Petopia: Dragonhawks, Dire Ravens & Skill Warnings

I’ve added the new dragonhawks from the Isle of Quel’Danas to Petopia. None of them can be tamed, but at least they are pretty to look at! I also went ahead and added the Dire Raven, with a note that it will apparently be tameable in 2.4.2. The Dire Raven hadn’t even appeared on Petopia before because without being able to tame it, we didn’t know which family it might be part of.

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Name That Pet: Aaranay’s Wind Serpent

Aaranay with Wind SerpentFinal Name: Beanpole

Today we have a letter from Aaranay of Uldaman:

Dear Mania & Fellow Mania’s Arcania Readers:

I really enjoy reading the ‘Name That Pet’ segment because I am so terrible at coming up with names for my pets. I usually have to rely on my friends to suggest names for me, which I think they are probably getting tired of doing (I am picky, so it’s rare I hear a pet name that I like within the first try or two). A bit about me …

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PTR 2.4.2: Updated Patch Notes

The Test Realm Patch Notes for Patch 2.4.2 have been updated, although I have not seen an update to the PTR itself. The previous hunter items are still listed, and additions include:

Hunters

  • Aspect of the Viper: This ability now grants an additional amount of mana each 5 seconds equal to 35% of the hunter’s level.
  • Boar Charge: This ability will no longer make Growl cast immediately after it generates excessive threat.
  • Scare Beast: The range on this spell has been increased to 30 yards and it is now instant cast.

In addition, this little note has been moved from Bug Fixes to Hunter, although — alas! — it has not been further clarified in the notes:

  • The pet ability Growl will no longer scale with pet Attack Power.

Kaet: Kill Command

As the title implies, my little dwarf hunter Kaet has just hit level 66. I’ve been playing her lackadaisically — an hour here, two hours there — but rested XP plus the tight quest design in Outland has really made the levels fly. I’m out of rested XP now, though, so I figure it’s time for a report and then a short vacation.

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