If the response to new hairstyles at BlizzCon means anything to the developers (Frank Pierce told me that he almost didn't even bother mentioning the new hairstyles at the keynote, and was amazed that it got one of the biggest cheers), it's that you can't ignore the little changes. New raid bosses, and bigtime lore storylines are cool, but sometimes people just want to relax and have a little fun with their characters.So Karvoth has a great idea: turn noncombat pets into combat pets (of a sort), and make them into a fun little minigame. Just like the Tonk wars (and doggone it, if anyone on Thunderhorn's Horde side has a Tonk left, come see my Shaman, because he has one and no one to fight with!), setting up a little mode for dueling minipets would create endless fun, and fill in all those hours of group waiting and guild setup pretty easily.
Of course, that's not the only game they could implement-- ever since the Darkmoon cards were implemented, I always thought it would be awesome to have an ingame card game. I probably doubled my time playing FFIX just because of Tetra Master, and putting a simple but addictive card game inside of WoW would give me a whole new reason to play even more.
Unfortunately, neither of these ideas are likely, because Blizzard has made it pretty clear with WotLK that WoW is some serious high-level business. But just like the new hairstyles, players will always jump at the chance to have more simple fun with all the time they spend in Azeroth.
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8-28-2007 @ 3:24PM
TheSporkWithin said...
I'd enjoy something like that. I know that I had a great time with the steam tonks when they were first introduced.
Also, check your tags, you seem to have italicized the entire first page.
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8-28-2007 @ 3:24PM
Rockstar said...
If you take something that's supposed to be your cute companion and turn it into a fighter, well you might get suspended from the NFL.
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8-28-2007 @ 3:25PM
Sylythn said...
Oooh, Pazaak in the Knights of the Old Republic games were awesome for killing some time! I'd love to see something like that.
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8-28-2007 @ 3:26PM
Mel said...
So, you suggest turning WoW into Pokemon?
bwahahahahaha!
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8-28-2007 @ 3:45PM
olhado said...
Oh, I used to play MapleStory, and they implemented a sweet card game that probably kept me playing about an extra two months.. it was pretty much shit other than that.
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8-28-2007 @ 3:56PM
KateJaneway said...
It's like FF7, how the snowboarding minigame took my friends and my attention, almost more so than FF7 :]
But I'd love to set my pet a dueling someone else's pet, waiting for a group to show up for an instance/raid. I think it'd be cool to have them on auto-run though, so you wouldn't be able to control them, and maybe people can make collars for them, that gives bonuses etc! :D
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8-28-2007 @ 3:58PM
10pound said...
Thats a great idea, I love it!!
Anyone remember way back when, shortly after beta ended and WoW went live, the gold-dealer gambling games? /roll
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8-28-2007 @ 4:25PM
locomoco said...
Did we learn nothing from Michael Vick?
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8-28-2007 @ 4:25PM
Queuetip said...
@2. Good one :) Vick FTL
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8-28-2007 @ 4:53PM
robotrock said...
even if the pets don't fight one another we could put them through races or obstacles courses or train them to do tricks....
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8-28-2007 @ 4:57PM
Zuty said...
@ 4-
It would just be a sub-part of the game, not completely changing WoW into Pokemon.
I can see it working, but sadly Blizz would probably never do it. /Sigh, It would make all that Non-Combat pet farming worth it. Think how much the Whelps would go for if they had good attack sets.
~Zuty
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8-28-2007 @ 5:01PM
Scruffy said...
Pets vs Tonks
It could be as cool as Pokemon vs Transformers.
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8-28-2007 @ 5:53PM
braydn said...
i like #10's idea, make the pets do tricks and stuff, but don't make them fight each other, besides, it's a dumb idea to make non-combat pets fight, they're there to look cool, if you want combat pets, roll a hunter or a lock...
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8-29-2007 @ 4:24AM
Spenser said...
http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.html?topicId=965654329
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8-31-2007 @ 9:58PM
Tide said...
Engineers can make steam tonks too (the schematic is a ticket reward from Darkmoon Faire).
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11-18-2007 @ 5:02PM
T-4 said...
I hope they introduce a card game where you can bet. Throw in a small ladder system with rewards being some high power cards, and you've got an addictive little system that you can even earn some money off of if you're good.
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