New Mechanical Hunter Pets in Legion
by Magistrate - 8 years ago show comments
When Gnome Hunters were announced, we may have thought that would be all the little guys got. But Legion has more in store for Gnome and Goblin Hunters, as well as others. Mechanical Hunter pets are coming in Legion!
- Gnomes will use the Giant Mechanical Rabbit as their starter pet
- Gnomes and Goblins will have access to the new pet type by default
- Other races will need to use a special item made by Engineers to gain access to these pets
- Mechanical pets are maintained with Mechanical Bits, presumably created with Engineering supplies like Handful of Copper Bolts
- They may require you to solve puzzles, such as the mechanostrider pet in Gnomeregan detailed below
Giant Mechanical Rabbit–will be the Gnome Hunter’s starter pet
We have some big news concerning some of the smallest residents in Azeroth. Gnome players will at long last be able to play the Hunter class! That’s right—in World of Warcraft: Legion, you too will be able to rise up to become a big game hunter.
One for the Gnomies
Long at the forefront of cutting-edge technology in Azeroth, the inventive gnomes are finally ready to break out the big guns. Their propensity for things that go “bang” and knack for high-tech weapons like rocket launchers, high-powered rifles, and death rays make them perfect candidates for hunting down prey.
And with the events about to unfold on the Broken Shore, High Tinker Mekkatorque has commanded his people to get outfitted and ready for battle—any way they know how.
Mecha-Minions
Of course, gnomes wouldn’t be gnomes if they didn’t apply their own particular brand of engineering to their job—this time in the form of a new Hunter pet family: Mechanical.
Gnome and Goblin players will be able to tame this new kind of hard-to-find pet right from the start. Other races will also be able to learn how to control these artificial animals via a device Engineers will be able to make.
Most Mechanical pets will be challenging to tame, requiring you to first locate them and then use your Hunter abilities in unusual ways. (You didn’t think we’d make it easy, did you?)
For example, one rare mechanostrider requires you to create a special punch card that grants access to a closed section of Gnomeregan (we hope you remember the way). Once you locate the clockwork creature, you’ll then need to figure out how to overload its circuits. Solve the puzzle, and you’ll have this magnificent mechanized minion striding by your side.
What do you feed a high-tech pet that’s not technically alive? Mechanical Bits, of course! Hunters will be able to keep their shiny metal friends “happy” and “healthy” through the creative use of Engineering supplies such as a Handful of Copper Bolts.
And just in case you think we’re lowering ourselves by making “small” jokes, we present to you the Gnome Hunter’s starting pet—the Giant Mechanical Rabbit—as proof!
Will you rise up to the challenge and collect them all?
that sounds cool for those peep squeak squeak toy gnomes to have pet wise another smaller huntertard to add to the mix.