Pets Post-Patch are Purty

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The attack speed gives us goose-pimples. The DPS increase is spiffy. Visions of Ferocious Inspiration and Frenzy procs dance in our head.
We took Avoidance Rank 2, Cobra Reflexes, Claw, Dash and Growl, max Great Stamina, and some resistances just to round out the talent points. We’re very much looking forward to playing with Hobbes against some of those pet-killer bosses now.

And don’t forget your new Pet Mend spell. Put it on a popular action bar spot so you don’t forget to use it.

Patch, Pets | May 23, 2007

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5 Responses to “Pets Post-Patch are Purty”

  1. Huma on May 23rd, 2007 9:51 am

    So, Mend Pet is not a crapolla anymore? ^_^

    H.

  2. Damh on May 23rd, 2007 10:44 am

    Mend Pet is not crapolla. We have yet to test it in a situation where we really need it, so we’re not going to give it a definitive “Super Talent” rating yet.

    But we’ve spec’d it 2/2. :)

  3. Toolio on May 23rd, 2007 12:16 pm

    I gave my kitty (PVP pet) CR and played around in the BGs last night. I also respecced Surv, so I was too busy learning new moves to notice how the pet skill haunted casters.

    My kitty died a couple times as I buffed her up on resistances at the cost of armor and stamina, but when those fear bombs dropped she was resilient!

  4. J on May 23rd, 2007 1:05 pm

    It’s quite a large shift in logic, the new Mend Pet. Rather than it being a sizeable emergecy pet heal (and a death spiral… spamming Mend Pet = no Hunter DPS = OOM hunter and dead pet anyway, for the most part), it should now be viewed as a huge pet health balloon.

    If the average Hunter fight lasts 15 seconds, you hit Mend Pet at the beginning of the fight now instead of at the end, and that monster now has to chew through 2500 extra health before it can drop your pet. 30 second fights, say you’re soloing a group [3] boss, that boss now has to chew through 5000 extra health, and so on. All of this without taking you entirely out of combat for 5 second stretches.

    Not to mention its over time nature makes you far less likey to take hate from mend pet spamming.

    The reduced mana cost also makes me happy since Mend Pet no longer also means “drink up, fool.”

  5. Eric on May 24th, 2007 3:27 pm

    I respeced to survival too, just to see how it worked. WOW HP goodness right there. I drag aggro tons because my bear has lagged behind on levels. I like the new Mend Pet, haven’t specced into ImpMP yet though. I need to go find a ravager at my level in outlands and see how it works.

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