118264-what-is-the-status-on-pets-and-fishing

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I'm just gonna go ahead and ask, because the last threads about the subject was prior to launch in April. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwjzb9pMnhU
 
Mike was talking about pets in this video a long time ago, and since then I've been waiting for more news about it but havent found any information on the subject.I'm sure a lot of people are interested in getting some more news about this.
 
Also, now that 5 months have passed since launch I think its time we get updated on when fishing will become a reality. 
 
 
I feel like Wildstar really lacks the little things and joys, and now that we arent getting monthly content anymore you should really start adding more cosmetic stuff and things like this so we have something to do in the meantime, so its not just a waiting game for everything. I think thats fair.	
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			Well first they need to make sure they have everything else in order. They've been using and planning on using their updates to fix bugs, improve PvP and improve itemization. Hopefully drop 5 or 6 will include cool new features like pets and fishing.	
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			Pets can't come soon enough; I love them.  I'm normally not interested in fishing, but I am curious to see what fishing "Wildstar style" would be like, and what comes up out of the water.	
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Oh, god, no... :( Pets? Fishing? I know this is an MMO, but pets and fishing is not a requirement for these types of games. I'm so sick of both. I dare say I hate them. Adding fishing is just being lazy. "Other games have this, so we have it too!" If they absolutely need to add hobbies, why on earth can't they come up with something new and original? Painting? Model airplanes? RC cars? Surfing? We already have hoverboards, so why not a skatepark? Why on earth do every MMO require fishing?
 
And as for pets... ugh, no. No, no, no. They are really, really annoying and don't do anything to improve the game in any way. The only thing I can think of is having a pet or two in your house, like a dog or something that you can train to do tricks etc. But having one tag along everywhere you go? No way. Please, just... no.	
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Oh, god, no... :( Pets? Fishing? I know this is an MMO, but pets and fishing is not a requirement for these types of games. I'm so sick of both. I dare say I hate them. Adding fishing is just being lazy. "Other games have this, so we have it too!" If they absolutely need to add hobbies, why on earth can't they come up with something new and original? Painting? Model airplanes? RC cars? Surfing? We already have hoverboards, so why not a skatepark? Why on earth do every MMO require fishing?
 
And as for pets... ugh, no. No, no, no. They are really, really annoying and don't do anything to improve the game in any way. The only thing I can think of is having a pet or two in your house, like a dog or something that you can train to do tricks etc. But having one tag along everywhere you go? No way. Please, just... no.
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			fishing is the greatest thing about mmos	
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Oh, god, no... :( Pets? Fishing? I know this is an MMO, but pets and fishing is not a requirement for these types of games. I'm so sick of both. I dare say I hate them. Adding fishing is just being lazy. "Other games have this, so we have it too!" If they absolutely need to add hobbies, why on earth can't they come up with something new and original? Painting? Model airplanes? RC cars? Surfing? We already have hoverboards, so why not a skatepark? Why on earth do every MMO require fishing?
 
And as for pets... ugh, no. No, no, no. They are really, really annoying and don't do anything to improve the game in any way. The only thing I can think of is having a pet or two in your house, like a dog or something that you can train to do tricks etc. But having one tag along everywhere you go? No way. Please, just... no.
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			I want a dagun bad.	
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			I want a LOPP pet, mount, playable class... would just be awesome having my Chua on a Lopp. They could do a carot on a stick mount flair :P	
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.....Alright?
 
Nobody is forcing you to do or have any of those things...
 
The reason I am talking about fishing is because Carbine has already been talking about this, and there's even a very early concept art for it.
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Not forcing me? They are wasting time with fishing and pets instead of making stuff that's actually fun. Did you ever think about that?
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I love fishing in MMOs. In Archeage, it was my favourite thing to do. Not entirely sure if it fits here, though. How about archeology, instead?
 
Pets, though... I really, really want a pet Chompacabra, so I'm all for pets. For me, that's not 'wasting time', a lot of people with a collector's-mind like me will spend countless hours tracking down the pets they like. I'd sure as heck rather do that than level another alt.	
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Not forcing me? They are wasting time with fishing and pets instead of making stuff that's actually fun. Did you ever think about that?
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Pets, though... I really, really want a pet Chompacabra, so I'm all for pets.
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I promised myself I wasn't going to break out my old beta picture again, but since you specifically invoked chompacabra.
 
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Or they're making stuff that they find fun and know other people (but not everyone) finds fun too. Because opinions are subjective. Did you ever think about that?
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The problem with this kind of thinking is the reason the entire gaming industry are struggling. No one ever bothers come up with something new anymore. This is the exact reason why we keep getting sequel after sequel after sequel, and rarely any new games, and certainly not in a new genre. It's just yet another FPS, yet another 3rd person shooter, yet another this, yet another that... People don't want to get creative anymore.
 
Now bring this to Wildstar. People want pets and fishing, because that's all they know. Why would anyone bother think in new ways? So for instance, we already have hoverboards. Why not make hoverboard-racing instead? It would be a time trial, against the AI (instances?) or even multiplayer races.  We have everything we need in the game right now, but because no one dares to think outside the box, hoverboard-racing isn't going to happen.
 
Fishing? What about hunting instead? Rather than sit in the same place for hours pretending to have fun, why not give us a list of stuff to kill all over the game? It could be everything from a jabbit to a type of fish to huge monster. Again, we have all the creatures in the game right now, so all we need is a little "quest" to hunt those things. But again, all people know is fishing, so fishing is all we get. No point bothering with something new.
 
What about kite-fying? Buy a kite, then run around trying to get it airborne. Once it's up in the air, you can control it with the mouse. Simple to do, yet could be a lot of fun. But.. yet again... that would require people to actually think for themselves, rather than just accepting the same, old, tired stuff we've done for years, so that's not going to happen.
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The problem with this kind of thinking is the reason the entire gaming industry are struggling. No one ever bothers come up with something new anymore. This is the exact reason why we keep getting sequel after sequel after sequel, and rarely any new games, and certainly not in a new genre. It's just yet another FPS, yet another 3rd person shooter, yet another this, yet another that... People don't want to get creative anymore.
 
Now bring this to Wildstar. People want pets and fishing, because that's all they know. Why would anyone bother think in new ways? So for instance, we already have hoverboards. Why not make hoverboard-racing instead? It would be a time trial, against the AI (instances?) or even multiplayer races.  We have everything we need in the game right now, but because no one dares to think outside the box, hoverboard-racing isn't going to happen.
 
Fishing? What about hunting instead? Rather than sit in the same place for hours pretending to have fun, why not give us a list of stuff to kill all over the game? It could be everything from a jabbit to a type of fish to huge monster. Again, we have all the creatures in the game right now, so all we need is a little "quest" to hunt those things. But again, all people know is fishing, so fishing is all we get. No point bothering with something new.
 
What about kite-fying? Buy a kite, then run around trying to get it airborne. Once it's up in the air, you can control it with the mouse. Simple to do, yet could be a lot of fun. But.. yet again... that would require people to actually think for themselves, rather than just accepting the same, old, tired stuff we've done for years, so that's not going to happen.
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The problem with this kind of thinking is the reason the entire gaming industry are struggling. No one ever bothers come up with something new anymore. This is the exact reason why we keep getting sequel after sequel after sequel, and rarely any new games, and certainly not in a new genre. It's just yet another FPS, yet another 3rd person shooter, yet another this, yet another that... People don't want to get creative anymore.
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			Any time I play a character who's not a scientist I find myseld wishing I had a little buddy following me around. Can't wait for pets! I'm a big fishing guy, too, but pets... I want pets!	
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I enjoyed fishing in WoW and RIFT, would like to see it here too :)
 
Pets are always fun to collect! 	
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			Pets and fishing like every other generic MMO out there.	
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The problem with this kind of thinking is the reason the entire gaming industry are struggling. No one ever bothers come up with something new anymore. This is the exact reason why we keep getting sequel after sequel after sequel, and rarely any new games, and certainly not in a new genre. It's just yet another FPS, yet another 3rd person shooter, yet another this, yet another that... People don't want to get creative anymore.
 
Now bring this to Wildstar. People want pets and fishing, because that's all they know. Why would anyone bother think in new ways? So for instance, we already have hoverboards. Why not make hoverboard-racing instead? It would be a time trial, against the AI (instances?) or even multiplayer races.  We have everything we need in the game right now, but because no one dares to think outside the box, hoverboard-racing isn't going to happen.
 
Fishing? What about hunting instead? Rather than sit in the same place for hours pretending to have fun, why not give us a list of stuff to kill all over the game? It could be everything from a jabbit to a type of fish to huge monster. Again, we have all the creatures in the game right now, so all we need is a little "quest" to hunt those things. But again, all people know is fishing, so fishing is all we get. No point bothering with something new.
 
What about kite-fying? Buy a kite, then run around trying to get it airborne. Once it's up in the air, you can control it with the mouse. Simple to do, yet could be a lot of fun. But.. yet again... that would require people to actually think for themselves, rather than just accepting the same, old, tired stuff we've done for years, so that's not going to happen.
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I saw the fishing cannon concept.
I definetely want to see how fishing will be like in Wildstar, because I certainly don't think it's going to be like fishing in any other MMORPG.	
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I saw the fishing cannon concept.
I definetely want to see how fishing will be like in Wildstar, because I certainly don't think it's going to be like fishing in any other MMORPG.
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			I'd just like to remind Carbine that I want a dagun. 	
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And who are you to come here and say these things arent fun for a lot of people, Duchess...?
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It's getting very difficult to take your guys serious, but I still try. But for today, consider this: We all know Legend of Zelda; Majora's Mask is coming to the Nintendo 3DS early next year. But did you know they have added new stuff to it? New stuff, as in... fishing. FFS... do you really not understand what I am trying to say here?
 
"We need new stuff, like fishing!"
"Fishing is so boring. Can't we try to think for ourselves instead?"
"No, we need fishing!"
"There are dozens of other things we can do, like..."
"FISHING!"
"Look, fishing was fun for a while, but it's been done to death. Can't we PLEASE try to...!"
"Alright, you're fired. The rest of you: FIIIIISHIIIING!!!""
 
Do you REALLY not see the problem here? Seriously?
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It's getting very difficult to take your guys serious, but I still try. But for today, consider this: We all know Legend of Zelda; Majora's Mask is coming to the Nintendo 3DS early next year. But did you know they have added new stuff to it? New stuff, as in... fishing. FFS... do you really not understand what I am trying to say here?
 
"We need new stuff, like fishing!"
"Fishing is so boring. Can't we try to think for ourselves instead?"
"No, we need fishing!"
"There are dozens of other things we can do, like..."
"FISHING!"
"Look, fishing was fun for a while, but it's been done to death. Can't we PLEASE try to...!"
"Alright, you're fired. The rest of you: FIIIIISHIIIING!!!""
 
Do you REALLY not see the problem here? Seriously?
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Do you REALLY not see the problem here? Seriously?
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We all can see that you are very new to MMO's
But after a while you will notice a lot more different things.
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No, I've been around MMOs for over a decade and played 20+ MMORPGs, and I've played that stupid fishing-game in ever *cupcake* one of them. Enough is enough. Why am I the only one who are sick of doing the same, old stuff over and over and over and over? THAT is the issue here. It has nothing to do about liking fishing or not. I enjoyed it at first - more than TEN YEARS AGO, and we are STILL DOING THE EXACT SAME THING AS WE DID BACK THEN! THAT is the issue here. I was sick of the stupid fishing-game years ago, yet people like you want to bring it back over and over and over. "New game? MORE FISHING!!!!! YAY!" Christ sake...
 
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You are hiding this very well, or you are at leveling part in every 20+ MMO's.
So this can hardly be counted as veteran in MMO's
 
So if DouchessMorgana does not like something, it has to be deleted from game or avoid adding it.
Makes sense.
Edit: also if he/she is done enough of it, delete/dont add!
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I would love if they implemented fishing, it was one of my favourite things in Rift and I'm sure they could make it great in this too with a little time/thought put into it.
 
Also I would kill for a golden jabbit minipet.	
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Yea, the fishing in Rift was somehow fun and engaging. I don't know why but I do enjoy just kicking back with a pixel fishing pole now and again and I would love to see it in WS.
 
Pets I just don't understand. What's the appeal? They sit there and follow you around. Who cares?
 
But that being said, I'd gladly trade both to be able to grind rails around Thayd on my hoverboard.	
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Pets I just don't understand. What's the appeal? They sit there and follow you around. Who cares?
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			how about they concentrate on the broken stuff first? fishing and pets shouldn't even be on the radar.	
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You didn't read a single word I said, and funnily, I never expected you to. So let me make this clear, one last time:
 
I liked fishing at first. I really did. But that was well over a decade ago, and it's been done to death for years. If you really, really need to go fish, go get yourself a fishing pole and fish for real. Don't ruin every darn game you come across by demanding the same, boring mini-game in every darn one of them.
 
This is not about liking it or not. This is about never being able to think outside the box, but sticking to the tried and tested for over a decade. You probably weren't even both when fishing got popular, so I don't blame you for not being tired of it yet. But some of us have been around long enough to be sick of it for a really long time, yet there's no end in sight. When can we PLEASE get something new for a change? I know Wildstar was ripping off a lot of other MMOs, and I'm fine with that. But that does NOT mean it has to be a carbon copy of every other game, and if one game add something new, it does not mean Wildstar is required to add it, too. It would be much, much better if we could get something NEW in this game for a change.
 
Just not the same, old, boring mini-games decade after decade. There are countless of other games with the exact same fishing you all want, so why stink up this game too with it? But I know I'm talking to deaf ears. You have no interest in listening to any of this. You just want your fishing, because you are too lazy to think for yourselves. Go with the flock, sheep. I'm sure the barn is warm and cosy and safe. The rest of us can go outside the beaten path and... gasp... find a bigger, better barn that hasn't been used yet. But you'll never know it exists, as you are too scared to go look for it. I pity you.
 
And that's all I'm going to say on this matter.
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			I'd still like to have a dagun.	
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