Scythemantis wrote:
The pose they give you doesn't represent what the pet is like 24/7. The CONCEPT is all that defines your pet. The way it's standing and its facial expression are just a random moment in time that shouldn't mean anything at all.
Yes, I get that. However, a few tweaks to the pose can change the way the species looks. And example is the Elephante. Changing the eye shape and exaggerating the trunk shape make the facial expression harder to read. They also changed the body to have a lot of boring blank space, which looks bad, unless they have some really elegant elephante sashes coming out soon.
Scythemantis wrote:
Now, it's been years since they've done a revamp this extreme. They know better. And yet, players still get just as angry when their pet is suddenly smiling a different way.
It's far from just the smile. For me anyway, the problem is in cases where they changed the face to be less esthetically pleasing. In some cases, like for Xweetoks, there was never any reason to change anything besides the fist. The rest of the body was in the same position it's in now, but it looks stiff and awkward now.
Scythemantis wrote:
I'm sure they are aware of how idiotic some of the redraw colors look, and they've already acknowledged that they're going to be fixing a lot of them. They fixed the marshmallow grundo already.
If they do in fact do this, then I'll be a total supporter of the new pets. Until then, I remain disappointed.
edit: And no, I don't think TNT secretly hates us all. They'd shut down the website or all quit if they did. I just don't think how the artists could think that some of the new pets look good. I'm not just talking about the former redraw colours. I'm talking about the basic colours. And if the artists knew that some of the new pets are not pleasing to the eye, then whoever was in charge of the schedule should have allowed an extra six months to fix the pets.