Comments on: Surviving the First Nine Levels http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/ Flotsam from too many sites Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:22:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Parras http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1359 Parras Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:48:24 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1359 I didn't learn to kite until I was 68 (My main that I have played for over a year is a holy priest, so even standing still and whacking things ineffectually with axes was such an improvement over healbot grinding that I didn't feel any need to actually *work* at my huntering until then). I asked the best hunter I knew to teach me, and I wound up spending two hours on the plains in southwest Nagrand with angry elekks chasing me and my friend shouting at me over Vent "No, no, concussive shot FIRST NOOB!" and/or dead and running back. It would have been MUCH easier to go the baby moocow kiting route :) And I could still use the work, so I think I'll try it. Great tip! I didn’t learn to kite until I was 68 (My main that I have played for over a year is a holy priest, so even standing still and whacking things ineffectually with axes was such an improvement over healbot grinding that I didn’t feel any need to actually *work* at my huntering until then). I asked the best hunter I knew to teach me, and I wound up spending two hours on the plains in southwest Nagrand with angry elekks chasing me and my friend shouting at me over Vent “No, no, concussive shot FIRST NOOB!” and/or dead and running back. It would have been MUCH easier to go the baby moocow kiting route :) And I could still use the work, so I think I’ll try it. Great tip!

]]> By: Mania’s Arcania » Petopia: All Sorts of Updates! http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1187 Mania’s Arcania » Petopia: All Sorts of Updates! Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:40:45 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1187 [...] today I posted the article on Surviving the First Nine Levels (which I debuted here two weeks ago) up on Petopia, in a new section called Tips and Tricks. (And thanks to everyone who [...] [...] today I posted the article on Surviving the First Nine Levels (which I debuted here two weeks ago) up on Petopia, in a new section called Tips and Tricks. (And thanks to everyone who [...]

]]> By: Carl http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1064 Carl Mon, 27 Aug 2007 12:33:32 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1064 When I started my first hunter I wish I had seen a thread like this. I would fire a few shots and then have to melee, which usually meant ending the fight at half health or lower. I love hunters, especially for the pets, so I started up some other hunters just to have more pets. Finally, after looking up kiting techniques, I decided to try them out at the pre-ten levels. It's amazing. I can usually get through the pre-10 levels without losing more than a fifth of my health. Additionally this allowed me to practice kiting without requiring me to simply grind. It payed off the other day when I was able to kill a particularly nasty mob that kept resisting my feign death and could somehow kill my pet in 5 hits, faster than mend pet could work. When I started my first hunter I wish I had seen a thread like this. I would fire a few shots and then have to melee, which usually meant ending the fight at half health or lower. I love hunters, especially for the pets, so I started up some other hunters just to have more pets. Finally, after looking up kiting techniques, I decided to try them out at the pre-ten levels. It’s amazing. I can usually get through the pre-10 levels without losing more than a fifth of my health. Additionally this allowed me to practice kiting without requiring me to simply grind. It payed off the other day when I was able to kill a particularly nasty mob that kept resisting my feign death and could somehow kill my pet in 5 hits, faster than mend pet could work.

]]> By: Mania http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1035 Mania Sat, 25 Aug 2007 06:37:32 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1035 I'm with Kat -- or Kat's husband, rather. :> Especially your first time through, especially if you aren't the sort to read up beforehand, level 6-10 can be quite frustrating. That's why I wrote this post, after all. *grin* So I'm glad you other guys didn't need it, but some of us do. I’m with Kat — or Kat’s husband, rather. :> Especially your first time through, especially if you aren’t the sort to read up beforehand, level 6-10 can be quite frustrating. That’s why I wrote this post, after all. *grin* So I’m glad you other guys didn’t need it, but some of us do.

]]> By: Jayhawk http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Jayhawk Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:36:41 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1034 Sweet, I just got a little Blood Elf hunter to ten, but she had help from a pala-friend she is leveling up with. Yes, that makes things a lot easier. =) I sent her off this morning to get herself a pretty snow leopard in Dun Morogh, and she returned with a kitty which is likely to be called Icicle. Soloing, I tend to use a similar strategy, I have my toons run a lot and discovered most of the pitfalls you mentioned the hard. One thing, though, I seldom seem to keep a quiver after I get a pet, bag-space seems just too valuable. Sweet, I just got a little Blood Elf hunter to ten, but she had help from a pala-friend she is leveling up with. Yes, that makes things a lot easier. =) I sent her off this morning to get herself a pretty snow leopard in Dun Morogh, and she returned with a kitty which is likely to be called Icicle.

Soloing, I tend to use a similar strategy, I have my toons run a lot and discovered most of the pitfalls you mentioned the hard. One thing, though, I seldom seem to keep a quiver after I get a pet, bag-space seems just too valuable.

]]> By: Marzix http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1033 Marzix Sat, 25 Aug 2007 05:32:25 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1033 id have to agree with Messyah, there shouldnt be anything frustrating before level 10... its so easy, unless one likes to try to take on more then 2-3 or more things at once. id have to agree with Messyah, there shouldnt be anything frustrating before level 10… its so easy, unless one likes to try to take on more then 2-3 or more things at once.

]]> By: Messyah http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1025 Messyah Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:45:04 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1025 Kat - Call me a pure gamer, but what would be so frustrating at level 6? You can grind all the way to level 10 without doing a single quest. The ONLY frustration at low-levels is money! Just tell him the light at the end of the tunnler is at level 10. That's where he gets his new best friend. That's where he becomes twice the hunter he was. That is when he becomes a real a$$ kicker. Happy Hunting! ~ M Kat – Call me a pure gamer, but what would be so frustrating at level 6? You can grind all the way to level 10 without doing a single quest. The ONLY frustration at low-levels is money!

Just tell him the light at the end of the tunnler is at level 10. That’s where he gets his new best friend. That’s where he becomes twice the hunter he was. That is when he becomes a real a$$ kicker.

Happy Hunting!

~ M

]]> By: Mania http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1024 Mania Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:06:27 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1024 Kat: Glad I could help! Kat: Glad I could help!

]]> By: Kat http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-1017 Kat Fri, 24 Aug 2007 17:39:36 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-1017 Thank you Mania for this timely post. My husband was getting frustrated with his lvl 6 hunter. Was working hard to get to lvl 10 and I could see he was starting to not have fun. The next day I saw your post. This was exactly what he needed. I also introduced him to Petopia. He spent an hour browsing all the skins. Thanks again! Thank you Mania for this timely post. My husband was getting frustrated with his lvl 6 hunter. Was working hard to get to lvl 10 and I could see he was starting to not have fun. The next day I saw your post. This was exactly what he needed. I also introduced him to Petopia. He spent an hour browsing all the skins. Thanks again!

]]> By: Mania http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/comment-page-1/#comment-996 Mania Thu, 23 Aug 2007 08:05:28 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2007/08/20/surviving-the-first-nine-levels/#comment-996 It does get a bit easier after you do it several times. I was <i>this</i> close to giving up my first hunter around level 7. It was the troll quests in the Echo Isles (in Durotar) that got me, especially that bloody Zalazane. I still curse his name whenever I wander by that area. It does get a bit easier after you do it several times. I was this close to giving up my first hunter around level 7. It was the troll quests in the Echo Isles (in Durotar) that got me, especially that bloody Zalazane. I still curse his name whenever I wander by that area.

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