New tab in inventory

[Samir_Bennal]

Didn't see anything about it. What's it for?

[TheDearLeader]

Didn't see anything about it. What's it for?

Posted so people know what you're talking about.

http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz36/Landar/DDo%20Screenshots/ScreenShot00054.jpg

Looks to me like a generic familiar/mount sort of thing.

[Samir_Bennal]

Thanks. Never have taken the time to learn how to post pics on here so I am not just talking crazy talk.

[nivarch]

Cosmetic pet inventory I'd bet

[Shade]

Cosmetic pet inventory I'd bet

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

[zorander6]

Ah, the WB influence I see. I was hoping for animaniacs characters, not scooby doo.

[Bolo_Grubb]

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

made me laugh +1

[J1NG]

I knew I should have kept away from using Pokemon names for my toon builds and on the Forums...

Still... If it's F2C (Free to Collect) I don't mind wasting some time after I'm done TR'ing... :D

J1NG

[Sker-lyn]

I knew I should have kept away from using Pokemon names for my toon builds and on the Forums...

Still... If it's F2C (Free to Collect) I don't mind wasting some time after I'm done TR'ing... :D

J1NG

^This, and new things to do are always good. Some pets from the game is a time sink and pets in the shop are money for Turbine.

Besides, I always wanted to give my pale master a gauth (mini-beholder) as a pet, even if is only for show and not an actual familiar :P

[HungarianRhapsody]

Fernando said that they would have absoultely no in game effect and were cosmetic only.

For now.

[MartinusWyllt]

Ah, the WB influence I see. I was hoping for animaniacs characters, not scooby doo.

If I could put a nurse in my stable I think I'd farm for that.

[voodoogroves]

Fernando said that they would have absoultely no in game effect and were cosmetic only.

For now.

As long as a bazillion morons all summoning theirs to chase them around the market doesn't create lag or make me swear and curse. My cosmetics aren't as pleasant when I'm cursing.

[sacredguyver]

Ah, the WB influence I see. I was hoping for animaniacs characters, not scooby doo.
If I could put a nurse in my stable I think I'd farm for that.
HELLOOOOOO NURSE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6-UftBHk9A)!

[Coldin]

I for one, love that they're introducing pets, and none of Shade's naysaying will make me feel otherwise! :P

[BlackSteel]

I'll take a succubus pet TYVM

[ArkoHighStar]

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

translation: It didn't make my barbarian more powerful so it worthless:D

[quickgrif]

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

Shade the devs may hard wire yours to be surrounded by pink bunnies :eek:.... dont think they have such a twisted mind? You should play Asherons Call back in the day, played it many years before this and it was always bad when you get owned by a rabbit. ;)

[Ziindarax]

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

+1 to you!

The best pets are, most likely, DDO store only. Also, I think there could have been better things done with the inventory than this (for example, a means to organize items in an inventory to filter by: weapons, accessories, armors, shields, rune arms, etc.)

[xveganrox]

Kind of neat. I like the idea of cosmetic pets we can collect and store on our person without taking up actual inventory space.

[Vordax]

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

Pets more than likely share a lot of code with Artificer dogs, and Druid animal companions, so it probably didn't cost much effort to implement. Pets primary purpose is to make money. Either through direct sales or indirect sales of packs, e.g. the mini-Titan pet from the Titan raid.

If you don't want to spend the money that is fine, but I am sure you won't mind the effect of the money others spend on the game. If my wife still played I would need to hide my CC's because she loves pets, she has a whole stable full of them in WoW.

In addition to money it will attract the people that like to "collect" things like that. DDO also needs to add an achievement system IMO, additional reasons to attract and keep people is always beneficial.

Vordax

[Cetus]

What the hell do I need a cosmetic pet for?

stupid...

[Untitled]

Fernando said that they would have absoultely no in game effect and were cosmetic only.

For now.

Yupp, and I can take paralyzing off one item and add it to another! ;p

[Sir_Noob]

With cosmetic pets being available soon, does this mean people will stop looking for some rouge in general chat?

[Havok.cry]

with cosmetic pets being available soon, does this mean people will stop looking for some rouge in general chat?

nnnnnneeeeevvvvvveeeeeerrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TiranBlade]

+1 to you!

The best pets are, most likely, DDO store only. Also, I think there could have been better things done with the inventory than this (for example, a means to organize items in an inventory to filter by: weapons, accessories, armors, shields, rune arms, etc.)

>.< Check inventory tab two......

[Flavilandile]

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out


Ah, the WB influence I see. I was hoping for animaniacs characters, not scooby doo.

More Hasbro influence...

Pika Pika !!!!!

Fixed Shade's comment :

You collect silly pets, you put them in pokeballs and summon them out when required. :D

[quickgrif]

More Hasbro influence...

Pika Pika !!!!!

Fixed Shade's comment :

You collect silly pets, you put them in pokeballs and summon them out when required. :D
Cosmetic pets are popular in games like Everquest and in Asherons Call as well. Some people like the fluff.

[mystafyi]

Cosmetic pets are popular in games like Everquest and in Asherons Call as well. Some people like the fluff.

wow added pokemon pet battles also. I knew this would hit ddo too

Pikachu I Choose you!

[MagicalDad]

It's this (http://my.ddo.com/character/khyber/haallo)


HELLOOOOOO NURSE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6-UftBHk9A)!

[Eladiun]

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.



Roffle... I want a Pickatu

[somenewnoob]

What the hell do I need a cosmetic pet for?

stupid...

Aye, I agree. But if other people want it AND it doesn't cause lag.......whatever. Shrug.

Hopefully the guy they had working on this wasn't taking time on this fluff away from somewhere useful.

[Fejj]

What the hell do I need a cosmetic pet for?

stupid...

Yep - What he said.

[NytCrawlr]

Eh, it probably means animal companions, familiars, and other cool related things coming down the pipe...

More power to them. (plus I am a sucker and will probably have a pet or two for my cat amusement, high on cocoa puff days)

[HungarianRhapsody]

I just thought of a pet that I would actually like.

Shroud blades that follow me around in the Marketplace.

[Arlathen]

I just thought of a pet that I would actually like.

Shroud blades that follow me around in the Marketplace.

This.

Although a mini-plush Barbarian I could hug and call Shade would also satisfy my inner sarcastic roleplayer :D

[AZgreentea]

Hopefully the guy they had working on this wasn't taking time on this fluff away from somewhere useful.
Mad posted before that they have been doing some hiring, probably in preparation for the expansion. I'm sure the extra hands will make up for it. Plus, they are proably similar in code to hirelings and summons, who are about as useful as a non functioning pet half the time anyway. :D

[somenewnoob]

Mad posted before that they have been doing some hiring, probably in preparation for the expansion. I'm sure the extra hands will make up for it. Plus, they are proably similar in code to hirelings and summons, who are about as useful as a non functioning pet half the time anyway. :D

ha ha! Very true.

[Missing_Minds]

Posted so people know what you're talking about.

http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz36/Landar/DDo%20Screenshots/ScreenShot00054.jpg

Looks to me like a generic familiar/mount sort of thing.

Remember, we are getting "pets" soon.

Looks like we are going to be able to teach them to do things. Such as open doors or the like. Aka tricks.

Looks like it has "pack mule" bags as well (gear),

and the storage for the various pets we could have (stable).

[somenewnoob]

Remember, we are getting "pets" soon.

Looks like we are going to be able to teach them to do things. Such as open doors or the like. Aka tricks.

Looks like it has "pack mule" bags as well (gear),

and the storage for the various pets we could have (stable).

Hey if one could open a door that would be pretty nice, replace that "need a hire for this lever" type deal!

[Missing_Minds]

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

Your failure is that fluff sells. Fluff sells a lot more than power gaming. This fluff can help pay the way for more content which is what you want.

[Missing_Minds]

Hey if one could open a door that would be pretty nice, replace that "need a hire for this lever" type deal!

It would be funny if we could also train the "pet" to emote... such as "taunt"

*Watch the dog go lift his leg on someone.*

[somenewnoob]

"Do you have intim"

"No, but Mr. Fluffypants my kitten does"

[dejafu]

What the hell do I need a cosmetic pet for?

stupid...

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is a way to test out some elements of the pet coding before druids are released. Nothing generates better data than thousands of players using the tech, and keeping them purely cosmetic at this stage means that any buggy behavior is (hopefully) unlikely to interfere with actual gameplay.

It actually strikes me as a pretty smart way to crowdsource bug detection and make some money along the way.

Now get in mah Pokeball!!

[Vordax]

Your failure is that fluff sells. Fluff sells a lot more than power gaming. This fluff can help pay the way for more content which is what you want.

Wonder if he would be interested in a female anime like pet that followed him around saying "Ooooh Axer, your axe is soooo big!!"

Vordax

[Jandric]

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

I think it's safe to say that you were *not* part of Turbine's target demographic for cosmetic pets, Shade. :D

[Thrudh]

call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

LOL... I'm starting to like Shade again! :) :)

[andbr22]

Probably not gona be interested, but parrot on shouder would be cool.

(Of course the coolest think would be pony, but WB dont have rights :-P )

[Qhualor]

one pet we wont see... kittens. we all know what happens to kittens in game :)

[quijenoth]

hmmmm, the fact that they called this a stable makes me wonder if we will see some love for the paladin in the form of a mount?

Yes I know this is purely cosmetic at the moment but the layout of that new UI does strike me like it will have some direct link to how, in pen and paper, you could actually teach animals "tricks and purposes" via the animal handling skill.

bring on the companions, familiars and other goodies !!!

[Ganolyn]

Great. That's all we need to add to the cacophony of annoying clanking of dogs, animal sounds of people swapping out different stat buffs, swinging their weapons to just make noise and casting endless spells all over the place in public for no good reason (especially standing at the bank window; I cannot figure this one out for the life of me) we have now. I may just have to run on mute from now on. :rolleyes:

[mystafyi]

I wonder if only the store bought pets will be able to open doors/runes ect. Also, how long before store bought only pets add stats/skills.

[NaturalHazard]

Posted so people know what you're talking about.

http://i811.photobucket.com/albums/zz36/Landar/DDo%20Screenshots/ScreenShot00054.jpg

Looks to me like a generic familiar/mount sort of thing.

So what are the tricks for? Are these tricks we can use to get plat like somewhere behind the golden wing inn?

[eterna1_drag0n]

If they can be trained to do any of the following it will be a massive improvement to player quest time. I'll take a Kobold!


Box Breaking: Your pet will auto Break non-explosive breakables within 20 ft of your character.
Kobold hate big boxes!

Trap Spotting: Your pet will warn you of potentially dangerous Hidden objects/monsters.
No, Aiieee! Don't go that way, it bad.

Trap Searching: Your pet will auto Search out hidden boxes and passages.
Kobold will find shinies!

Door Opening: Your pet will open doors that you approach.
Master want to go that way? Okz.

Stone Collecting: Your pet will carry soul stones to the last shrine passed in quest.
Masters freind Die! Me help. / Aiieeee!! Master die! Run Away! Run Away!

Collectable Grabbing: Your pet will pic up any collectable with 20 ft of you character.
Shinies!

[oradafu]

I'm a bit split about the cosmetic only pets. I understand that its good idea to generate money, but I'd hate if they generated lag while contributing just flavor to the game. That is unless they are just static pets that sit on your shoulder (lame!).

As a minimum, cosmetic pets should be able to activate pressure plates. Yes, I'd like to see them be able to pull levers and switches or activate non-stat runes also, but it doesn't sound like we'll be getting that with these pets.

As for tricks, it would be nice if they had something like Intimidate or Bluff to grab aggro or distract. Put it on a long timer, like 5 or 10 minutes so it can't be abused, since I'm assuming the cosmetic pets have no hit points and don't interfere with mobs. I'm thinking of things like the ferrets from the movie Beastmaster and other such things were a small animal would distract someone so the hero could ambush, sneak, etc.

[Vengeance777]

I wouldn't be at all surprised if this is a way to test out some elements of the pet coding before druids are released. Nothing generates better data than thousands of players using the tech, and keeping them purely cosmetic at this stage means that any buggy behavior is (hopefully) unlikely to interfere with actual gameplay.

It actually strikes me as a pretty smart way to crowdsource bug detection and make some money along the way.



Would not surprise me at all. I woudn't be surprised if the Taken Cookie and the item that turns you into a Kobold in challenges is a live test of the druid form tech. They used cookies to test the Druid call lightning storm spell out and artificer dogs apparently use some of the druid pet tech. Good live tests by thousands of players.


If they can be trained to do any of the following it will be a massive improvement to player quest time. I'll take a Kobold!


Box Breaking: Your pet will auto Break non-explosive breakables within 20 ft of your character.
Kobold hate big boxes!

Trap Spotting: Your pet will warn you of potentially dangerous Hidden objects/monsters.
No, Aiieee! Don't go that way, it bad.

Trap Searching: Your pet will auto Search out hidden boxes and passages.
Kobold will find shinies!

Door Opening: Your pet will open doors that you approach.
Master want to go that way? Okz.

Stone Collecting: Your pet will carry soul stones to the last shrine passed in quest.
Masters freind Die! Me help. / Aiieeee!! Master die! Run Away! Run Away!

Collectable Grabbing: Your pet will pic up any collectable with 20 ft of you character.
Shinies!

Man I hope Kobold is a pet option.

[umeannothing]

Now who says WB won't insist that Bug's and the gang are ALL represented in our pet inventories?

I guarantee you right now, if Tweety Bird was offered as a pet, I would JUMP on his poor little tweeting bones!


(In case you couldn't tell, I loves me some Tweety bird!)

[TiranBlade]

Man I hope Kobold is a pet option.

You and me both, +1

[Cendaer]

This.
Sadly.

They talked about it in a interview on the day MoTU was annouced, so hunt that down in ur interest in more details.

Basicly you collect silly pets (some ingame, but most are store only), put them in your "stable" and can call them out to impress ur cat when ur high on cocopuffs.

or something

OMGROFLMMFAO

...why can't I rep you?

Have you reached maximum greenis?

[Yan_PL]

I'll take a succubus pet TYVM

in communist ... , succubus pet takes you!

[Yan_PL]

If they can be trained to do any of the following it will be a massive improvement to player quest time. I'll take a Kobold!


Box Breaking: Your pet will auto Break non-explosive breakables within 20 ft of your character.
Kobold hate big boxes!

Trap Spotting: Your pet will warn you of potentially dangerous Hidden objects/monsters.
No, Aiieee! Don't go that way, it bad.

Trap Searching: Your pet will auto Search out hidden boxes and passages.
Kobold will find shinies!

Door Opening: Your pet will open doors that you approach.
Master want to go that way? Okz.

Stone Collecting: Your pet will carry soul stones to the last shrine passed in quest.
Masters freind Die! Me help. / Aiieeee!! Master die! Run Away! Run Away!

Collectable Grabbing: Your pet will pic up any collectable with 20 ft of you character.
Shinies!

on next episode of "Pimp my Kobold",...


anyway, that is awesome, having a lil servant to do this kind of things. +1, man.

[Havok.cry]

I want a pet hordo, it runs ahead and "warns" you of traps, and when enemies approach it transforms into a "defensive mode" that closely resembles a soulstone. This would give turbine a way to test both pet coding and transformation coding with one object.

I also want a pet cube. full sized. with spots. a different amount of spots on each side. no more than six spots on a side though. I want to name it Damage. It should have ooze guard too.