Comments on: Tamed is Not the Proper Word

By: Haiduk

Haiduk — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 21:49:59 +0000

Devilsaur this, devilsaur that. Give me my pink Stormsnout!

http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=3240

By: Rena

Rena — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 14:01:12 +0000

/ponder
Wonder if you can go tame the FLK Hunter’s pet in SSC

By: Narian

Narian — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 04:35:21 +0000

I know this is just dreaming but maybe they should include in the ability to ride the damn thing. Its big enough to hold a Tauren. It just seems natural that the beast master might ride his/her beast.

By: gizzmo

gizzmo — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:36:42 +0000

HAH she blinked… she ruined the picture… hey at least she don’t have red eye

By: Macadamia & Tesla

Macadamia & Tesla — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:27:51 +0000

so, even in the realm of video game screen shots can the sudden blink of the eyes be troublesome for the photographer… it looks like she’s asleep… (-:

but awesome shot non-the-less…

By: Awahanee

Awahanee — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:03:01 +0000

Just saw this post by Ghostcrawler on the forums. Looks as if you get a exotic pet as a BM and want to switch back to surv or MM you loose the ability to use the pet:

The exotic pets will be different from normal pets. Ideally they might even be a little bit better, but we’re very hesitant to make them too good lest we see every hunter stampede over to the BM tree. Pets are supposed to be something important to all kinds of hunters, and the BM tree already offers some amazing pet buffs and synergy. We just don’t want to overdo it with this talent.

At the very least, the exotic pets will have a new family ability that will ideally be really useful in some situations. I’m making this one up, but imagine that since normal crabs have Pin, an exotic pet might have a Pin-like ability that did fire damage. Or imagine that you could tame a drake (you can’t, because they aren’t beasts) and that instead of lightning or fire breath, it had frost breath that could freeze an enemy, death knight style. Would this be useful? Probably. Does it make the 51-point talent mandatory? Ideally not. Though those 5 talent points aren’t bad….

As far as what happens if you have an exotic pet and respec, most likely the pet’s talents will just reset. Yeah you get a free pet respec out of the deal, but it’s not as if it’s free since the hunter has to respec. Any exotic pets in the stable won’t be lost, but you wouldn’t be able to get them out of the stable either. If you have an exotic pet at the moment you respec, then it will probably be dismissed (but not abandoned) and you won’t be able to summon it again, forcing you to go swap it into the stable. (Or abandon it if you’re THAT kind of hunter.)

By: Big is better

Big is better — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 22:39:29 +0000

Somehow i think they will nerf the size. Imagine 20 devilsaurs around the bg generals in shatt.

By: beaker

beaker — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:46:18 +0000

i hope they dont nerf the size…that would suck big time. Hunter pet’s should be more impressive.

By: Brierley

Brierley — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 18:28:47 +0000

I hope someone sends you contrasting wws scores from when they run with a group bringing their old dps lizard pet and then doing it again with the devilsaur. I am wondering if it will be a little stronger than your average lizard pet or if it will just be a skin differential.

By: Maurie

Maurie — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:57:58 +0000

I think now more than ever hunters should be able to use their pets as mounts. I mean come on! A dwarf with a gun on a T-rex? Now thats intimidation.

On a practical note, the exotic pets for BM will be very useful in arena. You see some BM-only pet coming at you, you know kill it first and dont even bother trying to ice trap the sucker.