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thelastunicorn · Nov 23, 2006, 05:56 AM // 05:56

I just was thinking how cool it would be to have a mini of yourself....but I do not know what kinda armor they would put on it if you use more than one kind. What do you think about having one of these one of a kind minis??

M1h4iL · Nov 23, 2006, 06:02 AM // 06:02

That would be great, they should either wear pre sear armor, or exact armor your wearing, which would probably be easy to do, just minimize the size of your character.

Smile Like Umean It · Nov 23, 2006, 06:22 AM // 06:22

That would be awesome. Now it want that as much as I want a mini Shadow Beast or to tame the Night Stalkers in UW. Any of the 3 would be good.

Thorondor Port · Nov 23, 2006, 07:05 AM // 07:05

....I think it would be the lamest thing possible.

Give me a fullsize saltspray dragon for pet!

erfweiss · Nov 23, 2006, 07:13 AM // 07:13

Hmmm, a minipet of me would only work if it scared off enemies. It scares off people in real life... hmmmmm.

Spader · Nov 23, 2006, 07:15 AM // 07:15

I think it could end up real creepy really quickly. Imagain this popping up in sales somewhere.

Buying you for 10k

KoalaMeatPie · Nov 23, 2006, 07:28 AM // 07:28

Good idea, just not feasable.

kang · Nov 23, 2006, 07:30 AM // 07:30

Id like a mini version of me running around, as long as you could create more and sell them to people.

Now everyone can get a little piece of me to take home

RSGashapon · Nov 23, 2006, 07:36 AM // 07:36

What about a blank minipet that worked like a Signet of Capture? Find the critter you want, kill it, cap it and there you go.

Blanks could be an endgame item.

Tide to Go · Nov 23, 2006, 07:39 AM // 07:39

off topic: i dont think this was the right place to post this

on topic: ya that sounds cool but to make it less dramatic for anet i think it would be cool to have a mini pet that represented each profession

like a mini minion for a necro

or even the gods as a mini pet

coldplay · Nov 23, 2006, 07:47 AM // 07:47

Austin Power would sue A-net for mini-me.

PS. maybe the some evil doctor guy in Austin Power..

Tide to Go · Nov 23, 2006, 07:51 AM // 07:51

Quote:

Originally Posted by coldplay

Austin Power would sue A-net for mini-me.

PS. maybe the some evil doctor guy in Austin Power..

lol wow...............................wow

Yawgmoth · Nov 23, 2006, 08:12 AM // 08:12

I don't like mini people and having a mini version of yourself just doesnt make any sense for me. Even less with having a mini of someone else...

Quote:

Originally Posted by RSGashapon

What about a blank minipet that worked like a Signet of Capture? Find the critter you want, kill it, cap it and there you go.

Blanks could be an endgame item.

Capping any monster to be your mini, yay great idea! Feels soo Pokemon!

LoL ok not that good idea, it would remove the point of existance of rare minipets and using them as prizes. Unless there would be a numerous list of uncappables, available only as rare rewards (like bosses, dragons, some most powerful creatures, pandas obv...)

BTW I'd love a mini Shadow Beast too, no matter its rarity/price

Telcontar of Gondor · Nov 23, 2006, 08:23 AM // 08:23

Personally I never liked having people as mini pets (Shiro, Rurik, Varesh), so I can't say I support this idea. The more narcissistic players would enjoy it though, I'm sure

Trvth Jvstice · Nov 23, 2006, 08:51 AM // 08:51

A mini me pet would be impossible to play with, he would always want to be TOO careful, always want to pull to that special spot to completely avoid any possibility of aggro. I'd have to name my pet Analy Retentive Man.

Either that or it would always be distracted by the dancing ele and ranger chicks. I'd be in an explorable mission and say :wtf! where is he now? I'd find him back in town gawking at some scantily clad dancing ele named "Tig Ol Biddies."

biofrog · Nov 23, 2006, 09:19 AM // 09:19

Or better yet, have an ascension vs yourself, which then on death breaks up into 8 more of yourself, each 1/8th your size and doing 1/8th the damage!

Queue mini-Ash "Army of Darkness" quotes! :-)

Clord · Nov 23, 2006, 09:55 AM // 09:55

Collect them all.

Anyway that Signet of Mini-pet Capture is great idea.

winkgood · Nov 23, 2006, 09:56 AM // 09:56

Yea, I suggested a "mini me" back when mini pets first came out. It would be sweet.

Paperfly · Nov 23, 2006, 10:19 AM // 10:19

Minipets are presumably fully pre-rendered, so they take up as little bandwidth as possible. They're luxury items, we don't want to see any sort of performance hit from them.

...Self-portraits would by definition have to be pretty dynamic, so that's probably not an option.

Unless, that is, the engine's support for scaling is robust enough that others' clients can just load you "twice" and shrink once. The only hint we have is the larger-than-normal bosses, so I dunno.

Yawgmoth · Nov 23, 2006, 10:32 AM // 10:32

The engine can do that and much more, trust me.
It just reminds me the old beta event finale, have a look yourself:

the small jumping one at the bottom right is my ele