Virtual Pet Options in the Top MUDs

In Iron Realm's top MUDs, classes make use of the ability to summon loyal entities of different varieties--perhaps a falcon or a snake. These can be invaluable not only for combat, but also inspiration for roleplay. There are some who look down on 'Pet RP', which often just ends up being owner speaking through and to their animal. This can seem rather one-sided as it is essentially means that this person is just talking to himself! This does not have to be the extent of the interaction, however.

Many classes can and do make use of all kinds of mounts. Everything from stubborn mules to tigers, to wyverns and chimeras. With a few lessons the creatures one can vault upon and survey the realm from is an innumerable list. Some have exotic defining features, some can fly, and many will need to be fed. They can be named and attributed with a personality all their own. They become our stalwart partners through thick or thin, and sometimes their deficiencies can make them the laughing stock of our combat parties (the author will refrain from mentioning a certain Achaean roc here). For a few or many gold sovereigns we can enrich our experience a little further with one of these mounts.

Another cheaper option in many IRE games is the mini pet. Bought with a few thousand gold, these are the small animals like cats, dogs, lizards and birds. They tend to have a favourite food that will illicit a reaction unique to their type and some of them can even be trained. These start out at the ‘baby’ stage and grow over a period of years. Eventually, if they are not slaughtered by some foul evil-doer, they reach a ripe old age and die. The opportunities for roleplay are often small ones. Perhaps a scolding for allowing your text dog to relieve himself upon the House leader’s priceless carpet, or a laugh with a novice about naming your creature, or even a bonding between a few friends when beloved Odif dies and needs to be buried on his favourite island. While these interactions are on a very small scale, they can be recounted later, laughed at, or remembered fondly over a pint.

Lastly, for the heavy hitters and lucky folk, there are the PET pets, the ones that start at a small fortune and go up and up in price from there. These have a great many more possibilities than the mini pets or even the mounts. For a price, you can make them flying, sentient, mountable or even invincible. The sky and your imagination are the limits. They can react to others if you wish, speak, send tells, and even fight beside you. You can create something that fits your character, a creature that has meaning and a story to go with him. Since they can be made invincible, they need not die and, even if they do, they will return to you in time so that your investment is never lost. These creatures will be your companions through everything, whether you like it or not.

Pets and mounts are a small aside for most of us, but even small opportunities can define our characters, create possibilities and spark ideas for others. They are yet another aspect that can further enrich our text lives.

Author: Lianca of Achaea

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Comments

Shayane of Achaea

Pets

I want a rubber duck.

Coeur of Achaea

Talking?

Feren of Lusternia

Nah, one that signs

Nah, one that signs everything, their voices are annoying.

Miralath of Achaea

Credits are great.

Portius of Lusternia

Indeed they are.

Miralath of Achaea

Need more articles to comment

Need more articles to comment on.

Miralath of Achaea

Credits are great

Alyssea of Achaea

I agree.

Tannim of Lusternia

me too

they are the best

Miralath of Achaea

Need more things to comment

Need more things to comment on. But yes. Free credit = yay.

Sucks when you have 500cr and you're trying to hold out to get the 900cr pet.

Adalstein of Achaea

Pft.

Wowza? I get the feeling this is broken...

Driga of Aetolia

Wow

yay

Miralath of Achaea

My mom

is a virtual pet

Avla of Midkemia

D: MKO has some cool pets,

D: MKO has some cool pets, but I don't think many have the option for that much customization, and it is sad. (Either that or I'm just clueless.)

Avash of Midkemia

I think your right

Ive got several pets ive bought at various Banapis fairs including a baby Kraken and crocodile, I havent tried to upgrade em (if its even possible) 'cos I aint sure what'l happen to em...Wouldnt mind the kraken growing up though, id love to drop it in the central square of Sargoth and watch the fun

Tahni of Midkemia

MKO's banapis pets are

MKO's banapis pets are similar to the 'mini' pets the individual is speaking about. The difference is that they remain the same age as what they were when you purchased them and will not die unless killed by another player.

To my knowledge, we are unable to custom these pets, not even to change their description slightly. The reason being:

What the author of this article calls PET pets, those pets that you are only able to gain through auction in MKO, can cost any amount of credits depending upon player interest. The auctions are specifically a business tool meant to encourage individuals to purchase credits from the company.

Were MKO to allow custom work to be done on the banapis pets they would lose the potential revenue from the auctions as well as lose a level of control over the number of unique pet items in the game. Past that, there would be far more work for Ishap, as he is the only one of the admins technically permitted to make changes that in any way touch on the credits the players hold.

Nighy of Aetolia

good point.

Trae of Lusternia

Thanks for explaining.

Tyehr of Achaea

If the pets are interesting

If the pets are interesting and unique why would anyone want to pay extra to have them changed?

Alyssea of Achaea

Because they aren't

Grylls of Aetolia

aren't kraken sea-dwelling

aren't kraken sea-dwelling creatures though? kind of defeating their purpose if they gallivant around cities and such.

Tema of Achaea

Sure

But what if they could fly?

Kyler of Lusternia

Release the Kraken!

Indilwen of Achaea

Heh

Or the Graken

Trimekus of Achaea

exactly...

Liyab of Midkemia

Yeah

There seems to be a lot, I don't know what else they can do, though? Can they attack?

Blujixapug of Achaea

The "real" pets, the 500+

The "real" pets, the 500+ credit ones, are very cool, I think because of both their uniqueness - you're paying for something special and original that you alone have designed and have access to, it's a personal thing - and your ability to do cool stuff with them, specifically make them talk and emote, and also put them to use as a mount. I've always wanted one of them.

The lesser options get a bit tiresome after a while. I bought one of those metal birds from the Shop of Wonders when they came out, and it was the coolest thing - for the first few days. Then the shiny new excitement wore of, since it didn't really do anything, and everyone else in the game seemed to be walking around followed by something very similar. I stopped letting it out of my inventory.

Awan of Achaea

Aww

I think that happened a lot. The little birds were very neat but so popular the charm wore off of them fairly quickly.

Coeur of Achaea

Hrm..

After a while though (like now), they are kind of rare, soo... :)

I think they're so pretty, especially because there are so many varieties.

Azor of Achaea

Funny, I never see those

Funny, I never see those birds now.

Tema of Achaea

They're invisible

You have to have a magic scrying monocle to see them.

Synbios of Achaea

Shame that they aren't

Shame that they aren't available. Then again, paying MCs for them makes them hard to buy for some players.

Coeur of Achaea

Seconded.

Tema of Achaea

Thirded

Thirded.

Shalar of Achaea

Fourthed.

Grylls of Aetolia

heh. i don't ever see me

heh. i don't ever see me having a custom pet with the level of expense attached to it.

Alyssea of Achaea

Me either.

Coeur of Achaea

Price is what prevents

Price is what prevents everyone from having a custom pet.

Kabaal of Imperian

Female players make good pets

Beat me!

Salindera of Achaea

...

more on topic, snakes are like pets that poison things for you

Mortagona of Achaea

stil prefer falcons

Coeur of Achaea

Noo...

Snakes!

Winterlynn of Aetolia

ooohh

Ashed of Lusternia

On a

plane :D

Yure of Achaea

Snakes off plane.

Like on Nish.

Grasa of Aetolia

Psh

'ware the Eyes

Coeur of Achaea

Why are they there? o.O

Yaepla of Achaea

Snakes are wonderful.

Kyler of Lusternia

goldfish...here fishy

goldfish...here fishy fishies.

Kabaal of Imperian

I concur!

Shinji of Aetolia

I chuckled

Winterlynn of Aetolia

of course

Shinji of Aetolia

:P

Winterlynn of Aetolia

:D

Agathon of Achaea

XD

Tema of Achaea

DDD

And another D

Shalar of Achaea

XDDDD

Yaepla of Achaea

DX

Antrax of Imperian

..

Kabaal!!

Alyana of Achaea

I have a falcon. Unless I

I have a falcon. Unless I ever become rich, this is all I will ever need.

Amanu of Achaea

same here with my bees.

Wysteria of Achaea

Or in the case of all the

Or in the case of all the raids going on - MANY bees, efreeti and waterweirds...

Coeur of Achaea

As...

Many as you can find! :D

Kowski of Achaea

sad story...

Indaba of Achaea

Love my bees!

Love

Zane of Achaea

Hrrm. Must log in and get a

Hrrm. Must log in and get a new grove and more bees.

Coeur of Achaea

Golem.

Canis of Imperian

same with my wolf.

Tukio of Achaea

Pricey

I doubt i'll have a true "pet" any day soon. They cost to much and I could spend that amount of credits on something more useful like lessons or artes.

Dys of Lusternia

A comment a day for a year

A comment a day for a year and a half would get a neat pet, it all adds up! Lusternia's beastmastery and the ability to affect pet appearances through diet are great in the meantime.

Canis of Imperian

That's... long. Heh.

Nicholo of Lusternia

Yes.

I must agree. But... one a day will work, slowly.

Coeur of Achaea

Like..

This comment, your comment etc. Motivation to comment on IR pages everyday! :P

Ashed of Lusternia

Ha

One credit a day...still takes forever

Coeur of Achaea

Agreed.

Shalar of Achaea

Indeed.

Shava of Achaea

Sure, okay.

Numi of Achaea

better than nothing

Yaepla of Achaea

Yep.

Portius of Lusternia

Makes it even more

Makes it even more appreciated once you get it, right?

Tema of Achaea

No!

Appreciate nothing!

Shalar of Achaea

I appreciate everything.

Yaepla of Achaea

You shouldn't.

Yaepla of Achaea

Agreed.

Alyssea of Achaea

That's a long time to just

That's a long time to just save up credits. I convert mine to lessons almost immediately.

Winterlynn of Aetolia

same

Yilkon of Achaea

I'm in the same situation,

I'm in the same situation, need more stamina.

Murthec of Achaea

Probably the wisest course,

Probably the wisest course, anyway. Once you've learned all you can, then buy toys.

Alyssea of Achaea

Yeah.

Winterlynn of Aetolia

Coeur of Achaea

Maybe.

Winterlynn of Aetolia

very slowly

Rynrth of Lusternia

Good answer

Kyel of Achaea

Comments = a pet?

How does that work?

Kyel of Achaea

Er, nevermind!

Nevermind! I just figured it out. Of course, the message that popped up immediately was a big clue. XD

Qoreuttiaill of Lusternia

Then there's the skill in

Then there's the skill in Lusternia to use it. So better part of two years.

Hadrel of Aetolia

^

Figge of Achaea

I agree

I can't imagine spending that many credits on a pet. At least not until after transing all skills and maybe getting a house and/or some arties.

Coeur of Achaea

Ditto!

Maybe... get a mount or non-arte/credit pet before then?

Shalar of Achaea

Indeed.

Qoreuttiaill of Lusternia

Agreed, I also don't see why

Agreed, I also don't see why a house in Achaea is that critical. In Lusternia a manse (house) can really come in handy.

Darklyre of Achaea

Where else...

...are you gonna place a chest to store all that extra potash and such?

Feren of Lusternia

Houses are pretty easy to get

Houses are pretty easy to get in Lusternia as are a few quest rewards which allow travel. So conceivably not as many arties needed. Cloaking Gem a couple bashing arties, a few more skills, cash for house, then probably pet.

Pollus of Achaea

I would feel the same way,

I would feel the same way, except I'm rather fond of the knight classes and a good mount is rather useful. Then again, the argument could be made that a mount is different from a pet.

Tarkanian of Achaea

I'm pretty set with my falcon

I'm pretty set with my falcon and gryphon. I just need a divine who'll allow me to customize my birdie.

Alyssea of Achaea

I love my treesnake.

Awan of Achaea

Those things are awesome!

I love our snake customization.

Coeur of Achaea

Cool

I think its cool that each House which is based in a different city has different looking loyals too. (e.g. snakes, falcons)

Alyssea of Achaea

Yeah.

Rynok of Imperian

Yeah, back as an Assassin the

Yeah, back as an Assassin the pet cobra was always fun, although upgrading to an ourobouros demon was spiffy too. Lots more combat utility with that one!

Ryley of Lusternia

Hiisssssssssssssssssssss.

Rynok of Imperian

Yeah, I loved my cobra as an

Yeah, I loved my cobra as an assassin, but the ouroborous was soooo much more useful!

Aelu of Lusternia

I really enjoy not having to

I really enjoy not having to keep up with a pet. If I had one, I'd constantly forget to stable it before I logged off and it would starve.

Coeur of Achaea

Hrm...

You can get the custom ones. No need to feed, ever. :P

Azor of Achaea

Thera pets also don't need

Thera pets also don't need feeding, although they do die. In Achaea.

Coeur of Achaea

:(

Coeur of Achaea

:(

Dys of Lusternia

Mine used to starve all the

Nerezza of Aetolia

Moar minnions!

Shava of Achaea

Sounds fun.

Aryah of Achaea

I rather like my loyal.

Makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.

Sable of Achaea

Same!

Gotta love Sable Two.

Azor of Achaea

I sometimes use illusions to

I sometimes use illusions to give a bit more expressiveness to my $5 promo giraffe.

Murthec of Achaea

I was hoping to get a pet

I was hoping to get a pet from one of the orbs of shifting continents, but no luck.

Coeur of Achaea

Me too!

Ended up with something like... 5 credits.

Canis of Imperian

that's lame

Alexandre of Achaea

Pets have never interested

Pets have never interested me. I have no idea why people spend the mass amount of credits on them that they do.

Canis of Imperian

you probably don't like pets

you probably don't like pets in the first place, i reckon

Dvurkha of Lusternia

pets are expensive

I like Lusternia's beastmastery as an affordable, somewhat customizable (the mounts get different looks defending on what you feed them, and you can train them with a variety of skills) alternative.

Vaneils of Imperian

Hmm! I should try getting one

Hmm! I should try getting one for my character there.

Flegg of Lusternia

I avoided pets there for a

I avoided pets there for a long time, but they're actually useful. Can help with hunting (don't do much damage, but can shatter shields, help heal you, reflect you), influencing, pk, and travel. If you think of them as being more of a skillset then a pain they're pretty good. Then the customizable pets are on top of that.

Vincenzio of Achaea

Didn't know the Lusternia

Didn't know the Lusternia pets could do all that. Pretty neat.

Shibumi of Achaea

Nice

Pets seems very expensive, but later in the game I might save credits to get one. They are very useful for RP, and they offer a full array of opportunities. However, I think tey cost way too much.

Hadrel of Aetolia

^

Xeroth of Achaea

^

Winterlynn of Aetolia

mhm

Koe of Achaea

that

Tema of Achaea

this

Triak of Achaea

Only interested in

pets that have a function.

Vaneils of Imperian

Yay for falcons!

Faragan of Lusternia

lusternia beasts

That's what make lusternia beasts so great. they're not only rp tools but, are functional and things of utility. Love them!

Tarkanian of Achaea

whereas achaean mounts are

whereas achaean mounts are more of the conventional type.

Kyler of Lusternia

Well lucky you also has an

Well lucky you also has an artifact pet, so that's like a pet plus!

Coeur of Achaea

Pets..

..that are also mounts! :)

Antrax of Imperian

Yay Imp

We have those!

Penwize of Achaea

Artefact pets have all kinds

Artefact pets have all kinds of functions, and I keep finding new uses for mine.

Althalus of Lusternia

always..

always wanted a camel.. They'll never get on shop..

Mortagona of Achaea

There is no camel mount in

There is no camel mount in Lusternia?

Trae of Lusternia

Nope, mostly non-mundane

Nope, mostly non-mundane ones. You almost, have to not train it, or train it carefully.

Penwize of Achaea

Achaea has some camels, but I

Achaea has some camels, but I think they're mostly artie pets.

Toot of Achaea

My Death adder is free

and serves me just fine.

Lupe of Achaea

Recently I bought

Recently I bought a minipet Tarantula from someone. I named her Hexebah and I love it, it is such a cool pet. She eats rats and does creepy things. She cost me alot though.

Tarkanian of Achaea

I can imagine, haha.

Samakhulis of Achaea

I would LOVE a big pet of my

I would LOVE a big pet of my own, but for one I'm just not THAT rich, and for two, I don't have any clue of exactly what I want. There are so many things I COULD pick, but I don't know what's best...

Winterlynn of Aetolia

sometimes i think i have the

sometimes i think i have the same problem

Tema of Achaea

I have all the problems

Yeah, Tema's right, she's messed up.

Penwize of Achaea

It's tricky to pick just one

It's tricky to pick just one thing to go with in terms of theme. I just sort of fell into eagles for Penwize, but it's worked out.

Alythea of Achaea

I'd love an custom pet but

I'd love a custom pet but they're just too expensive for me. Even buying credits IG would take more time than I have.

Hadrel of Aetolia

^

Ashed of Lusternia

Yeah...

Always credits..

Kagato of Lusternia

always comes down to money

I'd love to get my hands on a customised pet, but at 500 credits there's other things that I would consider a higher priority to put my credits towards...

Ulrich of Achaea

I dont own any pet too

Katri of Aetolia

I heard Lusternia has a

I heard Lusternia has a Pokemon mini-game.

Azor of Achaea

That'd be fun. IRE battle

That'd be fun. IRE battle pets.

Tema of Achaea

Cute Humgii

I choose you! He uses "Eat!"

Nighy of Aetolia

a humgii is a perennial

a humgii is a perennial Achaea favorite. always will be.

Koe of Achaea

We have that with people you

We have that with people you know! It's just that only certain classes can do it effectively.

*pulls out puppet*

I choose you, <persons name>!

*passes hand over three times*

Rhyuddirych of Lusternia

Lusternia does have a

Lusternia does have a 'pokemon' game. However, it doesn't involve mounted pets. Ikon's are gained by doing various quests (including some mini quests you'd might normally do, like empowering your org), quests in villages, etc.

You have character ikons, prop ikons, and scene ikons. Character ikons from your org might be something like a guild novice, guild tutor, org tutor, or npc, etc.

Lianca of Achaea

This article is actually

This article is actually helping fund a pet for me! It will be largely useless, and lovely, and I totally don't care.

Amram of Achaea

mounts

I love my boar and I get to use a whole skillset from being mounted. Other than that I don't see where a pet is worth it.

Coeur of Achaea

RP

Cadfael of Lusternia

Wow hippogriffs

With the stag antlers? They're super cool!

Shinji of Aetolia

indeed

Mortagona of Achaea

Never liked pets in games

Ueli of Achaea

Never had one

I have yet to try out a pet, even a small one. I barely have enough common sense to keep myself alive.

Tema of Achaea

I've seen some really cool ones

However. They're stupidly expensive.

Alyssea of Achaea

Same.

Scathain of Midkemia

No pets for me

They would die with limbs torn off and blood shooting out of their bodies in small gory fountains. In short, I will not get a pet. Besides, given my finances, I would drive myself into bankruptcy if I tried to get one. And given the choice between a pet and a few hundred credits, I will choose the credits any day.

Liyab of Midkemia

But but but!

Can't custom pets not die? I'd think if they were worth that, they can't die!

Zylo of Midkemia

If you knew Scathain like the

If you knew Scathain like the rest of Krondor knows him, you'd realize that he'd figure out a way to kill even a custom pet. :P

Grylls of Aetolia

you're a bad man!

Gudrann of Achaea

Love my woodlore critters,

Love my woodlore critters, but wouldn't want a dog following me about..

Yilkon of Achaea

I'd prefer one dog over half

I'd prefer one dog over half a zoo.

Inara of Achaea

I always thought a whisper

I always thought a whisper spider pet would be cool :D

Doubt it's possiible though, heh heh

Gudrann of Achaea

Aww yeah would want one of

Aww yeah would want one of those as well

Kayeil of Achaea

The pets, especially the

The pets, especially the customized ones, are one of my favorite parts of the game!

Solteria of Achaea

Some day

I want to have a custom pet but I don't want anything exotic, just a loyal dog. Nothing better than a dog.

Iasmos of Lusternia

Lots of virtual pets

I've got curios, dolls, a timberwolf, a giant eagle, and an enormous dragonfly. I love my dragonfly beast the most, but he's cost me over 3000 credits so far.

Zith of Imperian

Ouch...

That's a shitload..

Ashed of Lusternia

Well

Credit wise...seen people with a lot more ents at once though =/ Bazaar pets mostly...gets way too spammy

Shava of Achaea

"So far?"

Yaepla of Achaea

He probably plans to spend

He probably plans to spend even more on it.

Onebdi of Lusternia

dragonfly beast takes the

dragonfly beast takes the cake!

Vincenzio of Achaea

custom pets

Custom pets can be great, especially when there is a story behind them that creates a bond to the owner or when the owner takes advantage to really add them into their roleplaying. Even when there is none of that, some are really nicely designed and creative.

Neia of Achaea

I have a few orb pets but I

I have a few orb pets but I don't see myself ever shelling out 500+ credits for a custom pet, although they are cool.

Nicholo of Lusternia

Bulbasaur or Nyan cat.

I always wonder if I could pass off one of those for my custom pet.

Neia of Achaea

I think someone already did a

I think someone already did a nyan cat on Achaea.

Winterlynn of Aetolia

ooooh

Nighy of Aetolia

what kind of cat is that?

Shava of Achaea

It's a meme cat

Prythe of Achaea

Loris

I love my loris, I am so glad she found me. ;)

Harley of Achaea

Aww

I need to get a pet. :(

Coeur of Achaea

But

I thought you had one already!

Tema of Achaea

She needs

1000 new pets. As do we all.

Yure of Achaea

All of the pets.

All of them.

Yilkon of Achaea

And then a few more for luck.

Ivellios of Imperian

Custom pets rule, though

Custom pets rule, though patchwork monstrosity is cool.

Tovis of Achaea

Permanentized Orobouros or

Permanentized Orobouros or Balzadeen type of thing would be pretty cool.

Mortagona of Achaea

I would love a falcon, but

I would love a falcon, but that's not a pet :)

Cadfael of Lusternia

Why not RP with your pet?

"There are some who look down on 'Pet RP', which often just ends up being owner speaking through and to their animal. This can seem rather one-sided as it is essentially means that this person is just talking to himself!"

Sure, but to some extent the things that immerse us in the game are always gonna be smoke and mirrors - if it helps immersion or provides enjoyment for someone to roleplay with their somewhat unresponsive pet, who cares? Look down on it? For me, MUDing is an excuse to be able to play pretend as an adult!

Althalus of Lusternia

yeah

it sure helps for those who take a vow of silence

Nerezza of Aetolia

Tsk, that's kinda cheating :P

Mortagona of Achaea

it's not if the vow of

it's not if the vow of silence is IC :P

Caoin of Lusternia

RE: Why not RP with your pet?

Couldn't agree more.

MUDing is most enjoyable when you're IC, and sometimes, being IC includes having pets or animal companions and treating them just like you would a real animal. It shouldn't be like collecting vanity pets in something such as WoW, where you usually only see roleplaying done on servers specifically set up for it and where you don't have any control at all over the vanity pets.

Iron Realms games -are- Roleplaying games in the truest sense, and you are supposed to be IC. You can't do that if you simply choose to ignore your loyals all the time. I hate the idea of someone purchasing a loyal or custom pet simply to have a shiny toy to show off. Especially considering some of the work that goes into creating them and making them work, not to mention the work that the person purchasing puts into the drescription and everything. If you're going to work to get something like that and make it special to you, you should really want to do more than just have it follow you around.

Caoin of Lusternia

RE: Why not RP with your pet?

Couldn't agree more.

Nighy of Aetolia

takes a bit of effort, but

takes a bit of effort, but this is good pet-ownership.

Mastema of Aetolia

or is it!

Alyssea of Achaea

Pet RP is awesome.

Darklyre of Achaea

Pet RP

Is literally paying for MPD.

Nyvias of Imperian

Current appearance : an

Current appearance : an angry songbird

Current dropped : Floating about angrily, a vibrant red songbird is here.

Current examined : The majority of this songbird is covered in feathers of a

brilliant and flamboyant red. Two streaks of black feathers cover his eyes,

giving him an appearance of always looking angered. His beak is a bright

yellow, and his breast is a softer, diluted version of the red on the majority

of his feathers. The bird is a tiny creature, barely half a foot in length, but

carries himself with airs of a creature several times larger.

Current enter : An angry red songbird jets in from the north.

Current leave : With a perturbed tweet, a red songbird leaves to the

south.

Current death : Battered and broken, a vibrant red songbird lays here in

a pool of its own blood.

Azor of Achaea

But why is it angry?

But why is it angry? Something to do with pigs? :)

Coeur of Achaea

Green pigs too.

Alyssea of Achaea

Ugh, birds.

Mortagona of Achaea

cool! except for the death :(

Aelu of Lusternia

The idea of dropping down

The idea of dropping down credits on pets is utterly absurd to me. Then again, I've never even been tri-trans.

Nicholo of Lusternia

I know.

I used to think the same with that Doctoral Cord thing that lets you skillflex for free... But yes, I'm more focused on transing things instead of putting down credits for a vanity thing.

Iasmos of Lusternia

It's not a vanity thing

For me, the decision involved combat and fun. Pets are entertaining in unique ways, and a custom beast is the only way to load up a single one with all the abilities you could ever want to use. Start small and upgrade as time and credits allow.

Thirded.

Nyvias of Imperian

Play Imperian. Taming ftw.

Murthec of Achaea

That sounds cool. The closest

That sounds cool. The closest Achaea's got is the lasso ability in riding, and that's very temporary.

Elrith of Imperian

Yes, it's much cheaper.

Which is always good.

Coeur of Achaea

We need a larger range of

We need a larger range of things to lasso.

Juliana of Achaea

that would be awesome. yes

that would be awesome. yes please.

Sonata of Aetolia

Some pets do interesting

Some pets do interesting things... that amount of credits (for the customizable ones) is usually better put towards other things, though.

Valistrielle of Lusternia

I love the custom pets that

I love the custom pets that people come up with in Lusternia, especially their little reactions and and the actions that people make them do.

Stratas of Lusternia

The few I've met

Let me think. Turilira, the radiant Glass Shadhavar, Seothanis the otter, Fata Morgana, Tempus Crysta, an omnihedron, Euterpe the muse.... who else?

Dys of Lusternia

Mr Tentacles and Sahmiam's

Mr Tentacles and Sahmiam's dingo are great too.

Ilena of Achaea

Right now I just hvae two

Right now I just hvae two kittens from the pet shop in thera. I would love to get a customized pet, but the cost is so outrageous,it'll take me a long while yet to get one. Too many other things to spend my credits on first.

Siath of Imperian

Siath got a mammoth..

frog, fairy and lava-spider.

Nighy of Aetolia

I am Bill Nighy, and can't

I am Bill Nighy, and can't pets be cheaper?

Coeur of Achaea

Yes please!

Cheaper pets please. :)

Juliana of Achaea

i has no pets

Calixa of Lusternia

I have a mount, which I am

I have a mount, which I am quite pleased with how the coloring turned out. Maybe if I had a lot of credits to spare, I'd get something custom, but for now this is better than I had hoped for.

Kabaal of Imperian

Imperian doesn't do a lot of

Imperian doesn't do a lot of things right, but its pet situation is leagues beyond any of you other folks.

Rivius of Lusternia

Pets

I'm saving up for a pet right now, actually. They're really amazing and customizeable. Open up some great RP flavour and are actually really helpful for hunting and PK. I have a collared beast right now, and I already love the benefits it gives me. A custom pet will be endlessly upgradeable though, and that's one thing I can't wait for.

Coeur of Achaea