Warden pet?

Tapio75

Hey.

I read the details of expansions and even while im all happy happy with the new expansion, the warden pet makes me bit worried.

A bear was only thing mentioned, though i was hoping for a class that can tame itspet, i was skeptical about it but i do hate bears as a pet. My khajit was waiting for senche for example.

Will the warden be limited to only have bear as a pet? Anywhere any knownledge of this?

ADarklore

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Tapio75

As long as theres senche, im happy..

But i would like to be able to choose skins for pets... I am allready tired of everyone having a clannfear, a daedric monekey or daedric bird.

Variety is, what makes pets so interesting. They add to characters story.

Kuroinu

Another of the pets is a Cliff Racer. It was mentioned briefly during the livestream.

guul

Here, another one who needs Senche. We need Variety. Yes yes we need

ZOS_GinaBruno

ADarklore wrote: »

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Correct. The bear is just one of the animals we focused on for the official announcement trailer, but there are other animals through the skill line.

Abeille

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Correct. The bear is just one of the animals we focused on for the official announcement trailer, but there are other animals through the skill line.

Thanks Gina. Can you tell us how the "Gray Bear" works? Does it simply replace the brown bear in any Warden we make on an account that has the collector's edition, or is it something we can toggle? Can I have two Wardens with bears of different colors?

Contraptions

They also seem to be adding cosmetic skins for the summons, like the white war bear for preorders. I'm assuming those that don't preorder only get a brown bear or something.

Artis

If there's more pets, then all of them should have a color different from the colors people who didn't preorder will have.

CloneTrooper699

This is amazing, I love characters that have nature pets (the Sorc was ok but didn't fully satisfy). Can't wait to have a werewolf Warden and relive the Diablo 2 Druid days.

Gandrhulf_Harbard

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Correct. The bear is just one of the animals we focused on for the official announcement trailer, but there are other animals through the skill line.

Why not go the route of the Hunter in WoW and allow the Warden to choose their own pet.

WoW's version was pretty complex at one point and they they refined it to have three types of Pet DPS / Tank / Support. All tameable animals fit into one of those three categories so only three sets of abilities needed to be worked on.

One of the BIG problems in ESO in my opinion is the homogeneity of appearance. Apart from dyes pretty much all X Level toons of Class Y look alike, because they are using the same appearance gear.

This is even more apparent with Sorc pets (which BTW look so damned awful that I deleted my Sorc before it got anywhere).

Please, please don't make the same mistake with Wardens.

Give players the ability to at least look different from one another, we all know the skill meta means most people are shoe-horned into just one or two builds per class already so we don't get to play / feel that much different from one another.

All The Best

CubanRay

A Sorc and Templar rip off with ice .

Tapio75

@ZOS_GinaBruno

Thanks for the info.

Though we need some way to give more variety to pets, predesigned are a bit bland while at the same time, pet class is amazing.

Personally, i dont need any other skill sets from different looks, all i want, is that no matter what pet skill we get, we have full cariety of beasts available for that skill. Perphaps just go around a world and have a new button you bind for "Capture animal appearance for skill x

Or crown store appearances... Appearances could also be behind quest achievments in certain areas, senche lioness from Reapers march, scuttler from Vvardenfell etc.

There could also be other skins for sorc, most notably what i have been missing is flame atronach which was pretty standard in Skyrim and Oblivion for me. That could be scamp skin for example.. Clannfear could have flesh atronach skin, storm atronach ultimate would have bone giant skin for example..

We need more variety to make each character more personal, both in skills and in appearance

Chilly-McFreeze

Abeille wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Correct. The bear is just one of the animals we focused on for the official announcement trailer, but there are other animals through the skill line.

Thanks Gina. Can you tell us how the "Gray Bear" works? Does it simply replace the brown bear in any Warden we make on an account that has the collector's edition, or is it something we can toggle? Can I have two Wardens with bears of different colors?

I'm curious about this since the despriction states "Get an exclusive grey War Bear to fight by your side while playing as a Warden." - So I guess this means it isn't an ordinary non-combat pet but rather an reskinned pet from a skill.

FLuFFyxMuFFiN

Abeille wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Correct. The bear is just one of the animals we focused on for the official announcement trailer, but there are other animals through the skill line.

Thanks Gina. Can you tell us how the "Gray Bear" works? Does it simply replace the brown bear in any Warden we make on an account that has the collector's edition, or is it something we can toggle? Can I have two Wardens with bears of different colors?

I am hoping it has something to do with the collections tab, like a combat pets tab, where you can choose a skin for it. This would allow them to put many more skins and possibly allow us to change the animal completely keeping it cosmetic only. For example we could change the bear to appear as a senche or a wolf instead.

theivorykitty

FLuFFyxMuFFiN wrote: »

Abeille wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Correct. The bear is just one of the animals we focused on for the official announcement trailer, but there are other animals through the skill line.

Thanks Gina. Can you tell us how the "Gray Bear" works? Does it simply replace the brown bear in any Warden we make on an account that has the collector's edition, or is it something we can toggle? Can I have two Wardens with bears of different colors?

I am hoping it has something to do with the collections tab, like a combat pets tab, where you can choose a skin for it. This would allow them to put many more skins and possibly allow us to change the animal completely keeping it cosmetic only. For example we could change the bear to appear as a senche or a wolf instead.

I like this idea. Especially because it wouldn't mess with balancing but would still allow players to have a pet that suits their fancy.

Draconerus

Tapio75 wrote: »

As long as theres senche, im happy..

But i would like to be able to choose skins for pets... I am allready tired of everyone having a clannfear, a daedric monekey or daedric bird.

Variety is, what makes pets so interesting. They add to characters story.

Sounds like skin choices are an option since the CE comes with a Grey Warbear option.

Glaiceana

I think a wolf would be a likely other option, along with a senche. That would be 3 different ones, not sure if they would put more than that through the skill line, we will see

Luigi_Vampa

Chilly-McFreeze wrote: »

Abeille wrote: »

ZOS_GinaBruno wrote: »

ADarklore wrote: »

From what they've said, an entire skill line is based upon 'animals'... but it's pre-designed animals, not ones you 'tame' yourself.

Correct. The bear is just one of the animals we focused on for the official announcement trailer, but there are other animals through the skill line.

Thanks Gina. Can you tell us how the "Gray Bear" works? Does it simply replace the brown bear in any Warden we make on an account that has the collector's edition, or is it something we can toggle? Can I have two Wardens with bears of different colors?

I'm curious about this since the despriction states "Get an exclusive grey War Bear to fight by your side while playing as a Warden." - So I guess this means it isn't an ordinary non-combat pet but rather an reskinned pet from a skill.

It is a reskin of the Warden's bear ultimate.

exeeter702

CubanRay wrote: »

A Sorc and Templar rip off with ice .

Lol... Mind explaining that logic?

Tapio75

Draconerus wrote: »

Tapio75 wrote: »

As long as theres senche, im happy..

But i would like to be able to choose skins for pets... I am allready tired of everyone having a clannfear, a daedric monekey or daedric bird.

Variety is, what makes pets so interesting. They add to characters story.

Sounds like skin choices are an option since the CE comes with a Grey Warbear option.

As long as theres some more than multicolored bears hehe ^^

My senche wish a bit more complicated.. See i got that senche tiger mount way back and made a whole character around it, also themed to be senche tiger color so the mount and the character are the same look. Now what i am hoping for, is to either have a senche tiger or for other character, a senche lioness ;D

Whole families of cats ya see =^.^=

Skins would be nice way to get variety as long as there are real choices and multiple color variations of same animal.

Jim_Pipp

Pet reskins would be amazing. Come on Grievous twilight.

Lynx7386

+1 for senche pet. My khajiit Warden will need a battle cat.

Tapio75

Lynx7386 wrote: »

+1 for senche pet. My khajiit Warden will need a battle cat.

This one wishes, that a senche lioness would be company for King pride lion and senche cub.

This khajit is all lion style.

mullinsthegreatb14_ESO

Honestly? I just hope smilodon (sabre cat) is an option. I yearn to unleash some primal fury upon my foes.

Emencie

There are people out there that don't want the bear?

mullinsthegreatb14_ESO

@Emencie oh don't get me wrong, the bear looks amazing, but it wouldn't be my first choice of companion out of tamriel's fauna and megafauna

Mattock_Romulus

Summons

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Bear: Tank Pet.

Fearsome Flock (swarm of cliff racers) ranged attack, dot with accuracy debuff.

Senche: Melee Direct damage pet with bleed

Squirrels of Doom: Ranged detaunt

Adoring Fan: wood elf follower that does nothing but get killed.

Luigi_Vampa

updegramub17_ESO wrote: »

Summons

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Bear: Tank Pet.

Fearsome Flock (swarm of cliff racers) ranged attack, dot with accuracy debuff.

Senche: Melee Direct damage pet with bleed

Squirrels of Doom: Ranged detaunt

Adoring Fan: wood elf follower that does nothing but get killed.

By Azura! By Azura! By Azura! It's the Grand Champion!

drakhan2002_ESO

Tapio75 wrote: »

As long as theres senche, im happy..

But i would like to be able to choose skins for pets... I am allready tired of everyone having a clannfear, a daedric monekey or daedric bird.

Variety is, what makes pets so interesting. They add to characters story.

Did you not watch the video? In it they talk about birds and a bear. And other "animals" (which were not named). Because the bear is the ultimate I'd imagine that you'll be using the bear quite a bit...hopefully it will grow on you.

Tapio75

@drakhan2002_ESO

This one is but a simple cat person..

Anyway, bears are great animal companions but its just that.. I have this Dwarf in some other game who has had a bear companion for years after years, now i just connect bear and dwarf everywhere and would like some choice

I guess i bear with the bear at least for some timenut i would really apreciate some other skins in good color variations. Good being senche tiger, not moonlight senche tiger.. Senche panther, not striped senche panther.. Senche lioness, not spotted senche lioness.. You see where i am going? I wish for variety that has no extra spice on it. Just plain normal animals..

This is why i want pet classes that can tame beasts, predesigned beasts are too often made more "Cool" somehow and while other would love this, the taming thing can give everyone the right one. As i said, it does not need to be anyway else different, can have always same abilities, the important thing is, that there is endless choice.