Well, as I said in the original post on this topic: there are no guarantees with content on the Public Test Realms.
In a post on the PTR Forum today, Blizzard poster Kisirani said:
The Sunreaver Dragonhawks that have been tamed will keep the coloration they have on live realms rather than getting a new texture.
The illimitable nobbie from WorldOfWar.de had posted a great video of the new wolf-like Spirit Beast Skoll in action. Skoll is a new addition in Patch 3.2 that can currently be found on the Public Test Realms (PTR).
The video includes the tame itself, Skoll in Prowl, Skoll out of Prowl, shots of his skills, Skoll in combat, walking and running, and lots and lots of gorgeous shots of the lightning flickering around him. The subtitles are in German, I believe, but I could figure most of them out with the help of the visuals.
[Update] And the answer is: Spirit Beast! More details at the end of the post.
Commenter Clawclaw pointed us at this post on the MMO Champion forums about a new Northrend beast named Skoll that was found on the PTR in the Snowdrift Plains.
Skoll is … well, as you can see here, he’s an ice-blue worg with built-in lightning bolts which are constantly flickering about his body. (Even with the model viewer it was hard to get a pic that does justice to the lightning.)
[Update] Unfortunately we’ve learned that previously-tamed Sunreaver Dragonhawks will not be getting the cool new look when Patch 3.2 goes live. See this post for more details.
* … if, that is, you happen to be a level 80 Alliance hunter.
Sunreaver Dragonhawks can be found on the live realms right now as the ‘taxi’ mounts at Sunreaver’s Command in Crystalsong Forest. They use the Sunreaver faction, so they can only be tamed by Alliance hunters.
(In the past, however, Horde hunters were able to go ‘At War’ with the Sunreavers and tame these dragonhawks, so some Horde hunters may still have one in the stable. I wish I still had mine on Mania, but I released it for Patch 3.1. Argh!)
The Public Test Realms for Patch 3.2 finally came up this evening, so I logged right in! I haven’t done a ‘live blog” in a while, so I thought it might be fun to relate my not-very-adventurous adventures on the PTR as I have them. I’ll keep updating this post as I go, but I’ll update it one final time to let you know when I’m done.