New SK pet models!

[HanktheDwarf]

Pretty spiffy if you ask me.  About chest height to my Ogre. <img src="http://home.comcast.net/%7Erandomlessness/frog/newskpets.jpg">

[Draq]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, thx SOE I love the new look <img src="/smilies/283a16da79f3aa23fe1025c96295f04f.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> btw do they still have the 5sec stifle or was that part of the bug that pets had the new NPC ablileties?<div></div>

[HanktheDwarf]

Didn't test them.  Just threw them up and took some polaroids. <div></div>

[three]

<P>Nice models... </P> <P>do they still despawn after the mob dies?</P>

[Mmaster]

Sweet! Thanks for the pictures hank. I cant complain, atleast its something new. <div></div>

[Sir Draymon]

<DIV>is this on test or something???</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>(wonder if they got idea from this <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /> my post 3rd from bottom)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><A href="http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=9&message.id=12564#M12564" target=_blank>http://eqiiforums.station.sony.com/eq2/board/message?board.id=9&message.id=12564#M12564</A></DIV>

[Hysteric]

<P>Finally, now thats a pet skelly!</P> <P>Thanks for the post.  Let us know if the DPS has changed with the sword graphic, or if its just eye-candy.</P>

[Teljair]

About [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] time. <div></div>

[far]

<P>Well I suppose the great tidings of lu 18# will bring us updated pet graphics but very little else... umm hooray?</P> <P><STRONG>Shadowknight changes:<BR></STRONG>- Summon Squire can now be toggled, and will persist across zone lines.<BR>- Pox Sword will now appear under Combat Arts.</P> <P>I guess it could be worse we could be facing a few nerfs like pallies</P> <P><STRONG>Paladin changes:<BR></STRONG>- Amends now siphons slightly less hate.<BR><BR>Still would take amends in a heartbeat instead of pariahs coil pet lines</P>

[Rylight]

<DIV>whoo hoo, no more monk skelly pet. finally getting some love. admittingly I was going for something a little more darker then a skelly, but its great to see some variety amoung the different lvls of pet. (makes me wish I was lvl 26 just so I could enjoy watching my skelly progress)</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>so it goes from spath, to one handed long sword. to claymore? is that correct</DIV><p>Message Edited by Rylight on <span class=date_text>12-11-2005</span> <span class=time_text>10:03 AM</span>

[Diern]

<P>Good stuff, just want I wanted apart from entirely new unique models.</P> <P>In other news, the new mounts are the Nightmares flaming hooves and eyes. My only complaint about these new horses are they should be the Shadowknight model only. the other classes should get a different appearance</P>

[Vak Mallek]

Nice.  Thanks for the pics Hank.  Looks great.  Excited to see the change go live.Cool.<img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /><div></div>

[IBSomnifer]

k...this is useless...pretty...but useless.  we need fixes not graphics upgrades.

[Axxon]

Nice!  Thanks for posting.

[KamidariTuibumbi]

Very cool...  Definitely looking forward to this change. <span>:smileyhappy:</span>Anything that makes the game more fun is not useless imho, and besides, I'm pretty sure we don't want the graphic artists trying to make code changes to fix game mechanics.  (No offense intended to any graphics artists.  <span>:smileywink:</span> )<div></div>

[HentaiB]

<P>Do you happen to know if the size changes acording to spell level.  I have Infernal at Master 1 and was wondering if was finally goind to really meansomething?</P> <P> </P> <P>Thanks</P>

[Rylight]

<DIV>honestly a <STRONG>LARGE</STRONG> part of what is the problem with sk's is the feel of the sk, example, armor and horses. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>anything, even a small graphics change like this that can seperate us from a necro, will make us feel more unique, and hence make us feel more like an sk. which in the long run makes the game more fun</DIV>

[Dijital]

Lol we are so cheap:smileytongue:<BR><BR>All this whining about taunts and how much we suck then a new pet look comes and everyones happy for a week  (including me) <BR><BR>Weeeee skellie pet gonna look better, but it hardly fits with "seek death and it finds you" Was expecting a spectre type model but hey ho.

[Pitt Hammerfi]

<DIV>So the new squires persist across zone lines, thats nice soe <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV><p>Message Edited by Pitt Hammerfist on <span class=date_text>12-13-2005</span> <span class=time_text>05:49 AM</span>

[Caedyil]

<P>I don't care if we get the [Removed for Content] back for a pet so long as they fix our taunt. Or maybe take a look at our power pool cause mine isn't bigger then anyones..</P> <P> </P>

[TheOriginalArgolic]

<DIV>About time we get something with a little more spunk to it.  </DIV>

[vwlsskng]

This is definitely a step in the right direction toward helping us to achieve a certain sense of aesthetic fulfillment. I'd rather have a new and improved squire, though, as that persists. Having a great-looking skeletal pet that lasts for 30 seconds isn't all that wonderful. If we're going to focus on aesthetics, then let's have something a bit more lasting.

[far]

<DIV>On a topic of aesthetics arent the pets supposed to look differant from app 1 through master 2?</DIV>

[vwlsskng]

Permanent pets scale visually from Apprentice to Master, though I'm unsure of whether or not temporary pets do as well. They should!

[far]

<DIV>Judging by the pics they might pick up armor peices as they scale, but it doesnt look like it would be a whole lot, its still disappointing that the sk pet model is the same with just graphic addendums (weapon armor) as it scales, woulda been nice to maybe SWITCH the model to a tad more evil looking undead every dozen levels or so...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[pawnipt]

The pets do slashing damage now they used to do crush, of course sony never lists the useful shadowknight changes as usual (us shadowknights truely get left in the dark).Heh they even forgot to change our Squires when they changed the paladins squire, isnt it the same fun spell [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn]!?!!Oh man i feel like im wining and complaining but its all so true!<div></div>

[KULV]

the really cool thing is my master 1 pet doesnt cast stifles anymore! yay go SoE

[Claymus]

<DIV>i noticed our pet damage comes up the same color as our damage above the mobs head, but my parsar doesnt read the damage as belonging to me anyone have a parsar that does?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV>

[Valam]

<P>as feared our pet lose its stiffle for a nicer look</P> <P>even the change from crushing to slash doesn't make me very happy</P> <P> </P> <P>as said i was expecting that, but hoped they added maybe some CA to our dumbfire pet to balance the loss of its stiffle</P> <P>as it is now SK got just a nerf of his alredy poor utility</P>

[Hex]

<P>Just some extra info for one of the posts.  Our pet does not change appearance with app 1 through master 1 upgrades.  I just got my first pet last night and cast it at App 1 and again after upgrading to Adept 1.  Same look.  I think the pics were for the different lvl pets.</P> <P> </P> <P>Valkerie<BR>Level 26 Shadow Knight<BR>Permafrost</P>

[Peace]

<span><blockquote><hr>KULVAR wrote:the really cool thing is my master 1 pet doesnt cast stifles anymore! yay go SoE <hr></blockquote> I KNEW something was off but couldn't put my finger on it LOL.  That's pretty ,ame - honestly can't understand why this silly spell got gimped further, tbh I was hoping (naive as it was) that we might somehow get increased DPS or extra abilities fired off from our skele (a skele that summons another skele?  =P ), but instead we get what I should have seen coming LOL. </span><div></div>

[Margen]

<P>The models are very nice, BUT, I really don't like the change from crushing to slashing, seems like 50pct of the dang raid mobs are immune to slashing now (sucks too because my best two hander is slashing).  But it atleast is a bit different then the standard skelly (or the [Removed for Content]/bird we used to have).</P> <P> </P>