn't find them!

I think there tameable, as I remember they were level 15 when I saw them.

Longasc · Oct 15, 2007, 08:55 PM // 20:55

Here are the Hippos!

All level 26.

Hippos, fullscreen

520 foes, Arbor Bay hard mode. Something was odd. I had a spawn of 4 packs of some 20+ Cryptwings near a chest. The number is some 150 higher than the one on the Wiki. And the (ressed) Simian is still alive after I vanquished (?).

And one more, Hippo in closeup, only covered by Jin.

NoXiFy · Oct 15, 2007, 09:33 PM // 21:33

yea, I conquered the area too. I really thought they were level 15 though. and charmable

Avatar Exico · Oct 15, 2007, 09:39 PM // 21:39

Would be cool to see Charmable Hippos for once.Nj on Vanguish of the area.

dr_ishmael · Oct 15, 2007, 10:44 PM // 22:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Longasc

520 foes, Arbor Bay hard mode. Something was odd. I had a spawn of 4 packs of some 20+ Cryptwings near a chest. The number is some 150 higher than the one on the Wiki. And the (ressed) Simian is still alive after I vanquished (?).

That's normal - pop-up enemies only count when you trigger them, so you can still find pop-ups after an area is vanquished. And resurrected creatures only count the first time you kill them.

Neo Nugget · Oct 15, 2007, 10:47 PM // 22:47

So are they charmable?I bet they arent

Just like the spiders in pre*twitch*

AlienFromBeyond · Oct 15, 2007, 10:59 PM // 22:59

Nope, not charmable. Wouldn't really be fair to have a level 26 pet now would it?

Zeek Aran · Oct 15, 2007, 11:24 PM // 23:24

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Originally Posted by AlienFromBeyond

Nope, not charmable. Wouldn't really be fair to have a level 26 pet now would it?

You can't charm the level 15s either.

Theus · Oct 16, 2007, 12:11 AM // 00:11

In the Nightfall preview there were Hippo's that you could indeed capture.Unfortunately they were removed for being "Too Complex".Srsly.

Actually heres the reason why the removed it on the Guild Wars Wiki

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The Hippo featured during the Nightfall World Preview Event, ever it was removed before release because it was a model/skeleton that was only useful for the hippo.keep the number of tame-able pets to a reasonable number and keep the asset list manageable,(this is relevant when you're in a map and someone brings a pet and you have to download the assets for the creature,) the hippo was unfortunately removed.

Basicly it was removed because Anet couldn't simply reskin it and throw it into GW:EN as "new content".

Lyonette · Oct 16, 2007, 12:37 AM // 00:37

hah, they remove the hippo from nightfall for technical reasons and now they show up in eye of the north... not charmable of course... what gives? Y_Y

Karyuu · Oct 16, 2007, 12:47 AM // 00:47

Making something into a pet and making it an attackable NPC involves different systems. As far as I remember, the hippo had complications as a pet. If you're really curious, search around for some previous discussions. Let's just not start another Anet hate-fest.

Theus · Oct 16, 2007, 12:58 AM // 00:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Karyuu

Making something into a pet and making it an attackable NPC involves different systems. As far as I remember, the hippo had complications as a pet. If you're really curious, search around for some previous discussions. Let's just not start another Anet hate-fest.

You mean something like this?

Oh by the way,this post is a part of this thread.

Karyuu · Oct 16, 2007, 01:09 AM // 01:09

Yep, like that. I'm saying this isn't the only thread to have been made on the subject (or contain posts that veer off into the WHYY ANET WHYYYY?! direction

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Jecht Scye · Oct 16, 2007, 01:55 AM // 01:55

I saw them in that area as well. Arbor Bay was not an easy area to vanquish. I had 20+ Incubi spawn in one spot just as others in this thread have said. They're annoying little buggers in HM.

Onarik Amrak · Oct 16, 2007, 02:09 AM // 02:09

It's such a tease...

Redfeather1975 · Oct 16, 2007, 03:05 AM // 03:05

Hippos can be very aggressive. But you shouldn't hit them.
Leave them alone so they can multiply. They are endangered.

Mtank325 · Oct 16, 2007, 03:11 AM // 03:11

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Originally Posted by Redfeather1975

Hippos can be very aggressive. But you shouldn't hit them.
Leave them alone so they can multiply. They are endangered.

Let's hope they're not all male.

=HT=Ingram · Oct 16, 2007, 03:17 AM // 03:17

Yea I had one of those Hipopotomuseses.. lol I was really sad when I got in there after it went gold and it was gone ;( lol I just want to say Hipopotomuseses.. lol Glad to see its used again, but not too surprised its not tamable. Same with the Panda from Factions was lost to PCness... Actually I am wondering what will happen to the polar bear once it goes on endangered list...

dancing gnome · Oct 16, 2007, 05:45 AM // 05:45

I don't think it was removed because they can't reskin it. I think it was removed because the model used is different from every other pet, and so when loading both a Polar Bear and a Black Bear, the model is the same. Or a Moa Bird, Flamingo, Strider, Crane all use the same model. Same with Stalkers, Lynx and I THINK the tigers. So in PvP when loading each model you only need to load 6? (Bird, Bear, Flightless Bird, Lizard, Cat, Wolf). The hippo's model is so different to the others it added pressure they didn't consider worth the addition, (my understanding anyway).