Just heard about this and came to add my voice to the chorus. As many others have said, pet battles give me a way to enjoy the game, past and present content, to get out and explore the world, even when I’m bored of questing, dungeons, or raids. Yeah, I haven’t been engaging as much recently, BECAUSE THERE’S BEEN NOTHING NEW.
I enjoyed Celestial Tournament and the different dungeons, but I’ve completed the achievements and collected those pets. I don’t have reasons to engage with that content any more.
I like the Safari achievements because it gets me out of the cities and exploring. You just gave us a new planet to explore, literally crawling with critters, and none of them are tameable. What were you thinking?
Please, reconsider this decision. I was considering buying the epic edition FOR THE PETS but now I’m reconsidering buying the expansion at all.