No Patch This Week? Turkey For All!

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)

Falling Out of Love

even after much testing, coaxing and suggesting on my part, it looks as if the plump turkey and spring rabbit have fallen out of love. :(

prior to this year's noblegarden event these two unlikely lovers happily mated and produced cute little baby bunnies, much like when two spring rabbits find love with each other. why the plump turkey and spring rabbit had bunny babies only and not mutant cross species children is a mystery.

but alas, it seems that it was only a spring fling. when placed next to each other now, there are no sparks of love, no hearts, and much to my dismay... no baby bunnies. they are strangers to each other again.

it's always sad when blizzard corrects a fun and amusing mistake, but i guess it was only right. turkeys and rabbits weren't meant to be afterall.

A Funny?

i'm so immature sometimes :P

Don't Provoke the Suicidal Turkey!

ok, so the Plump Turkey jumping into fires was cute and amusing... at first. but now whenever i pull this pet out to just ENJOY it, rather than see it commit suicide, there's always at least one smart ass who thinks it would be amusing to watch my turkey die.

that's one of the downsides of companion pets who interact with the environment around them. it's often hard to mitigate and control, sometimes making it a headache for the actual pet owners.

this isn't a call for a change. i wouldn't want blizzard to stop implementing vanity pet + environment interaction. that would remove a lot of the existing and future interesting and fun animations. this is more of a frustration rant, heh.

so for now, unless i'm feeling morbid, i'll be summoning my turkey as far away from fire as possible. it will be up to make to take care of my sensitive feathery friend because no one else will!

One Lucky Night

update: 728 PM, Sunday evening
indeed the plump turkey is a strange one...

combine it with fire and you get dinner. combine it with the spring rabbit and you get... cross species mating. O_o

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two pets in one night; so EXCITING!

the onyxian whelpling is everything that one could hope for. a miniature version of an in-game creature (a boss, no less!), cute in an ugly sort of way, and s/he even "deep breaths" just like mommy! well, ok... not really. the whelpling's just 'blowing smoke' so to speak :P

and after three and a half hours of carefully planned daily/achievement grinding, the plump turkey is now in my possession. he's a bit suicidal though, the poor guy. thank you to a certain someone for all the help in getting this pet :) (ps: orc rogues are a damn rarity on my server!)

all in all, i'm pretty impressed by these two new pets. they both have very unique animations and skins/graphics, and are both equally adorable (although the whelpling's cute in its own way). either blizzard's taking the hint on how to make vanity pets more enjoyable, or critter companions have taken over the blizzard hq and are now designing the in-game creatures to their own liking! ^^;

Turkey Time's Almost Here!

sorta. the in-game turkey, yes. still half a week before the real thing, which i'm grateful for. so much to do in so little time, leaves me feeling pretty anxious and stressed.

it doesn't help that there are still some unclear things about the Pilgrim's Bounty achievements. there would definitely be less worry on my shoulders if i knew the details of this new seasonal event. but i'm the rare type of person that enjoys reading the end of a story before ever starting it, so i don't expect blizzard to make all aspects of new events readily available.

some things that i haven't been able to uncover:

• where to get/purchase: Turkey Shooter, Pilgrim's Hat, Pilgrim's Dress/Robe/Attire
• where each city's (horde and alliance) Bountiful Table will be located
• whether or not the dailies will be made available all at once, and you'll just have to pick one to do each day or if the dailies will be made random and only offered once per day

i don't need to be the first on the server or in my guild to get the achievements done or receive the pet, but i would like to get these achievements finished as soon as possible since next week is going to be busy even without the in-game stuff. knowing the finer details of the event would prove useful in getting it all done quickly and efficiently, but i haven't had much luck discovering them.

i DID find out that there will be an NPC in stormwind who offers a quest (possibly a chain) to learn all the thanksgiving recipes. the thanksgiving celebrants direct you to this NPC who then goes on about how to cook special dishes, etc. whether or not he will actually make the recipes readily available or send you off on some long winded adventure to purchase/find the recipes, i don't know yet. i'm hoping for the former.

after all that's said and done, the plump turkey will be mine!! *cackles evilly* uh, yea. :P but seriously, ever since i saw the turkeys in howling fjord, i knew i had to have one. i hope blizzard added in a neat little animation or emote to the turkey. perhaps a juicy, sizzling sound followed by a cooking timer ding? heh.

so here's to a busy busy weekend/week. i'll be doing lots of baking IRL and in-game, too bad only the food IRL tastes as good as it looks. :P

Upcoming Holiday Pets

WarcraftPets has brought us the disappointing announcement that the Macabre Marionette will NOT be a true vanity pet.

"This pet can only be used during the Day of the Dead event - it cannot be learned and kept like other small pets." - source

i've read mixed reactions on this. some are disappointed, but not surprised by blizzard's decision, while others are seemingly heartbroken. me? considering there are many more pets to come, i will just have to sigh and concentrate on the next upcoming pet.

speaking of next upcoming pet... it's almost Turkey Time!