Epic to Poor

[Gewen]

So on several occasions I have found epic quality pets and gotten so angry because the second I was able to begin the battle the epic pet turned to a poor pet. Haas anyone else had this issue? I have had it happen with rares as well. However, it is much more frustrating when it happens with Epics. I have submitted tickets and bug reports about this and the only response I receive is "Blizzard developers are working on this problem"....

[Farnzworth]

there are no epic pets outside of what the trainers have. You cannot acquire them at this time. you are probably experiencing a lag that shows the previously battled pet team rarity for a second before it corrects itself. after battling a trainer you engage a random pet and for a second they look legendary because you fought a trainer (or epic if non panda master). The best you can get is a rare.

long story short, its lag and after a second your UI will show the correct rarity of the pet you engaged.

[Index]

It's not a problem, it just takes the UI a second to interrogate the actual quality.

Index.

[Gewen]

The four times I have found them (including today) was well before battling pet trainers. I have also found epic pets on the Alliance Auction House on Hyjal. However, I am not spending 35K for one.... I have also experienced this with rare pets as well. I begin a battle and one of the pets starts out rare, when I can actually press a button to attack the pet turns poor.... When speaking to Blizzard about it they simply say "We know the problem exists and our developers are working on it"

[Ysabell]

There are epic items that "on use" teach you rare quality pets.

[Gendou]

1.) There are no Epic-quality battle pets available to players.
2.) Occasionally a UI bug will cause a wild pet to appear to be Epic when it is not.
3.) Players are unable to obtain Epic-quality battle pets.
4.) Pets do not spontaneously change rarity during a battle.
5.) The GM's are no doubt talking about the aforementioned UI bug.
6.) Epic-quality battle pets are not available to players.
7.) There are epic items that teach pets, but the pets are not Epic-quality battle pets.
8.) Battle pets that are available to players cannot be Epic-quality.

[Kandystryper]

Correct on all points except for #4 kinda - sometimes due to lag you will see a wild pet change breeds/rarity just before the battle begins.

[NathKnave]

Correct on all points except for #4 kinda - sometimes due to lag you will see a wild pet change breeds/rarity just before the battle begins.

This isn't the pet changing breeds or rarity though. It's just a display bug.

[Waddatoe]

Ha! I've seen the blue border around thier portrait change to grey or white pretty often. It's made it more exciting for me when they stay blue, causing a double take.