Teamwork to the max

As some of you may have noticed, Orpheus wasn't listed in the first line of the family grid.  Instead, he appeared alongside my four other current PvP pets of choice.  (Kalypso is taking it easy; she is still a bit of a hermit crab.) This was partly a reflection of how organized I keep my stable, as those five are generally the ones with me, and the other four rows appeared in the usual order of my deep stable.

The other major reason I chose to display them that way is because they are a team, moreso than any of my other pets.  Generally, my pets either run with me as a duo or as part of a larger raid group; there are a select few cases of pairing off (Atalanta and Hippomenes, Perseus and Andromeda, and the twins Castor and Pollux), but they are fewer and further between.

Last night, I was able to cycle through all five pets multiple times against a druid-warlock team.  None of them died, since I kept switching them after they were dotted up.  Orpheus and Arachne especially got into trading off in multiple matches.

If only I had three more stable slots, I would gladly run with five spiders.  This is really fun!

The serious business roster

I've found myself with a lot of new pets in Kalliope's stable lately, most of them PvP pets.  I wasn't sure how things were going to work out, since Orpheus is so territorial.  It was going to be bad enough with just Arachne, but the others have been itching for some playtime as well.  But surprisingly, Orpheus has not only allowed them to have their turns, but he hasn't complained.  I think it helps that I always keep him in slot #1.  He's the boss, after all.

The #2 slot is dedicated to Arachne.  As promised, Orpheus gets more time out in the field, but Arachne has a surprising ability to blend in in rated battlegrounds, depending on our group composition.  Yesterday, we ran with three hunters, one with a bone spider and the other with a red lava spider, so Arachne was out for me so I'd blend in better.

Tantalus gets roster slot #3.  He's my go-to ferocity pet for PvP, since my pets don't usually die out there, unless focused or howling blast spammed.  This tenacious little guy rotates in almost as much as Arachne does, since he's arena-appropriate as well as for TB/battlegrounds.  This is a pet I never imagined I would tame.  Ever.  He continues to surprise me.

Icarus takes spot #4, another surprising move, since I had sworn off birds and most flying pets in general.  I just love this bird too much.  He usually gets to fly around TB, pecking the eyes out of unsuspecting horde melee.  He's saved my life multiple times, as well as those of friends, with his key disarms.

The last spot changes between Kalypso and Perseus.  Both are tenacity pets with duplicate abilities to Tantalus and Icarus, so they mostly get time in TB - and mostly just for fun/show.  Perseus went to TB shortly after he was born, so it's home to him.  I'm still getting to know Kalypso, so I don't know her preferences yet.    Probably more world PvP than anything else, but that remains to be seen.

It's strange not having any PvE pets with me, but I do a complete swap of my active pets for those situations. The new system seems to be working!

Can you please stop killing me for a minute? I want to compliment your pet!

As I've mentioned before, I essentially have a split personality when it comes to perceiving some things in WoW.  Take tonight's Warsong Gulch experience as an example.  One of the horde players was a troll hunter named Freebeer, something that didn't stand out to me at all until I noticed his pet was a brown bat named andwings.  (I later armoried him; he also has an old world yellow scorpid named ANDPIZZA.)  One part of my brain processed how amusing this pairing was and wanted to spam a bunch of approval emotes.  The other part of my brain said, "You idiot, he's trying to kill you.  STOP CAREBEARING AND KILL HIM."  The latter won out (though I don't believe I was successful; it was a bad game), but I very definitely wanted to do both things simultaneously.