Blizzard is implenting a "pet battle system" in World fo Warcraft next expansion.
Pet Battle System
Pet Battle System
- You will be able to collect, level, and battle with companion pets.
- It will be accessible to all players.
- Works with almost every pet
- Pet Customization, you will be able to name your pet, give them visual abilities, etc ...
- There will be "Wild pets", you can find them in the world and engage in battle with them. You will then be able to get that pet and add it to your Pet Journal.
- Pets have random stats, some of them will be very good at tanking, some will have a CC ability, etc ...
- Some pets will only be found during a specific season, while it's raining, or during the day or the night. Some of them will only spawn in the spring, when it's raining, in elwynn forest at night!
- Most pets will become tradable, even after it's leveled, etc ...
- Pets will be account wide
- Your pet journal will display info on all your pets, including stats, skills, and also drop locations and lore info for the pets you don't have yet!
- Winning battles earns you experience, and levels your pets.
- You will learn new abilities. Every pet can use 3 abilities in a battle at one time.
- Every time you level you will also increase the stats of your pet.
- You will level multiple pets to build your team.
- You have 3 battle slots, one for each pet in your team.
- PvE and PvP Battles
- It will be turn based.
- A simple combat system.
- Fight with a team of 3 pets
- Queuing system, you will be able to find a fight pretty fast depending on the level of your pets.
- You will finally be able to name your pets, and see that name in battle.
- Items for your pets, you will have an item slot for your pet and might be able to socket gems in those items, etc ...
- Individual builds of abilities and different teams.
- Masters and Masters abilities, there will be different NPC pet masters in the world who will let you earn abilities when you beat them. For example, beating the master of mechanical pets will get you a new ability for your pet!
