I was just in the Bazaar and the young man next to me had a pet I've never seen before and hope I never do again. I looked like a steer (lots of people in there). It had metal straps around it's belly and back and it was on fire. I'm a little surprised KingsIsle would even go there - on fire??? Maybe I've seen too many videos of dogs being held down and burned with a blow torch. Or cats covered in lighter fluid and set aflame. Can't you find humane ways to show your pets? Do you really have to resort to what looks like torture?
It sounds like you saw a pet based off of a spell. I think it was a mechanical bull, a machine, and magic flames of some kind, perhaps powering it. The straps you saw would not be chaining it, they WERE it, it's framework skeleton. It would be in the same mode as Bosses like Old Smoky, the mechanical man that looks like an old wood burning stove with a grate with a fire behind it. Maybe someone who is the school who has it can explain more. It might be like the fire elementals, too. What do you think of the firecats, the phoenix, the electric sparking thunderbird, the chilly icecats?
I was just in the Bazaar and the young man next to me had a pet I've never seen before and hope I never do again. I looked like a steer (lots of people in there). It had metal straps around it's belly and back and it was on fire. I'm a little surprised KingsIsle would even go there - on fire??? Maybe I've seen too many videos of dogs being held down and burned with a blow torch. Or cats covered in lighter fluid and set aflame. Can't you find humane ways to show your pets? Do you really have to resort to what looks like torture?
Alexis Dawnbreaker Lvl 37 Storm.
There are many pets that appear on fire and that's because they are FIRE pets, the fire doesn't hurt them, it's part of their nature. "I've seen too many videos of dogs being held down and burned with a blow torch. Or cats covered in lighter fluid and set aflame." Why would anyone watch one video of animals being tortured, much less "many"?
It's a mythological creature, and not torture at all. Knowing the origin of the creature does help separate it from your situation. Just know that KI spends a lot of time making sure their content is as universal as possible, and that there is no way to account for every association people might make
Er... that's a Raging Bull. It's a bull... raging... on fire. It's the fire pet for level 118. It in no way resembles animal abuse. KingsIsle would never portray that, nor any company.
Don't be frightened by the pet, it's from the fire spell "Raging Bull." So first of all, it's not a dog, it's a bull. second of all, it's on fire for a reason.
The pet you're describing is a Raging Bull, or a hybrid of that pet. It is earned at level 118 from the Fire school, and it's based off the Fire 108 level spell earned from Polaris. I have that pet.
As you can see, the bull is full of fire; he has a fire burning inside and he has lava-like streaks on his legs. You know, when you talk about someone "burning with rage?" That's what this bull is supposed to represent.
While I admit that I don't care for the look of it (I call it 'the Taco' because of its shape), I never once looked at it and thought: "pet being tortured." Um, no. Also, I'm kind of disturbed that you say you've watched "many" videos of pets being burned alive. Why on earth would you watch even one?!
Alia Misthaven
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