Comments on: PTR 2.3.0: PTR Updated – No More Sexy Bear

By: Orcdude

Orcdude — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 06:31:07 +0000

im so mad about thisbear no longer tameable i got on test server to tame this pet and stuff i get to the bear and it not tameable i was so mad.

By: Maevet

Maevet — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:48:39 +0000

I really wish they would make a Goblin NPC that sold all the mounts to all players….

By: Concrete

Concrete — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:49:22 +0000

Put it this way, dwarfs and orcs will look awesome on the bear, every other class will look just wrong.
Just get a black bear and level him, then you have a Cringer/Battlecat thing going on! normal Black Bear pet to Armoured Black bear mount!

By: Mania’s Arcania: It’s all about the (WoW hunter) pets! » PTR 2.3.0: The Dead Zone Saga Continues

Mon, 29 Oct 2007 17:43:27 +0000

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By: Ansawa

Ansawa — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:32:34 +0000

I really think the answer to “everyone has the same pet zomg” is just for Blizzard to hurry up and give every family their unique skills. I know I’m not the only hunter of my acquaintance who would drop her cat and tame the next spider (or crab, or spore bat) to come along if they only had a unique skill. Heck, I don’t really LIKE crocolisks, but if their unique skill turns out to be Tendon Rip, I’d be all over them. Or if they go the direction they kinda went with the draenei hunter taming quest and give all crabs a unique version of Thorns, I’d be all over them, too.

Which is not to say I’ve never tamed a pet just for looks; I mean, despite some of the challenges they present to a beast master hunter, my gorgeous white wind serpent is my favorite pet ever. But I do like if they’ve got some utility as well, and I think everything finally receiving its unique pet skill will go a long way to making people diversify. I mean, heck, look at how many more raptors there are around already, and they “only” got Dash.

New skins are nice and all, but if Blizzard’s aim is to see people branching out to new families, they’ve got to make the new families worthwhile.

…not too sad about the bear, though. I’d love to have one as a mount, but if one of my hunters gets a bear, it’s gonna be one of the diseased black bears from the Plague Lands. THOSE are sexy bears. 8)

By: Palladiamorsdeus

Palladiamorsdeus — Mon, 29 Oct 2007 02:28:02 +0000

Dunno where you are seeing a ton of wolves at. I have seen a grand total of maybe two other high level wolves on my server. I personally still have Lupos from when I got him in Duskwood, two years ago now. I DO have a cat, but thats for the arena. I want to see family skills for all the pets. Boars get gore AND charge, for gods sake. Give us something for the other pet families. I would love to see crocs get a family ability. It might also be nice to see a few more general skills, aside from bite and claw.

And for the love of god, give cats a form of pounce.

By: Asheer

Asheer — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 20:19:33 +0000

The way I see it, if Blizz is afraid of everyone having the same pets then damn their not doing much of a good job on hiding them XD I mean, almost EVERY hunter I come acrossed has a damned cat, thinking they are the ‘best’ pets in the game.

Yes, on my alt Draenei hunter I have Eche (Thanks to the help of my mom on the horde) But I’m not going all out with him. I’d much rather have a cool, different pet thats away from the norm. I mean, you don’t see MANY high level Scorpids, Spiders, Nether Rays (I can understand why there, casters), Spore Bats (Lack of moves is unpopular) and all the other less common pets.

I see hundreds of cats, boars and wolves. And thats it, I mean… its not like their even trying to find a pet, rather they are keeping to the popular demand and going for whats popular.

By: Jayhawk

Jayhawk — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 08:36:51 +0000

You know… this makes it seem that the default attribute for any beast is ‘Tamable’ and that Bliz has to specifically set them to non-Tamable?

By: Kristy

Kristy — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 18:37:28 +0000

Yeah. :-P Anyways sadly, doesn’t surprise me about the armored bear either. *Sighs* And having the dang “uniqueness” of the mount.

By: Mania

Mania — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:29:36 +0000

I think that has adequately summed up the basics of the raiders vs non-raiders discussion. :> This isn’t really the thread for it, though, so let’s try to stay on track about the bear pet if you don’t mind.