Comments on: WotLK Beta Starts

By: Akussa

Akussa — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:11:51 +0000

If I get a beta key it’s yours, Mania. I have no desire to see WOTLK before it’s released. I only signed up for the Beta opt-in to give my key to anyone that needs it should I get it.

By: Mania’s Arcania » WotLK: Beta Hunter Talents

Mania’s Arcania » WotLK: Beta Hunter Talents — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:27:16 +0000

[...] going to be able to keep up with all the WotLK info that’s coming out today, what with the start of beta, the fall of the NDA, and the fact that I got less than 5 hours of sleep. (I woke up twice to check [...]

By: Guthorm

Guthorm — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 14:42:31 +0000

i just wish it was Christmas, not july.
then WOTLK would come out in 5 days…lol.
i think its cool your pet will level up to 5 levels lower then you, my humar the pridelord will level…27 times. i tamed him and only leveled to 30.

By: Shelgeyr

Shelgeyr — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:13:44 +0000

*crosses fingers and toes hoping to get an invite for Beta*
Yay! Christmas in July! *grin*
That certainly made my day. Now if I can just find out what the pets get for abilities….

By: Mania

Mania — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:06:13 +0000

sandralover: Keep in mind that Bite and Claw are equivalent (like Dash and Dive) in the beta. By the way, we've got some discussion of the beta patch notes going over in the other comment thread.

By: sandralover

sandralover — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:52:44 +0000

I am a little Puzzled on the Every hunter pet can learn Growl, Cower and either Bite or Claw (never both). So cats ect. can only learn one of them ?

Anyway the news as it comes in is making me wonder if i will keep my alts or start again when it comes out live as i think it is going to change many classes and i did re roll when BC came out but i did keep my original 70 hunter , i like the lower levels and looking to see what changes have been made makes me think i may just start again.

By: Volcan

Volcan — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:57:15 +0000

I can quote until Mania will post the news, i guess

All pet families now have one unique ability. New abilities have been added for families such as bears and sporebats.
Aspects now no longer cost mana.
Avoidance, Dash / Dive and Cobra Reflexes are now pet talents instead of pet skills.
Bite now has no cooldown, does the same damage and costs the same Focus as Claw, so works as a Focus dump.
Clever Traps (Survival) has been renamed “Trap Mastery.”
Concussive Barrage (Marksmanship) – Can now proc from Volley attacks.
Deterrence (Survival) – Cooldown reduced to 3 minutes, and now also increases your chance to resist spells by 60%. Now has a new spell effect.
Every hunter pet can learn Growl, Cower and either Bite or Claw (never both).
Hunter pets can now learn talents in one of three trees depending on family. Pets gain talent points starting at level 20 and earn an extra talent point every 4 levels.
If a hunter tames a pet that is more than five levels beneath their own level, the pet will then have their level increased to five levels beneath the hunter’s own level.
Improved Feign Death (Survival): Now also reduces damage taken during Feign Death by 15/30%.
Loyalty, Training Points and the hunter Beast Training button no longer exist. Hunter pets can now learn all skills at their level. They will get new ranks automatically as they gain levels.
Master Tactician (Survival) – Chance to proc increased to 10%, up from 6%.
Monster Slaying (Survival) and Humanoid Slaying (Survival) has been combined into “Improved Tracking”.
New Talent – Improved Tracking (Survival) – Increases all damage done to targets that are being tracked 1/2/3/4/5%.
Steady Shot now uses ammo. In result, its bonus damage has been slightly reduced. Players can notice a damage increase based upon what ammo they use.
Surefooted (Survival) now reduces the duration of movement impairing effects by 10/20/30% (instead of resist % chance).
Trap Mastery (Survival) has been removed.

I made the interesting onces (to me at least) stand out

By: Loronar

Loronar — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:49:20 +0000

Exciting news indeed. I’ll be checking my inbox constantly. :P I did have some “wha? why?” moments when reading the Beta patch notes though.

By: Wyndigo

Wyndigo — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:25:20 +0000

Most definitly some nice looking hunter stuff. Especially with the taming of pets! After the new change, now I can try other pet types without feeling bad about abandoning one of my other pets. Five levels isn’t too bad to grind at all.