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By: WotLK Hunter Pet Changes | Zug Gaming

WotLK Hunter Pet Changes | Zug Gaming — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:24:24 +0000

[...] news for all you hunters out there. The guys over at Manias Arcania discovered a host a undocumented hunter pet changes appearing the most recent patch update. Check [...]

By: Mania’s Arcania » Beta Pet Skill Changes

Mania’s Arcania » Beta Pet Skill Changes — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 20:18:16 +0000

[...] the new beta build went up Monday night, I was able to check out the pet talent changes pretty quickly. But I slacked [...]

By: PepsiJedi

PepsiJedi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:52:30 +0000

Nissi you do realize that just because they have prowl ((I too use a cat sometimes and I too, never use prowl)) doesn’t mean they can’t use the entire other DPS tree stuff? Your cat will still kick butt. Even if you never use the family skill

By: Nissi

Nissi — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 21:04:51 +0000

@Stranger/Mania

Giving Lightning Breath a CD makes me one unhappy camper. I have had a Wind Serpent since taming Washte Pawne in the Barrens. I realize that having a focus dump in the form of the new Bite makes them a bit better in some terms, but WS hunters used LB as their focus dump. The ability is not overpowered in its current form. Unless they change back LB’s scaling to original BC numbers instead of its current nerfed form, a CD on it is completely unwarranted.

I have just been able to come to grips with the fact that I am going to have to say goodbye to my cat in Wrath due to it getting completey $#$@%#@ed with its family ability (Blizzard please expand the talent trees and make Prowl trainable). Now I am going to have to give up my favorite pet I have had and leveled with since the virtually the beginning of my hunter career because they nerf their reason for being?

By: Mania

Mania — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:37:45 +0000

As it happens Mania has a cat and a warp stalker in the stable right now, and after the patch they still have Prowl and Warp (respectively). So I don’t know what’s going on there.

Lightning Breath getting a cooldown wouldn’t surprise me, though, since I believe it was the only family skill without one.

By: Stranger

Stranger — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 08:26:08 +0000

Something different (updated) on wowhead pet page:
1.Family ability of cats (prow) and warpstalkers (warp) were gone. Would Bliz change these two family abilities beacuse they are less useful when compared to others’?
2.Lightning breath (of windserpent) has 10sec CD now. (previous no CD)

By: Mania

Mania — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:43:26 +0000

Nimizar: Thanks for the clarification on the skill there. I was wondering.

By: Nimizar

Nimizar — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:40:59 +0000

@Deify – those stats are for rank 1. There was a similar thing back in alpha, when the new family skills initially went in with only one rank, then once Blizzard were happy with the effects, later ranks were added.

By: Mania

Mania — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:37:01 +0000

Devilsaur details in the next post: http://www.maniasarcania.com/2008/07/29/i-tamed-a-devilsaur/

I’m going after a chimera next.

By: Shinryu Masaki

Shinryu Masaki — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 07:30:32 +0000

Devilsaurs are listed as Ferocity on wowhead, while Chimera are listed as Cunning. Nothing for Tenacity pets though.