ZOS: Make Pets Tradeable

arkansas_ESO

With the introduction of so many new pets tied to specific real-money purchases like the guar and the wolfhound, those of us who like to "collect 'em all" are feeling pretty boned right now.

I'm suggesting that ZOS make pets unbound or bind on equip, so that they may be bought and sold by one player to another.

This allows:

Those that didn't play in the beta to have the Imgakin pet, by buying from a player that did play in the beta.

Those that purchased the Imperial Edition from somewhere other than Steam to have the wolfhound, by buying from somebody that did purchase from Steam.

Those that didn't purchase the guar plushie to have the guar pet, by buying the pet from somebody who did.

By adding this, ZOS will allow players to earn these items through gameplay, by earning the gold to buy these pets. This also adds in a major goldsink, as these exclusive pets will be rare in number and thus expensive, and furthers the goal of a player-driven economy as more coveted items can actually be traded from one to another.

Soloeus

Without auction house it wouldn't matter.

Leave them bound.

arkansas_ESO

Soloeus wrote: »

Without auction house it wouldn't matter.

Leave them bound.

I don't see why a lack of a central AH would be required to make my suggestions worthwhile. There's guild stores, (soon to be) guild kiosks and traders, zone chat, and third party trading sites such as ESO Outpost. I'm fairly confident that, if it was tradeable, I'd be able to find and purchase a wolfhound. I'd have to pay a premium, obviously, but that's what makes the pet rare and what makes buying pets a great goldsink.