Rainmare@Oasis wrote:
but that's what going to happen. see in EQ1, only certain races couodl be beastlords. so giving them a 'generic' pet was alright. Trolls had gators, Ogres had bears, Barbs had wolves, Vah Shir had tigers, Iksar had scaled wolves. wanna know the most common bls I saw? Vah Shir and Iksar.
why is that? becuase the Tiger pet and the Scaled Wolf were the most impressive looking ones.wolves, crocs and bears were common mobs all over. if you wanted an impressive looking pairing, tigers were only found in a few spots. scaled wolves were only on kunark. so the most impressive looking pets were those two.
Yeah, I remember EQ1 (I had a barbarian beastlord, myself). I'm not sure I agree with your reasoning. Vah Shir were popular because they're the race that launched with Beastlords. Trolls and Ogres weren't ever all that popular, so it's not surprising that there weren't many of those around. Yes, some of it probably had to do with the cool factor... a cat with a cat, a lizard with a lizard, but I can't imagine that was the only factor. Again, would be it be nice to be able to tame more animals? Yes, it would. If they don't put in that ability, does that mean every beastlord is going to be a clone of the next? I doubt it. Different races might want different "mains" to match, and again, people have different ideas of what is best looking. Guess we'll see soon enough, either way.