This gets brought up periodically. The last time I noticed it, 3 years ago, ( http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/19885/1) I wrote as follows:
That was before Ryzom Forge, but it's still going to be tricky.
Bitttymacod
The desire of players for an option for pets and for mounts other than mektoubs extends back many years. There have even been some very detailed proposals made. (Two examples: app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/17685/1 and http://app.ryzom.com/app_forum/index.php?page=topic/view/16218/1# 1) There are serious issues of game balance in the addition of pets that actually have offensive capability (as noted by the writers in the second thread); in addition there is the matter of Lore that only mektoubs have been tamed by civilized homins, and only varinx, igaras, ragus and gingos even by the most talented of the Marauders.
That was before Ryzom Forge, but it's still going to be tricky.
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(*) This statement is contested, but we are certainly the longest lasting.
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