One of the things players noticed in the Midnight Alpha was a distinct lack of any significant Pet Battle content. Thinking Blizzard may have abandoned the feature entirely, they were concerned. We now have a statement from Blizzard clarifying their intentions for the system.
Aside from more pets coming in Midnight, there will also be alternate ways of getting them! Blizzard are working on changes to Pet Battles and will be implementing them later on in the Alpha. For now all we know is there will be new pets, the current systems will remain, and there may be something new coming as well.
The Pet Battle system is being iterated on in Midnight, and changes will continue to come with future Alpha builds.
In the first builds of the Midnight Alpha, we have several goals:
- For players who love collecting pets, there should be significant numbers of pets to collect.
- For players who love to do pet battle combat, that will be available.
- As time has passed, we’ve seen fewer and fewer players enjoying pet battle combat, so this is an area we want to iterate on.
- There will be some new pets in Midnight that are capable of battling.
- All parts of the pet battle system that were implemented in previous expansions should continue to operate as they have before.
We’re experimenting with some alternate methods to obtain pets in Midnight, and we expect to iterate on that, based on your feedback. Please let us know whether you’re an experienced pet battler or engaging with the system for the first time when you leave feedback.
Look in this thread and in the Midnight Alpha Development Notes for adjustments and bugfixes made throughout the testing period.
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Thank you!
