But anyway, onto the updates and changes! Taken directly from the notes:
- "For the Pet Battlers out there, there's a separate chance for an additional visitor offering unique Pet Battles with a chance to award a bag containing Pet Battle items and new Battle Pets." (Erris the Collector, Kura Thunderhoof)
- Note: If you don't have the Menagerie unlocked, you can still accept and complete the daily quest (Critters of Draenor) that Erris and Kura offer when they show up in your garrison. Unsure if this will change prior to 6.1 being released.
- "Reduced the difficulty of quests to unlock the Menagerie, elite pet challenges, and pet battle daily quests."
- Note: The change to the quest Pets vs Pests includes the removal of the boss passive as well as HP changes for the pet NPCs (unsure of the latter as I can't find proper info on the current health of the three pets).
- "New battle pets have been added to Black Temple, Caverns of Time: Hyjal Summit, and Sunwell Plateau along with a new achievement, Raiding with Leashes III to collect them all. Completing the achievement to collect all the new Battle Pets will award a Naaru pet." (Raiding with Leashes III)
- Nothing much to say here except WHEEEEEEE!
- "Level 100 characters with a Tier-3 Garrison will now receive an item in the mail that increases a single Battle Pet's level to 25." (Ultimate Battle-Stone)
- Note: This is currently untrue on the PTR. Instead of being mailed a battle-stone, the Menagerie NPC still offers the Unearthed Magic quest that rewards the Ultimate Battle-Training Stone. The level 3 garrison prerequisite might still apply though.
One thing that wasn't mentioned in the PTR patch notes is that Flawless Battle-Stones have had their level penalty removed.
Using a quality stone on a level 15+ pet no longer causes said pet to lose levels. So upgrade away!
Another quality of life improvement, Pet Charms stack to 1000 on the PTR. YAY! Now I don't have to feel silly for hanging onto extra charms that take up bag space. :)
Edit: Pet Charms have also been changed to BoA, along with Battle-Training Stones. My inventory says thank you 100 times over!
This is some good stuff. I love that pet charms are boa. Now they just need to add that pet that will be worth 1k pet charms or something.
ReplyDeleteAlso I wish they would give 6 - 10 Ultimate Battle-Training Stone for the quest or whatever. For true pet collectors this wouldn't even be 10% of what they have. For newbies though, they can be completely overwhelmed with the number and variety. 3, 6, or 9 would make a good number of starter pet teams. While 10 would be nice to represent 1 for each family. I hope the Ultimate Battle-Training Stone, will be obtainable through other means as well pet charms or drops in bags or something.
@Nicky M.: One way to obtain more than one Ultimate Battle-Training Stone is to create a ton of alts, level them all to 100, and unlock the Menagerie to access the quest. Not a very efficient way of going about it, but at least it's possible.
DeleteAnd there's always a chance that the stone will be available in larger quantities in the future, once players need even more assistance with catching up.