Only playing BL because of duck pet

[Duckforcetwo]

<p>i was looking forward to this expansion so i could make dungeons until swtor came out...</p><p>then i heard on the webcast, that you could actually tame a duck for your warder....</p><p>Suddenly i found myself wanting to make a beastlord, just so i can have a vicious duck attack all the monsters and kill them... gotta love that image, and can't wait to see what attack animations they have put in... <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p><p>So anyone else sold on the duck, or is there another specific pet that made you suddenly chose beastlord?</p>

[Ilovecows]

<p>I think you meant cow not duck.</p>

[Crolack]

<p>The Meatbeast is tamable.</p>

[clairebear]

There will be one tameable duck for the BL

[Cherri]

<p>The duck is a spawn in Steamfont.</p>

[Destria]

<p>duckpet sold me on BL's being worthwhile, rather then a complete waste.  And its also my understanding, that there will be 1 duck on the server, 90^^, highly contested in the form of 1 spawn per server reset.  Just what I heard through the grapevine...but, yea, the duck did it for me.</p>

[Tatwi]

<p>As a SWG Beast Master refugee, I am quite hoping that SOE will come out with a "Beast Alchemy" system that's basically a copy of the Beast Master crafting system we have in SWG these days. So many people love the BM system in SWG and so many people have been asking to have the Creature Handler taming back that the collective jump for glee of all the SWG BMs would send the Earth off kilter if SOE said they'd add something very much like SWG's BM crafting to EQ2.</p><p>But yes, the duck is epic and I approve.</p>

[skuext]

<p>i always wanted a badger (dunno why !) they look cute in eq2 :3</p><p>i created a coercer when eq2 was released and leveled it until 37 (when coercer got the 1 charm spell if i remember well) just to go around charming mobs <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[The_Cheeseman]

<p>The duck is a named MOB, Mallard Phimore. It is a proximity-triggered spawn and automatically scales to match the level of the character who triggers it. It always spawns as a ^^ heroic. I highly doubt it is as rare as you've heard, because I saw a few people on Beta with the duck, and I was able to just walk into Gnomeland Security and find him up.</p><p>His combat animations consist of a single pecking motion with his beak. He is comically small, and his movement animation was obviously never meant to to move as fast as he does, so he's really amusing to watch. Being so small, he is rather difficult to keep track of, though. At times it's hard to see where he is or if he's even attacking the MOB.</p><p>Overall, the duck is pretty awesome. However, the real reason to play a beastlord is to tame The Meatbeast.</p>

[Hogatha]

<p>Strange that we can tame the meatbeast, but not elephants, if this is really true.  Seems like elephants would qualify as a beast if ducks and cows are LOL.   I love the idea of a duck warder, but was actually looking forward to an elephant as my first</p>

[skuext]

<p>lol the dino-cow is tameable? :O</p>

[Chaotico]

<p>Duck warder is definatly a reason to think about AoD o)</p>

[Ilovecows]

<p><cite>skuext wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>lol the dino-cow is tameable? :O</p></blockquote><p>No I think it is just a normal cow.  I HOPE it is just a normal cow.  100% cow > 50% cow.  seeing as cows are the greatest animal in existance.  look at my signature for my stance on them.</p>

[feldon30]

<p>By the way...</p><p><a href="http://eq2wire.com/beastlord-warders/" target="_blank"><strong>Beastlord Warders Guide</strong></a></p>

[Vitriol]

<p><cite>Steppen@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>skuext wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>lol the dino-cow is tameable? :O</p></blockquote><p>No I think it is just a normal cow.  I HOPE it is just a normal cow.  100% cow > 50% cow.  seeing as cows are the greatest animal in existance.  look at my signature for my stance on them.</p></blockquote><p>You make me laugh - thanks <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></p>

[DrkVsr]

<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">They made the BL's even more of a joke by giving them a <em>duck</em> warder?!?!?!</span></p>

[Femke]

<p>Long ago in Ultima Online I had a tame dragon (or even more then one).... so I will go for nothing less as Naggy!!!</p><p>(yeah yeah.... I know <img src="/smilies/69934afc394145350659cd7add244ca9.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />)</p>

[Elomort]

<p>I was going to get the duck, level 90 ^^^ in a certain secret zone that isn't always available, but I actually preferred the Bovid as a warder, it was better for me to play with and the duck because less attractive. The meatbeast is a bovid too and thee is something just perfect about that creature.</p><p>Hmm, do I roll a beastlord with a beaver or a beastlord with a meatbeast.</p><p>Descisions descisions.</p>

[Brigh]

<p><cite>Qixil@Unrest_old wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Strange that we can tame the meatbeast, but not elephants, if this is really true.  Seems like elephants would qualify as a beast if ducks and cows are LOL.   I love the idea of a duck warder, but was actually looking forward to an elephant as my first</p></blockquote><p>Elephants don't fit into any of the categories of tamable families the devs have set up.</p><p>On the other hand, the devs have placed many animals into the wrong categories they have set up (based upon Earth scientist categories):</p><p>Hyena is actually in the feline family</p><p>Crocodiles should be under the reptile family but are placed in the aquatic family; the same with turtles, which are in the amphibian category, which they are not.</p><p>Contrary to what someone replied about on <a href="http://eq2wire.com/beastlord-warders/" target="_blank">EQ2Wire</a> about beavers not being rodents but being weasels (which the statement itself is so tilted), beavers are rodents, so they are correctly classified here. Weasels are an entirely different animal.</p><p>I also noticed that armadillos were placed in the rodent family, which they are not.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger" target="_blank">Badgers belong to the weasel family</a>, which doesn't have a proper family type in this game.</p><p>You can dispute the placement of other animals in certain families in the game.</p>

[Brigh]

<p><cite>Elomort wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hmm, do I roll a beastlord with a beaver or a beastlord with a meatbeast.</p><p>Descisions descisions.</p></blockquote><p>They are completely different types of warders, so use both (offensive/defensive).</p><p>So...</p><p>No one going to say it?</p><p>Don't be afraid to tame your beaver or meatbeast.</p>

[ShadowMunkie]

<p><cite>Brigh wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Elomort wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Hmm, do I roll a beastlord with a beaver or a beastlord with a meatbeast.</p><p>Descisions descisions.</p></blockquote><p>They are completely different types of warders, so use both (offensive/defensive).</p><p>So...</p><p>No one going to say it?</p><p>Don't be afraid to tame your beaver or meatbeast.</p></blockquote><p>I want to use my meatbeast with your beaver. (I know its a wrong joke but, it doesn't violate any forum rules.)</p>

[Articwind]

<p>I think the duck is going to be one of those "look at me" pets that everyone ends up having because they think it will be cool or unique. Too bad it's already at the top of a lot of BL lists to tame, so it will be neither by the end of the first week.</p>

[Thunderthyze]

<p>A swan could break your arm so no telling what a duck would do. Maybe quack you over the head?</p>

[DrkVsr]

<p><span style="font-size: medium; color: #993300; font-family: comic sans ms,sans-serif;">Mah assassin already has a duck pet</span></p>

[Cakeny]

<p>How many ducks will be named Howard?</p>

[feldon30]

or Darkwing

[Duckforcetwo]

<p><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; color: #222222; font-size: x-small;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #ff0000;">Or Fauntleroy</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff0000;"></span></p>

[Cakeny]

<p>Donald</p>

[clairebear]

Duck may be a rare spawn but I'm sick of hearing about it already! Hehe

[Hogatha]

<p><cite>Brigh wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Elephants don't fit into any of the categories of tamable families the devs have set up.</p><p>On the other hand, the devs have placed many animals into the wrong categories they have set up (based upon Earth scientist categories):</p><p>Hyena is actually in the feline family</p><p>Crocodiles should be under the reptile family but are placed in the aquatic family; the same with turtles, which are in the amphibian category, which they are not.</p><p>Contrary to what someone replied about on <a href="http://eq2wire.com/beastlord-warders/" target="_blank">EQ2Wire</a> about beavers not being rodents but being weasels (which the statement itself is so tilted), beavers are rodents, so they are correctly classified here. Weasels are an entirely different animal.</p><p>I also noticed that armadillos were placed in the rodent family, which they are not.</p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badger" target="_blank">Badgers belong to the weasel family</a>, which doesn't have a proper family type in this game.</p><p>You can dispute the placement of other animals in certain families in the game.</p></blockquote><p>I understand.  However, in that case, maybe they should be classified into categories that would include a broader spectrum of animals/beasts, like:  water, air, land and exotic, and could further subcategorize as needed to groups of  defense, offense, etc.  Just an idea...</p>

[Cyliena]

<p><cite>Destria@Antonia Bayle wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>And its also my understanding, that there will be 1 duck on the server, 90^^, highly contested in the form of 1 spawn per server reset.  Just what I heard through the grapevine...but, yea, the duck did it for me.</p></blockquote><p>Duck mob is scaled to whatever level player triggers it. It is a ^^ though.</p>