Has there ever been an consideration to having pets help attack/defend? If you're fighting skeletons on a beach, they can help... or in a pvp, if someone's on your boat, your pet could help defend the boat by attacking the player?...of course that would mean they could be killed/ respawn either auto or by going to the pet chest again...?
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@captain-red-maw
I got a pet without IRL money...
But it did take a long time to get that much I guess. I was thinking it gave some purpose to them at least.@redbaron1673
True, I always forget that you can find ancient skellies, of which I've only found two.Even still, I think that making it so anyone who pays $5 extra has a PvP or even PvE advantage would put a lot of new or Gamepass players off
i can understand wanting to give them a purpose but beyond looking pretty, like a cosmetic usually is, anything else would be a paid for advantage since people have suggested less things in the past like helping you dig up chests or something else not pvp related, which is still a pve advantage to get things done faster.
@elderterdkin
What if you could buy each type of pet with gold... so free play can still do it... but 'prettier' cosmetic pets cost ancient coins...
Maybe each type of pet has some sort of advantage... having a dog can help dig treasure 2x as fast or something...
Dunno... make them do something....@redbaron1673 they are just a cosmetic and an annoying on at that. a cosmetic shouldn't do anything for you. Think of pets like you would a hat or jacket in game.
@redbaron1673 said in Pets:
@elderterdkin
What if you could buy each type of pet with gold... so free play can still do it... but 'prettier' cosmetic pets cost ancient coins...
Maybe each type of pet has some sort of advantage... having a dog can help dig treasure 2x as fast or something...
Dunno... make them do something....And then you are removing a key source of post-sale revenue for Rare. Pets do not need to do anything useful...PERIOD.
@dlchief58 said in Pets:
@redbaron1673 said in Pets:
@elderterdkin
What if you could buy each type of pet with gold... so free play can still do it... but 'prettier' cosmetic pets cost ancient coins...
Maybe each type of pet has some sort of advantage... having a dog can help dig treasure 2x as fast or something...
Dunno... make them do something....And then you are removing a key source of post-sale revenue for Rare. Pets do not need to do anything useful...PERIOD.
Not only that, @RedBaron1673, but pets having abilities or paid with gold means that, in order to stay relevant, everyone would be forced to use a pet. I don't know about you, but if I saw a ship with as many animals on it as pirates, I'd call that a zoo - and with all of the animals shrieking at once at the sound of a cannon, I'd certainly hate it.
@galactic-geek said in Pets:
@dlchief58 said in Pets:
@redbaron1673 said in Pets:
@elderterdkin
What if you could buy each type of pet with gold... so free play can still do it... but 'prettier' cosmetic pets cost ancient coins...
Maybe each type of pet has some sort of advantage... having a dog can help dig treasure 2x as fast or something...
Dunno... make them do something....And then you are removing a key source of post-sale revenue for Rare. Pets do not need to do anything useful...PERIOD.
Not only that, @RedBaron1673, but pets having abilities or paid with gold means that, in order to stay relevant, everyone would be forced to use a pet. I don't know about you, but if I saw a ship with as many animals on it as pirates, I'd call that a zoo - and with all of the animals shrieking at once at the sound of a cannon, I'd certainly hate it.
fair enough.
@redbaron1673 that would still be giving a PVE advantage and its considered pay to win, there is really no way of making them do anything without it being a paid advantage. maybe they can introduce something for peeps with their own custom servers.
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