Did the alternate familiars go away?

Ambigue · Post by **Ambigue** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 6:42 pm

I came back to Arelith after a 3-4 month hiatus and found my spellsword's tiny little golem familiar had reverted back to whatever the base familiar was. Some sort of house cat or bargain-basement dragon. Maybe one of them EyePods that used to be so familiar back in the 2000's. I've been poking around and haven't seen any indication as to when this happened or why.

Post by **The GrumpyCat** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:06 pm

Basicaly the Devs thought that the familiars were unbalenced. Also there was some concern that new players to the game might be confused when, upon picking their 'Eyeball' familiar they got a golem instead, or some such.

Ambigue · Post by **Ambigue** » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:12 pm

Thanks for the info, Grumps. This is MOST BUENO.

Post by **kittenblackfriends** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:15 am

I don't suppose it'd be possible to design a script to "purchase" a new familiar and have it replaced, since the familiar is refreshed every level up.

Post by **Aelryn Bloodmoon** » Thu Oct 20, 2016 12:18 am

I'm actually grateful for the revert, just as a note. The restriction to level 1 was a bit too harsh of a swing the other way, IMO. At least the default familiars can function as a weaker tank if you're careful with them. That's priceless to someone with no access to conjuration.

Durvayas · Post by **Durvayas** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 12:57 pm

They would be able to, if all aggro to them didn't automatically reroute the enemy to attack the caster.

Won't pretend I don't miss the alternate familiars though. I RPed the cat(miniturized panther) as an import from the surface for my drow.

Capt.shadow · Post by **Capt.shadow** » Tue Oct 25, 2016 11:54 am

we use to be able to do cats!?
ah man

Dr_Hazard89 · Post by **Dr_Hazard89** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:23 am

I am casting animate dead on this thread to ask if kittycat familiars are anywhere in the foreseeable future.

Cortex · Post by **Cortex** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:30 am

Why settle with a kitty when you can have a panther?

Dr_Hazard89 · Post by **Dr_Hazard89** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:59 am

Cortex wrote:Why settle with a kitty when you can have a panther?

I need it.

Post by **Xerah** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:15 am

Penguins, please!

Post by **Iceborn** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 5:51 am

The custom familiars were totally unbalanced, but they were cool.
I'm totally waiting for an update on these again.
And also, cooldown on the familiar summon, please.

Ozzy.nl · Post by **Ozzy.nl** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:03 am

Id so go for cooldown instead of one summon per rest.

SwampFoot · Post by **SwampFoot** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 2:38 pm

Why not make a -stream option for familiars? One or two reskins per familiar type to keep it similar (because if you have a pixie why stream a lock-picking eyeball?), Maybe a dialog after level up that offers a reskin based on the selection and you're stuck with that skin until next level?

Post by **Iceborn** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 4:42 pm

See: Totem druid and EDK silliness.

It's been always a pet peeve of mine that you summon things with completely different skin of what they actually are. This is not your standard RPG that you can wear all heavy armor and have a "social" slot to look like your armor is made of leaves, your pants have jetpacks and your helmet is a traffic cone.

Also, pixie familiar should die in a fire.

Post by **Queen Titania** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 6:51 pm

Iceborn wrote:
Also, pixie familiar should die in a fire.

You will regret these words.

Sab1 · Post by **Sab1** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 8:17 pm

The ranger rothe companion was the coolest thing ever, I loved that.

Peppermint · Post by **Peppermint** » Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:47 pm

I hate reskins.

Hence my renaming totems to 'Totemic X', to at least sort of explain that they're magical. I was initially going to give them a spirity VFX too, but elected not to under the logic that it might seem intrusive and/or not suit current totem druid's RP.

(Real talk, if I did totems from scratch though, they'd be completely different. The concept has so much potential!)

Anyway.

I did once propose a concept whereby you could collect new animal companions/familiars/etc. that would be selectable via a -stream type command. They'd have different stats, not be mere reskins. It's certainly doable, and may happen if a developer chooses to take on a project like that, but like all things, can only happen if interest and time allows.

I wouldn't count on it soon -- or in the foreseeable feature. This is really all just to say, "It hasn't happened because it's loads of work."

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