Maybe some of them will even see us talking about it, and get ideas.
So, what specific additions would you like to see next expansion? We can assume there will be new pets, with some new abilities. New tamers. There may be new dungeons. But what else, and what about the battling games and achievements themselves?
Family Familiar and Family Fighter were great successes, and Family Brawler has revitalised the queue, at least for now. We might have a PvE Family achievement in BfA. That'd be good. I imagine those are pretty hard to devise, but they are satisfying.
There are three things I would like to see:
1. PvE: Some new Tamer battles that are not fully scripted.
I want PvE battles that can't be read off from Xu-Fu's or botted with that addon. I would like PvE battles where the tamer chooses one of its pets at random to start, has some AI that reacts to your team once engaged, and has an element of RNG in its choice of moves, so that we have to think on the spot to win.
2. PvP: An element of forced variation in queued PvP teams.
Sameness is the queue-killer. There are only so many Souls, Serpents, Teroclaws we can face while retaining interest. Family Brawler has forced a break in the meta, and the queue is so much better for it. But Family Brawler has the weakness that Family teams make for too many instant mismatches and are not the natural gameplay anyhow.
A small start would be forbidding a queued team to have more than one pet of a species. Obviously that doesn't go far enough, with Darkness birds and Rabbits for example, but it would be a start. Forbidding any ability from being used twice in a team might be better.
Forcing us to play with completely random pets would go too far. Building a team's synergies and plan is part of the game.
But forcing us to choose from changing subsets of pets for PvP would keep the meta fresh, and a pleasure to face for the er-thousandth time.
3. PvP: Rewards for PvP.
Rewards for PvP have fallen far behind over the last two expansions. Quoting myself from this thread, which had a good discussion and contains some useful ideas:
https://www.warcraftpets.com/community/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=17053
The reward from the PvP Weekly is still basically a Pet Treat. Back in Mists, a Pet Treat was a BIG DEAL. You could get it only from one Celestial Tournament win, or 10 PvP wins. One per week from each of the hardest content quests. That was appropriate.
However, the Pet Treat is now much devalued. You get a Pet Treat for 10 Charms, so any WQ will get you enough to buy one, maybe 2. You don't even have to pet battle at all - put the shoulder enchant on and go kill a few murlocs and you have it. The burger is now so cheap it belongs on a McDonald's Saver Menu!
Consider how much work it takes to get one through PvP. The Weekly PvP Reward is due an update.
Family Brawler has shown that people will jump into the queue if they have a reason.
Let's give them a reason!
What are your wishes for the next expansion?
I appreciate the freedom that comes with an ability to spend them as we like, including converting them to yellow AH points, but some utility prices are off to me, especially the purple stone one. I'd like an opinion of someone yet to get first 500 pets levelled though.
As you said, let's take care of existing racials, preferably first.
