in-game Pets

[Forodrim]

NQ just posted a concept art picture of in-game pets:

 

They are generally more active on twitter, sharing some nice concept pictures. ( https://twitter.com/dualuniverse )

This I found particular interesting since I had no idea before that pets were planned

[Takao]

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[Lethys]

20 minutes ago, Forodrim said:

NQ just posted a concept art picture of in-game pets:

 

They are generally more active on twitter, sharing some nice concept pictures. ( https://twitter.com/dualuniverse )

This I found particular interesting since I had no idea before that pets were planned

Yeah, those are KS exclusives, L1 to 5 for different backer tiers. But they're purely cosmetic and don't do anything

[ATMLVE]

They've never shared them before though, except the little orange guy. But there are five tiers, and I only see three potential ones in the picture.

[Hotwingz]

What do I get with a ruby pledge? 

[huschhusch]

English (google-translate)

 

I had hoped for a C-3PO translating to English or Lua, or at least an R2-D2 assisting with flying.

 

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German (original)

 

Ich hatte auf einen C-3PO der mir ins englische oder Lua übersetzt gehofft oder wenigstens ein R2-D2 der beim fliegen assistiert.

 

 

 

Die Waldfee

[Lethys]

33 minutes ago, Falstaf said:

What do I get with a ruby pledge? 

L4 iirc, but idk what shape.

 

If pets would add some kind of bonus to smth, it would be p2w, and noone wants that

[Hotwingz]

7 minutes ago, Lethys said:

L4 iirc, but idk what shape.

 

If pets would add some kind of bonus to smth, it would be p2w, and noone wants that

Oh no, we don't want any p2w. 

I just like cool looking stuff. 

[Zamarus]

Rad stuff honestly. It's also for the best that they are purely cosmetic as Lethys indicated

[Lord_Void]

These look pretty cool. I hope they are purely cosmetic

[huschhusch]

English (google-translate)

 

The cosmetics of combat robots is usually very invasive (usually fatal)

 

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Die Kosmetik vom Kampfrobotern ist meist sehr invasiv (meist tötlich)

 

 

Die Waldfee

[Forodrim]

13 hours ago, Lethys said:

 

If pets would add some kind of bonus to smth, it would be p2w, and noone wants that

yes, I hope they stay purely cosmetic. Although,  I must admit the recon drone looks very cool, a walker element would be nice and the recon function then can be done with lua i guess

[Lethys]

10 minutes ago, Forodrim said:

yes, I hope they stay purely cosmetic. Although,  I must admit the recon drone looks very cool, a walker element would be nice and the recon function then can be done with lua i guess

exactly, that's what lua is there for.

 

besides the fact that NQ doesn't want any NPCs (for now) in the game which could recon for you - so I guess that name is only that. A fancy name

[Bacabab_]

Nice, next step, develope a fish tank for IG monitor in LUA

[huschhusch]

English (google-translate)

 

"RECON" is a military name and has little to do with Exploration.

 

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German (original)

 

"RECON" ist eine militärische Bezeichnung und hat wenig mit Erkundung zu tun.

 

Die Waldfee

[Forodrim]

4 hours ago, Lethys said:

besides the fact that NQ doesn't want any NPCs (for now) in the game which could recon for you - so I guess that name is only that. A fancy name

yes, and that is perfectly fine. I would love however elements as a "base" element for drones. Especially the leg elements, both two an six legged ones. Then you can use them to create and program your own drone.  

[Ryoko_Takahashi]

I actually prefered the original lvl1 concept art/video. It has more of a Ghost in the Shell kind of feel. The one on the right side from the new tweet feel way too much like CHAPPiE to me. 

 

 

[Lethys]

4 hours ago, huschhusch said:

English (google-translate)

 

"RECON" is a military name and has little to do with Exploration.

 

It's a good thing that no one said that then

[huschhusch]

English (google-translate)

 

even back than ?

 

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German (original)

 

schon damals ?

Die Waldfee

 

[Lambert]

They may be purely cosmetic right now, but I’m wondering if they will serve something me purpose in the future where people can purchase pets on the market and you’d need certain skill sets to use and operate your pet interface. I’m hoping this is the case, because what’s going to happen when you get attacked and someone kills your pet. How will you get it back? When you respawn, does it also respawn? If you survive and your pet does not, can you resurrect it at a node? Something would need to happen as people would be upset if their pet dies and they can’t get it back. 

[Lethys]

Or...they can't be attacked at all. Dun dun duuuuuuuun

 

I personally think that pets which give a bonus to smth or can be used with certain skills are boring and a useless copycat mechanic from other mmos. 

 

If they would add that some day (which i doubt) then it would be just a matter of finding the best pet for the task, buying/building it, selling it If possible and rinse and repeat. Or just have different pets in your alts. 

[Hotwingz]

If you loose your pet in any way it seems obvious that you just click the summon button again. Like it has been for 20 years. 

 

Naturally they can mix things up by making it a schematic requiring components but I doubt that. 

 

It seems to make sense that kickstarter pets won't be tradeable. Just a cosmetic summon. 

[AUTO6PL]