GuardianAwesome Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I read something about it on Tumblr. Has anyone else seen anything about it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yep it's true! My fifth pet will be a WOCKYYYYY!!! Read the FAQ here: http://www.neopets.com/help.phtml?folderID=1907 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 YESSSS :D I don't know what my 5th pet will be but I love it already XD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlemushro0m Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yessssss omg I'm soooo excited! ^_^ It says they're getting rid of portal and webmail though.....I wonder what It's going to be like :O Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lilshadowdweller Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I'm not a premium user but just to get a 5th pet I'd consider it. Sort of wish they'd give us at least six, then I'd be even more choosy towards it! ^^ But...what happens if you cancel your service, though? Would you have to disown/transfer the pet? What timeline would they give? That I'm a bit iffy about. It's a shame they won't consider maybe giving say like, a permanent Neocash option where you could purchase additional pet slots...I'd be buying it without premium. I didn't know that Neopets allowed dial up, seems sort of silly and useless (I've never had dial up, but I've heard it's awful and inconvenient.) I kind of see why they would rid of it. The real world aspect of it seems silly, too. I have a Wii and the internet, and I come onto Neopets to escape reality, why would I need a live feed? It would make too much space. I can also see why they'd rid of that. Also, seems silly to have a webmail, too. Was it like..."@neopets.com", or? How could you use that professionally? With so many free and stable emails, I wouldn't see the appeal...(I personally like gmail.) ^^ But I'm guessing a lot of people would prefer portal, too? I'm not a user, but from browsing the pages it would definitely seem premium users could use a clean up for it. ^^;; And make it more Neopet's focused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linsta Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 What happens if you stop paying for premium though? Edit: nvm, it's been asked ^.^. But I'd like to know too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhaal_ Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I really don't mind them getting rid of Portal and Webmail. I only use the Webmail for Premium REs and Scratchies, anyway. And the Portal is ugly and useless. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorse Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yes I'm so excited!! I'll *probably* be getting premium now, but I too am wondering what will happen to the 5th pet. Probably won't get premium if they'll take it away though. Not that I would plan to cancel it right away, but there's always the chance of not being able to renew (pay) on time and it would be sad if the pet went to the pound or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hrtbrk Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yay! That's cool news. At least premium will have more reason to get it. It's great they're making the necessary changes :) I'm also curious about if you get to keep the 5th pet once your done with premium - in that case I'd get it for the lowest amount of months just to have a fifth pet. It'd also be cool if they gave the option of having us buy a 5th spot through the NC Mall but I guess that may be difficult to price lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppetelle Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I too am very excited! The only reason currently I keep premium is for the SSW, this annoys me, I go through patches where I go without it, and then get fed up of the normal shop wiz and get it again! I don't like the portal main page, but I do like the portal side bars, I find them quite useful and miss them when they aren't there! I'm sooooooo happy about the 5th pet! I've just been sitting here trying to work out whether to put one of my pets onto my side, to make way for my FFQ pet, now I don't have to! Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angeló Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 congrats. to Premium members .. I think you deserve a 5th pet for paying to play :) *can you make more than one of your accounts Premium and thus get extra pets on your side accounts ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppetelle Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 When you sign up for premium, your side gets the portal, ssw etc, so not sure this will mean you get 5 pets on your side or not, you have to name the side for it to happen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I dont think they are going to allow you to have an extra pet on your sides. Also, they are going to get rid of aliases, which is a BIG bummer in my humble opinion. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppetelle Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 So getting rid of aliases, means I won't have ssw on my side anymore? That is a bummer :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jacky Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yup. :( To me that is the worst thing about it. Also, I actually like the portal and the way you can put in all your dailies at the top, but appparently they will be making a sort of toolbar or something like that that will replace it. I sure will miss my premium access on my side though. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppetelle Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 yes it's brilliant when you have a quest of any kind, I guess we'll just have to look after each other when we have quests <3 I quite like the sidebars of the portal, but it really annoys me that plots etc, don't work with the portal, it's why I cancelled it last time, it seems bad form, to have something that you pay for that then doesn't work with important parts of the site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naamah D. Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Yes!!!!!!!!! I have to decide on a fifth pet(I'm signing up for Premium soon)! This means I'll have 21 pets!!!!! I don't know what to get though. Maybe something majestic like an Eyrie or Peophin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saxen Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG SO EXCITED!!!!!!! This was a rumor for soo long, amazing that it's coming true! ^_^ (cant help wishing it was 8 though, d'oh :P) It's a shame about alias', I only just learned about that feature :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I always thought that the portal was cool... So I'm going to miss it a little bit. But if they replace it with something more current and that is better, then I'm all for it. Anyway, I've paid premium for a year so I'm still on it until December or January, and I'll have time to get used to each and every changes they are making. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritzie Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 This is awesome. This might be the final push I needed to get Premium. (I spend tons and tons of time on Neopets, especially when I'm at work, so it would be great for me, but I always made excuses not to get it.) Like everyone else, I wonder what happens to the 5th pet if you get rid of premium. I was debating last night, what options they would have. If it doesn't go away, I'd assume they have a certain time period before you get it, like with the Charter boards, so that people can't just get the free trial, then cancel and keep the pet. I'm definitely going to keep watching this. Once I find out more about their plans for the 5th pet, when premium is canceled, I'll go for it. (I'd plan to keep it, but I wouldn't know what might happened with circumstances to make it so I had to get rid of it.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren_x Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 I always thought that the portal was cool... So I'm going to miss it a little bit. But if they replace it with something more current and that is better, then I'm all for it. Anyway, I've paid premium for a year so I'm still on it until December or January, and I'll have time to get used to each and every changes they are making. What was the portal? Also I'd love a fifth pet slots because although I haven't maxed out the number of pets I'm allowed to have in total it would be lovely to have 4 permies on my main and then a lab rat/free slot for avvie lending chains :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuardianAwesome Posted February 18, 2012 Author Share Posted February 18, 2012 Like everyone else, I want to know what happens if you only pay for premium for a limited amount of time. It seems kind of extreme that they would just take the pet away, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naamah D. Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 According to the FAQ we're gonna have to wait to get a fifth, or in my case 21st pet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xepha Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 What was the portal? A place where you could see numerous things at once... your inventory, stocks, 5 latest guild posts, stocks, super shop wizard, a neofriend stalkbox that was indicating when people were online or the last time spotted. It also had some real life feeds (news, weather, real stock market.) And so on. It was handy to see everything you cared about at once, since we could customize the portal to show the modules we wanted only, and in the order of our choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
muppetelle Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 What was the portal? Not sure whether I'm allowed to add pics or not? If I am I'll take some screenies of my portal for you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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