First, I will apologize this will be a long series of posts. But as this is on the Suggestions and Ideas I want to try to clearly explain why I give these suggestions.
Whispering Pines was originally designed around the Ranger, read the History it even says, “The most noble class of them all was the Ranger. A friend to the woodland creatures and an enemy to those who threatened them. Skilled archer and companion with the animals, the ranger was far more than just a man.”
Now this spotlights archers/tamer, and to highlight this there are custom archery items such as strings that can break, arrow dipping tubs. The animals can be leveled, and some great custom animals exist. However, many know this isn't my first time here on W.P. And this is something I thought about before and never put to words.
When I played on OSI tamers came in many types. Some favored the Hiryu of the Samurai land, many liked the Cu Sidhe or Reptalon of Mondain's Legacy, yet it was nothing to see a tamer using a combo of pets such as a nightmare and a dragon, or a rune beetle and a Bake Kitsune the combo's and possibilities where endless.
This in no way is meant to demean the great work done here on W.P. By its staff but I believe as the ranger class is highlighted it would be awesome to see some of that taming diversity.
Now scripting brand new custom monsters/pets takes more time than most even realize. What I propose is to thrust already existing pets into the spot light. I would like suggestions here for staff to take a look on improvements to existing UO pets that would make them worth taking a 2nd look at, and therefore increase pet diversity.
I am going to of course list my own thoughts/suggestions feel free to pick them apart. List pro/cons or failures I might have not seen. All comments could help staff take a look at the possibilities.