Ceron gets full credit for finding the most interesting change in beta build 8778 so far: the Vargul Blighthounds in Zul’Drak can now be tamed! (That’s him with his new hound to the left.)
This is a bit of a surprise to say the least. Vargul Blighthounds were undead in the last beta build, I believe. And they use a model that is most commonly used for demons. But now they can be tamed, and not as an exotic creature but as a plain old wolf (with Furious Howl and everything)!
As I see it, there are three possible explanations for these gorgeous critters:
- This is entirely a mistake; Vargul Blighthounds weren’t intended to be beasts.
- Vargul Blighthounds will eventually be a type of new exotic pet but they skipped out early, and it’s a bug that they are currently wolves.
- This is a new type of wolf model, giving us four really cool looks for wolves.
I’d be happy with either #2 or #3.
And here’s a bit more of a close-up for you:
GOD DAMMIT ARE MANA WYRMS OR WRYMS TAMEBLE OR NOT!!!!!!!?!??!!??!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
NO HAS RESPONDED TO MY QUESTION YET! ITS MAKING ME MAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*slowly move away, one step at a time, from the topic*
wait i need a really good question are core hounds tameable
landonC: We’re checking all the creatures every chance we get. If there isn’t a post on the front page titled “OMG I TAMED A MANA WYRM!” then either they can’t be tamed at this point or it just changed and we haven’t seen it yet. But believe me, we’re testing everything we can find and we’ll share it with you as soon as we find something new. :>
mr. or mrs. mania im sorry i was stressed out at that time i am so very sorry
p.s im a little 13 yr old boy and i stayed up at 5:00 the morning
landonC: It’s okay. I wasn’t yelling. :> We’re all anxious to learn what’s going to be tameable and what’s not. On the one hand, beta is a fun period of seeing what happens — on the other hand I rather wish it would hurry up so we’d *know*, you know?
man i so want to be in the beta a tame a slithid
and thanks mania.
lol are you going to tame a pink tallstrider like your icon because blizzard said that when you tame a lvl 1 or any thing it lvl up five levels under your and the pets talent are there to, but they also said that if you a lvl 70 and you tame a 64 the level stays 64 right?
Sooooo, any updates on these guys? :o
landonC, turquoise tallstrider with orange neek better (http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=2172)
I wanna tame a Yeti.
This must be a bug or something…Demon HOunds are clearly…demons…. Now, is this a prelude to a hero class, Demon Hunter? Cuz that would be cool. Demon Hunter hero class is the reason I rolled hunter way way way back. Course, I abandoned that silly dream, and fell in love with hunters.
Oh my god, if these stay hunter pets, I will be pleasantly surprised and will definitely be grabbing one of these up.
It’s too sexy to not be a pet! Note to self: Tame one on my Blood Elf if Blizzard is nice enough to keep them around as pets. If not, complain.
Mania I am confused about a detail what exactly is an exotic pet?
That is pretty dam cool alright!
So far more excited about this than any of the exotic pets lol.
Now just make the Kurken tamable Blizz, come on you know you want to!!!!! (oh and Zhevra’s too…)
Beastkeepa: Exotic pets are a new addition in the Wrath of the Lich King (WotLK) expansion. (WotLK is currently in beta, so when we talk about exotics we are only talking about the beta realms, not the live realms).
Exotic pets are new pet families that can only be tamed by hunters that have bought the talent at the very top of the Beast Mastery tree. For example, devilsaurs are exotic pets and can only be tamed if you have that talent. Moths, on the other hand, are a new normal (non-exotic) family — any hunter can tame them, just like cats and wolves and such.
“sweet baby raptor jesus”
You, sir, have just written the funniest four words I have read today.
Ah thank you mania :)
It is a very amazing-looking creature, and grats to Hunters for being able to pick it up… but I am strongly sensing that it might be something Blizzard will renege on later on (which would be a shame). They might even use the excuse that it looks more like a Warlock pet, or that it should be a demon, ect…
We’ll see what time brings, eh?
I’d really want one of these for my hunter too – I hope they stay tameable, but wouldn’t be surprised if they were reverted before my girl got old enough to get one.
I’d prefer the blue – but a purple flavor would totally rock.
I seriously want the blue version of the hound to be tamable. It was a demon last time I attempted to tame one <.<; Hopefuly Bliz will look into allowing this.
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