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Our half-hour session included a detailed conversation about the future of pet battles, new pets and pet collecting in general.
Highlights:
- Cory provided a sneak peak at the pet design process.
- Future patches and expansions won't contain quite as many pets as we saw in MoP and 5.1.
- Blizzard is very pleased with Pet Battles — more than 50% of players are participating.
- Epic (and possibly legendary) pet qualities will definitely come, in time.
- Pet gender may play a role down the road — think "cross-breeding" your pets.
- Older pet models will see some updating (frogs and snakes were mentioned), possibly for 5.2.
- Some wild pets will become tradable... eventually.
- Wild "boss pet" encounters, where you’d use your entire team to take down an über pet, are in the works.
- Dog-lovers rejoice! More traditional-style dog pets à la Perky Pug are on the horizon!
And those are just the highlights! There's plenty more pet talk, so be sure to listen to the full interview.
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We'd like to thank Cory again for his time and super-insightful answers. If you love pets, you don't want to miss this interview!
