The World of Pets in the World of Warcraft

**What is the World of Warcraft?**

World of Warcraft is the single most popular massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) on the Internet today. It all started on September 2, 2001, when software giant Blizzard Entertainment released World of Warcraft. It was one of the first role-playing video games to allow players to connect to the Internet to join an entire virtual world of gameplay with other gamers. The concept took the world of gaming by storm, and by 2008 the World of Warcraft now holds the lion’s share of the MMOG market with 10 million subscribers.

**The World of Pets on Warcraft**

The World of Warcraft has become such a realistic virtual world for many people that they’ve started searching for virtual luxuries for their online character to enjoy. Now pet lovers who play WoW are able to choose from an entire world of pets to select their own unique animal.

While you can have a small pet and a “combat” pet. Small pets are only there for companionship for your character. These are luxury items that people enjoy having, but really serve no real purpose. On the other hand, you can also have combat pets which serve a very useful purpose depending on the animal that you choose. And if your character is a hunter you have the potential to choose a non-combat pet that may compliment your combat pet.

**Categories of World of Warcraft Pets**

In this virtual world of pets, there are more than enough choices to select the animal that suits your needs. If you are selecting a combat pet, you’ll want to choose very carefully because the pet’s abilities will serve you well if you are very selective. There are various families of pets with particular abilities. These are mostly considered “hunter pets” which fight, level up, and have special skills alongside the hunter.

– Ferocity Pets: These pets cause damage more quickly. This category has several families, including the carrion bird, hyena, tall strider, cat, raptor, and wolf.

– Tenacity Pets: These animals will strike harder and with more protection, but a little more slowly than the ferocity pets. These are considered the “defensive” pets. pets blog families include the bear, boar, crab, crocolisk, gorilla, scorpid, turtle, and the warpstalker.

– Cunning Pets: These animals are considered more “balanced”, with the same hitpoints and a little less armor than ferocity pets, but with a little more speed than tenacity pets. The families in this category include the bat, dragon hawk, ravager, spider, wind serpent, bird of prey, nether ray, serpent, or the sporebat.

**Collecting Pets**

While many people spend hours on WoW completing quests, gaining experience, and leveling, another segment of the player population is there for the social experience. There are so many people playing WoW that it’s near impossible not to strike up a conversation with fellow players, or to meet new people you come across during your travels.

One of the important things people like to do when they taking part in such social environments is to make a unique impression on other people they meet. Nothing makes quite an impression as a large pet collection. You can typically only have one pet out at a time, however they can switch, or “summon” whichever pet they like.

Some of the creatures or truly a work of art on the part of the game creators, and other animals are perfect attack animals that aid a hunter in all aspects of their quests. With the introduction of leisure pets and hunter pets, the World of Warcraft creators introduce a whole new aspect to the gaming experience, a unique connection between person and animal, between the avatar and the beast.