someone explain it to me, i'm not really sure why people are so obsessed with having a pet in a mmorpg

its something that seems fairly new as i've been playing mmos for far to long, and i've never seen it be such an important thing to so many people

..... are you all just sad you don't have one irl or something?

Not sure what you mean; are you referring to pet classes, or non-combat pets?

Combat-pets is a class role, like tank, nuker or healer. Every one of 'em has their devotees. Pet classes have been around since the dawn of MMOs; I had a tamer in UO.

Non-combat pets are just decorative and funny. It's a giggle to fight a dragon with a baby penguin in tow.

Originally posted by Ilvaldyr

Not sure what you mean; are you referring to pet classes, or non-combat pets?

Combat-pets is a class role, like tank, nuker or healer. Every one of 'em has their devotees. Pet classes have been around since the dawn of MMOs; I had a tamer in UO.

Non-combat pets are just decorative and funny. It's a giggle to fight a dragon with a baby penguin in tow.

i was talking about non-combat pets as it seems like its a feature a ton of people want these day

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

Originally posted by Ilvaldyr

Not sure what you mean; are you referring to pet classes, or non-combat pets?

Combat-pets is a class role, like tank, nuker or healer. Every one of 'em has their devotees. Pet classes have been around since the dawn of MMOs; I had a tamer in UO.

Non-combat pets are just decorative and funny. It's a giggle to fight a dragon with a baby penguin in tow.

 i was talking about non-combat pets as it seems like its a feature a ton of people want these day

Gotcha. Can't say I understand the "gotta collect 'em all" mentality of pet-collecting in MMOs either, but I guess it's no different to people collecting trophies and rares in older games.

Originally posted by Ilvaldyr

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

Originally posted by Ilvaldyr

Not sure what you mean; are you referring to pet classes, or non-combat pets?

Combat-pets is a class role, like tank, nuker or healer. Every one of 'em has their devotees. Pet classes have been around since the dawn of MMOs; I had a tamer in UO.

Non-combat pets are just decorative and funny. It's a giggle to fight a dragon with a baby penguin in tow.

 i was talking about non-combat pets as it seems like its a feature a ton of people want these day

Gotcha. Can't say I understand the "gotta collect 'em all" mentality of pet-collecting in MMOs either, but I guess it's no different to people collecting trophies and rares in older games.

^this

They are nothing but a In-game collection.

WHy do people collect coins in real life?

Why do people collect things in real life?

Same logic, but on a in-game avatar

Case solved. close topic =)

not really solved

i've seen people who wouldn't play some game because they couldn't have a pet before....

still weird to me, idk

i dont get it either, sure people like to collect things but these pets have no value whatsoever.

A generation that grew up watching Pokemon? Dude, this isnt like something out of Unsolved Mysteries...

because they are beautifull, because for some ppl 'gotta catch them all" is part of a feature to acomplish in their game (play pokemon on GBA =p), some are rarity so its a form to grow a e-peen among others, or just to see WTH they can do, and the REALLY useless wolf and Strider(ok this gave fast movement, not so useless) .

I lvl´d a Phantom Summoner and a Warlock in Lineage2 (till c4) just to see wth those shitty pets could do, along with the Dark Panther of my main Dark Avenger.

and behind the curtain if u can make a pet system u surely can have ramifications for other things =)

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

someone explain it to me, i'm not really sure why people are so obsessed with having a pet in a mmorpg

its something that seems fairly new as i've been playing mmos for far to long, and i've never seen it be such an important thing to so many people

This is just like...

Ultima Online... that MMO that launched WAaaaaaaay back in 1997.. had a skill called "Taming".

There were these players that called themselves "Tamers" who ran all over taming things and then stood at west brit bank selling them to people who were to lazy to run all around taming them.

So I'm not sure what "far to long" is... but Pets have been in MMO's since close to the start (as UO wasn't the first MMO... but was fairly early ... 12 years ago...)

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

someone explain it to me, i'm not really sure why people are so obsessed with having a pet in a mmorpg

its something that seems fairly new as i've been playing mmos for far to long, and i've never seen it be such an important thing to so many people

..... are you all just sad you don't have one irl or something?

You must be very young since those of us that in FACT have been playing MMO's for much longer than you have seen pets in games. Example: Ultima Online and EverQuest are two of the better examples.

I would say learn about MMO history before you post?

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

someone explain it to me, i'm not really sure why people are so obsessed with having a pet in a mmorpg

its something that seems fairly new as i've been playing mmos for far to long, and i've never seen it be such an important thing to so many people

..... are you all just sad you don't have one irl or something?

Im trying to figure out why people are soo obsessed with having to know why other people play the way they enjoy themselves in an MMO, that is even more strange.

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

not really solved

i've seen people who wouldn't play some game because they couldn't have a pet before....

 

still weird to me, idk

That was most likely a comment towards Combat Pets. The OP is talking bout Non combat Pets.

As my sig say I like the Holy Warrior Arch type, some people equally like the Hunter/Ranger Archtype, which usually has come  to having connection to Pets of the Wild.

nah, i just forgot about tamers in UO.. and pets in general.. long time ago (honestly the game feels like a distant memory) and i hardly touched EQ ... and i started playing online games on BBS's , even though there were hardly massive

L.O.R.D. had "pvp" if you didn't sleep in the inn you could get killed while logged off haha ... roll of the dice type shit

Originally posted by seabeast

Originally posted by Vinterkrig

someone explain it to me, i'm not really sure why people are so obsessed with having a pet in a mmorpg

its something that seems fairly new as i've been playing mmos for far to long, and i've never seen it be such an important thing to so many people

..... are you all just sad you don't have one irl or something?

 

Im trying to figure out why people are soo obsessed with having to know why other people play the way they enjoy themselves in an MMO, that is even more strange.

Because thats how Developers get feedback on what the population sample, likes

I always thought it was an e-peen contest that everyone could participate in.  Seeing who has the most, or the rarest, or the most expensive.  It's something to do while standing around waiting for raid to start, enough said.

Originally posted by Angelicremix

I always thought it was an e-peen contest that everyone could participate in.  Seeing who has the most, or the rarest, or the most expensive.  It's something to do while standing around waiting for raid to start, enough said.

When has a real life Collection not be the same thing?