Comments on: Are hunters more sentimental? http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/ Hunter pets in the World of Warcraft. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:29:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Dollar99 http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-2/#comment-22016 Dollar99 Sat, 14 Jun 2008 04:17:33 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-22016 my first character was a troll hunter and as soon as i reached lvl 10 I tamed a duroatar tiger. I kept him till lvl 14 when I went to wailing caverns and saw a wind serpent. I was like holy crap i can tame a freaking dragon!!! I dropped my tiger on the spot and tamed a wind serpent who stayed with me all the way to 70. My only regret was not capitalizing the first letter in his name. my first character was a troll hunter and as soon as i reached lvl 10 I tamed a duroatar tiger. I kept him till lvl 14 when I went to wailing caverns and saw a wind serpent. I was like holy crap i can tame a freaking dragon!!! I dropped my tiger on the spot and tamed a wind serpent who stayed with me all the way to 70. My only regret was not capitalizing the first letter in his name.

]]> By: Salem of Lightbringer http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-2/#comment-21979 Salem of Lightbringer Fri, 13 Jun 2008 05:07:35 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21979 From the time WoW was introduced, I played a priest for almost two years steadily on my server and at some point found it lacking and I started to become frustrated, regardless of the fact that I was really good at that class. I learned a great deal from playing my priest (and a warlock I once had)about micro management, but doing anything alone was a real test of my patience. So, I rolled my hunter and fell in love immediately! I began applying all of the micro managing skills I had learned and modifying them to my hunter. The more I played my hunter, the more I loved this particular class, especially since he is a Night Elf. My love and affection for this class really ranked up after I started acquiring my pets. Soon, I was looking and spending a great deal of time taming each and every rare elite spawn named pet, and even many that were not named, I could find, not just for their skills, but spend some time with them and learn from them in ways that went beyond just learning their special abilities. Many times I found myself deeply saddened that I had to, at some point, let one or more of them go in order to pursue the next set of pets I wanted. Each pet, regardless of its species gained a great deal of my affection for them, some more than others. I would often camp an area for days waiting for that special rare pet to come along and many times I got my rear end handed to me trying to tame them, but once they were at my side, I would sit with them and get a feel of what THEY themselves wanted to be named and what they expected of me in return for their companionship. My special rare spawn pets generally kept their Blizz given names, as I took pride in knowing I had achieved gaining their companionship. Some I even tamed more than once, just to rekindle the friendship with them. Each time I had to let them go, I would release them usually where I had tamed them, especially if they were particularly rare. Playing my hunter I am very attached and sentimental about my pet companions, especially since I spent the majority of my time leveling alone, save for having my pet with me. The times when my pet would be killed by a mob, usually more than 2 at a time, I would become so furious that I would take the mobs apart with a fury that they would pay for their crime of killing my beloved companion! And so they did! There were times where in doing so cost me my own life because I would refuse to feign death knowing my pet had fallen to protect me ... but once I rezzed and got my pet rezzed, I made a point of ensuring that those mobs were dead before I would leave the area! Two pets in particular that I miss terribly are my white bat, Ressan and my white lion Echeyakee. I worked the hardest for Echey, because I leveled a horde rogue to around level 14 or so in order to summon him for me to tame. I spent 16 hours solid working on this process! But alas, at some point along the way our paths parted and I still miss my Echey more than my words express. As for Ressan, well, he just got so darned BIG! I could have put a saddle on him and had a great mount, but I didn't think that Ressan would have appreciated that. =-P I think the hunter class does have more of a unique special quality to it than any other class I've played or tried ... and the pets have a great deal to do with that. The emotional bond of working so closely with a continuous companion at your side, who never lets you down, is always there for you all the time, and watches out for you, and vice versa for the hunters themselves, makes the hunter class quiet a unique class. Playing my hunter gives me great joy and pride, knowing that I am never alone and that even in raids I have my personal companion right by my side, looking out for me! As for my experience playing a warlock ... I got more irritated than anything else, especially with their summoned creatures. My imp was rude, cold and bitter and down right ugly! I had no bond whatsoever, neither with the summoned creatures nor my warlock. So, after about level 40 I deleted my lock and said good riddance. My hunter is my main now, my priest is now my second in line ... Happy Hunting to All of my fellow Hunters and Huntresses! May Elune Light your Paths! Salem of Lightbringer From the time WoW was introduced, I played a priest for almost two years steadily on my server and at some point found it lacking and I started to become frustrated, regardless of the fact that I was really good at that class. I learned a great deal from playing my priest (and a warlock I once had)about micro management, but doing anything alone was a real test of my patience. So, I rolled my hunter and fell in love immediately! I began applying all of the micro managing skills I had learned and modifying them to my hunter. The more I played my hunter, the more I loved this particular class, especially since he is a Night Elf. My love and affection for this class really ranked up after I started acquiring my pets. Soon, I was looking and spending a great deal of time taming each and every rare elite spawn named pet, and even many that were not named, I could find, not just for their skills, but spend some time with them and learn from them in ways that went beyond just learning their special abilities. Many times I found myself deeply saddened that I had to, at some point, let one or more of them go in order to pursue the next set of pets I wanted. Each pet, regardless of its species gained a great deal of my affection for them, some more than others. I would often camp an area for days waiting for that special rare pet to come along and many times I got my rear end handed to me trying to tame them, but once they were at my side, I would sit with them and get a feel of what THEY themselves wanted to be named and what they expected of me in return for their companionship. My special rare spawn pets generally kept their Blizz given names, as I took pride in knowing I had achieved gaining their companionship. Some I even tamed more than once, just to rekindle the friendship with them. Each time I had to let them go, I would release them usually where I had tamed them, especially if they were particularly rare.

Playing my hunter I am very attached and sentimental about my pet companions, especially since I spent the majority of my time leveling alone, save for having my pet with me. The times when my pet would be killed by a mob, usually more than 2 at a time, I would become so furious that I would take the mobs apart with a fury that they would pay for their crime of killing my beloved companion! And so they did! There were times where in doing so cost me my own life because I would refuse to feign death knowing my pet had fallen to protect me … but once I rezzed and got my pet rezzed, I made a point of ensuring that those mobs were dead before I would leave the area!

Two pets in particular that I miss terribly are my white bat, Ressan and my white lion Echeyakee. I worked the hardest for Echey, because I leveled a horde rogue to around level 14 or so in order to summon him for me to tame. I spent 16 hours solid working on this process! But alas, at some point along the way our paths parted and I still miss my Echey more than my words express. As for Ressan, well, he just got so darned BIG! I could have put a saddle on him and had a great mount, but I didn’t think that Ressan would have appreciated that. =-P

I think the hunter class does have more of a unique special quality to it than any other class I’ve played or tried … and the pets have a great deal to do with that. The emotional bond of working so closely with a continuous companion at your side, who never lets you down, is always there for you all the time, and watches out for you, and vice versa for the hunters themselves, makes the hunter class quiet a unique class. Playing my hunter gives me great joy and pride, knowing that I am never alone and that even in raids I have my personal companion right by my side, looking out for me!

As for my experience playing a warlock … I got more irritated than anything else, especially with their summoned creatures. My imp was rude, cold and bitter and down right ugly! I had no bond whatsoever, neither with the summoned creatures nor my warlock. So, after about level 40 I deleted my lock and said good riddance.
My hunter is my main now, my priest is now my second in line …

Happy Hunting to All of my fellow Hunters and Huntresses!
May Elune Light your Paths!

Salem of Lightbringer

]]> By: Ginseng Shinigami http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-2/#comment-21959 Ginseng Shinigami Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:02:37 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21959 I have a strong bond with my pet in the game. I have a hard time playing other classes simply because I usually feel that I get lonely without a pet. I think its a mix of being able to choose any pet whenever you want, or work towards one that you keep for a long time and then having to feed it. Warlock pets I have no such bond with. Perhaps because demons you cannot name or feed, and you only get a small selection that none you really have to work for, much like camping for a rare pet. I have a strong bond with my pet in the game. I have a hard time playing other classes simply because I usually feel that I get lonely without a pet. I think its a mix of being able to choose any pet whenever you want, or work towards one that you keep for a long time and then having to feed it. Warlock pets I have no such bond with. Perhaps because demons you cannot name or feed, and you only get a small selection that none you really have to work for, much like camping for a rare pet.

]]> By: Belandra http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-1/#comment-21951 Belandra Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:41:01 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21951 when i read all the other postings i noticed that not many of you liked warloks, because you can't name them, or go find diffrent collors, or they dont like you. but with warloks you dont have to buy your mounts, and later you can go out and choose your demon, like when you choose your pet. I have both a warlock and a hunter, and i like them equly. i will never use guns. even when some thing dosent work out try try again;) Belandra-water dragon when i read all the other postings i noticed that not many of you liked warloks, because you can’t name them, or go find diffrent collors, or they dont like you. but with warloks you dont have to buy your mounts, and later you can go out and choose your demon, like when you choose your pet. I have both a warlock and a hunter, and i like them equly.
i will never use guns.

even when some thing dosent work out try try again;)

Belandra-water dragon

]]> By: Belandra http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-1/#comment-21950 Belandra Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:39:19 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21950 when i read all the other postings i noticed that not many of you liked warloks because you can't name them or go find diffrent collors or they dont like you. but with warloks you dont have to bye your mounts and later you can go out and choose your demon like when you choose your pet. I have both a war lock and a hunter and i like them equly. i will never use guns. even when some thing dosent work out try try again;) Belandra-water dragon when i read all the other postings i noticed that not many of you liked warloks because you can’t name them or go find diffrent collors or they dont like you. but with warloks you dont have to bye your mounts and later you can go out and choose your demon like when you choose your pet. I have both a war lock and a hunter and i like them equly.
i will never use guns.

even when some thing dosent work out try try again;)

Belandra-water dragon

]]> By: Tsume http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-1/#comment-21911 Tsume Wed, 11 Jun 2008 23:28:47 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21911 More power too all of us! After reading these posts, most of you have pretty much said it all for me already. Hunters have the best community in WoW I think, followed closely by druids. (who I've always gotten along great with) The only exception to all this, is as some of you mentioned- the huntard. We all know the type and I don't think any of them post here. Sooo... Rock on. All of you. ^_^ Tsume -Bonechewer More power too all of us! After reading these posts, most of you have pretty much said it all for me already. Hunters have the best community in WoW I think, followed closely by druids. (who I’ve always gotten along great with) The only exception to all this, is as some of you mentioned- the huntard. We all know the type and I don’t think any of them post here. Sooo…

Rock on. All of you. ^_^

Tsume -Bonechewer

]]> By: Nick http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-1/#comment-21886 Nick Wed, 11 Jun 2008 16:47:18 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21886 I thought I was weird for feeling attached to my pet. I have a Boar that I got in RFK when I was low level and I used him til around lvl 68. I spend most of my time raiding so my Boar is kinda useless but I dont have the heart to get rid of him, so I bring him out when I'm doing stuff in Org and just messing around I like him almost as much as my RL dog lol. I thought I was weird for feeling attached to my pet. I have a Boar that I got in RFK when I was low level and I used him til around lvl 68. I spend most of my time raiding so my Boar is kinda useless but I dont have the heart to get rid of him, so I bring him out when I’m doing stuff in Org and just messing around I like him almost as much as my RL dog lol.

]]> By: Emowin http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-1/#comment-21879 Emowin Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:04:12 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21879 *stands up and looks around the room* Hello my name is Emowin and I'm a hunter-a-holic, or pet-a-holic as it were. I find myself mayking MORE huters just so I can tame all the pets I want ,wich is all of them, and make up rp back storys for them. I have gone so far as to start writing their storys down. Perhaps some day when your in a bookstore you will see a book called Hunters and their pets, my adiction, or some thing like that. Deffenatly a more sentimental class. *stands up and looks around the room* Hello my name is Emowin and I’m a hunter-a-holic, or pet-a-holic as it were. I find myself mayking MORE huters just so I can tame all the pets I want ,wich is all of them, and make up rp back storys for them. I have gone so far as to start writing their storys down. Perhaps some day when your in a bookstore you will see a book called Hunters and their pets, my adiction, or some thing like that. Deffenatly a more sentimental class.

]]> By: Pump http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-1/#comment-21873 Pump Wed, 11 Jun 2008 08:04:04 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21873 Also touching base on melee weaponry, I feel most confident in two-handed axes and polearms (and maybe staffs if Blizz ever makes another one). I can NOT for the life of me bring myself to pick up a sword! Just doesn't feel huntery. Neat thing about polearms is that they stay on your back while you shoot, unlike axes and what have you. Also touching base on melee weaponry, I feel most confident in two-handed axes and polearms (and maybe staffs if Blizz ever makes another one). I can NOT for the life of me bring myself to pick up a sword! Just doesn’t feel huntery. Neat thing about polearms is that they stay on your back while you shoot, unlike axes and what have you.

]]> By: Nyx http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/06/09/are-hunters-more-sentimental/comment-page-1/#comment-21869 Nyx Wed, 11 Jun 2008 04:46:59 +0000 http://www.maniasarcania.com/?p=689#comment-21869 I've spent about a thousand gold in repairs because I was desperately trying to unsummon my pet before it died, instead of feigning death and escaping myself. He's a ghost wolf and I... I just can't bear seeing his little corpse on the ground. Pets are the reason I play hunters, so I don't feel too guilty about it. :) I’ve spent about a thousand gold in repairs because I was desperately trying to unsummon my pet before it died, instead of feigning death and escaping myself.

He’s a ghost wolf and I… I just can’t bear seeing his little corpse on the ground.

Pets are the reason I play hunters, so I don’t feel too guilty about it. :)

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