tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3887008608229115262012-02-11T18:38:44.041-08:00For the WoW Vanity Pet obsessed.Quintessencenoreply@blogger.comBlogger5681100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-16563849798694089742012-02-11T04:19:00.000-08:002012-02-11T04:19:11.185-08:00

Thanks to Neuropathy from WarcraftPets.com, it was brought to light that Withers is currently bugged. He will shrink down as normal but when brought to a nearby water source, he's unresponsive and refuses to drink to regrow to his original size. Even when fully submerged, he remains small. After searching the WoW bug forums, it looks as though this bug started back in December of 2011. I'm

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-78833231030615051942012-02-09T15:49:00.001-08:002012-02-09T18:01:30.909-08:00

As the title says, Blizzard announced a tentative planned release time frame for Diablo 3 during their recent Quarter 4 Conference Call. "We've only ever said "early 2012". And we just decided we'd need until Q2 [2012] this week." - sourceThis places a possible release for the game between April and June. EXCITING! But as always, things could change. What on earth does this have to do with pet

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-64041481643447865472012-02-09T00:10:00.000-08:002012-02-09T00:10:53.441-08:00

Oh don't mind me. Just pretending to be a warlock with my Gregarious Grell haha. But since I don't have an ability like hellfire, I have to resort to using the Foul Gift of the Demon Lord for a warlock-y type effect. :P Not quite as cool but good enough for me. :D In any case, such an awesome and unique pet!

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-43268451640603879302012-02-08T16:02:00.000-08:002012-02-09T18:22:05.676-08:00

This post is what I'd consider more of an introspection write up and a bit more personal than normal, but I think it's relevant since many collectors, regardless of what they collect, will eventually need to take a step back and ask themselves these questions that I present. If it's not your cup of tea, no worries. There's nothing really of noteworthy companion news here so you can move along and

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-88117840569287968652012-02-07T09:32:00.000-08:002012-02-07T09:46:58.384-08:00

Many pet collectors have their own opinions and/or pet peeves when it comes to the holiday loot bag dropped companions, but a big one this Love Is In the Air in-game event is getting the coveted Toxic Wasteling on a character that already owns it. Normally getting a pet such as this would be a wonderful occurrence... except that this pet is Bind on Pick Up and therefore useless if the character

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-71547008049376960182012-02-05T01:01:00.000-08:002012-02-05T01:36:17.778-08:00

Good news! I bought the Darkmoon Turtle so now Speedy officially has a friend. :) The rest of the DMF will consist of doing dailies and gathering more artifacts for next month. If all goes as planned, next month I should be able to purchase the last two pets! *crosses fingers* Also, it doesn't seem as though there is a new Vday holiday loot bag companion, so pet collectors (who feel the same as

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-48730168513074859162012-02-04T20:31:00.000-08:002012-02-04T20:33:18.364-08:00

Darkmoon Faire, Love Is In the Air, and Lunar Festival - all on one night soon! I can't remember the last time when three in-game events converged like that. Maybe it's foreshadowing that this year will be a doozey for holidays? We'll see! Anyway, I'm ready for the faire (artifacts and all) and I'm all set to check out the Vday seasonal event. I'm hoping the DMF will be relatively bug free and

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-54195223937226180862012-02-01T22:30:00.000-08:002012-02-01T22:30:52.701-08:00

After being sick for about a week and a half, I slowly but surely gathered enough coins for my Lunar Lantern. With some help from a guildie, I also managed to purchase a Festival Lantern. :) Since each lantern pet is so lovely colored, I couldn't resist switching my transmog gear to match. :P Red and Blue! I'm just glad that there's no pink lantern because uh... not only do I not have a pink

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-30494202655842125692012-01-31T16:59:00.000-08:002012-01-31T16:59:51.605-08:00

WoWTCGLoot has started their presale for the Gregarious Grell, and this time those who participate will be entered into a random drawing to possibly win an Ethereal Soul-Trader! (OM NOM NOM NOM. *drool*) A random winner will be picked on Feb 10th. So if you're eager to be one of the first to play pretend warlock (or have TWO impish creatures out at the same time), check out their sale!

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-28945222141745966202012-01-28T16:43:00.000-08:002012-02-07T08:49:00.420-08:00

Just a quick reminder that the next TCG expansion deck is set to be released on February 7th! The common pet loot card for Crown of the Heavens will be the Gregarious Grell. I don't think there are any animation previews for this pet yet, so it's hard to say if it will do anything interesting or neat other than idle about. We'll have to wait until the 7th to find out. :) As usual, we can

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-67812554520464058062012-01-28T00:10:00.000-08:002012-01-28T00:15:03.167-08:00

But not if my scissors happens to be the Jaws of Life. :P I'm actually still quite sick but against my better judgement, I'm up and writing about the latest WarcraftPets.com contest! Inspired by the news of the upcoming MoP Pet Battles Feature, Breanni has challenged all WarcraftPets users to use the new little website feature to create their own pet battle scenario. And there are PRIZES! NOTE:

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-70156288419856509742012-01-22T20:08:00.000-08:002012-01-22T20:12:22.654-08:00

The Lunar Festival pets are here! And normally I would have already added them to my collection by now, but life has hit me with an on-going fever. So while I'd love to be able to go about collecting the coins and earning those pretty little lamps, I'm just going to have to wait a little longer before taking a more serious and strenuous approach. To be able to enjoy pixels, one needs life, and to

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-76992781778478777462012-01-21T02:22:00.000-08:002012-01-22T00:48:01.335-08:00

UPDATE: So! Something interesting that I discovered, "Honoring every elder will grant you 75 Coin of Ancestry..." Is this true? Can anyone confirm? Why oh why wasn't I made aware of this sooner?! If this is true for this year's Lunar Festival, the final total for visiting EVERY elder will be 159 coins, which is enough to purchase not one or two, but THREE of the same lantern pet. Great news for

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-53868096519742394532012-01-14T22:52:00.000-08:002012-01-21T02:38:10.525-08:00

The Lunar Festival is only a week away, so I've been starting to plan out how I'm going to go about getting both new pets from this in-game holiday. Oh and if you missed the news, Blizzard has finally added companion pets to the last remaining petless holiday! The Lunar Lantern and the Festival Lantern. (Yay, every major holiday has at least one pet now. :P) Note: It's still not clear or

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-77377984759283531482012-01-13T17:36:00.000-08:002012-02-07T08:49:25.445-08:00

Wowtcg.com has previews of the loot coming in the next TCG expansion deck, Crown of the Heavens! Being the common loot card, the Gregarious Grell is first up on the list. Their preview page has an image of both the physical card and a screenshot of what the pet will look like in game. There's no indication on the page that it will have any special or unique animation/interaction, though. The

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-81321017648886879482012-01-12T21:54:00.000-08:002012-01-12T22:04:03.553-08:00

Now that more data is available from Wowhead, I recently did a numbers crunch for the companions that changed to zone-wide drops in Cataclysm, and as expected the droprate for these few pets is lower post-Cata than pre-Cata. For example, a pet that was a 1 in 1,000 drop from a specific set of mobs turned into 1 in 8,000 drop once it became a zone-wide drop. Just a side note: The numbers presented

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-33777062711289374342012-01-11T21:43:00.000-08:002012-01-11T22:24:59.002-08:00

In case you missed the reveal at Blizzcon 2011, MMO-Champion has a straightforward review of Pet Battles. Keep in mind that even though that all of this was officially announced by Blizzard, there are still no guarantees that everything listed will go live with the next expansion. Things could change between now and the release of MoP. Also keep in mind that there are still MANY MANY things

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-87804926346388929682012-01-08T18:00:00.000-08:002012-01-08T18:00:46.828-08:00

The DMF is over for this month, and thankfully Blizzard was able to resolve the issue with the bugged artifacts. I petitioned a GM and they quickly gave me 10 tickets for both the artifacts. At first the tickets were actual items and not currency (therefore not usable to purchase anything), but they swiftly responded by adding them to my currency tab once I mentioned it. Glad to see that they

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-75496858599048662562012-01-04T23:11:00.000-08:002012-02-07T08:49:57.595-08:00

If you missed it, MMO-Champion now has a preview of the Eye of the Legion pet. It was datamined from the patch 4.3.2 PTR. And according to this tweet, this pet will be from the TCG expansion deck Timewalkers: War of the Ancients. There are still two more TCG sets that need to be released (Crown of the Heavens - scheduled for release some time in February and Tomb of the Forgotten - likely to be

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-75162918793813274712012-01-04T17:31:00.000-08:002012-01-07T01:39:59.375-08:00

UPDATE: There's a new blue post concerning the Captured Insignia and Adventurer's Journal: "We’ve identified a number of issues with the Darkmoon Faire this month, and they should be resolved for the February faire. Specifically, we found problems with: • Attempting to turn in the Adventurer's Journal and Captured Insignia which are associated with these quests “The Captured Journal” and “The

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-41975948300869203622012-01-03T22:33:00.000-08:002012-02-07T08:50:33.763-08:00

MMO-Champion has a new one for us (datamined from the 4.3.2 PTR): Eye of the Legion! All that's known so far is that the item is of blue quality and is BoP. It's anyone's guess when and where this pet will come from, or even IF it will be offered to players on live servers. My only hope: NOT A !@#$%^&%^$#* RNG HOLIDAY LOOT BAG ONLY DROPPED PET. Seriously, Blizzard. Even IF a portion of your

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-83815913603427458682012-01-03T08:54:00.000-08:002012-01-03T09:48:37.950-08:00

Don't know if anyone remembers my first screenshot as a fire kitten with the Disgusting Oozeling out, but the fire kitty is back and this time... a SUPER fire flaming cat! One might ask, "But Quint? How does a fire cat become a SUPER fire flaming cat?" The answer of course, is to eat your fill of fiery pets! My druid's favorite being the Phoenix Hatchling. I mean, cats naturally enjoy poultry

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-21316991769003471062012-01-01T15:11:00.000-08:002012-01-03T09:29:21.554-08:00

Alright, well there are a few bugs that have made themselves known now that a second DMF is here. Here is a list of the few that will likely have an impact on ticket collecting, and therefore pet collecting: - Captured Insignia, Adventurer's Journal, and possibly other artifacts are not behaving properly and giving many players the "Cannot complete again" error message. This is likely due to a

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-8211278992432812482012-01-01T01:44:00.000-08:002012-01-01T01:50:31.836-08:00

I picked up my second DMF pet tonight, and had a blast watching (and hearing!) it get destroyed over and over again. >:3 I especially love the little *pop! squeak* noise as it explodes. *Evil cackle* Here's some video I took of the Darkmoon Zeppelin going up against Lil' XT. Yesssss... burn! BURN IT ALL! (WITH THE LEMONS! *ahem* oops, Portal 2 reference. :P) Sorry I'm taking my frustration

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-53344132889597194802011-12-31T18:40:00.000-08:002012-01-01T21:41:22.517-08:00

The New Year will be kicking off with the Darkmoon Faire this year. Hopefully this is a good omen for the coming year for pet collectors! My plans for this month's faire are all set, and I should be ready to go. I even went out hunting for archaeology fossil fragments in preparation, and if this month's archaeology quest requires some other type of fragment, I should have enough of all of them

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-45505545238686958312011-12-29T03:56:00.000-08:002011-12-29T04:33:24.756-08:00

Well, there are exactly 4 more days of Winter Veil which means 4 attempts left. At this point I've thrown all hope out and I'm doing the daily out of pure routine and stubbornness. I don't expect to receive Lumpy on my main collector this year. My gut has yet to fail me, so I suppose I just have to accept it. I haven't lost my spirit as a pet collector, but I have lost some faith and confidence

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-90605318838161915182011-12-27T22:48:00.000-08:002011-12-28T03:17:38.946-08:00

MMO-Champion has an unofficial breakdown of companion pet statistics (~6.4 million level 85 character sample size, many toons are alts). The full list of pet stats can be found in the comments of the post. According to these stats, Mr. Chilly is the most common while rarest is Poley. What I found most amusing about this particular post was one of the comments: "Kinda surprised about the Lump of

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-10334151130977944262011-12-27T04:08:00.000-08:002011-12-27T04:09:17.395-08:00

It's one thing coming from a biased pet collector like me, who has something to lose when it comes to completing the daily each day during this holiday. But when a guildmate tries it for the first time, one who has nothing to lose and doesn't collect pets at all, comments "how was that supposed to be fun?" and asks why anyone would do the daily/subject themselves to such disappointing rewards

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-49881079037647354832011-12-25T04:12:00.000-08:002011-12-25T04:28:39.023-08:00

If there was a competition for "most psychic", my gut would be a pretty good contender. Did my usual round of log in, do dailies, and get disappointed this Christmas morning, except with the slight difference in disappointment. Upon logging in, I just had this sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach. Part of me knew that I would experience a different type of disappointment today. It was just

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-90672824296445258362011-12-24T17:26:00.000-08:002011-12-24T17:26:33.038-08:00

Despite being a grumpster this in-game season, Lumpy still has not graced me with its presence. Sigh. Regardless, I wish everyone a safe and merry holiday! Here's looking ahead and hoping for a bright and shining future for pet collecting and pet collectors. May there be many awesome little friends waiting for you just over the horizon. :)

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-38230685142137102162011-12-23T04:24:00.000-08:002011-12-23T04:32:11.332-08:00

I don't know if you've noticed this... but I'm not having fun hoping for Lumpy. Note the use of "hoping" instead of "hunting". Yes, that's pretty much what I and many other collectors have been reduced to when it comes this companion as well as the other holiday loot-bag dropped pets. Rather than working hard and being rewarded for our efforts, all that can be done is pray, hope, and agonize for

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-16834322024897748582011-12-18T23:40:00.000-08:002011-12-19T00:54:10.511-08:00

MMO-Champion has a new video preview of the Soul of the Aspects (datamined from the 4.3 PTR but wasn't released onto live servers... yet?). At first I thought it was just the same animation as the Celestial Dragon companion. There are definitely some similarities (such as the star formation it outlines), but to my surprise the Soul of the Aspect has some other pretty cool animations. :D There's

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-40937613821444588082011-12-16T21:02:00.000-08:002011-12-18T09:05:01.187-08:00

Now that the hunt for Lumpy is on, I've been hearing and reading a lot about other collectors trying for this pet on multiple toons and many hoping for it on an alt. That makes sense given that Blizzard recently announced that they plan on making most (if not all) companions Bind on Account. Unfortunately for me, this notion still doesn't ease any anxiety or nervousness about getting this pet.

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-76277333498158925552011-12-16T09:19:00.000-08:002011-12-16T09:19:05.149-08:00

Looks like the EU Blizzard PetStore is getting a holiday discount as well as the NA PetStore. Until January 2, the Pandaren Monk is now half off in the EU store! For the NA store, this pet sale still ends on December 19.

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-6946397456913202372011-12-15T07:43:00.000-08:002011-12-15T07:52:59.165-08:00

Well, day 1 of Winter Veil yielded no Lumpy. At least the new daily was quick and painless (hooray for riding on another group's Greench kill? lol). One day down, 18 more chances left. Despite this being one of the longer in-game holiday events, one chance per day where it's completely out of my control whether or not I randomly receive the new pet... let's just say it doesn't induce very

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-26780267791726734212011-12-15T00:30:00.000-08:002011-12-15T03:00:18.055-08:00

According to a tweet from Atlasloot and a Wowhead comment, there may be a chance that players will be able to loot the old and original bot pet from 2007, the Clockwork Rocket Bot, from this year's daily reward, the Stolen Present. Currently no one's sure if this is a bug or if this is an intended drop (along with Lumpy), so we'll have to wait and see how things play out. I'm curious to find out

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-63687257278184647062011-12-15T00:15:00.000-08:002011-12-15T01:47:34.234-08:00

In case you missed it, MMO-Champion has a video preview of the D3 CE WoW pet, the Fetish Shaman. It's pretty wicked and even has an awesome idle animation (D3 inspired of course!) :D Can't wait to add this companion to my collection. I wonder how big it will be relative to my character. Right now it looks pretty big but looks can be deceiving when there's nothing to compare it to!

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-9097096377452336712011-12-12T16:37:00.000-08:002011-12-12T17:06:48.692-08:00

The title of this post says it all. DMF may be over but another in-game event is about to begin: The Feast of Winter Veil (coming soon to a major in-game city near you - this Thursday, December 15)! For this holiday, instead of an instanced dungeon boss, it sounds as though players will have to team up with a group to kill an outdoor boss for a holiday loot bag each day. I'm not entirely sure

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-8365357927944926872011-12-10T13:43:00.000-08:002011-12-10T20:24:31.490-08:00

The Darkmoon Faire ends tonight, but I managed to find all the artifacts, turn them in, and buy my first new pet. I didn't bother with the deathmatch since I'm not a fan of PVP in the slightest, but I still have 60 prize tickets ready and waiting for next month's faire. :D So when the next DMF comes around, I should be able to gather enough tickets for two pets. YAY! I think I'll go for the

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-83148973506906228242011-12-08T16:29:00.000-08:002011-12-08T22:37:02.584-08:00

UPDATE: Confirmed! Lil' XT will interact (and ultimately destroy) the Darkmoon Zeppelin. Thanks Neuropathy for testing this! I'm still not sure about the Darkmoon Tonk. I've read a couple reports that the Darkmoon Zeppelin is destroyed by any nearby Lil' XTs and Landro's Lil' XTs. Unfortunately, I didn't purchase the zeppelin as my first pet this month, so I'll have to wait until next month to

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-797198897953818202011-12-06T18:13:00.001-08:002011-12-06T18:13:47.221-08:00

I guess in celebration and anticipation of the next WoW expansion, MoP, Blizzard's cutting the price of the Pandaren Monk in half! Normally this martial arts, beer drinking bundle of fluff is sold for $10 (USD) from the official Blizzard PetStore, but from now until December 19 you can purchase the monk pet for $5. Time to spread the panda love this holiday season? Here's a monk for your monk so

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-28650938197552565002011-12-06T17:29:00.000-08:002011-12-06T17:43:30.930-08:00

Here are summaries of the blue responses to the inquiries about the DMF artifacts: - Players with the Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide in their inventory WILL be able to collect artifacts even when the faire is not in town. (source) - The total number of tickets that can be acquired each month in an ideal situation (NOT including the extra day if you do the dailies before they reset on Sunday) = 145.

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-88200055976963940832011-12-05T14:56:00.000-08:002011-12-05T15:20:53.456-08:00

I just bought my first Darkmoon Faire pet, the Darkmoon Monkey! What a cutie, but I still wish he had a unique idle animation or interaction with the environment, players or other pets. I can just see him throwing a banana peel at someone, causing a slip and fall animation (that doesn't actually stun or impair the player, of course). Oh well. Even without an animation, I'm happy to add him to my

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-31967703009571660802011-12-04T03:42:00.000-08:002011-12-04T04:14:44.933-08:00

It's finally here! The Darkmoon Faire! First night and guess who I found enjoying the petting zoo area? XD I gave Breanni a hug and made sure to pet the little penguins wandering around the area. :) Such nice and cute details are what makes events like the DMF so neat. The Sea Pony was a quick catch for me as well as many of my guildies. Only 10 casts and I reeled mine in! I'm not sure if

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-35408957972146942012011-12-03T18:43:00.000-08:002011-12-04T04:18:09.852-08:00

Just confirmed on an oceanic realm that the number of tickets rewarded for dailies has been reduced. Unlike on the PTR where the dailies awarded 5 tickets, they only award 1 ticket on live servers. This drastically reduces the number of tickets earned each month, and will change the number of pets that can be purchased. It also means it's going to take longer than 3 faires before all six pets

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-42477718012917591582011-12-03T13:12:00.000-08:002011-12-03T13:12:35.312-08:00

Many may remember Pengu, the lovable penguin pet that was once known for his red, demonic-looking eyes. Shortly after his release, Blizzard changed his skin slightly so that he lost his red eyes. "Exorcised" him, even. :P Well as of 4.3, it looks as though Pengu's been taken over by an eerie spirit again! Pengu has his awesome unique crimson eyes back as of the latest patch. Whether or not

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-6589416519917606232011-12-03T12:02:00.000-08:002011-12-03T12:04:04.481-08:00

The Darkmoon Faire comes to town tonight! For Oceanic realms, it's already up and running, so don't be surprised if some players are reporting that they've fished up the Sea Pony already. I know I got way too excited and thought Blizzard had made it available outside of the faire event, but El reminded me about the whole time difference thing lol. It's likely you'll still only be able to fish up

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-70987724598133446212011-12-02T09:04:00.000-08:002011-12-02T09:06:48.555-08:00

Blizzard released their official guide to the new 4.3 pets, and have confirmed another new holiday pet, Lumpy! It can be found within a Stolen Present, which is rewarded for completing the new Feast of Winter Veil level 80 daily quest You're a Mean One.... Since this is a daily quest, I'm wondering if it's supposed to act like the other holiday loot bag companions, and Lumpy will not have a 100%

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-83542173422273185392011-12-01T15:35:00.000-08:002011-12-01T15:38:45.886-08:00

Just a small update on the artifacts that can be found once you have your Darkmoon Adventurer's Guide safely stored in your inventory (not available until the faire comes to town, which will be on December 4th): According to an official Blizzard customer support statement, artifacts found within dungeons are now Bind on Pick up (previously not BoP on the PTR). "However, as any of the carnival

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-9193013022736610192011-12-01T00:11:00.000-08:002011-12-02T09:00:16.472-08:00

According to Atlasloot's tweet, the datamined Lunar Lantern and Festival Lantern will be from the in-game holiday Lunar Festival event for 50 coins of ancestry each lantern. Last I checked on the PTR databases, the Lunar Lantern is the alliance version while the Festival Lantern is the horde version of the pet. This may have changed since then, but we'll have to wait for the holiday to come

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-3613186948342332872011-11-29T23:42:00.000-08:002011-11-29T23:42:56.129-08:00

Patch 4.3 is finally here! I've been busy all day with moving gear around, transmogging, raiding the new Dragon Soul raid, and of course playing with my new Purple Puffer. The rest of the new pets will have to wait until next week when the DMF comes into town, but there's still plenty of stuff for me to do! I'm a little disappointed that the hearthing animation for the Winter's Little Helper and

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-10142598722099703642011-11-27T14:45:00.000-08:002011-11-28T07:11:38.933-08:00

GOOD NEWS EVERYONE! MMO-Champion is reporting that patch 4.3 should be out this coming Tuesday. *Insert nonsensical squee here* But of course, there's no guarantee and all we can do is bite our nails and anxiously wait and see. Also, MMO-Champion has some screenshot previews of the last few pets that we haven't had much access to yet. They were datamined from the 4.3 files, but we probably won't

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-56413713357016316682011-11-27T02:26:00.000-08:002011-11-27T02:26:01.390-08:00

It's still not clear if patch 4.3 will drop this coming Tuesday or the next, but so far it's looking more and more like the next content patch will go live during the first week of December (or even later). The PTR sounds as if it's still up and running (although I haven't checked recently), and normally the PTR is taken down a bit in advance before a new patch goes live. So based on that, and

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-15286251170140459162011-11-22T13:41:00.000-08:002011-11-22T13:56:10.815-08:00

According to Wowtcg, the next TCG deck, Crown of the Heavens, is set for release some time in February 2012. It was discovered on the 4.3 PTR that the common pet loot card for this next deck will be the Gregarious Grell. I'm looking forward to seeing how Blizzard approaches this pet, and if they give it any unique model/animations. Hopefully we won't have to wait too long for a preview of this

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-80285097220391291422011-11-21T19:06:00.000-08:002011-11-21T19:07:28.887-08:00

Found an old screenshot of my hunter's pet and err.. a turkey. ;) So in honor of turkey week, and for all those Plump Turkeys with that uncanny sixth sense, have a safe and happy holiday week! (We can haz patch 4.3 next week, y/y? 8D)

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-64400331692281971812011-11-17T07:56:00.000-08:002011-11-17T07:57:07.511-08:00

Now that the Darkmoon Faire is over, I haven't been spending as much time on the PTR. I really should be hunting for DMF artifacts since my characters got to keep the Adventurer's Guide from the faire, but I've been focusing my energy on finishing up my transmog sets on live servers. Silly me, and I have so little bag space as it is! Pilgrim's Bounty is coming up as well as WoW's Anniversary.

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-26346636255952696152011-11-13T00:29:00.000-08:002011-11-13T00:29:55.099-08:00

Just confirmed on the 4.3 PTR that if you log out on the Darkmoon Island prior to the faire ending, you'll get teleported back to where you zoned into the island once you log back in after the faire ends. Boo. That means you can't access the island if the faire's not in town. Looks like pet collectors will only have one week out of each month to farm for the Sea Pony. It shouldn't be too bad

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-39255369872309970422011-11-11T18:51:00.000-08:002011-11-11T18:52:55.138-08:00

Today I purchased the last two pets on the PTR, the Darkmoon Cub and the Darkmoon Balloon. Just in time since the faire ends tomorrow! Buying these last two on my alts left both toons with 0 tickets, so although I didn't start doing my dailies right as the DMF opened up (in other words, before dailies reset), I still earned enough tickets for exactly 2 out of the 6 new pets. Keep in mind that

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-18325558908676410172011-11-10T19:46:00.000-08:002012-02-08T14:07:19.576-08:00

Since I've been having trouble remembering the exact numbers and calculations for the Darkmoon Prize Tickets, I decided to consolidate all the information and write up something to remind myself. Things may have changed since the PTR (when this post was written), so feel free to inform me in the comments of any corrections that need to be made or of any information that I may have missed!

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-24549919732593635292011-11-10T05:59:00.000-08:002011-11-10T06:11:59.204-08:00

So, uh, remember Lizzy, a companion that was datamined in the past? Well... I think I found her? Or what appears to be a grown up version of her, that is! (Don't mind the little turtle in the pen, that's just my pet hogging screen time. :P) Apparently Lizzy's been hanging out at the faire all this time lol. Note: In all seriousness, though, the whereabouts of Lizzy (the mini-pet) is still

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-20241116659337573672011-11-10T05:51:00.000-08:002011-11-10T05:53:43.383-08:00

Another faire pet purchased on the 4.3 PTR, and still another recolored pet model. Regardless, the Darkmoon Turtle is still pretty cute! It'd be awesome if he raced against Speedy, though. I wonder who would win? :P Only two more DMF pets on the PTR to go! Hopefully I got all my ducklings are in a row, and my calculations are correct. I should have enough tickets on two other characters to

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-31810942432292785042011-11-09T19:29:00.000-08:002011-11-09T19:31:12.108-08:00

WoWJuJu has a short list of "special" pets that have unique animations or interactions. Here's part 1 and part 2. For those seeking information on which companions respond to emotes or who they interact with, check those pages out. In related news, WarcraftPets has future plans of hopefully implementing a filter feature so users can quickly find those "special" pets! It's a highly requested

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-67244486498041794832011-11-09T05:46:00.000-08:002011-11-12T05:21:09.614-08:00

UPDATE: Finally found a second artifact! Ornate Weapon dropped from the new Hour of Twilight heroic dungeon, off of the second boss. Unlike the bg artifact, where what you loot is what you get to keep, this artifact popped up as a standard uncommon item that party members could roll on. Both Need and Greed choices were available to click but I chose greed, so I'm not sure if it's actually

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-78071598424317016102011-11-09T00:59:00.000-08:002011-11-09T03:39:31.898-08:00

Here's an update on the status of patch 4.3 and an update of the possible progression of DMF pet acquisition: Firstly, WoWInsider tweeted earlier tonight that patch 4.3 is planned to be released in the "next couple of weeks". I'm guessing this is info gleaned from the 3rd quarter 2011 Activision-Blizzard conference call. I'm hoping this means it will be released in time for next month's Darkmoon

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-20233653301973166862011-11-08T10:24:00.000-08:002011-11-08T11:10:54.506-08:00

I've been hanging around the petting zoo area at the Darkmoon Faire on the 4.3 PTR, hoping to see Breanni the NPC again, and I saw something that I couldn't resist taking a screenshot of. This is one of the sweetest things I've seen in WoW in a while. Love little details such as this that the developers take time and care to implement. :) I wonder what happened to Hornsley, from the old

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-8956234412604344072011-11-08T05:29:00.000-08:002011-11-08T05:29:47.066-08:00

Two more Darkmoon Faire pets purchased while on the PTR, the Darkmoon Monkey and the Darkmoon Tonk. Note: They were purchased on two alts since it's unlikely anyone could have enough tickets to purchase a second and third pet on a single toon just yet. I still haven't seen any interesting idle animations from any of the DMF pets previewed on the PTR. It's a little disappointing since I can

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-90810919634576079582011-11-08T03:53:00.000-08:002011-11-08T11:20:54.638-08:00

While at the DMF on the PTR, I found the infamous Breanni NPC visiting the petting zoo! Concerned about her shop, I immediately traveled to Dalaran to see who was looking after the store while she was checking out the faire. Let's just say I was startled to find Breanni welcoming me into the store... According to El's Tweet after I inquired about Breanni and her possible clone, random NPC

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-89084118741515197842011-11-07T19:30:00.000-08:002011-11-07T19:32:27.329-08:00

I bought the Darkmoon Zeppelin last night on the PTR and it's a neat little companion. It doesn't really do anything that I can tell atm, which is a little disappointing considering it has this awesome looking mini-canon. Maybe it will be more lively once in the presence of another zeppelin pet, but for now it's just a fun little follower.

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-31260373620347208232011-11-07T02:14:00.000-08:002011-11-07T02:24:09.534-08:00

I'm currently working on 3 alts on the PTR to make sure I can buy all 6 pets in this one week that the DMF is in town. All the information gathered after purchasing all the pets will help towards creating the pet profiles over on WarcraftPets.com! Previews of at least one to three pets should be coming soon. I'm still debating which pets I want to test out first. If they have any particularly

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-35435596622597636972011-11-06T14:40:00.000-08:002011-11-10T19:30:14.688-08:00

WarcraftPets has a news post that answers a lot of the general questions about the revamped Darkmoon Faire, and MMO-Champion has a great list of all the possible quests that reward tickets (needed to purchase the new Darkmoon Faire pets). Be sure to check both out. :) For all 6 pets, a total of 540 Darkmoon Prize Tickets is required. Since ticket collecting seems very dynamic and probably

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-76362211024039913652011-11-06T10:30:00.000-08:002011-11-07T06:26:25.275-08:00

Note: Pet is on Papa Hummel's Old-Fashioned Pet Biscuits; actual size of the pet is smaller. Thanks to El's Extreme Anglin', the Sea Pony pet was confirmed as a fishing drop from open-water fishing on Darkmoon Island. The new zone requires a fishing skill of 75 for non-junk catches. With this knowledge in hand, I set out on the PTR to catch the Giant Sewer Rat version 2.0 lol. About an hour and

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-8949936070508335002011-11-06T01:05:00.000-07:002011-11-06T13:09:14.458-08:00

This is day one of the DMF testing on the 4.3 PTR. YAY! Here's the rough and general info on the new pets so far: - DMF vendor's name is Lhara - 90 tickets per pet - reputation is NOT required to purchase the pets - you can earn at least 55 tickets on the first night - old tickets CAN'T be used to purchase the pets, and are turned into "Tattered DMF Prize Tickets" - dailies and profession

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-62873538397603081142011-11-04T03:23:00.000-07:002011-11-04T03:26:39.545-07:00

Cryptozoic has announced that they are releasing the WoW TCG Fall 2011 Class Starter Decks on December 6, 2011. The decks will cost $10.99 (USD). Unlike expansion decks, this special release will include card reprints from older decks and each class starter deck will be tuned so that new TCG players can pick one up and be ready to play. Most notably (from a pet collector's point of view) is

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-52697082624270870482011-11-04T02:15:00.000-07:002011-11-04T02:49:44.008-07:00

MMO-Champion is reporting a very interesting change that was discovered on the 4.3 PTR: many holiday pets are NOT Bind on Pick Up anymore! They are currently Bind on Equip on the PTR. :O Here are the holiday pets have been noted to have changed to BoE: - Spring Rabbit's Foot (Noblegarden) - Truesilver Shafted Arrow (Love is in the Air) - Captured Flame (Midsummer Festival) - Sinister Squashling

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-79855713995639479922011-11-02T18:20:00.000-07:002011-11-02T18:20:20.388-07:00

Well, it's been 24 hours since the Guardian Cub was released, and people have started posting them on the AH and advertising them in trade chat. So far the going rate on my server seems to be 10k to 15k gold. But as was pointed out on WarcraftPets' Facebook, anything above 5k is a rip off. And anything less than 3k is a great deal! I'd say this is an accurate benchmark. Just yesterday a gold

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-22014022986807517282011-11-01T22:44:00.000-07:002011-11-01T22:44:12.968-07:00

Both Wowhead and MMO-Champion are doing giveaway contests for the new Guardian Cub! MMO-Champ has 15 cubs to hand out and Wowhead has 3 cubs. Simply sign up and leave a comment on the threads linked above and you'll be in the running for the random drawing. MMO-Champion's contest ends 24 hours (starting from the date/time of the post), while Wowhead will be doing their random drawing 5 PM PDT on

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-87980338066069111502011-11-01T17:23:00.000-07:002011-11-01T17:24:39.297-07:00

"Orphaned by its titan creators, the fledgling Guardian Cub has taken wing to look for a happy home."Well let me be the first to say the titans must be crazy to let this cute little one go! The infamous and somewhat controversial FIRST single-use PetStore companion is now for sale for $10 (USD). It's a really simple purchase, and very straight forward. You choose which character to redeem the

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-49078925156536312492011-11-01T01:27:00.000-07:002011-11-01T06:33:37.052-07:00

Hallow's End is over, but there's still one more holiday to celebrate before Pilgrim's Bounty. Day of the Dead! This holiday awards you with the TEMPORARY pet, Macabre Marionette. Of course this means that this companion is not a true vanity pet, but it's absolutely adorable all the same. I certainly wish it was a true pet that I could add to my collection. :3 BTW, it looks as though the bug

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-77387095762038842992011-10-28T16:54:00.000-07:002011-10-28T17:10:11.281-07:00

Wowtcg.com has the (first?) preview of the Purple Puffer pet! From the screenshots, this companion looks like it will be quite large. And oddly enough, it remains in its bubble even when underwater lol. Silly fish, you can swim! Perhaps it suffers from mysophobia (fear of germs)? :P Note: The Wowtcg page states that this pet is Bind on Equip, but Wowhead and MMO-Champion's database is listing

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-4058814477212510512011-10-27T22:13:00.000-07:002011-10-27T22:13:22.347-07:00

Something that I noted during the recent MoP Developer Q&A was a poll that asked "Excited for Pet Battles?!" The results of the voting shouldn't be taken as concrete stats or seen as a complete representation of the entire WoW and pet collecting community, but I just found it interesting that the 'very excited' vs the 'very not excited' votes were close. 27% to 24%. To top it all off, the more

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-26520796477650821592011-10-27T17:46:00.000-07:002011-10-27T22:13:35.139-07:00

WoW's next expansion Q&A session is currently live, and I'm watching it closely for any pet-related news. The following is a summary of what I've gathered so far: - Devs hope to implement experience gain from pet battles. Not enough to level just by participating in battles, but enough so players feel rewarded. - Players will be able to toggle pet battle duel invites on and off just like normal

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-21287343284096333362011-10-26T16:13:00.000-07:002011-10-26T16:13:43.595-07:00

Wowhead is having an EPIC TCG contest giveaway! Thirty (count them, 30!) TCG prizes, ten of which will be the soon-to-be-released companion, Purple Puffer. :O To enter is easy: make sure you have a Wowhead account and leave a comment on their post (linked above). In your comment you must answer the following question: 'What is your favorite holiday in World of Warcraft and why?' That's it! They

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-1769403700200657582011-10-25T21:16:00.000-07:002011-10-25T22:12:02.476-07:00

MMO-Champion is reporting another new pet that's been datamined from the latest PTR build. Yes! Another possible new pet. :D Soul of the Aspects! Could this be the companion who's model was datamined by Wowhead not too long ago (Chromatic Dragon Pet)? Perhaps the new rogue legendary weapon guild achievement reward? From the looks of the pet's item icon, it does strike me as similar to that of

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-81033632969624266822011-10-25T16:22:00.000-07:002011-10-25T16:43:35.323-07:00

The producers for Blizzard's WoW TCG, Cryptozoic, is coming out with another card game based on WoW. It will be called 'Clash of Champions' and is scheduled for release in spring 2012. My biggest question: could this mean an opportunity for more loot cards? Specifically... companion pet loot cards? :P So far there's no definitive answer. Keep in mind 'Clash of Champions' will be an entirely

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-73326687784114435112011-10-25T05:39:00.000-07:002011-10-25T05:48:55.474-07:00

The newest Lawbringer post on Wowinsider made an interesting point about the Guardian Cub. It's under "Buying something that's not for sale" in the article. The sale of PetStore and similar redeemable items in-game for gold has always been confusing and vague to me. In some instances it's ok while in other situations, it's not. That's pretty much why I've stayed away from buying anything (that's

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-30623834577266343332011-10-25T02:52:00.000-07:002011-10-25T07:25:00.973-07:00

Disclaimer: The views in this post may not be reflected by those associated or affiliated with Quintessence or Perks N Peeves. Opinions are those solely of the author. Also, I highly recommend reading the comments that follow as there are a lot of good points and discussions. :) I mentioned that I would dedicate an entire post to the topic of pet battles, but after reading a blue post response

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-86657119382561667572011-10-24T19:13:00.000-07:002011-10-28T01:56:42.732-07:00

I'm back at home and I've finally managed to catch up on stuff that needed attending to. Now it's time to take a closer look at all the new info that was shared at Blizzcon 2011! The biggest thing of course is pet battles, but I'm going to save that for a post of its very own. It's a huge topic that I could probably go on for pages and pages about, so I'll save that for later. First and

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-48427100307876988332011-10-24T18:15:00.000-07:002011-10-24T19:36:51.760-07:00

A big thank you to all the admins of WarcraftPets, and especially Breanni for a lovely dinner! It was great to be able to discuss everything from WoW to Starcraft and D3 to (eep) black widow spiders haha. Other than more play-testing and hanging out with guildmates, day two of Blizzcon 2011 was pretty tame. I saw a person dressed up as Stinker, though! Needless to say I had to restrain my urge

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-89832775132904699822011-10-21T21:28:00.000-07:002011-10-21T21:29:23.261-07:00

First day of Blizzcon - over! Almost. :P Blizzard dropped a huuuu~uge bombshell on us pet collectors today! If you haven't heard about it already, you can find the details about it here (MMO-Champion) and here (WarcraftPets). There are still tons of unknowns and questions that need to be asked/answered, so I'm going to hold back on passing judgement until more information is released. It seems

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-65671560674056442242011-10-19T08:35:00.000-07:002011-10-19T08:35:43.233-07:00

WarcraftPets.com will be having a meet-and-greet during Blizzcon 2011! If you're attending Blizzcon, please stop by to say hello and meet the infamous Breanni in person. :D There might also be some giveaways so be sure to sign your WarcraftPets username on the sign-in sheet! Details about the event: WHEN: Friday, 4-5 PM WHERE: Realm Meetings section LOOK FOR: A WarcraftPets sign / admins

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-40950493974886268002011-10-18T04:48:00.000-07:002011-10-18T15:10:23.042-07:00

Two words: Absolutely. Adorable. I added both the Creepy Crate and the Feline Familiar to my collection tonight! Whew, those Tricky Treats were more plentiful than I had previously thought they would be, but it sure was a trip around the world and then some to get enough for the Feline Familiar. Note: You should be able to gather PLENTY of Tricky Treats from just visiting all the candy buckets

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-78011537988828096082011-10-17T19:17:00.000-07:002011-10-18T05:07:55.092-07:00

MMO-Champion has confirmed that both the Creepy Crate and Feline Familiar will be available this Hallow's End! YAY! The Creepy Crate quest chain can be started by speaking with an innkeeper in Stormwind or Orgrimmar. After completing the low level and short storyline, players will be prompted with a choice on how to end the chain. Regardless of which choice is made, you will still receive the

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-70926167733759565502011-10-16T22:40:00.000-07:002011-10-16T22:42:49.384-07:00

While browsing through the companion spell and item IDs on Wowhead, I was reminded of a few datamined pets that still haven't found their place in Azeroth. A few of them are all set with both spell and item IDs, but either because they're for GMs only or developers haven't found a good time/place to fit them in, they're still not available. So I started to think, if I were to add these pets into

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-62247981602205950772011-10-15T19:00:00.000-07:002011-10-18T17:46:46.255-07:00

UPDATE: Feline Familiar will take MUCH less time than I thought it would! Each pumpkin (marked with a yellow exclamation above it) inside a friendly inn that you visit will provide at least 2 tricky treats each (upon your first visit only). Add that to your first Headless Horseman kill for each day, and the quests/dailies that are available, and you can expect to obtain the newest kitty in one to

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-43452701058437959362011-10-14T20:16:00.000-07:002011-10-14T20:16:14.932-07:00

Thanks to a tip from Zoros on WarcraftPets.com, it's looking more and more likely that the Feline Familiar will indeed be a new pet available during next week's Hallow's End. The new kitty pet is listed as costing 150 Tricky Treats on WoW's official armory database. Whether or not this currency and the number involved is accurate is yet to be seen, but it does indicate that whatever the cost,

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This is the second half of my original post about the Guardian Cub. All thoughts and views on the matter are solely my own and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of any community, organization or affiliation I may be apart of. Justifying the Sale In General Nevermind the cost vs use issue of the Guardian Cub. Let's talk about what the sale of this pet means in general for the direction of

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-79008957640724239552011-10-14T05:51:00.000-07:002011-10-14T20:42:28.821-07:00

After checking out Blizzard's upcoming charity auction, I've been hit with a huge sense of nostalgia. I'm pretty attached to my server for many reasons, so finding it on the giant list of servers and seeing what the original piece of hardware that it ran on looks like... well let's just say I couldn't help but smirk a little. The stories that thing would tell if only it could talk. My entire WoW

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-5393449510008065272011-10-13T17:13:00.000-07:002011-10-14T18:46:36.340-07:00

I've given this a few days' worth of thought, have read through a chunk (but not all) of the comments/ideas/opinions on the forums, but I'm still somewhat on the fence about the Guardian Cub. I'm not 100% against the sale of the pet, but I do agree that there are things that do need to be addressed and reconsidered. From what I can see, there are two major issues with this upcoming pet: the

Quintessencenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-388700860822911526.post-58965336315612071282011-10-12T23:22:00.000-07:002011-10-12T23:22:16.333-07:00

Tonight was especially eventful for my guild! We had to push past our normal end raid time, but not only did we get heroic Beth'tilac on our first night attempting her, we managed to finish up our guild's first Dragonwrath, Tarecgosa's Rest! Finally, a Lil' Tarecgosa to call my very own. :) Grats to my guild and my fellow officer who completed the legendary staff. PS: Thanks for the pet haha. I

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UPDATE: A blue poster confirms that Throne of the Tides loot won't be available until patch 4.3. "The items awarded from the latest TCG loot cards will be added to the game with the release of patch 4.3, so they can't be redeemed before the items exist." - ZarhymUnless I'm mistaken, it sounds as if we won't be able to redeem those Purple Puffer loot codes any time soon. We'll have to wait for

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