New mini Tyrael pet is underwhelming
by Dan O'Halloran 
Jul 16th 2008 at 11:00AM
Having been to the Worldwide Invitational, we were hot to turn in our key that gave us a pet Tyrael. Running hither and yon in the Undercity, we finally found the NPC for the turn in, said the magic words and voila! A floating, lightning-winged avenging angel was ours for everyone to ooh and aah over.
Well, kinda. It doesn't really do anything. There are no animations other than floating. Don't believe us? Check out the video above. At least Sleepy Willy had the good manners to fall asleep occasionally.
EDIT: Apparently he will dance with you if you target him and use the /dance emote.
Well, kinda. It doesn't really do anything. There are no animations other than floating. Don't believe us? Check out the video above. At least Sleepy Willy had the good manners to fall asleep occasionally.
EDIT: Apparently he will dance with you if you target him and use the /dance emote.
Filed under: Items, Worldwide Invitational
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Blorg Jul 16th 2008 11:02AM
Sleepy Willy has the good manners to (very) occasionally unleash a devastating eye-beam on an unsuspecting critter.
Stoneblade Jul 16th 2008 11:06AM
Interesting... He's got both dancing and sleeping animations when I checked him out in the model viewer...
Ilnara Jul 16th 2008 11:09AM
Go back and play Diablo 2 again.. thats pretty much all he does in that game too.. :) I wonder if they did it as a joke. :)
vlad Jul 16th 2008 1:06PM
all i have to say is this is the best machinema i have seen posted in months. moo money needs to take some lessons from you dan. im dead serious too.
Moo Money Jul 18th 2008 10:42AM
I love you too, baby. Let's get together sometime!
LostOne Jul 16th 2008 11:15AM
Maybe he does do things but they're very rare like Murky's tophat dance and Diablo's blowing fire. I know we had to watch Diablo and Murky each for about 30 minutes one time before they did anything...if you move the timer can start over.
Bulgarak Jul 16th 2008 11:18AM
Actually, that's not correct at all. You can /dance with him and he'll rock out!
Ametrine Jul 16th 2008 11:40AM
Wow ModelView also shows him with a float-in-midair sleep animation, too...
Bulgarak Jul 16th 2008 12:10PM
I tried:
/sleep
/lay
/bored
and couldn't get him to sleep. It might just be an idle animation that I haven't seen yet.
DarkRa Jul 16th 2008 11:21AM
If you target him and /dance he dances with you. Also he had a relaxing animation that is mightily cool, haven't manage to witness it in game though, either it's very rare, or it is triggered by a yet unknown emote.
All hope is not lost, this pet CAN be cooler :P
Lowne Jul 16th 2008 11:34AM
lol...
I could imagine a circus barker
Barker: "BEHOLD! Mini Tyrael!"
Barker (under his breath): "He's underwhelming...."
Barker: "No don't leave!"
*sigh of depression*
*checks crowd response*
Barker (as if the show just started): "BEHOLD! Mini Diablo!
*grandiose posturing and a hopeful grin*
arb Jul 16th 2008 11:37AM
Oh please, it's "Voila!", not viola. A viola is a musical instrument... *roll*
Lowne Jul 16th 2008 11:54AM
er....I dont' get it.
I don't see where anyone said 'voila' or 'viola' for that matter.
Smurk Jul 16th 2008 12:38PM
There was a mage-related post last week that made this same mistake... unless it's an internet cat joke or something.
ReflectedSky Jul 16th 2008 11:40AM
Aw, I was expecting his wings to have the same groovy hypnotic subtly-waving movement that the "real" Tyrael has. Too bad!
Nick Jul 16th 2008 11:44AM
People need to stop listing the things they don't like... It's boring. Ok, so he doesn't do cartwheels and make you breakfast when you log in... It's like.. is it ever enough for people? This is really directed at everyone and not just this article. After playing WoW I must say I have never seen such a huge group of the "I wish this were more/ my expectations were not met." comments.
Gargamike Jul 16th 2008 12:24PM
I must say that your negative commentary on negative commentary could have been done far better. Vastly underwhelming and unimpressive IMO.
Nick Jul 16th 2008 12:41PM
Cool.
Bigups Jul 16th 2008 1:13PM
Seconded. WOW players might be the whiniest bunch of people on the planet.
Sylvarus Jul 16th 2008 12:09PM
I find your spelling of "underwhelming" underwhelming.