Blizzard's Cory Stockton Talks Pets with WarcraftPets

We recently had the privilege of interviewing Cory "Mumper" Stockton, World of Warcraft's Lead Content Designer, to discuss all things pets!

Our half-hour session included a detailed conversation about the future of pet battles, new pets and pet collecting in general.

Highlights:

• Cory provided a sneak peak at the pet design process.
• Future patches and expansions won't contain quite as many pets as we saw in MoP and 5.1.
• Blizzard is very pleased with Pet Battles — more than 50% of players are participating.
• Epic (and possibly legendary) pet qualities will definitely come, in time.
• Pet gender may play a role down the road — think "cross-breeding" your pets.
• Older pet models will see some updating (frogs and snakes were mentioned), possibly for 5.2.
• Some wild pets will become tradable... eventually.
• Wild "boss pet" encounters, where you’d use your entire team to take down an über pet, are in the works.
• Dog-lovers rejoice! More traditional-style dog pets à la Perky Pug are on the horizon!

And those are just the highlights! There's plenty more pet talk, so be sure to listen to the full interview.

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We'd like to thank Cory again for his time and super-insightful answers. If you love pets, you don't want to miss this interview!