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Sounds like Neo-pets or something similar

holy crap in-game pets. Im all for it!

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but they could be greatly inhanced from being background creatures to being customizable battle pets. They would fight with their wings (small blade weapons could be crafted to be put on), Dyes could be crafted from shards and other items to give them unique colors, and small accessories such as head bands or helms could be made for them to make them look tough.

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What if they held extra Vials? Like three more of each. That would be cool.

Chocobo's seem like adorably helpless creatures (as do moogles now that I think about it) but both get fighter roles in some final fantasy games.

I thought they are cute enough and if it is used also as a pets that follows you around, I think many people will buy it(as long as it can attack)

Do you have the slightest clue of how much lag this would cause? People are already having problems with lag as it is!

+1 for cosmetic snipes (snipes that dont fight)
Fighting snipes is just going into the realms of silly, i mean.. a tiny little spinning bird? that fights? itd get killed in half a second, plus its just not in balance with the game, but by all means cosmetic snipes.

Having 100% cosmetic (and perhaps customizable) snipes would be a cool idea, (I want one with a pretty bow! :3) but you'd really need some variation, or it's going to be rather dull to see every single person in haven being trailed by a pudgy bird. Introducing baby wolver pups and/or jelly cube fragments as pets would be a good way to combat this, of course.

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... Y'know what? I've changed my mind. I want a baby jelly cube with an equipable bow tie! ^_____^

As for the lag issue, I suspect that could be solved by simply having the pet's location determined entirely by client-side code. There's no serious need for the server to regularly transmit data on pet location(s), provided that the pets don't influence combat in a direct manner.

Another pets thread? Really? Does nobody use the Search function?

I'm still heartily opposed to this - I don't think it fits the game, and any pets that positively affected combat would either require an overall rebalancing and/or make them an overwhelmingly desirable piece of equipment, which is irritating for players who don't particularly want a cute ickle animal following them around all the time. I wouldn't mind purely cosmetic pets as a customisation option, so long as they stayed out of the way of fights. Heck, I wouldn't even mind pets that scooted around picking up material/heart/Crown drops for you; a convenience, rather than a balance-affecting addition to your loadout (you'd probably have to prevent them from picking up Vials and vitapods unless specifically instructed to by the player, though). But anything that's not directly under player control that can aid you in a fight is contrary to the spirit of the game.

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE if you plan to do something like this, implimenting pets of some sort - that are visible while playing under the arcade, i would REALLLY like to request an option to NOT have to see them, i feel this would be a huge distraction and seem like there were other things to kill on the screen moving around towards you ect... if you have the option to not display them yourself, then i just wish you would do this, keep it client sided as much as possible, or even maby another option is personal pets, 100% client side in arcade and then possibly visible to others where you dont have combat or your sword wielded - this to keep down lag and distraction, two birds one stone :P

i know im not the only one against this, simply by the few people complaining about lag, thats prob the most impt reason, arcade is bad enough already the lag is to the point im nearly ready to give up, reactionary game with no responce to reaction alot of the time, heck ive been lit on fire or spiked when i was standing on a perfectly clear tile, still - not moving for a second or so, then spikes/fire came up and hit me anyways, also hit by shadowfire i wasnt near, sometimes the game isnt even sync'd up properly, what about those times you go to pick up a heart or material and your literally a whole tile away from it when you finally get to pick it up....

please... take it easy on adding any more strain to the actual dungeon diving, its bad enough already and needs fixing...
my 2cents
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i love the idea, and i want pets to be in here!

I'm kinda mixed on the pet idea. Cosmetic pets sound good (especially because it would be simple compared to the battling pets), but others might see it as a waste of crowns/energy. We are Spiral Knights, and the sole mission is to kill monsters as we make our way down to the Clockworks, so cosmetic pets might just be a distraction. Unless they stayed in Haven or turned invisible in the Clockworks or something.
On the other hand, battle pets would be helpful, but would need an entirely new system made solely for them, not to mention any weapons or armor.
If we did have pets, at all, it would probably be the lesser evils among monster species, like the Royal Jelly mini, the Jolly Green Mini, a Mewkat, etc.