Meer wrote:
But why does everyone make such a big deal about five pets anyway? I always hear lots of talk about wanting a fifth pet, but why? One more pet is not a big deal, we'll still need side accounts for more pets.
I wouldn't care if they gave us a fifth spot, Only if they upped it to something more reasonable, like eight, ten, or twenty.
I think a fifth pet spot would be useful because I'm one of those people who has had the same 4 pets since my first month or so on the site. By this point, I'm so completely attached to them that I can't even think of disowning a single one of them, but I'd like another one. I'm not interesting in having a side account--all my time and effort has gone into one account and I don't want to be continually logging on and off just to take care of one pet on an account I don't want for any other purpose.
I think an extra pet slot should either be:
A) Available after some length of time on the site, such as one year, or
B) Available for some set price such as one million Neopoints.
That way you have to think about it before you just rush off and create that pet. You decide what you want, you settle on species and color, and you're not just going "OMG another pet cool!"
"Oh, better far to live and die/Under the brave black flag I fly/Than play a sanctimonious part/With a pirate head and a pirate heart."