Artificer Pets in Public Space?

[MaxwellEdison]

Wishbone (Suspension)

[KreepyKritter]

Fixed




ETA: I expect armies of metal-mutts named K-9 will lay siege to the Marketplace. Mark the day.

[Failedlegend]

IM ASHAMED OF YOU ALL.

We get a class with a HAND CANNON and a ROBOT DOG and NO ONE, I MEAN NO ONE mentions RUSH!!!



Side note: Any chance theres a choice of constructs..not just the dog?

[Momsboys]

SUPERDOG!

Clifford the big red dog ... so on

[EliahuTheMighty]

Yes Artificer Pets will be allowed in public spaces. We are not blind to the potential lag issues but the instancing system should handle the load, if not we will make adjustments to compensate.

My immediate thought for a way to reduce the potential lag: Have the Artificer Pets only be able to be summoned, and sustained, in a radius around the Artificer Trainer, similar to the way that your Tavern Healing is restricted to the Bartender on a Guild Ship.

[Karbalis]

Yeah, it probably will lead to more lag.

But I hope it also leads to Rangers getting actual Animal Companions, and Wizards/Sorcs getting Familliars(and then Druids later on getting Animal Companions as well). I like the idea of this tech so far.

Yea i'll vote for this. Dear god it would finally be nice to have one of my 4 of 4 LVL 4 spells i'm allowed as an AA at lvl 20 not be TOTALLY USELESS anymore.

[Full_Bleed]

Yes you can name them

Nice!

I was a bit worried that it would simply say something like, "Boffo's Pet" over them.

Much more interesting with real names.



As for the lag issue, that's what instancing is for. I'm not worried about it. Seems totally manageable.

[Havok.cry]

I'm going to name mine Bob, because it will swim so well.

[Truga]

Your sarcasm is tasty

Most people don't differentiate between stuttering and lag. They're thinking "oh my fps will be bad if there's tons of pets around" and have no idea it has nothing to do with lag, just their bad PC. :P

[Kenpai]

What is the status with pets and PvP? Will they be unusable (like certain Wall of Fire spells) in PvP or will I see the Lobster filled with 4500 Artificers and their dogs?

[Riggs]

With persistent pets - just make sure no raids ever have a contagious spell effect of any type...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupted_Blood_incident

[quijenoth]

Heres the ultimate artificer pets...

Dog (Half-life 2)


Ravage (Transformers)


probably showing my age here but... MUFFIT II (Battlestar Galactica)

[Failedlegend]

My immediate thought for a way to reduce the potential lag: Have the Artificer Pets only be able to be summoned, and sustained, in a radius around the Artificer Trainer, similar to the way that your Tavern Healing is restricted to the Bartender on a Guild Ship.

or the open air tavern in menecturn.

What is the status with pets and PvP? Will they be unusable (like certain Wall of Fire spells) in PvP or will I see the Lobster filled with 4500 Artificers and their dogs?

No you won't cause no one cares about PvP

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probably showing my age here but... MUFFIT II (Battlestar Galactica)

I'm sorry I'm sure some people hold that thing in dearest memory but it's bloody creepy.

[psteen1]

are we 100% positive that dogs are the only pet option? Or are we just assuming based on the splash screen?

[Failedlegend]

are we 100% positive that dogs are the only pet option? Or are we just assuming based on the splash screen?

99% of the discussion of artificer is speculation partly based off the PnP artificer and partly based of the small tidbits of info from rune arm/scroll drops, the blurbs on the char creation screen and the concept art...there's only been a FEW mentions from devs and its mostly wait and see.

[AnYtHiNg23]

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probably showing my age here but... MUFFIT II (Battlestar Galactica)

Darn, beat me to it - Muffit (the second) is a great name! (showing my age too - love original BSG)

Am i also right in assuming that as these aren't Player Characters, that we will end up seeing multiples of the same name running around...?

[Failedlegend]

Darn, beat me to it - Muffit (the second) is a great name! (showing my age too - love original BSG)

Am i also right in assuming that as these aren't Player Characters, that we will end up seeing multiples of the same name running around...?

I bet you any money we'll see a bunch of drow running around with Drizzit dogs if thats true.

[Damionic]

Gnasher

[parowan]

If artificers can bring their pets out in public they should be required to clean up after them - yeah i said it - I don't want them leaving their greasy little dumps on my front lawn!

Alternatively, I could be appeased if my rogue was allowed to pick other players' pockets (or shopkeepers!) in public spaces.

[Stormanne]

...and his waste will weigh as much a 1,000 suns.