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The inception of the idea for the dark squirrel came from me wanting to have something to spend hallowed marks on once you'd finished the dark graceful set and which would be both desirable enough that people would want it yet also completely optional so you didn't feel forced to do it. I figured that a pet recolour would be a good way to go about that.
I honestly wish every pet recolour we've ever pitched could have a matching piece of content you'd have to earn it from however the vast amount of pet recolour ideas outweighs the amount of content we can design for them so we end up with this inconsistency.
I honestly don't see it as an issue and I know many people support the expensive cost even if it is a little excessive in hindsight, at the very least we've sped up getting marks from initial release so it's not as bad as it was!
Recolors should be as difficult as the squirrel one going forward
Given that we currently have both, it makes sense to continue that way. The title of this post is a little misleading as this isn't really an art inconsistency but rather a mechanical one. To remedy this we could add some lower effort squirrel variations in much the same way all the other pets have fairly easily obtainable ones. There's also the possibility to add difficult to obtain variations of other pets, providing there's relevant content to go with them.
The title of this post is a little misleading as this isn't really an art inconsistency but rather a mechanical one.
I think I interpreted the post as OP intended, and it's fine. It's saying "Jagex are worried about art inconsistency but throw blatant price inconsistency at us, 2 weeks apart".
Even then, it's a strange thing to point out considering these are generally split disciplines. Some mods are focused on mechanical consistency while others are thinking about artistic consistency. Anyway, I feel like I'm just explaining the joke away at this point and that wasn't my intention ;P
Maybe forms themed to the rooftop course cities? A Prif squirrel could be cool, but it would be tough to design a squirrel in that many different ways
I was thinking along the lines of a single variant themed around rooftops (default graceful colours) and another for Prif as that's a very prestigious course to unlock.
Can we possibly get a Beaver Re-skin? Potentially a platypus :)
YES! I've been scratching my head thinking what we could do for the beaver pet - a platypus is perfect!
Hey West could we please get an update on the Boss Slayer Helm redesigns? And any movements on the Necromancy spellbook redesign?
I have an update for the slayer helms coming soon :D The spellbook is still planned for a future Kourend quest but there's been no movement on that project and I suspect there won't be until after the next League.