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over 3 years ago - /u/JagexSel - Direct link

Originally posted by SarahAndBeyond

NGL I reckon these new pets were gonna be graphically reworked summoning familiars and then upper management saw dollar signs and said nah let's make a pet which has no lore ties and will just give us money.

Noooo! There's some really awesome creatures and design opportunities in summoning, so we remake them when we can because we think they will look cool and players will like them. After seeing the design I thought it was really awesome and asked to work on it as my next project several times hahah

The reason they're not updated right away I don't know if I can elaborate on, but it takes time to put stuff into the game and sometimes more art is also required to make different variants etc :)