In another 3 months maybe you'll get what you want...

Well, I don't like this pet, but also I don't feel angry or something. It's a gift, thats all. However, I'd like to see more flying pets, I wonna bird! The owl or raven, or even falcon!

How I imagine a lot of people's reaction when they opened that mail...

Vanity Pets by and large are not something I would use in the game. However, I have to see them in the game for those who do use them. I will say that this is the least annoying Vanity Pet that I have seen. The Wolfhound may be the other one, as I have not heard it bark in the game, maybe it does.

Anyway, this thing just floats behind the player, does not swirl around like the wild ones and makes no noise. I can easily ignore it or overlook it.

Good grief! All the whining before the ice wraith was delivered; all the whining about what was taking it so long to be delivered; now this, more whining.

[Moderator Note: Edited per our rules on Rude and Insulting Comments]

Actualy, Ice Wraith pets works just fine.
I forgot about all the bugs and unbalanced PVP for a whole 15 mins because i got this pet.
Thanks alot.

Maybe in a year or two these things will be considered cool because they will be incredibly rare!

All the other pets have been fairly cute. I like that they took a risk and went for something a little less cuddly. If you are trying to RP an evil or dark character, this might be the perfect complement.

Now if we could just train our pets and get some sort of passive benefit from them. Maybe the ice wraith could give us a slight passive against cold attacks? Maybe he's getting in the way to cool off and helping you by accident? (Like a dog attacking water out of a hose.)

Okay, I'm just gonna' go off track now....

Pig - passive boost to stamina - he has short legs and you get extra fitness training because you have to carry it all over the place

Monkey - doubles as provisioning hireling and gathers food once a day

crab - additional range detecting runes - he's low to the ground

dog - additional range detecting hidden enemies

guar - passive health boost - he just makes you happy!

....that was fun. :-)

Me: I'm ready to tell you my secret now.
Crowd: Okay.
Me: I see dead fish.
Crowd: In your dreams? (I shake my head no)
Crowd: While you're awake? (I nod)
Crowd: Dead fish like, in water? On plates?
Me: Floating around like floating fish. They don't see each other. They only see what they want to see. They don't know they're dead.
Crowd: How often do you see them?
Me: All the time.

(I couldn't resist adapting this)

Vizier wrote: »

ZoS-
Thanks for the Ice Wraith. It's what I always wanted. No no no, really. It's keen. I feel so appreciated being able to pull this floaty monster out of my _ _ _ whenever I feel like it.

Couldn't you think of ANYTHING ELSE to give people? A dog maybe? Good Grief! Ice Wraiths everywhere.

Want us to feel appreciated? Give us a couple bumps in inventory. How about a voucher for the horse of your choice? That would be real....Ice Wraith gets killed and thrown in the garbage as the inventory sink it's part of. Thanks.

I know it's a rant but so what. This floated a bone with me.

The thing is that ESO devs are usually out of sync with the player base. They do not understand the priorities and the issues of the gamers and I don't think they care about it either. So they really think we would be happy with or actually want a totaly useless Ice Wraith for a pet. Of course, as you point out, practical pain reliefs would be far more appreciated and meaningful.

On the other hand, it is a way of showing their appreciation which they didn't have to do. It is their way of rewarding our loyalty. Well, at least they are trying.

To be honest, pets are not really useful (and/or too tiny), which is not making them interesting enough. I'd suggest making more badass pets (tigers...) or giving up the idea for more cosmetic rewards such as costumes (maybe costumes of the 3 heroes from the trailer ?/ previous ES games/...). I prefer the second solution.

Two-Dogs wrote: »

It's a loyalty reward - we've earned it through our loyalty, by continuing to choose to support this product via our subscription fees.

It is not a 'gift'.

Semantics, gift/reward, they don't have to give us anything.

I personally see it as a gift, after all I didn't earn it, I just subscribed to a game I wanted to play.

For me and the dictionary, a gift is 'a thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present' while a reward is 'a thing given in recognition of service, effort, or achievement/give something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements.'

Sure there's a semantic difference - because they're two distinct words.

If I wasn't paying for ESO and Zenimax turned around and said, 'Hey, here's a pet', that to me, would be a gift. I haven't paid for it.

We've been steadily supporting their product through our monthly subscription fee and Zenimax claims they are rewarding our loyalty.

Giraffon wrote: »

Maybe in a year or two these things will be considered cool because they will be incredibly rare!

All the other pets have been fairly cute. I like that they took a risk and went for something a little less cuddly. If you are trying to RP an evil or dark character, this might be the perfect complement.

Now if we could just train our pets and get some sort of passive benefit from them. Maybe the ice wraith could give us a slight passive against cold attacks? Maybe he's getting in the way to cool off and helping you by accident? (Like a dog attacking water out of a hose.)

Okay, I'm just gonna' go off track now....

Pig - passive boost to stamina - he has short legs and you get extra fitness training because you have to carry it all over the place

Monkey - doubles as provisioning hireling and gathers food once a day

crab - additional range detecting runes - he's low to the ground

dog - additional range detecting hidden enemies

guar - passive health boost - he just makes you happy!

....that was fun. :-)

Personally I'd make the pets more like this if they had abilities:

Pig - Once a day player can take the Bacon passive granting the player 100 health for 30 minutes. 10% chance player will contract Pork Tapeworm debuff causing player to lose 100 health for 30 minutes instead of gaining 100 health.

Monkey - Randomly attacks mobs (when he feels like it) with Toss Poop attack dealing 25 damage per hit with a successful attack having a 10% chance to blind opponents for 4 seconds causing their attacks to miss. Toss Poop random attack can occur when player is in or out of combat, out of combat the monkey with target the nearest mob within 30 meters causing them to attack the player, if no enemies are within 30 meters Toss Poop attack will be directed at the player or player's party members within 30 meters instead.

Crab - Dashes forward in combat attacking enemies with Nip Ankles attack nipping at enemies with pinchers dealing 10 damage, successful attacks have a 10% chance to throw enemies off balance for 4 seconds.

Dog - Annoying Bark attack causes opponents to stop attacking player and try to kill the dog for 5 seconds. 10% chance dog will get stuck in Annoying Bark attack and continue barking for 30 minutes after player leaves combat.

Scuttler - Underfoot Attack, pet charges to nearest enemy 15% chance enemy will be tripped knocking them down and stunned for 2 seconds. 5% chance Underfoot Attack will affect the player if player and Scuttler are attacking the same target.

Ice Wraith - Once per day player can activate wraith's Keep Your Cool passive granting player 100 resistance to fire attacks. 10% chance Ice Wraith will activate the Frigid debuff instead causing players to be vulnerable to cold attacks by 100 for 30 minutes.

Meh I think this was neat (although the wait to get it was ridiculous, and a tad shady when you think about it). Perhaps something more functional next time guys. Although, assuming that the game continues to have a long life, then things like these may be very nice for bragging rights, to show those of us that have played the game the longest, perhaps there is a way to bridge the form and function gap for future rewards.