epic and legendary pets

[Echinacea]

do any actually exist? if so, how do you get them?

[Kalium]

Yes they exist... you will face several when you go against the Beast of Fable, Pandarean Tamers and the Celestial Tournament. Currently, you can not capture or upgrade any of your pets to those qualities... though that may change in the future.

[Echinacea]

if major pain's purple pets are that bad i would hate to see an orange

[Klaital]

if major pain's purple pets are that bad i would hate to see an orange

The Pandaria grand master tamer is the first one you face with orange pets.

[Echinacea]

if major pain's purple pets are that bad i would hate to see an orange

The Pandaria grand master tamer is the first one you face with orange pets.

with the rate that im collecting and levelling im sure to have a mix that can handle it

[Digem]

if major pain's purple pets are that bad i would hate to see an orange

The Pandaria grand master tamer is the first one you face with orange pets.

with the rate that im collecting and levelling im sure to have a mix that can handle it

With the right team they are pretty easy to beat but they usually hit at an absurd crit rate and some of them cannot take more than 35% damage at one time.
So you have to whittle them down a bit and it can get annoying.
At times you miss and they crit one of the things that makes the celestial tournament tough at times.

[Sibi]

Check out the guides for the Battlemasters and Celestial Tournament to save yourself a little bit of heartache and frustration down the road.

[Klaital]

if major pain's purple pets are that bad i would hate to see an orange

The Pandaria grand master tamer is the first one you face with orange pets.

with the rate that im collecting and levelling im sure to have a mix that can handle it

Yeah the pandaria grandmaster isn't that bad, Anubisath Idol can actually solo her team fairly regularly (fails sometimes if you get unlucky string of misses against her dragon)