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Gbuslayer · Jun 21, 2005, 05:42 PM // 17:42

So no rabbits?

Chev of Hardass · Jul 08, 2005, 08:12 PM // 20:12

Great post, I agree this needs a sticky though.

I am a little dissapointed that these pets seem to have all the same stats. Neverthless, I am glad to see this info and I think lots of others feel the same.

Ninna · Jul 08, 2005, 08:26 PM // 20:26

I made a reference to this post in the community works pet thread

not much gets stickied in the Q&A forum

Enigmatics · Jul 08, 2005, 08:50 PM // 20:50

Traps/spirit path... Traps involve running into mobs, expertise and the added AR of ranger primaries is more sought after for trappers. This is certainly news to me, I heard that pets' specs (excluding the strider and black widow) were completely cosmetic and didn't vary with higher level beast mastery.

UsagiNoSenshi · Jul 09, 2005, 03:09 AM // 03:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by CryingWolf

No biggie about that one, What really intrigues me is the Moa Bird and Strider. The guide lists it the same as you have it. I am really wondering if the damage types are different or if this is another oversight of the guide? This really begs to ask which one is better?

I assume they would have to have diffrent dammage types, or why would the bother giving them diffrent names? As to which is better, it would depend on which type of damage you like. I have a lvl 20 strider. >.< i get very mad when people call him a moa!

Qenelder · Jul 09, 2005, 06:09 AM // 06:09

You are missing a creature from your pre-searing list, i saw some moss spiders i forget where in presearing when workingon my mnk toon

Qenelder · Jul 09, 2005, 06:30 AM // 06:30

Ok so i was wrong u cant charm em i thought you could because they were green but ya, try and charm but when you do it says not an animal that brings up an interesting question then on how u can charm the uw spider but not the pre searing one.... pre searing ( cant because not animal) after searing uw spider sure will just call it an animal *wink*wink*

Kamatsu · Jul 09, 2005, 07:52 AM // 07:52

I have a question relating to pets, purely "cosmetic" question really. But since this claims to be the ultimate guide.. and since it looks like the stats are much of a muchness...

I saw a screenshot in the screenshot forum of a W/R with a pet pig (that you can get from pre-searing) and it looked BIG - esp compared to how puny it looked at the start..

My question is - do pets change size/appearance as they level up and/or reach new area's? Or do they stay the same size/shape/appearance as when you 1st got them?

Ninna · Jul 09, 2005, 10:30 AM // 10:30

pets grow in size as they gain levels

a level 20 pet is almost 3 times the size of a level 5 pet

UsagiNoSenshi · Jul 09, 2005, 07:37 PM // 19:37

Quote:

Originally Posted by kamatsu

My question is - do pets change size/appearance as they level up and/or reach new area's? Or do they stay the same size/shape/appearance as when you 1st got them?

Yes they do grow as they level

Legendir Kelewyn · Jul 09, 2005, 08:22 PM // 20:22

Any chance of pictures of these? For me I've seen all but the lizards. Was thinking they might look pretty cool

Kamatsu · Jul 10, 2005, 12:39 AM // 00:39

Ninna & UsagiNoSenshi - thanx for that. I didn't realize pets got bigger as they lvl's. I know it's purely cosmetic, but still interesting to know

& thanx for the screenshot UsagiNoSenshi.

Would also be interested in seeing screenshots of the different pets.

But interesting to see that basically every pet seems to be around the same damage / dps wise, with main difference being simply what type of attack they do, how they look and slight variations in dps/attack-speed/min-max damage... apart from the Black Widow that is...

Jelloblimp · Jul 10, 2005, 01:02 AM // 01:02

Quote:

Originally Posted by Qenelder

You are missing a creature from your pre-searing list, i saw some moss spiders i forget where in presearing when workingon my mnk toon

Post earlier in thread already said moss spiders cannot be charmed (from another thread: "they are clearly vegetables).

CryingWolf · Jul 12, 2005, 11:51 PM // 23:51

lol think that was a joke!!! Sort of like saying a tomato worm is a plant.

I think that moss spiders were orginally charmable? But like the black bears got taken away in pre-sear. I hope to see another low level charmable spider some day.

CKaz · Jul 18, 2005, 07:14 PM // 19:14

Well I had tried a rabbit before - not a valid target

Wanted my under the radar, big-pointy teethed pet

Really disappointed no ranged pet.. so necro gets ranged MINIONS but we can't get ANY ranged PET? Booooooooo

Oh well

Senuma · Jul 23, 2005, 04:39 PM // 16:39

Hi
I have the GW Guide and it shows a map of The Northlands across the wall in Pre- Searing Ascalon and on the map it shows Fern Lizards. The legend of the map list them as Fern Lizard(Pet 1), so i was wondering if they were tameable. The other legends of the other maps show Bears and Moss spiders as pets too. So if anyone can give me an answer that would be great because I would really like one, but right now i have a Level 8 wolf and i won't get rid of him unless the Fern lizards are tameable.

Shadowdaemon · Jul 23, 2005, 06:54 PM // 18:54

anyone see the interview thing on the guild wars site, it says each expansion will have new pets, thats freaking awesome, personally, i want a giant bull, that would be so damn cool

Elena · Jul 23, 2005, 09:25 PM // 21:25

new pets will be awesome and keep up the diversity ^^

Avantos · Jul 25, 2005, 03:14 AM // 03:14

About that interview though...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gaile Gray

Gaile Gray: You’re right in noting that pets do have differences. Some have more armor, some attack faster, some have more health, etc. You will note that the specifics are not really called out in the game. That’s because, to some degree, we leave at least some aspects of the game in undisclosed state so that the community can figure things out.

Another example of this would be bows: Some shoot faster, some truer, and some at longer range. At least one has armor piercing, too. If you add elements like bow grips and strings, you have some pretty interesting complexity of stats for these items. The same applies to the many pet-related skills used in conjunction with each pet’s inherent strengths.

As for elite pets – none will be coming in the foreseeable future. However, there will definitely be new pets in Chapter 2 and most likely in each subsequent chapter.

It seems as if the interview suggests that the pets ARE indeed different from one another.

I'm curious WHO exactly did the tests and more importantly, HOW. I'm not questioning whether or not the tests were done with attention to accuracy but there's possibly something missing. For example, my personal experiences with pets seems to suggest, for example, that Stalkers do less damage than most other pets along with having less health, but do more damage with pet skills.

In any case though, the guide is very useful for the locations, listings, and whatnot and I must give my acknowledgement for good work.

Kamatsu · Jul 25, 2005, 04:41 AM // 04:41

You know, information I have found at another GW fansite suggest's that the title that a pet can gte... or it's "evolution" does indeed effect how good/bad a pet is. Unlike what is atated in this guide here.

It says that basically any pet which gets to the "Elder" evolution would be just as good as the Spider you get from the UW, as the spider does so much more because it's pre-evolved at the "Elder" level, which according to them is the best evolution possible.

Are they just imagining things? Or is there any possible truth to what they are saying? Anyone got any thoughts?

I'd link to it... but I'm not sure if I'm allowed to make links to other GW fansites forums in here... it's in the Rangers section of the GWOnline forums...