First Spirit Beast Found
Evara has found the first confirmed example of the new exotic Spirit beast family!
The beast is Loque’nahak, a rare level 76 that Evara found in Sholazar Basin, southwest of Nessingwary Base Camp. The model matches the new cat-like model we’ve heard described: a snow leopard-like cat with glowing blue eyes. Beast Lore on the untamed beast describes it as an Exotic pet. And when tamed, the beast’s name becomes “Spirit Beast”.
This raises as many interesting questions as it answers! Is this the only spirit beast, the only one we’ve found so far, or the only one that’s been added to the world yet? Will they all be rare? Will they all use this cat-like model?
And you know, this is the first silver-dragon rare of any kind that I have heard about in Northrend. Have all the rares been added with this build? Can any of them can be tamed? What kind of respawn time does Loque’nahak have, and how is his loot? (As if any hunter would kill him rather than tame him at this point!)
(By the way, I am safely back at home and trying desperately to catch up with all the news. Please keep the posts and comments and e-mails coming — I’m compiling the info you are all contributing as I make my way through it!)
[edit: By the way, I wanted to give a big thank you to Skosiris from Wowhead for letting me know about the new Spirit Beast exotic family almost before I even knew there was new build happening.]
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First post YEAH!
I can only imagine the line of hunters to tame him…hehe!
Like mentioned on a previous post on petopia, I really hope that the spirit beast family contains spirit beast forms of all types in the ferocity tree such as the current discovered cat model, wolves, and any others, though that might be hoping too much :P
Yeah, if Hydras dont make it as an exotic pet then atleast the ghost one should!
And the thing is it doesnt matter if its a Hydra or a ghost crock, all “Spirits” have the same skill since a ghost is a ghost, no matter what his species was before!
Id like to see the magehunter maybe move in here.
An eagle model with a skin like Loque’Nahak would be awesome!
FYI, these use the same model as Har’koa, one of the Drakkari Trolls’ animal gods whom you get to interact with in Zul’Drak. Except she’s also a hell of a lot bigger and definitely untameable.
Interestingly, at one point in the quest chain you have to save her kittens, who inexplicably use a different cat skin (white with stripes, I think.)
Im quite curious as to what new skin will be added.*crosses fingers for Spirit Hydra*
BRK should make a movie of one in action, thats if he can get his “paws” on one.
Now does it’s special skill stack for yummy dps?
Some people claim it does, and Noodlebeard sayed it uses the animation from the Moonfire/Starfire spell for its Spirit Strike ability.
BTW its a Ferocity pet.
spirit beasts only cats?
No we dont know, but why would they name it Spirit Beasts and not Spirit Cats if it was a family of dead Kittys?
We will have to see if new skins are added to this family.
Anyway its the only pet that can deal arcane damage.
Icehorn, a rhino rare spawn I saw earlier today, can’t be tamed.
Has BRK made a movie about him yet?
This might also be a way for Blizz to make a pet family that can be changed and stuff added without much conflict as in “Man ppl want a new hydra pet but how can we add a whole new family?” Hey lets just make it a spirit beast and add the skin to that family!” Just my 2 cents.
Grimlord thats what i’ve been trying to say, and its a good solution for pets familys that Blizzard doesnt have time to implement before WotLK goes live.
And besides:
Spirit Hydra> Hydra
It just occured to me, this guy is going to be like Broken Tooth back in the olden days :P
Perhaps…
Whats takeing BRK sooo long with that movie!
God, why’d it have to be a rare spawn D= Now there’ll be 6 million hunters campin’ him XD
I’m camping his spawn on Northrend at the moment. No dice yet!
Hes not respawned yet?
They should atleast speed the respwan rate for it so people can test her!
I think he’s a boy, since he’s the mate of Har’koa, and Har’koa is referred to as ’she’ in quest dialogue.
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Okay, now all of my Stable slots will be filled! Weird name for a “male” animal. I’m really glad it’s white-ish. I like the blue spots on it. I really hope they add more cat-like Spirit Beasts. Take other dang Hunters away from the Spirit Beast that I want! I love the SIZE of the Spirit Beast too. Really do not want them shrinking them! If they give any more “wantables” for me, I’m gonna complain that we need MORE Stable slots!
Did anyone notice that this pet has Spirit stike as well as prowl? is that because its a cat or is that all spirit beasts ability? cause if its just cause its a cat then you could get a spirit wind serpent (if they ever put one in) and have lightning breath and spirit strike
Hehe looks like no amount of stable slots will ever suffice….
This is cool news.
Now we have all but holy damage pets. . .Which I doubt we’d see, because there isn’t a holy resist in the game (yet). Which would make a holy damage pet an “all situation” killer.
The problem I see is that in any given instance a boss may be “Arcane immune” so you don’t want the “spirit beast” But the next boss may be “Nature immune”. Not to mention the various “situational” skills that our pets will have, knockback, silence, webs, etc. . . so do I run back to town between pulls to get the other pet out of the stable?
Having used the UI portion for mounts and vanity pets on the PTR, I think it would be wonderful to have our Hunter pets stored there too. (Which Ghostcrawler mentioned as a future possibility) I know this has been said many times before, but with all the situational options available to us, it makes even more sense now than it did before.
After all a lock has all his “situational” pets with him. No one thinks they are OP because of that fact. (And that fact only)
*sigh*
Looks like felines will once again be the most popular pets in WoW. Things like this make the entire new pet system seem pointless.
Their not realy cats, and there might be more skins like ghost wolf or Hydra.
Besides i would still go for a Spore Bat/Wasp/Silithid.
Raze: If you don’t want to use a feline. Don’t. Simple as that.
Some people prefer felines cause they prefer cats irl too. Like me. Some people prefer wolves because they are dog people irl. Some people just find the rarest of anything and latch onto that.
I think with the changes to the pet system and the many new pets to choose from its kinda silly to declare a popular pet this early.
PS. I am pretty darned excited to hear about this. Being such a BM geek and fan of new cat models and skins.
It’s a great thing to wake up to.
I see one problem with every ones theroies. Is the engine WoW is run(does it have a name?)able to assign diffrent foods to individual creatures in a family? Home much sense would it really make to have a spirit beast bat(just an example)eat meat? None. I can under stand prowl since the pet is ethreal and should be capable of such a thing, but the food is a problem.
I agree with Harleigh, i would grab a Spore Bat now over any pet family!
Destructive_Noob.
If the WoW Engine can assign the basic family their food then I would think that they could possibly program it so that the food preferences are linked to the pet’s model and and not specific family. If they were to go this route I think it’d be the best and easiest way to go.
it IS possibly but would blizz do this? ..and with the first spirit beast revealed would the other “hopeful” spirit pets, the ghost hydra, ghost wolf etc. follow the theme of this pet family?
to me.. if anything.. (this is my wild interpretation) i think we would see a handful of pets who look like they are “charged” with arcane power. The cat’s spots almost resemble runes and markings instead of fur patterns and its eyes and mouth are glowing with what seems to be.. arcane energy.
Is it ferocity?
Have they added pet talent tree info to beast lore?
Yes its ferocity…now if only we can get another Tenacity family (tehir left behind).
Anyway Harleigh that idea isnt that wild, i read somewere that this family has/had bite aswell. (not on this skin thou, might be a left over skill)
The only sure thing is that this is only the tip of the iceberg on one of the pet familys with the most potential.
Lorewhise Spirit Beasts are actualy beasts that died or are not physical beeings at all… but they are most useful for beeing the only pet with an arcane damage skill.
And here I thought spirit pets (wolves) didn’t fit in with hunter lore.
Harleigh,
I would agree with you idea, but Blizzard has never seemed very willing to go that extra mile for pets. This Xpac seems to be about more about asthetics than anything for every class (if this needs an explantion let me know), but have they ever been that kind to hunters? Many of the changes were seeing in terms of pets are things weve been asking for since I can remember. What makes me even more doubtful is that Blizzard seems hesitant to let go of cats and I dont say this simply because they have two abilities, but because a blue (I cant remember which one) made a post that gave me the impression that pets are being balanced around cats.
For all those people whining “aww another cat??” It’s not a cat. It’s a spirit beast. Look at Core Hounds though, the Kurken looks vastly different then it’s counterpart the actual Core Hound and Uvuros. The Outlands Chimeras look different then their cousins, the Winterspring Chimeras. Majority of the Exotic pets don’t all share the same model, let alone skin.
These guys JUST barely got implemented, don’t start downing them already D= The first chimera was a rare spawn, and then more skins got added, I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case with this guy. Who knows, maybe the next spirit beast will look more like a spirit wolf (not a ghost wolf, a Northrend gothicy wolf model different then saberworgs). It’s so hard to say now.
Let’s just see how this plays out first before calling shots out. =)And with that, Im going back to the pvp ptr, the Horde is invading SW en masse.
Erm i am looking at my post and it seems like a big QQ its not ment to be one. I was juat voicing my concerns and was looking to see if some oen could give me a precedent BLizzard has set to ease my fears.
Will all the “Spirit Beats” be Cats or will they be a mix? (I hope so)
Can this mean that maybe the Ghost Wolf/Plains Vision thing be tameable again as an exotic? :O
Besides this is not the first nor the last exotic pet family to be implemented.
Harleigh, good idea, yeah! I wouldn’t mind the “charged” looks of Spirit Beasts at all.
Rikaku, I hear ya! :-(
@ Destructive_Noob
If you’re reffering to your post about pet foods, no, my post isn’t directed at that. It’s not directed at anyone in particular, just the “aww it’s another cat” posts.
As for food, Blizzard isn’t going to be specific in what an animal would REALLY eat for a game. Warp Stalkers would probably eat alot more than just fruit, and wolves would eat fish, and so on and so on, if Blizzard wanted to be realistic. Blizzard just wants to make it general so not all pets eat the same thing. Some Hunters (like me) pick pets based on what they eat since I cook most of my food. It’s alot easier on me if my pet eats meat as I run into it alot more frequently than say, tallstriders and cheese.
So in short, just because a beast is etheral or a spirit doesn’t mean anything to Blizz. It eats meat and thats that. It’s not really supposed to be realistic.
If their engines were realistic, what would I feed my Ghost Wolf? O_o
i seriously don’t see why everyone is so down on cats. if you go on the ptr everyone has an exotic pet.. and most of the hunters ive seen lately on my server has owls. i love the cat pets but I mainly use a carrion bird named Léon with the druid flight skin.
@Rikaku: Ghost meat.
@Avelara: I don’t even want to know how one goes about getting ghost meat XD *hums the ghost busters tune*
I like the cat I have had an owl/carrion bird, cat, and wolf as my three pets forever. I was crazy enough to go out and tame a Red Lynx at 70. What I dont like is that other hunters would need a BM spec for what is currently another cat models. I just came up with the precedent I was looking for though, Birds of Prey. Thats a family with three very diffrent models, but similar physiology. If more pets models get added that are new I will be happy with the new family.
Are you lucky motherf***ing beta testers on some sort of gag-order? I have not seen a single post regarding quest reward gear and how the free Greens blow away our end-game raiding tier gear.
@Messyah:
Um, It’s a hunter’s PET site. There’s not going to be posts about armor. If you’re looking for that kind of information, there’s alot of other sites with that. MMO-champion for example would have that, or even some of Wowhead.
There’s no reason to act like that just because you’re browsing the wrong site for that kind of information.
I’m no upset that it is, in essence, a cat.
Nor am I upset that it will probubly be waaayyy over hunted.
Why does it have to be exotic????
I never liked the BM tree, Surv is more my style, so I’m not all thrilled that the new kitties, the rhinos, the chimeras, corehounds, devilasaurs,slithids, and probubly more (that will apear out of Northrands nooks) are all exotic. Just because I’m Surv/MM doesn’t mean I don’t want a pretty pet!
P.S. Ignore my ramblings. Just had to put that into text.
i honestly hope ghost wolves will NOT BE TAMEABLE, I like how unique my pet is, only like 2 other hunters on Korgath with it
I sure hope they don’t change the existing ghost wolves into exotics. I don’t want to have to switch to BM just to pull out the wolf I’ve had since before the expansion.
Well, this was a surprise. I couldn’t imagine they would make two pet families that basically look the same. Actually, I still can’t imagine that they will do that so plain logic seems to require that there has to be some other type of Spirit Beast that does not look like a cat.
By the way, how about that new 69 boar listed on wowhead? Has anyone tamed him?
Want to buy even more stable slots :( So many new pets but such a connection to my old ones… Gogo Small Pet/Mount interface for normal pets…
Wicked, wicked skin though on that new cat…
I’m all for this pet family being exotic. It just ties into what they’re looking for with the entire idea of there being exotic pets… if you’re a hunter who doesn’t focus on being a beastmaster, guess what… there are some beasts you can’t tame because you’re not dedicated to that aspect of the class… just like how BM doesn’t get the perks of the MM or SV trees. I’m curious to see what else is out there in this pet family, i’d be a bit shocked to see if they made a new one for just one rare spawn (I honestly hope that this tree is ONLY rare spawn pets in every standard pet family… this is a spirit beast cat, there can be spirit beast worgs, bears, owls etc…)
Still camping. ZzZzZz….
@Thoreau
I’ve been looking for that boar on a number of occasions and it’s never been in the area listed by wowhead. :(
I wonder what glowy, cat-like pet we’ll get next. Kinda curious.
You know, at first I was a little flustered about the spirit beast being a cat as well, I love cats but it gets a little annoying to see that a lot of things are based towards them. Especially when this has popped up now! However, I read about the possibilities of the spirit beast having other forms such as wolves and hydras and now I can sort of believe that idea. It does have a cat icon but I hope we do get other forms of this type of exotic creature. Like what Rikaku said, it’s not Spirit Cat but rather Spirit Beast. :P Also They should be making more normal pets for MM and Surv hunters because now they’re all going to bump into BM just to look ‘cool’ x.x;;
I must say though, that is an awesome skin.
Has anyone also noticed that we basically have 6 slots? …. POKEMON!! Gotta catch ‘em all!! xD
Sp, non-BM Hunters in WotLK get what, two new species? Wasps and Moths?
Lame.
Guess FotW it is.
Well getting two new species is better than none. MM and Surv shouldn’t get all the beasts. I’m all for you guys getting a bigger variety of species, but BM needs a large buff to our talent. Surv 51 point talent is AMAZING. If I weren’t a dedicated BM Hunter, I’d take Surv just for that skill. BM hunters didn’t change much. The pet talent system was revamped for every spec, not just BM. BM just got a 4 pet talent point increase and exotic pets. In a scale, that’s fairly weak. BM needs more “perks” for being a BM. Surv’s perk is explosive shot, BM’s perk is you get two headed demon dogs and spirit beasts.
There’s tons of new skins and model of the Wolves, Cats, Moths, Birds that any spec Hunter can tame. So I wouldn’t be too bummed out over it. Wrath’s new pets are going to look better just for the fact that Blizz knows more of what to do to make things look better, just like TBC cats looked more well-textured than the Azeroth ones.
Guess we’ll agree to disagree. I am simply dissapointed that I have almost nothing, pet wise, to look forward to in WotLK.
He looks pretty cool, but I’m not interested in taming him. Kudos to the find though.
I like the skin and the cat. I’ll be trading my ghost saber in for one.
For those of you all “Awww it’s just another cat” I refer you to the link on Petopia of “New LK pets” and look at allll the others that arn’t cats.
I personally hope we get a spirt beast wolf of some sort. I personally started playing wow AFTER the spirit wolves were taken off the market, and while the very very few that have them like their uniquic pet…. to be 100% honest.. I care more about my wants than your wishes of exclusitivity. If more people can tame them all the better. I get why those with them now don’t want them opening up, but I’d say they’re a very small minority, and majority rules in a business that get’s it’s money from the majority, not the minority. I’d take an ‘updated’ spirit wolf like this ‘updated’ cat. I think the cat looks amazing.
We’re not completely disagreeing. (I thought I wrote this in there, but once again I thought too slow XD) I too believe that there should be more non-exotic families. 2 isn’t alot, I just don’t think you guys (Survs and MM’s) should get Spirit Beasts, Core Hounds, etc. I meant for my previous post to sound different then how it came off. I just mean that right now, Exotic pets are probably taking priority to Blizz since it’s basically a 51 point talent.
However, you never know. TBC was out for awhile before they added the Dire Ravens. I wouldn’t say there’s no new families yet for sure. Keep your hopes up.
I’d probably cry, but at least then they’d have to fix their stupid speed-walking. Thats why I think they made them untamable in the first place personally.
….What? So there’s fewer new species for non-BM hunters….who cares? All of the existing pets that didn’t have unique family abilities do now! That’s a LOT more options than we used to have. After all, pets that hardly anyone tamed before will be more viable.
The first of the spirit beast family looks fantastic and I do think that Blizzard intends to add more. The spirit wolves are likely candidates (my apologies to those who worked so hard to tame the originals). I am HOPING that the ghost saber will not be changed (I’m not usually BM myself, so this would be potentially devestating to my family of pets), although I wouldn’t be surprised if they were. Other possibilities might be the ghostly ravens the arakkoa have in Terokkar and STV, and (even more likely) the spirit hydra that had been spotted before.
PepsiJedi:
Lol that phrase kinda made me laugh. “I care more about my wants than your wishes of exclusitivity.” Cause I’m sure all the ghost wolf owners probably think the exact same thing only vice versa. However, with Shaman’s new spirit wolves, and the fact that the majority uproar after the ghost wolf hotfix, I doubt it will be a Ghost wolf (of the Grimtotem Spirit Guide) variety.
However! I’m not saying “No spirit beast-wolf!” No no. In fact, there’s a couple Place Holder wolves still in beta, that may be re-skinned and become “spirit beasts”. It’s not unheard of for blizz to change an entire species to another species in beta. We saw that with the boars.
I really hope theres a spirit-beast-wolf. I’d love to get a sexy new wolf.XD
If all the spirit beasts were different families with the same sort of design as this spirit cat, I’m going to end up with a stable full of etherial ferocity pets D:
About spirit beasts looking like cats…
Y’all realise that birds or prey and carrion birds look pretty much identical, hey ;) Granted one of them isn’t exotic, but still.
Congrats are in order for getting one, so Evara, CONGRATS /smooch
And with that, I bid a fond farewell to the Beta… For 2 days now I have not been able to log on. I was nearing the end of a full explore of the entire new area – then as I had the gates of Horde landing area in view – I was kicked out. Something about a memory problem as it tries to open the game. I have sent in the reports at least 20 times. Yet, my regular WOW has no problem.
So, in a fit of hissy, I deleted you LK beta. :)
You other folks keep up the good work! I will enjoy reading about your exploits in the new wilderness area! As I sit dreaming of the new lands….
@Sigrdrífa:
Wow that sucks ><!! But omg I’d just about die for a beta key right now T-T
I agree, Misty.
I love ur name too. I have an IRL siamese cat named after Misty, the pokemon hunter..
ps. I was 16 when i named her.. gimme a break. lol
pokemon trainer i mean.
Wow, thats amazing! I hope theres going to be more Spirit Beasts and more models than just a cat..I hope they make a wolf one! (Im a wolf freak, dont mind me)
i have a ghost wolf and i still wish they would re add them,or add new ones without the glitchs (i like how mine walks and doesnt make alot of noise).but i DONT want them to be classed as exotics,even though im pretty much beast4life.
as for the cat(and it IS another cat).love the skin.not to keen on the modle.its skinny legs and neck look weak.cant say much about the face since we only get the side view of it.does it make noise while idleing?
at least theyre adding new things…
Just to put my 2 cents in on the “only 2 new pets for MM/surv”. You’ve actually got a lot more than that, all the pets are usable in some way now so where as before we had 3 really viable pets and then maybe 5 more that were strong we now have all of them so I think that is a bonus but I can see where your coming from. But to an extent I agree and say I would have liked /would like to see more new pets but still, they may release pets as we go. Also I’m slightly more driven to go MM just to keep my wolf as a viable pet, he would stand out and I would get to keep him. I have to say though unless we see what else comes with the spirit beasts I’m not overly impressed tbh that might change as we go with these but for now I’m not to high hoped.
Still camping the area….Doop de do.
BM lovers FTW <3
As happy as I am for hunters getting this, it pisses me off, as a druid so much. They implement this awesome cat model for hunters, who have a myriad of choices already, and they can’t change our hideous druid models that have been out since release.
I actually like the night elf model for cat form….. tauren model is ugly as sin, tho’. And this is coming from some one who has a feral. However it was stated that cosmetic changes for ferals won’t make it into Wrath, but most likely in a later patch.
Beast master is about the PETS. It only makes sense that beast masters get a talent that gives them access to a wider array of fuzzy friends. I am starting to get more then a little tired of the people complaining that its not fair. Marksmen and Survival both have perfectly viable and usable all the time fifty one point talents. Beast master has a skill that gives them the OPTION to tame exotics, and to increase the effectiveness of our pets by for points. The four points are active all the time, of course, but are only a mediocre increase in ability ((As much as I like the four extra points.)). The other capability, exotics, gives us access to a line of pets that are, at best, fractionally different from regular pets. Before ANYONE tosses up monstrous bite, its being nerfed. Its being given a longer cooldown and less of a damage increase, the last time I checked. Other wise, family skills are fun, and deriviate from the norm a bit, but aren’t anything massive or over powering. ((I may have to make an exception for rhinos. Sending people flying without a mount is the most fun I have had in years.)) Don’t believe me? Respec and go grab an exotic your so hot to use as your tree. You’ll find out real quick that the power doesn’t come from the exotic itself, it comes from the tree. The exotics are icing. Oft times beautiful and uncommon, but icing none the less.
Sigrdrífa, try reinstalling the program. New beta build release also solved the problem in my case. :3
I was hoping these creatures wouldn’t be Exotic, though I will be speccing BM in live.
If I happen to spot this ..”cat”, I’ll defo try looting him. Not interested in taming, though it’s indeed pretty cool looking pet.
its been about 6 hrs now -_-
Unfortuntely Ceron, this is still beta. That means a lot of thing are likely to be wonky. One other scary thing to keep in mind is that some rare spawns have an obscenely long respawn time. I think they’ve chopped them down, but there were some that only spawned once a day, back when.
Server reset. :( Maybe this will get my hunter un-stuck since I crash now every time the load bar gets full. :/
I wish this reset wouldn’t affect spawn timers, but I am pretty sure it does.
Humar has a 12 to 18 hour respawn rate… but what’s really scary is some elite named ones.. like the one there.. can spawn only once a week or so… THAT would suck
Kinda hoping that a lot of the pet families get at least one representative in the Spirit Beast family. Considering all of the races in Azeroth and Outlands and what they all worship, you know that there have to be spirits of bears, crocolisks, wind serpents, raptors, etc.
So here’s hoping to one from each family being a Spirit Beast!
“Harleigh:
I agree, Misty.
I love ur name too. I have an IRL siamese cat named after Misty, the pokemon hunter..
ps. I was 16 when i named her.. gimme a break. lol”
Haha well, thanks! Thats my real name, and let me tell ya, I get both ‘that’s my cats name!’ and ‘like from Pokemon?’ ALL. THE. TIME. :)
Also, I have a flame-point siamese :) His name is Gabriel.
“Beast master is about the PETS. It only makes sense that beast masters get a talent that gives them access to a wider array of fuzzy friends. I am starting to get more then a little tired of the people complaining that its not fair.”
Amen honey. With BM hunters, most of their damage (or at least a good chunk of it) is coming from the pet. I’ve know Marks and Survival hunters to never use pets at all. I also agree with the earlier post that alot of the old, overlooked pet families are now becoming good options because of the addition to pet family skills to all of them. Besides, who knows? They may still add new families. And as Palla pointed out, BM hunters don’t HAVE to tame an exotic…I still can’t make up my mind on one as it is.
Not a big fan of the cats, but that is a nice looking feline. Hope it’s not the only option though- i would not enjoy camping out with the other hunters trying to tame it.
@Ceron
Patience is a virtue. I had camped Rak’shiri for three days. She was killed/tamed infront of my eyes various times, so just wait for it. ;P
@Drood Dude
..Tell me about it.. I’d like a different tree form look for NElves.. and change Tauren cat form, totally hideous..
@Mitsuhide
Maybe the ‘ol spirit boars in RFK? I would love one of them. Good thought though.
On another note, I too, have a ghost wolf. I hope they do not re-use the skin.. but maybe re-skin if if they were to make a wolf spirit beast. Maybe like this current one here with the blue eyes n’ stuff.. Looks awesome. I think I will be keeping my Grimtotem until I can get one of them demon-looking wolves.. IF they stay tameable come launch. I hope they do.. I am rather un-interested in a lot of the new exotics, save Core Hounds and Chimearas. Everything else is just.. meh. Spirit Beasts are looking like something I’d like though. :3
So far I’m definately looking at: Loki – my ghost wolf, Cerebus – The Kurken, and Artemis – the Spirit Cat, and probably that cool exploding warp stalker… now I just need a decent tenacity pet.
Misty:
SIAMESE CAT OWNER POWERS… ACTIVATE!.. Form of.. awesomeness.
I think thats a really super cute name thou. I might even name a daughter Misty. =}
Well.. either Misty or Mathilda.
Ok.. to get back on track.
Druid models are pimp. They are druid models for a reason.. but tell me the truth.. you just want a new pet looking model so you can sneak up on people and scare em.. like “Ahhh a named is chasing me.. ands not resetting.. oh crimeny! its actually a druid! Ahhh!!” Just kidding! dont flame me!
And i completely agree with a number of posts in the last few hours/minutes whatever. BM is all about pets. We put the pets first and truly keep them as companions more than tanks and extra dps. I also think that true blue BM hunters do deserve to have cool exotic pets since.. well.. as i said.. we’re more pet oriented.
I don’t know about all of you but i’m not dps crazy. I don’t even raid. Whatever gear i get is from regular dungeons or pvp.. (very very light pvp thou) I just like running around like a complete geek and farming rep, farming for pets.. just enjoying a slower paced and less stressful game with my pixel companion Léon
Myst, I didn’t realize you were horde until I saw your hunter waiting for Loque’nahak. I was the silly dwarf /pointing and /tapping my foot at the placeholder cat.
Exciting! I’m disappointed that this cat-clone got in when lots of (IMO) more interesting families still aren’t tameable, though. :(
Nevermind.. i dont have a siamese cat anymore… he was just killed because of my familys carelessness… now i’m going to stay at me friends or risk murdering them all in their sleep tonight… my poor little baby
SIGRDRIFA, hey man if you still cant get hat o work on your computer/you think your donewith beta testing, I will be more than happy to take that beta key off your hands! im freaking going nuts here waiting to try out the new hunter stuff and will go so freaking printscreen picture crazy Blizzard would never be able to remove all my photos! (have webcam and digital camera option as well for video and what not). PLEASE lol Anyways, upside:psyched about all the new pets and I am BM despite how awesome explosive shot is Downside: can’t they jsut freaking change dragons to beasts already and call it a day? I mean, silithids wasps didnt have a class before so making them beast now was ok…….fucking bullshit technicalities. if you can change that, you can give us dragons……tho you may never see another cat again, lol. enjoy people
BM Hunter Bldcrow, 70 tauren, slavering black worg and humar the pridelord, Stormrage server
MISTY NOOOOO, what the hell happened?! (i am prevet) That makes me so sad! Pending story, dont bother with the overnight, just kill your family. What happened to Gabrielle?
They should move the Grimtotem ghost wolves, and Darkshore ghost sabers into this category. The only thing though, is that they would have to make the wolves and sabers already tamed into a non-exotic version of Spirit Beast so today’s hunters do not have to respec just to be able to keep using their favorite pet. I have a wolf myself, and the prowl would be nice, and wouldn’t be a bad trade off, spirit strike too. While the wolf is no longer tameable, newly tamed ghost sabers could now require Beast Mastery talent, without going against the hunters who already tamed them previously. Maybe modify the ghost saber to this model too, just a thought. Long live the hunters!
MISTY….. don’t tell me things like that… *Sniffle* I am sorry!
Oh Misty. I’m SOOOOO Sorry. I hope you’re doing ok. You’re in my thoughts. My deepest condolences.
Sorry, Misty :( Hope your cat’s beautiful soul is set free to find its way back somehow.
i agree with e-syringe. my current siamese seems to have the soul of one of my older cats who was stolen and put to sleep by an evil neighbour.
anything can happen.. and does.
Oh no, that’s terrible! Siamese are my favorite breed too, along with silver tabbies.
Many years ago, I lost a puppy in a family carelessness situation too.
This is now the ‘Comfort Misty’ blog.
So sorry to hear that you’ve lost your furry friend.
Misty: Aww! That’s horrible to hear! I’m so sorry to hear that ;_;
It’s never easy to lose a friend, if you need to holler you know where to find us. All of us with furkids have you in our thoughts.
“As if any hunter would kill him rather than tame him at this point!”
I would. Then again, I don’t like cats, and if it looks like a cat and does moves like a cat…
Gimme moths, gimme bears, gimme Ancient Core Hounds. Huh.
I’m sorry to hear that for ya Misty. And don’t whine, you Marksman and Survival Hunters. Although it’s just typical when people COMPLAIN. It’s about time, finally, that the Beast Mastery spec got some Epic love. I’m all for Exotics! And there are already ALOT of non-Exotic pets. I’m really glad they added ANOTHER Exotic. They should. Go Blizzard! And like someone already said, there’s ALOT that YOU GUYS have that we don’t. :-P. And it’s funny, about the COMPLAINING, whiching this around, bluntly, there would be complains from the 2 specced Hunters, if 1 from Marks or Survival got buffed. Anyways no, predatory birds do NOT “look” like scavenging carrion birds. Anyways wouldn’t surprise me if they added the Vargul Blight Hounds to “Spirit Beasts”. It’s glowy.
Oh gosh, Misty, I’m so sorry. You don’t even know who I am, but every time I hear about a cat losing its life for any reason, I feel awful–our four are too precious to contemplate losing.
My thoughts are with you.
Heh, my twenty are to precious to me… *Is still sniffling*
Misty you should “tame” your cat as a Spirit Beast if it comes back to haunt you!
Anyway im sorry to hear about her death, i dont know what i would do if id lose my puppy!
As for MM and SV hunters: All the other pet familys are now viable… and besides you complain about non diversity in pets for non-BM but all you do is running with the same wolf/cat/ravager/raptor pet and complain that your pet options are boreing.
Has anyone tried taming Illusionary Wraiths?
Dont know…Blizz will add more skins to this family in the next build i guess.
Another perfect pet for a draenei hunter :)
Agh! Thats terrible, Misty! Be sure that his soul is still around, in your memories and heart. I fall apart when pets die…
Sigh. . .I go away for a while and spend ages catching up.
Misty, I am sorry to hear about your cat. I know I’d be furious if something happened to my Sally.
Palla, I agree with you that a lot of the whining is mostly just for the sake of whining. Beast Master is about, well, the pet not the Hunter. While everyone’s focusing in on those exotic pets, they’re not really focusing on the true power of that 51 talent point and the four extra talent points that it gives our pets. That can give our pet an extra end tier talent all by itself. That can make a pet pretty strong just on its own. You are right how those exotics are more icing than anything else.
Hey i just found out that Bristlepine boars in Howling Fjord are now tamable! just take alook here-
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=27681#same-model-as
Honestly, it boggles my mind that MM/Survival Hunters would even *think* about griping about pets. Your *whole* spec is centered around you! Not your pet, not at all. I really appreciate Blizzard giving Beast Mastery their own pet families, seeing as the entire tree is devoted to the sole purpose of boosting and bettering your pet. As far as MM/Survival Hunters only getting two new pet families.. No! Certainly not. You have far, far more open to you now than you did in TBC or prior. Almost every single pet family is viable in some way, so you aren’t exactly stuck with a cat, ravager or raptor. You have far more options open to you than you did before, and yet there is still complaining. Honestly, if you’re so dead set on the pets you have and what they can do, maybe you aren’t in the right spec. Its kind of like giving BM Hunters Chimera Shot or Explosive Shot. There needs to be some level of exclusivity here, otherwise why even go deep in *any* tree if every spec gets the same thing? :P
<33333 Beast Mastery (for life!)
@Zaidae <3 exactly, many of the MM/survs want to look cool though, even though they already have some pretty cool abilities of their own.
I understand, but at the same time.. You’re giving up the “cool” pets so that you can focus on your own *personal* DPS rather than beefing your pet. Ironically, as a BM Hunter, I don’t foresee me taking a lot of exotics. I guess its because I’ve just waited so long to finally have a viable, DPS efficient wolf that I can’t really consider having a different Ferocity pet (not for the majority of my play, anyway!). Currently, my Hunter (on Beta) is playing with an eagle and wolf. I need to go out and tame a tanky pet. Don’t get me wrong, I love the idea of exotic pets. At some point, I’ll probably nab a chimera (so awesome) and a spirit beast. Beyond that, I’m not sure what else I’ll tame right now. :)
Emerald Skytalon would make a good “spirit beast” variety cause it doesn’t have a “real world” look to it. I use “real world” very loosely since we are talking about the “world of warcraft” here.
As far as who is getting the love? Simply all specs are. It seems like on the PTR that my hunter itself does better damage as a MM than as a BM. But as BM and an exotic pet (Devilsaur or Core Hound atm) Things even out a bit. As far as pets go, its already been said that ALL families are getting a unique family skill which means they’ve practically made 10 new NORMAL pets/skills. Sure you could tame some of them before, but now they have practical value instead of just “looks”.
Exotics have to be “exotic” and somewhat more powerful to make that 51pt talent something worth spending the talents for.
..Damn Misty, what happened? I’d be pissed if anything happened to my gray tabby kitten or my big ‘ol black cat.. (You don’t need to answer what happened, I’m just waaaay too curious about everything.)
:< I loves them both. *Hugs* That’s terrible though.. Now I feel bad T_T Losing a pet is horrible.
/comfort
Misty, I’m so sorry for your loss! I, myself, have a herd of kitties and each and every one is as spoiled as the little princes and princesses should be! I work in a vet’s office as a tech, and I hate seeing people come in having to lose their best friend, so I know what you’re going through!!
I have no idea what I’d do if I lost my prize kitty! He’s an Egyptian Mau, aptly named Captain Jack Daniels. My heart and prayers go out to you Misty, and I’m sure your best friend is right by your side, trying to comfort you, and he’ll always be there, trust me!
Blessings be Misty!!
This is a PET web site. So pets are more than so-called “just icing” here. Yeah, way too much whining from Marksman and Survival Hunters. Plain, regular pets outnumber Exotics 18 to a mere 7 (currently). Anyways I really hope they added ANOTHER Exotic to round out the numbers evenly (I like even numbers, like Mania). Come on, Blizzard!
Agreed, Kristy. :D
I’m not upset that it is a feline species. I rather LOVE cats myself personally but the name BEAST implies that this isn’t a set skin for the species. Sure the Chimera’s have 2 different skins, but one is Outlands Related while the other is Kalimdor, etc. related. As you noticed several beasts got new skins when they came to Outlands (Basalisks, Raptors, Spiders, etc.) so this could be just the beginning of what’s to come.
AND YES! We need another tenacity pet darn it!
Woot! Thank you Zai! :-D lol
Kristy and Zai,
I think what Palla and I are saying is more that the extra pets is a bonus to that skill above and beyond what is a solid boost to pets in general. Heck, I’m even debating getting that talent without having an exotic pet since, except for one or two exotics, I’m not interested in them. I don’t like Rhinos all that much. Chimera don’t thrill me. Worms aren’t something I’m big on. Except for Devilsaurs and maybe Core Hounds, exotics aren’t something I’m desperate to have. But those four extra points, now those are worth the 51 talent point.
I have to agree with Palla nd Seidou. I am not really looking forward to the exotic pets so much as I am looking forward to the extra 4 points in the pet talent trees. I really would like a core hound, but if I do go 51 points in the BM tree, it’s not gonna be because I want one exotic (really do want The Kurken). Yeah, I’ll go nab The Kurken, but making my other favored pets 4 talent points stronger is what really interests me. That’s 16 levels worth of talents points (if my math is still good, and if they are still giving a point for every 4 levels). So, even though a lot of hunters may go for the 51 point talent, that doesn’t mean they are all going for the exotics. By the way, how do I take a screen shot? I tamed a new pet and I am really stumped on a name for him. I like this pet, and he may even take over my spider’s role as main pet. So, how do i take a screen shot and how do i submit it for “Name That Pet”?
Many would disagree about that. When Beast Mastery gave 5 extra points, you could put together some pretty good Tenacity builds. 4 is not enough, all you’ll be getting in any tree is a bit more health and resistances. I don’t consider that to be 51-point quality.
My real concern with the talent is that it effectively restricts your choice of pets. If you take it and continue to use a non-exotic, it really is a very weak talent for you. I think it would be better if it gave pets an overall buff, rather than the exotics being stronger on their own.
Seveil-
If I have this correctly, with just four points, you can get all three top tier talents. That’s actually quite a boost to your pet. If you have twelve invested in the lower talent rungs, you then are free to put a total of eight talent points anywhere you want. Honestly, that twenty-first point was just superflous and not needed. You can actually set up a pretty strong Tenacity pet just with twenty.
And, honestly, most Exotic pets are not stronger than the average pet. Rather, their a tad harder to counter. A lot of their talents blend two things rather than be super strong.
Sorry for the rather.. cryptic.. post. I was hysterical at the time and this page was open when I ran upstairs in a fit of tears. Heres the story:
He was just a kitten, ~4-5 mo. old. I had been keeping him in my room for fear of something like this happening. My brother was visiting… and my family was all pestering me to let him downstairs to socialize with the other pets… So I conceeded… And while I was up here (camping the Spirit Cat D:) they opened the door and left it open to move some stuff into the garage… and he apparently got out when they weren’t looking… and was promply ripped to pieces by our neighbors beagles… my step-dad found what was left of him by the front porch… he was so little, he couldn’t even defend himself. My poor poor little angel…
This careless mistake is only half of it though.. they didn’t even TELL me. I came downstairs calling him because I hadn’t seen him in a couple hours… and my step-dad just said non-chalantly ‘It’s dead. Dogs killed it’ I thought he was freaking kidding! (my step-dad has a horrible sense of humor, he would actually kid about this) I said ‘Shut up, where is he?’ ‘I said it’s dead.’ ‘Nuh uh. Stop saying that, it isnt funny.’ ‘I’m -not- joking.’ ‘…….. WELL WHERE IS HE?’ ‘I threw it into the woods.’ ‘WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT!!! WHERE IS HE?!’
At this point I went hysteric-mode and ran around the house screaming and crying and looking for a flash light so I could find his body, but I couldn’t find one. After more screaming and crying I ran upstairs and messeged my best friend (and posted that message on here) and then went to her house. My mom called and said my step-dad had went and got his body so I could bury him, but I was already half-way to my friends house and was none to pleased with my family for their apathy and carelessness in the whole matter. So my step-dad buried him, and I went to my friends house and haven’t really stopped crying since. Back home now.
…. ;_;
That’s messed up…. being a proud pet of 3 cats myself, I can totally feel your pain. I’d have totally freaked out if that happened to any of the cats that claim me.
Very sorry for your loss.
And your stepdad is a total dick.
My Siamese cat escaped and was never found, but he was huge and had all his claws and often beat the crap out of our GSD, my take on it is he got out, approached the first person he saw and found a new home, cause… well there was no sign of him and it had only been an hour… >.>
Sorry for your loss Misty… but you CAN call animal control and have the neighbors dogs cited most states have a dangerous dog law that states an animal that kills another animal is to be labeled dangerous. And it forces the owners to keep them contained, if the dogs killed your cat on YOUR property the dogs will be confiscated and the owners charged a fee at the very least, as its against the law to let dogs roam at large.
Lots of people do it here.. and I don’t want them to get killed. They’re beagles, they have a huge prey drive and were bred to hunt. It wouldn’t be fair for them to be killed because they were doing what they were programmed to do. He was an INDOOR cat… he was supposed to be INDOOR. Poor thing had never been outside in his life…
That is why I kinda hate dogs..
My two cats are strictly indoor cats. If anyone just as much as hinted at them going outside. I would seriously beat the crud out of em.
I don’t know if it would make you feel any better.. but looking at animals makes ME feel better when im terribly sad. If you want to see.. I was doing silly crafts all day and I dressed my siamese up in t-shirt scraps. I made her look Haute Couture.
bless you.
Misty,
It was callous of your step-father and cruel to do what he did. He should have told you right off that your cat had gotten out and gone out to find him. Even if he hadn’t noticed, he should have told you and done so gently. I’ve lost numerous cats over the years. It is never easy, and to break it to you like that just made it much, much worse.
Harleigh, CUTE!!
Seidouyumi, I know he’s a jerk but.. he was raised that way… that ‘men don’t feel emotions’ mindset is still pretty common where I live. My brother says he’s been talking about it all day and how bad he feels for being the one to let him out. But he wouldn’t dare say he was sorry to my face, that’s just kinda how he was raised. Sucks but, I think he really does feel bad, and my brother does too. :( It all really sucks.
I’m thinking of getting this cute snowshoe kitten on petfinder ;( I can’t bare to see his empty food dish and all his toys laying around, and sleeping without him is unthinkable.
So has anyone else been able to tame Loque`nahak yet?
no but i will easier now that you arent there mwahahahha /wave hehehehe
NOT SLEEPING TILL CAT IS MINE
Also 20000 g to the hunter that finds him and lets me tame him >.>
No seriously… I have 20k gold…
YOU CAN BUY A MAMMOTH>.>
Snowshoes look like they would have the same temperament as a Siamese cat.
If you get another kitty be sure to get one that is a lap cat that will snuggle and sleep with you. You deserve a snuggler.
Arreyona; you remind me of myself when i was trying to get Humar the first time around. I did sleep thou.. but i have this weird way of waking up the EXACT moment something is supposed to spawn. Its pretty interesting.
But no one knows when its supposed to spawn! I stayed up for 52 hrs straight ot get Numaroc… and then he never showed up so i logged out annoyed and logged in later to give up and hearth and as I was hearthing guess who attacked m e!?!?!
I logged off and on looking for Humar over maybe.. 6-8 hours. He was supposedly on an 8 hour timer but cannot be up while the zhevra runner is up. I didn’t know this at the time so i just waited more.. At this time I used to sleep wayyyyy in.. but for some reason that night i woke up at 4:23am. I said what the heck and logged on.. poof.. guess who spawned a few seconds later? Humar! Yay.. I named him Ares. =D
Misty, my deepest condolences for your loss. As a proud and loving owner of 4 cats, and a dude btw, I am so sorry for what happened to you.
Best wishes.
Misty; I’m so sorry to hear about your baby. If anything happened to my Thea, I’d have to be put in a mental hospital. She’s my best friend and I cannot imagine what you must be going through with this.
Recently, my mom’s cat, Nugget, came to stay with us for a bit. He and Thea are both indoor cats and not allowed outside, since we live in an area with coyotes, eagles, dogs, and a highway. A couple weeks ago, Nugget snuck out the back door when it was just barely cracked. The moment I stepped out the door to look for him, I heard some dogs barking and Nugget start yowling. I ran into the woods behind our house, screaming at the dogs. I scared the three smaller ones off right away but the biggest one wouldn’t go until I was right up in his face. I was just about in shock. My boyfriend says I was hyperventilating. >< We wrapped him in a towel and rushed him to the vet, where they found he was mostly just scratched and bruised, with possibly a few broken ribs. After a week or so of kitty morphine and baby food, and looots of rest, he recovered completely. After a scare like that, we are extra-vigilant about making sure our kitties stay safely inside.
I hope you never have to go through another tragedy like this again, Misty. I’m sure your baby is in a happy place now. *Bear hug*
Ugh this troll on murmur Celegel says he’ll kill the Spirit Beast before he lets someone else tame it. :| What a dick.
Isn’t Murmur a PVP server? Go kill him. :D
I’m a troll too >.<
Murmur is pvp realm, so kill him?
Oh well then re….uh..retransfer?
I named my pet Loquestandin, then tabbed back in to do a quick check and saw loque and like freaked out…. but it was my own pet -.-
I hate when I do that.
I’m alliance on Murmur, my Dwarf’s named Katzbalger. Thanks to the screencaps I know where Loque spawns. If I see Celgel in the area, I’ll keep him busy. :)
Hahaha nice ;)
Oh, and anyone who’s there can have a go at taming him if he spawns.
I’m tabbing in and out watching, i have my pet on aggressive so he will keep the area free of mobs for me >.> my luck he’ll kill the damn thing while im tabbed out
yeah the rest of us are being civil human beings about it lol and letting the first tame win and not shoot it off
If I get too annoyed ill bring my druid and cyclone spam mr. pissy troll hunter on murmor.. or my hunter and icetrap spam… or my mage… you get the idea >.> I have one of every class alliance onmurmur
I’m a creative namer, you can tell :B Mistytroll
Misty if I come down there will you distract Celegel so I can kill him? I’m Mongoose, lol
What the heck how am i supposed to distract him? lol
get an alliance rogue to spam distract
god that annoys me in pvp
wahh I just wanna see it why does everyone insist on trying to kill me D:
I’m pretty sure the one that spawns by the Longneck, or the Longneck itself, is the placeholder mob…
I KILL THE LONG NECK
>.>
I kill everything around spawn area.
Misty,
I understand. And I understand about needing a new cat. Almost three years ago now I lost my cat of fifteen years to a heart attack. I couldn’t stand having an empty room, so I adopted my new cat. Sally had been in the shelter for five of her six months of life and everyone kept putting her back because she hates being held. Well, they lost out in the end. She is the most loving cat I know. She’s sitting on the back of my chair as I write this. So, I understand about having that empty feeling. You’ll still feel that loss, but it will pass. To date, my family has buried a dozen cats and it is never easy. None of them died violently, but it is still never easy no matter how much you prepare. So, we’re here for you and it’ll be alright. Take care.
Oh yes, lost in the Spirit Beast stuff is some great news about OTHER pets. Cats now have Rake which is similar to the Druid Feral skill and a great one for doing a bit of extra damage. It’s great in conjunction with Prowl (Cats seem to be the only pet family with two family skills). Furious Howl now stays up for the full ten seconds too.
Hm… gonna try and figure out when Loque’ spawns, based on when Noodle tamed him. Meantime, I’ll be checking back at the spawn site at the top of ever hour…
BTW, a DK said he killed Loq earlier while looking for stuff to mine, and said it didn’t drop anything but a gray item.
K, here’s what I figure… he was up on the 19th, the morning after a patch, about 4 hours after the patch. I was on for about 3 hours after the servers came back up this morning. There wasn’t any sign of him in those 3 hours. However, I wasn’t able to check at the 4 hour mark. So he may have spawned and been tamed sometime this morning.
In any case, I’ll just keep checking back hourly.
I have from one source that he was killed by a mage ~15 hours ago. And then the DK killed him sometime after that…. dunno if these are good sources though.
Arrgh! Okay… did the DK say when that was? Maybe we can get an idea on the spawn timer.
Or just keep killing the saber and longneck… I’ve done that to spawn Humar a few times.
Does sound like a 12 hour timer, that might have been 9am and 9pm EST…
um on which server
Murmur.
Ah not bothering to tame on premade, taming on my own leveled hunter ^^ So far no sigthings of him, and i have a 20k bounty on his head jic he spawns in more then 1 spot
my actual hunter is still 70 >.<
Server restart -_-
whats server restarts do to rare spawns timers? D:!
dunno…
seems like only mine restarted though
murmur restarts in 6 mins
World Server Is Down.
WHY AT THE ONE TIME ALL DAY IM BEING DOUBLE CAMPLED >.<
I. want. mah. kitteh. :<
this game underestimates how many times i can hit enter world
lol indeed!
I hate when it lags a moment when the blue bar is full before saying world down >.<
Dogs are not 1 of my favorite, among animals, that I like either. BUT the smaller it is, the more I’ll like/tolerate it. They’re too.. “simple”. Anyways too bad you’re not gonna report it. I totally would. Glad you’re feeliing better. That’d be cool if ya got a new, intelligent kitten. You should. Ooh, recommand a “rag doll” cat. They go limp in your arms when held. Pet Finder’s nice. And lol at your last comment. I’m sure you’re trying alot Misty. lol Dang, Arre, you’re rich! rotfl Very funny, that 2nd comment you made, Arre! And what a little, stupid jerk, that murderous Troll.
AHHHH STILL DOWN WTG??
This is too long for a routine server restart :(
Oh well time to run to store i guess and get drink
Ohhh misty…
http://pics.livejournal.com/cryz/pic/00071pyf
Die from cuteness ^^
It’s just the Northrend continent that’s down, though. :(
I was able to get on my DK in HFP.
maybe Nibblet http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=19073 now tameable spirit beast)
LoL Confirmed, Shattrah, and Darnassas is up.
Them kittens are from my Siamese that disappeared, right before he poofed. He made them.
Arreyona those are the sweetest little siamese kittens ever!
Back up no kitty and Ceron is in my spot GO AWAY
Misty:
Speaking as someone who had a pretty rotten upbringing myself…I feel confident in saying that your stepfather is horrible.
I usually like dogs (and cats). But when I was a kid, my parents had an akita that probably killed—and at very least savaged and chased off—a feral kitten that I’d put quite a bit of effort into socializing. And just this year, one of my kitties was attacked and injured by a neighbor’s annoying little yip-yap. So it’s probably more accurate to say that I like well-behaved dogs that have their “prey drive” under control.
Indeed prey drive is NOT an excuse! Its the owners JOB as an OWNER to work with their dog to alievate the chase and kill instinct because that ‘cute beagle’ can just as well chase and kill a child as it did the kitten.
actully Ceron and i have been ther for over 2 days so its actually our (my) spot ;p
No wai, I’ve been there off and on too :p just was busy leveling as i was 75
Wonder if anyone on any other server has seen em
My mother had an irish wolfhound, big, big dog, and he was so well trained that when a nieghbor’s, as it was put, yip-yap attacked him, he didn’t attack and the sick ba- the f-, the retard, thought it was funny. It’s not really just ‘prey drive’, it’s socializing an animal; because Wolfie who didn’t even dare strike back at that small dog, would regularly bay and bark at the coyotes that dared to come to close to the yard and scare them off.
That and dogs like Akita’s and most yip-yappers are mean animals if you’re not a good enough person to curb the stubborn personality into something more mellow.
There should be tests for people who want to become dog owners, the world would be saner for all us animal lovers then >_>
but getting back into topic- to an extent, slightly, I see alot of MM/SV people wanting to not have, to spec BM to use exotics; I’m talking about if Ghost Saber/Ghost Wolves become exotics. I’m sorry- but there’s no free ride on this trip, if you want to enjoy an exotic beast using a new ability like this Spirit Beast is, you will have to specc BM, that’s the sad truth; because you can’t have your slice of cake, and eat the rest of it too.
That said; why would you even want an exotic pet anyways? I’ve rolled Ryai to MM and it’s like I HAVE SEEN THE LIGHT, I mean yeah I want her to stay bm, but I’ve been pewpewing more as MM, and nearly owned a paladin where as on bm, I find it harder to do.
But moving away from the PTR chitchat, I am also curious as to if Spirit Beasts will include just this one animal, or more, and if they include more than just cats.
@Misty I grieve for your lost, my dear. Our pets are not animals, but a special enity to us. We share a bond between us that no one else can see or even feel. That is the way I am in real life as I am in the game and why I am BM hunter.
Grieving is good for the soul and is natural.
For Misty and others who have lost their kitties…
And God asked the feline spirit
Are you ready to come home?
Oh, yes, quite so, replied the precious soul
And, as a cat, you know I am most able
To decide anything for myself.
Are you coming then? asked God.
Soon, replied the whiskered angel
But I must come slowly
For my human friends are troubled
For you see, they need me, quite certainly.
But don’t they understand? asked God
That you’ll never leave them?
That your souls are intertwined. For all eternity?
That nothing is created or destroyed?
It just is…forever and ever and ever.
Eventually they will understand,
Replied the glorious cat
For I will whisper into their hearts
That I am always with them
I just am…forever and ever and ever.
Awwh ;_; thanks Sigrdrífa. I teared up when I read that. And thanks to everyone who’s offered me kind words and cute pictures <3
Once again, I gave up, went to bed, came back to check. He wasnt there, killed the giraffe that was on his spawn point BOOM HE SPAWNED. Say hello to my new pet!!!!
I think the giraffe has something to do it, also the severs came up about 6-8 hours ago… from the restart if that helps the time is 9:19 AM est 7:19 AM PST
5 SS including a good front on one! http://shwov.com/betass/spiritbeast/
I LOVE these skins. Problem is i am a 35 hunter.so i got a l o n g way to go :c. yes i can say that i like finding the oddest pets. It is one of my greatest pastimes. I am an orc and i went to blootymist isle to get the ravager up there. And i am a big explorer and I have gone to every country in the burning crusade and in the game. I think i will try to find this guy, if it doesn’t require killing the giraffe :D
id still be rather upset if they made my ghost wolf an exotic. i was planning on keeping him as my leveling pet in northrend, i put in the effort to get him, i shouldnt have to spec to BM to keep him. i wouldnt really wouldnt care if they made a new exotic spirit wolf to be a spirit beast. it would be different if blizzard had taken away all spirit wolves back when they were a bug in game and THEN added them back.
While the spirit beast looks good, I do hope they add more skins like others have mentioned. Otherwise it will “just” be a cat with moonfire and probably overhunted.
@Misty: Sorry to hear about your kitty. :(
My last cat died while I was in the army (freeway got him). Had him for 9-10 years. :(
Hopefully, Belit (I’m a Conan fan. Sue me :P) will adapt quickly to us moving soon.
Anyone knows when Blizzard will update the beta with a new build?
I have seen a troll hunter on Murmur with a cat that definitely is from this family. The cat is black with red, just like this white guy with blue only black skin, red glowies. The cat is gorgeous, but since he is horde I cannot ask him the details.
curumor, im calling my lawyer…well i would if i had 1, and misty sorry to hear about that, realy sucks, id get a cat but my dad is allergic. /sigh
The whining from Marks”man” and Survival Hunters will never end. Just deal with it.
Ivymyst please post a pic, becouse none will belive it.
green devilsaur rare, king crush, just tamed! if i can figure out how 2 put a pic i will
king krush*
Can anybody check to see if a few pets are now tamable? I really hope so because they are ones I would really like to tame.
Sunblade Dragonhawk (70 Elite, Sunwell Plateau)
Dawnblade Dragonhawk (1, Isle of Quel’Danas)
Dread Creeper (61, Naxxramas)
Aether Ray (70-71, Blade’s Edge Mountains)
OK, thinks that’s it. If anybody finds out anything,I wouold love to know.
Heh,I checked at 5am and Celegel was there. I went off to repair and get supplies, then did some exploring. I came back and checked again at 6am… nobody else was there, but of course, no spawn.
Oh, I’ve always loved cats. When I was around 8 years old, my favorite marmalade cat came to my room in the middle of the night. I sat up to cuddle her in my lap, and well… she had kittens in my lap.
Ivymist, sounds a lot like the cursed spawn of Har’koa: http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?npc=28404#screenshots:id=95853
While these aren’t technically spirit beasts, they ARE the children of Har’koa and Loque.
Funny you mentioned MM/SV hunters whining, Kristy… the hunter I’ve played since release will always be MM. Katzbalger the BM Dwarf does exist on live… as a lvl 44 bank alt.
Hm, these two dwarves are jerks… I have an evil temptation…
Yes… yes indeed… time to roll a horde hunter :D
A new Humar-like camped beast i guess…
I’ll be there when the copy goes through. That wasn’t the evil temptation, though… the temptation was to kill Loque if he spawned for them. >)
Trying to camp on Northrend but the server constantly restarts. I’ve got some Redbull and some Vault so I’m prepared. :-D
IM AM TOTALLY MAD. BLIZZARD IS TAKING TO MUCH TIME ON EXOTICS THERE’S LIKE 5 OR 7 PETS THAT HAVENT GOT A NEW SKIN YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT WIOLL IT TAKE FOR THEM JUST TO ADD ONE NEW SKIN FOR FREAKING SPOREBATS,SCORPIDS,HYENAS,AND TALLSTRIDERS
*Raises brows*
Kay…… First off. Yellin’ at us. Won’t get blizzard to change anything. At all. So… unlock that caps lock man.
Second…. Exotics are for BM’s. Marksmen and survivalist got their own thing.
If you’re not a __BEAST MASTER__ then you’re not specializing in pets, and have much less of a right to be pissing and moaning your pet isn’t special. MM do more direct damage and Survival get more rounded and pvp stuff. Beast masters don’t general yell that their traps arn’t as good and what not….
Third: You’re getting new pets too, Saber worgs, Wasps, ect….
Fourth: Sporebats scorpids, hyena’s and tallstriders are… ugly. lol That’s a personal thing for me but ugly is ugly no matter what you color it. Most of those were consistently among the least used and least loved pets. Complaining they didn’t sup up the pets noone uses is a bit…silly, but even if they are your fave, you have them already. Noone’s saying you HAVE to switch to new pets, and infact, the ugly one’s mentioned are getting suped up in power, as are all pets. Some of those, Hyena and spore bats are getting large jumps in usefulness.
So all in all… Chill little man. It’s all good. Play the pet you like. If you LOooOOoooOooOooooOVe Sporebats… use a sporebat, they’ll be more worth in in a month and a half.
Sunblade dragonhawks are not tameable, and it’s not possible to get a Dawnblade dragonhawk away from its rider before it dies.
Sorry. :/
okay first off im sorry 4 yelling but im the kind of hunter who goes out and only tames one type of pet per the whole hunter so i can get mad sometimes when i dont see some kinds of pets skin cause everbody know tallsrider only have like 3 good skins second: if mania or BRK do something this week please look for sporebats, tallstriders, and scorpids.
Spirit Beast Number TWO
http://wotlk.wowhead.com/?pet=46#screenshots
Not posted by me but not seen it posted here so thought might as well share what I found…
The first spirit beast was named Har’koa
This second spirit beast is named Cursed Offspring of Har’koa
Maybe spawns when fighting har’koa or something…
Black Skin with red eyes. front view looks cool but from sides looks similar to cats found around teldrassil, at least I think so…
Lots of people play that way Ivanator, but they’ve pretty much covered most of Northrend. We probably won’t see any Sporebats in Northrend. They’re an Outlands species. But I think overall what Pepsi was trying to say is, saying it here really accomplishes nothing for the goal as far as “new skins”. You would have to post on the WoW forums to have Blizzard notice it.
@Ivanator
Personally, I love hyenas and Tallstridersm, I think they’re beautiful… Oo;; So just because they’re ‘ugly’ doesn’t mean they don’t have the right to have less skins, like look at crabs for example! there’s plenty of different skins for them, and even spiders but I don’t think many people like them!
Anyway though, personally I understand what you’re saying but you’re still getting a huge variety of pets and I think the the tallstriders definitely have really awesome skins! So really just be happy with them for now and maybe they’ll make some new skins at some point. :D
i hope so untill then ill uss emy dranei hunter to tame wasps and wait a while to use my tauren-tallstrider combo
My Belf hunter had Mazzaranche the pink tallstrider named KittyPryde (xmen reference) until she was level 57.. I was … get this … KICKED OUT. Of 3 dungeon runs.. BECAUSE I had the pink tallstrider. Lemme tell you that tallstrider had saved my butt soooo many times..
On certain servers you can’t get taken seriously with a tallstrider pet.. hopefully that will chance come the patch.. I’m gonna go on my current hunter and grab Mazz.
Sorry Vish… Cursed Offspring of Har’koa aren’t spirit beasts. They’re all around Har’koa and are part of her questline… unless they just hotfixed them.
I had one just after the last patch and it was a regular cat — apart from the reskin and glowy eyes.
WTB new normal server
LOL people got pissed off cause I said ZOMG LAG, lol, god forbid someone mention that the 6 week to launch game lags like a alpha
–oh, also, Mania. The Deep Borers from Maraudon are color-changers; they’ll switch between the dark gray and blue skin when summoned. :)
I have to say I still think Devilsaur will be a better DPS pet. Prowl slows movement down far too much even at max level and a perpetual 9% damage buff beats a killer opening and a resistible damaging attack (which btw does less than Monstrous Bite) so if your planning on quick battles this is the right pet, if your going for sustained DPS Devilsaur is still the best choice.
Well there are 8 scorp skins
6 hyena skins
6 Tallstrider skins
That’s not one or two. And some of them are quite colorful. Granted none of them are anything _I’d_ choose but I don’t love the hyena’s or tallstriders or anything. lol
One of the previous posters was right though. You’re not going to see spore bats in northrend, tallstriders are supposed to be plains animals, so likely none of those there either. Hyena’s are traditionally plains and savanna critters but you’d have a better chance of them, but that’s kinda shot down by the Saberworgs we are getting…
Pepsijedi-
Tallstriders also appear in Darkshore, which is heavily forested. Just as a heads up.
Beyond that, I’m not going to get anywhere near the rest of this debate again.
DO MORE POSTS MANIA!
GEE a lot of people rote posts on this article
Deathbang, cats now have Rend, a bleed attack that applies a nine second DoT to the target, one a ten second cooldown. Soooo….yea. Rake will do more damage then monstrous bite, but monstrous bite will increase the devilsaurs DPS by nine percent after three usages. That being said, last time I checked monstrous bite was up to be nerfed. Cats should be able to keep up with DPS pets again, thank goodness.
Oh, and they have prowl as WELL as rake, since prowl was decided to be uberly situational.
Rend does initial damage, and on a ten second cooldown* for my daily double.
Palla-
It’s RAKE not REND. However, thanks to the heads up, I can tell you now that it’s a great skill to have. It still seems to need a bit more work since it’s doing all its damage at the end of the ten second window rather than doing a DoT. Even then, it’s still a great skill to have.
The other thing is that Prowl does break with Charge, but Charge has a higher damage quotient to it.
Rake was enough to make me choose to grab a Cat on my Blood Elf Hunter.
harleigh – Geeze, some people don’t know that tallstriders are uber. If not in DPS, then in pure awesome looks. I /cheer every tallstrider I see.
ivanator – I agree that new skins for existing families would be great. But in all seriousness, what new skins could, say, hyenas get? They already have the semi-real colors, white, grey, brown and yellow, plus the red and purple skins, what other colors would there be? A blue hyena? Personaly, I think a brown coyote-style wolf would be great, but the saber-worgs will do fine.
There ar brown coyote wolves… they’re in the Tauren starting area and elsewhere though out the world. One from the Tauren area even barks when you click on him.
Is anyone sorta worried about Mania?
sigh. . .While I don’t actually care how many skins/models here’s the list
Bats- 4 skins, 1 model
Bears- 8 skins, 2 models
Birds of Prey- 12 skins, 4 models
Cats- 19 skins, 4 models
Carrion Birds- 10 skins, 4 models
Chimera- 4 skins, 2 models
Core Hounds- 3 skins, 2 models
Crabs- 4 skins, 1 model
Crocilisks- 4 skins, 1 model
Devilsaurs- 3 skins, 1 model
Dragonhawks- 4 skins, 1 model
Gorillas- 5 skins, 1 model
Hyena- 6 skins, 1 model
Moths- 5 skins, 1 model
Nether Rays- 4 skins, 1 model
Raptors- 12 skins, 2 models
Ravagers- 9 skins, 2 model
Rhinos- 3 skins, 1 model
Scorpids- 8 skins, 1 model
Serpents- 5 skins, 1 model
Silithids- 4 skins, 1 model
Spiders- 16 skins, 3 models
Sporebats- 3 skins, 1 model
Tallstriders- 6 skins, 1 model
Turtles- 5 skins, 1 model
Warp Stalkers- 3 skins, 1 model
Wasps- 7 skins, 2 models
Wind Serpents- 10 skins, 2 models
Wolves- 16 skins, 4 models
Worms- 7 skins, 2 models
Lowest number of skins is 3 mostly on exotics, the highest is 19 on cats. The lowest number of models is one, and the highest is 4. In fact, most pet families have a low number of skins and one model. So, maybe some of the ones with three to five skins could have more, but I don’t think it’s important. I just thought it was interesting. And sorry this took up so much space.
I forgot to add this in. There are 209 skins and 52 models in total and this does not include Spirit Beasts which are still in deep flux and would, right now, make it 211 skins and 53 models.
And I have eaten up enough space with this.
Mania will update and post when she gets a chance to. Remember, she’s very busy with real life issues as well =) We can’t be Hunters 24/7 XD
Why oh why do you hate me Loque’nahak :(
Details, details! *Coughs* Sorry, been playing my warrior a bit, and had rend on the mind. Rake is far superior to it, and I love it dearly. Bleed damage! Yay!
I totally understand the demands of real life and such. I just have a natural tendency to worry about people. =x
ok on a earlier post i did say that the tallstrider and hyenas, and crabs dont get many skins and wolfington ridgt they have done all the realistc skins for hyeanas but come on tallstrider are made up so no one really knows what they look like (also by the way pepsi boren tundra is kinda plans like)so why cant there be at least a new skin and model
Wow Seidouyumi that must’ve taken some time.
@Curumor – using the name Belit just means you’re GOOD Conan fan, most people only know what’s in the bloody movies. TBH, my BE hunter on Terrokar is named Belit, she had a black lion named Amra and Araga, named Tigress.
And hyenas are byootiful! My Floops is prolly one of the oldest tamed pets in WoW, and I’ll never give him up.
Harleigh, it didn’t take long to tabulate all of that, really. I just counted up what was on the site. The hard part was making sure I didn’t count a skin twice between the Beta additions and the original skins. In real time, it took twenty minutes, but that was because I took a few breaks to watch things on the Emmy broadcast.
As for adding new skins/models, I would like to see some like the Hawkstrider skin and model be added to the game as a tameable and use the Tallstrider abilities on them. If nothing else, I would like to see the three rare skins more common.
There are a few pet families which could accept more skins and models. In a couple of cases, like the Croc, that one could actually have more models than skins.
The reason i never had a hyena was because thwy didnt have dash.. now i might grab a red one or a purple one
ok i dont know if anyone has heard of this but i heard on allakazam that there used to be a tallstrider named sandstrider if anyone can find a website with the pic please post
Tallstrider’s arn’t really made up. They’re “Warcraft” versions of birds from Austrailia and such, as well as the fossil record. There’s still a bird in Australia that will kill a man now and then if they mess with um. And they ARE weird colored, like black with bright blue and bright red head with crests
http://community.webshots.com/photo/fullsize/1220888989061252067EMqYLW
Descendants from bigger badder birds that used to roam the earth.
Kinda like “Cats” in Warcraft are based off Saber tooth tigers and Worgs are based off dire wolves ect ad infin.
Im quite curious if the Armour debuff from Spore Cloud (Spore bat) stacks with Poison sting and Acid Spit…
Anyway we will see more skins for Spirit Beasts in the next build and maybe a new Tenacity pet.
I would like to know your sources, bloodgod.
A new tenacity pet would be AWESOME.
Ofcourse, what what do you mean?
I mostly document myself from WoWhead if thats the answer your looking for.
Anyway another Tenacity pet with a raid/party buff would be nice, perhaps an aura as a skill? (example: Hydrate: The Hydra emanates moisture in the air, increaseing the healing party/raid members recive by 5%.)
@Blood”God”22
Uhh LAME, as far as hydras go you’ve gotta take the heads thing above the water things, I was thinking they should do what they’ve done with spiders and siliothids, the exotic version does an extra effect, but with the Bear swipe. So it would be something like:
Hydra Family : Tenacity Tree
Status: Exotic
Family Skill: Mauling Barrage (Your Hydra lashes forward viciously with all three of its heads, dealing (rank) damage to up to 5 targets in a wide cone; in addition the foul conditions in its mouth give a 50% chance to cause a poison effect for (Rank) Damage over a further 5 seconds.) (15 sec cooldown or something)
Meh it was just an example, and some exotic familys dont have upgraded versions of non exotic skills.
Anyway id rather see then finish the Spirit Beasts family before makeing another one.
True; always finish the pie before having cake. Just hurry up and give me my Hydra Blizz! /shakefist
BTW Blizz shouldnt bother to make the Hydras on Azeroth tamable, everybody will just grab the alien ones form Outland.
That’s not true BloodGod22. If Hydras were tameable, I’d grab an Azeroth one before I grab one of the Outlands ones. I don’t like any of the TBC model pets except for the lynx, Ironjaw worg and Warp Stalkers.
Just like when 3.0 hits, I’ll grab Kurken before grabbing one of those green ones from SMV and the same for chimeras. I don’t like that virus green color D=
A random and completely unrelated note to recent pet news…
Not sure if this has been reported before, as it’s a very small change, but nothing turned up when I searched the archives, so hopefully this won’t repeat old news.
I just pulled my pet black bear out of the stable on the PTR and noticed that his mouth is now closed! He still opens his mouth when doing his idle roar animation, but no more fly-catching for him the rest of the time.
I can’t decide if this is an overall good or bad change. Yes, I’m glad that his jaw isn’t getting tired from hanging open all the time, but I’m not sure I like how his teeth come together. He looks like he has a slight overbite, as though Blizzard just forced his mouth closed by filing off the edges of his longest teeth. >_< Well, regardless, he’s not going anywhere. :D
Oh, and Rikaku, the Kurken is technically a TBC model, even though he lives in “Azeroth.” If you were sticking completely with vanilla WoW models, you’d have a corehound from MC. ;)
(Just being technical; I completely agree with you on many of the pre-TBC models. Besides, I prefer the Kurken to the drooly puppies myself…although I do get a good laugh seeing the red and green varieties stomping by!)
Agreed, Rikaku.
BTW, has anyone tried out Tendon Rip and if so could I get a little idea of how it works in battle? THanks.
Kalli, Kurken is a “vanilla WoW” model. Looks like Omen in Moonglade.
Kalli
Technically the Kurken uses a pre-TBC model. It appeared as the boss Nian in Naxxramas. I suspect he wasn’t tameable, though my guild never got that far. I demand points for pedantry.
Seidouyumi (or anyone willing to take up the torch on this one) – your model count interests me. I assume the second bear model is the cub, but I can only count 2 bird of prey models (I’d thought all owls used one, all eagles the other). Ditto I can only find three wolves (coyote, worg, sabreworg) What have I missed?
“I can only find three wolves (coyote, worg, sabreworg) What have I missed?”
You missed out this one:
http://petopia.brashendeavors.net/wotlk/skins/skin_magehunterred.php
This wolf, using a modified Darkhound Model, will be tamable.
So Wolfs will have Coyote, Worg, Sabreworg and Darkhound Models.
Ansawa… Thanks for the post about Dragonhawks. I love them as a pet, but there aren’t many non-caster ones… at least untill Wrath comes out. So, thanks for checking in o the Dragonhawks for me.
Well king crush is a giant green level 75 rarespawn Devilsaur in NW Sholazar Basin. I would have gotten pictures and tamed him but a douchebag paladin killed him(mid tame btw >:-(). Atleast we know he exists now.
*krush
I realized I forgot a family of pets. Boars- 9 skins, 1 model. Sorry about that.
Ok, to clear up the confusion, this is the list of the different models by different multi-model family. These are my names/designations not Blizzard’s.
Bears- Bear Adult, Bear Cub.
Birds of Prey- Standard Owl, Jade Owl, Eagle, Stormcrow (also in Carrion Birds)
Carrion Birds- Standard Vulture, Two-headed Vulture, Stormcrow, Condor
Cats- Tiger, Lion, Lynx, Frostsaber.
Chimera- Azeroth, Outlands
Core Hounds- Molten Core, Kurken/Omen
Raptors- Azeroth, Outlands
Ravagers- Big Spike, Little Spike
Spiders- Standard Spider, Tarantula, Spikey Spider
Wasp- Firefly, Wasp
Wind Serpent- Azeroth, Outlands
Wolf- Standard Wolf, Worg, Saberworg, Darkhound
Worms- Jormongar, Standard Worm.
I hope that helps reduce the confusion. This is as of this build. A note about the Jade Owl model. Jade Owls are a heavily modfied model of the Standard Owl. They lack feathers and are facetted. Their wings are very different from the Standard Owl model. Because of that, they are a seperate model.
To the person who asked about the Hyena and Tendon Rip. I find it useful, but you have to take it off auto cast or it is cast at the begining of combat (in PvE). It’s great for slowing down runners and not wasting your mana on concussive shot. For PvE, it’ll be great to slow an enemy down pretty fast and keep out of range.
A lot of the beasts and other beings in this game are based off of either living animals, fossil animals or mythical beasts. There are very, very few beasts in the game which are purely imagination.
Actualy the “spikey spider skin” is actualy the giant spider skin…
But anyway someone sayed on the forums that the Bone Spider moddel mobs in Icecrown isnt tamable becouse their scripted, but there are other mobs witch share that moddel.
Would someone be so kind as to look them up please?
I decided to move the whole discussion of the Skins/Models to the forums. It’s under the heading Pet Skins and Models.
http://www.maniasarcania.com/forums/topic/pet-skins-and-models#post-2147
There’s also a lioness skin. Araga is the only one who uses it.
BloodGod22-
As I said, they’re more my designations than anything else. I haven’t seen the Bone Spider model yet as tameable so I didn’t include it. However, once it is, I’ll update the whole thing.
Tek,
Araga IS counted. She has a completely unique skin, but her model is a simple tiger model. Skin is different from model. Skins are the textures overlaying the model. Araga is a Tiger Model. Humar is a Lion Model. Springpaws are Lynxes. Frostsabers are, well, Frostsabers.
Araga’s LionessSkinGold skin seems to be the same as LionSkinGold… except the tiger model doesn’t have a mane, hence, the darker shade around her shoulders.
It would be interesting to have a tiger with its own version LionSkinWhite. :)
Seidouyumi – thank you, very useful. I’d forgotten the magehunter wolf skin and the fact that the raven skin turns up in Bird of Prey as a hawk. Compliments on your attention to detail.
What if the magehunter skin gets moved to the spirit beasts family?
Brad, thank you, and you’re welcome. Right now, the Stormhawk is the only model that appears in two families.
Bloodgod22, then the Wolves loose a model and a skin, Spirit Beasts gain a model and a skin, and nothing changes in terms of totals. I just can’t edit the whole thing after a while.
ceron i posted that yesterday =D post 216, i tamed him but cant figure out how 2 post screenie, well i gotta get off for a while, be back later, adios
It’d fit there.
Yeah… so would the corrupted offspring of Har’koa…
I think that any spirit beastie out there should fall under the Spirit Beast label. I think that they may have to work out how to make it so that the family can have Claw if it’s a cat type, bite if it isn’t.
What I would add to Spirit Beasts-
Mana Wyrms, Ghost Wolves, Demon Hounds of all types, and any Undead Beasts out there too.
Meh its not hard to change claw with bite deppending on skin…and i agree that ghostly, ethereal and undead pets could be summed up into this family.
I find, to name a few, lions and eagles beautiful.
@Brad and Grim:
Good call, on both counts! Forgot about them; will teach me to post at that hour. >_< I guess I was only thinking of tamables or something silly.
I wish that spirit owl circling the tower at Honor Hold were tameable :(
Kalli: Yes, as someone pointed out, the Kurken’s model is actually been in WoW far prior to TBC. Such as Nian and Omen have used this model. Kurken just happens to be the only tameable model of this =D
If I had spirit beast family input, I wouldn’t want the ghost wolf (like the grimtotem guide) in the category. I’d be disappointed personally if the cat-like Spirit Beast had such a nice refined texture and model, and then we just slapped a wolf model in there from long ago. If we got a new Wrath-like model ghost wolf though, I’d totally put that in there.
But I do think demon hunters would belong in Spirit Beast family as opposed to wolves. XD
Don’t rag on dogs too much yall. At least not until you’ve met a Saint Bernard. They’re not simple at all. My baby Kharma is such a smart boy, and he’ll huff at you and whine when you tickle him, cause he doesn’t like it.
btw when I said demon hunters, I mean demon hounds. Hunters, they’re on the brain XD
Have we managed to set some kind of record for the site with 302 comments to a single post?
I’ve already tamed a Shimmerwing Moth on the PTR, and I’m loving it – Serenity Dust is a badass ability, and I haven’t had this much fun with my hunter since I first hit 70. I still love my Rak’shiri, but considering I specced my hunter Beast Mastery with the exotic taming talent, then ended up with a moth… hehe, Wrath, I think, is going to be interesting, to say the least. :P
I wonder why Blizzard isn’t reusing/refining/expanding on more of the cool old world skins. The Outland wind serpents look terrible compared to the old ones. I mean, really, since when was it bad to have a recognizable face? >_<
Dweezill, I love dragonhawks too. Which is why I’m really disappointed the family hasn’t gotten more tameable skins despite them being present in-game–but c’est la vie, I suppose. :)
@Ryai: I’ve only run into three akitas in my life—including the kitten-killer—that weren’t perfectly nice dogs. But you’re right in saying that all of their problems could probably be attributed to poor socialization and training. (Of the other two, one—also belonging to my parents—was nearly catatonic. The other was psychotically paranoid and constantly barking. Both of my parents’ dogs were acquired from a failed kennel, which could explain a lot.)
@Casdia: Yes, I’ve run into a few bad dogs (the kitten-killer, the kitten-killer-wannabe that lives next door, and a horrible Yorkie that had a grudge against me). But I’ve also run into quite a few good dogs. Case in point: My rottweiler cross—who only received basic obedience training, but could probably have passed utility-dog tests—died ten years ago. I still miss her.
@Kalli: Hey! I like the Outland wind serpents! (Outland chimeras, on the other hand? Only one worth it is Nuramoc; his pretty color makes up for his two ugly faces. And don’t get me started on ravagers.)
I had one ravager in my whole wow career.. just because someone told me to try it out. I went straight back to my owl.
@Farseer Lolotea
I can totally agree with you about Nuramoc! They have freakin ugly/scary heads but I love the purple hues and wings, I also sort of like their tails compared to the old half hairy rat-tailed chimeras xD Don’t get me wrong though, the old ones rock!
I have a green ravager I’ve had since lvl 16 and I’m a 70. He’s still my main. of the other 2 pets I have now, I’ll be dropping both for new ones when LK comes out. My Ghost saber will become a Spirit beast cat, picking up a wasp, a green core hound, and something else… hard to call right now but I’ll need a tanking pet of some sort.
Thing is different people like different things. I hated ravagers when I was playing my BE hunter but when I made my main, my orc hunter he’s had one from almost the start.
I personally hate flappy pets, (( The wasp might end up being let go, he’s a Buzzy not a flappy)) but some people sware by their owls and dragonhawks. They’re just not for me.
So Blizzard has to cater to the majority, not the minority’s…
Pepsijedi-
I would say that they’re catering to the minority rather than the majority. If they catered to the majority then we would see Cats, Ravagers and Raptors and no variety. Instead, they’re catering to the minority of people who love, say, Tallstriders or Crocilisks instead.
Or Gorilla’s! My lord I do love my Gorilla now in 3.0!
I think you’re missing my point. You’re not seeing any new tallstrider’s or crocs or the like, while cats and what not are getting new stuff, or the most stuff. Granted no ravagers ((outlands critter)) or Raptors (( Cold blooded critters)). My point is if 10 of 1000 people use a spore bat, they’re not going to cater the game to those 10.
Hrm.
I really don’t think the ghosty beasts will be put into the Spirit Beast family, simply because;
1. The family eats Fish and Meat, or Cat Food.
2. No families so far have gotten more than one, erh, species of beast in them. Different skins? Sure! Different animals altogether? Might cause some problems.
3. The only spirit beast right now ISN’T a ghost. It’s pretty solid looking. If there WAS to be more species in it, they probubly wouldn’t be ghosts, just solid creatures with glowing eyes and mouths.
But I hope I’m wrong.
Pepsijedi-
Except for one new cat skin applied to an existing model and one new bear skin/model, most existing pet families aren’t getting new skins or models. That is except for two- Wolves, Birds of Prey and Carrion Birds, all of which are far less common than Ravagers, Raptors or Cats. Birds of Prey are getting three new models and five new skins while Carrion Birds are getting one new model and two new skins. Wolves are getting two new models as of now, and five new skins. Wolves are among the least common pets out there.
So, I’m not sure what your point is given that all families are getting family skills and a lot of them are being reclasified. I’m sorry if I’m being dense, but I’m not feeling well, so I really am not sure what you are trying to get at.
The sole current spirit beast isn’t a ghost, but I’d bet it’s not a normal cat given who it’s the mate *of*. That’s got to be something.
@Sukulatae:
I am indeed. Been a fan for about 14 years, to be exact. :P
Got Humar too, but named him Veldrin (drow for “shadow”I’m also a big, big geek. :D).
But you should have named him Sholo/Shulo, after the black lion that belonged to the first Amra (and later followed Conan and helped him and Belit defeat Ajaga, sacrificing himself to save Conan).
Interestingly enough (if you’re a geek) Bêlit is derived from Akkadian (Bêltu, meaning lady/mistress) which is one of the old Semitic languages, which has the biblical name Shem, which is Belits homeland, making her an arabian princess. ^^
My god, I need to get out more….
I was actually not referring to cats. I was referring to the spirit beasts on which this article is about. They also have prowl and their spirit strike ability in total does less damage than monstrous bite. The perpetual damage boost of devilsaurs should keep them doing more sustained DPS than a spirit beast. I don’t know about everyone here but my Hunter is sustained DPS based so I’m going with a devilsaur. (Plus they are really cool!)
@Lolotea
Fair enough! xD My apologies; I just never got attached to my (OL) wind serpent and may try again with a cuter one (well, cuter to me) in LK. :)
Gorillas. I think we need to take a look at Gorillas now that the cooldown for thunderstomp has been changed to 10sec. I have been playing with one i picked up recently on the test realm, and it is AMAZING.
They dropped the cool down on Thunderstomp to ten seconds?! Woohoo! Now I’m really going to have to have a ton more hunters. . .sigh.
Yeah, I’ve stated that before, about how Spirit Beast are not so-called “ghostly”.. :-P. I have no idea what other Spirit Beasts they’re gonna release. And hmmmm, too bad the Exotic Devilsaur and Spirit Beast “don’t” do the same DpS. Guess my Devilsaur’s gonna stay out the most. Was kinda looking forward to going, maybe, back to a cat(-like :-P.) pet.
@Meleris: Aye, been considering Gorillas since I heard that. I should think it would make a very good pet for tanking multiple mobs. You done any testing (or just plain noticed) if it works better than Screech (and the various new types of that skill)?
@Kristy: Would kinda like to have a cat as a raid pet too. I think Devilsaur will be abit annoying when it comes to raids (especially if they don’t do something about the groundshaking). But they seem to be the best dps pets, and I’m a dps’er so… :P
Devilsaurs wont be the best for long. They’re getting smacked with the nerf bat. Which is kind of sad. I wish all exotic pets had a really good skill like the Devilsaurs (and by really good I mean one that makes the 51 pt talent really feel like its a 51 pointer other than taming pretty beasts <3 ).
I agree. 51 point pets should be better than the other pets. Usually when i say i’m BM people just laugh and tell me to go MM. I think we should get something special to our pets since we ARE sticking with BM. I’m not saying here give our pets the abilty to 1 shot things. Just make it a playable spec. Give us something a little more like what MM or Survival has.
The only problem I can think of with making exotic pets overall more powerful than normal pets is that it would supersede 99% of BM pet options, and cripple any BM who really loves their non-exotic and wants to use it regularly. I suspect Blizzard didn’t want to end up with a situation where almost every BM hunter has one of two or three pets, much as we see with cats and ravagers currently. If that’s the case, then the greatest advantage I can think of with having the exotic pet talent would be to have a suite of pets at the BM’s disposal, each with powerful special abilities for different situations, but not especially aimed at everyday grinding. If Blizzard could balance the exotic pets well, then BMs would be in demand for raids not because of their raw damage, but because they can bring just the right pet for the right boss, and help parties where they have a shortage of classes that would otherwise fill those roles (crowd control, stun, etc.)
Ppl laugh at you being BM..? O_o
What kind of nubs do you share a realm with? :P
BM is the best raid and group specc by far, not to mention the best solo specc.
And it’s arguably a more effective than MM and surv vs certain classes in pvp.
Might change in wolk, but live nothing beats BM, tbh. ;)
@Wain: Another option would be to give all pets a second skill that’s BM talent exclusive and more powerful than the normal one.
That would be kinda nice, come to think of it… And it would certainly make the talent more desirable. Plus it would fit lore-wise. A hunter dedicated to training his pet would naturally have taught them more tricks or improved the usual ones.
Like a Double Rake for cats, for example.
Curumor: I don’t mind at all right now, that Devilsaurs are the best. I, personally, do not mind my Devilsaur’s “stomping” sound behind me. Its stomping sound doesn’t get “annoying-after-awhile” for me at all. And I kinda (unrealisticly) view it as a trade-off. Either give us pet sizes or let the ground be heard (from their stomping)! :-P.
Rikaku: How do you know this? I’ve heard this before. Does a Blizzard official say this? If yes, link please. I really want official proof of Blizzard “saying” this. :-P
Kristy, it was stated by GC not to long ago that Monstrous bite was getting an increased cooldown and a reduced amount of damage increase. I’d have to dig through a good number of blue posts to find it first, so I’ll just wait and see how it goes, cuz I am feeling lazy.
I lied, here. http://blue.mmo-champion.com/3/10043216564-8962-pet-improvements.html Note that that is in an internal build, and we haven’t seen it yet.
My real beef is that Blizz is trying so hard to not have anything that is OP that they just nerf anything that’s good.
I’m likely going to go Surv in Wrath due to the BM dps nerfs (KC, Mortal, etc). SA is broken and not useful in instances, and overall our new stuff is pretty lackluster. The multiple nerfs to SteadyShot hurt us more than any other class. (The new Surv will be 50/50 Explosive/SteadyShot, compared to our reliance on 100% Steady shot).
A Surv hunter right now with a Gorilla will be a major force. Or a wasp in raids.
BM might still be good for leveling, but…..
For BM to be raid viable, they need to fix SA so it will be of use in raids, bump up mana regen more, and fix some of the haste issues.
BM will be a fine solo class, and perhaps the best, due to the talents to keep your pet alive, but you aren’t going to be near the top in raids anymore.
I hope that they fix the 51-point BM and SA to make BM raid viable.. I’d love to have a T-Rex in raid.
http://www.lfmwow.com/2008/09/wotlk-new-hunter-pets-and-pet-skills/
has a cool pic of the jormungar worm pet
http://www.wowhunterpets.info/model/Wasp_Brown
this a new wasp
can it be confirmed
the pic here uses a different model
/how/ can i have been here for /over 4 days/ and still not even /seen/ this stupid beast! ARRRGH!
cause someone said they tamed it already.. i think.
So after about 2 days of camping Loque’s 1 known spawn point and having his spawn interrupted by server crashes, I finally managed to tame him. Now, seeing as his only known spawn point was posted above, I relentlessly camped the area for hours upon in end. Today, fortunately the Northrend server actually stayed up long enough for him to be able to spawn(6-8hrs from what we gather) but for some reason I never spotted him.
What does this mean? Another spawn location!
I proceeded to check my post on the WoW Beta boards and come across some info posted by Misty saying that he can spawn by the Skyreach Pillar. I then go check Skyreach Pillar thinking to myself “Why would a rarespawn cat, hang around a bunch of wasps??”(Blizzard logic) Suffice to say, I was spamming my target macro and ended up seeing his portrait pop up on my screen. $$$$$! Spotted him sitting there…alone…no one else in sight so I nabbed him. He does a pounce attack upon aggroing(he’s neutral) but he’s trappable so you can tame him without sustaining any damage.(He actually pounced into my trap when I used tame beast on him at max range. Anyway, here’s some pics.
http://i34.tinypic.com/fxxxk6.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/vzy909.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/29381vr.jpg
Also, just as a reference point to the rarespawn tamables in Sholazar, I made this magnificent creation(MS PAINT!):
http://i35.tinypic.com/14oewl.jpg
I included where I saw the giant green devilsaur rarespawn King Krush pathing around at. Yes he is tamable.
So after about 2 days of camping Loque’s 1 known spawn point and having his spawn interrupted by server crashes, I finally managed to tame him. Now, seeing as his only known spawn point was posted above, I relentlessly camped the area for hours upon in end. Today, fortunately the Northrend server actually stayed up long enough for him to be able to spawn(6-8hrs from what we gather) but for some reason I never spotted him.
What does this mean? Another spawn location!
I proceeded to check my post on the WoW Beta boards and come across some info posted by Misty saying that he can spawn by the Skyreach Pillar. I then go check Skyreach Pillar thinking to myself “Why would a rarespawn cat, hang around a bunch of wasps??”(Blizzard logic) Suffice to say, I was spamming my target macro and ended up seeing his portrait pop up on my screen. $$$$$! Spotted him sitting there…alone…no one else in sight so I nabbed him. He does a pounce attack upon aggroing(he’s neutral) but he’s trappable so you can tame him without sustaining any damage.(He actually pounced into my trap when I used tame beast on him at max range. Anyway, here’s some pics.
*in previous comment*
Also, just as a reference point to the rarespawn tamables in Sholazar, I made this magnificent creation(MS PAINT!):
*in previous comment*
I included where I saw the giant green devilsaur rarespawn King Krush pathing around at. Yes he is tamable.
Erm, your pics got eated D:
Also, I hope you love me ;P
Lol yeah Mania’s spam filter has NEVER liked me. Pics are in the previous comment. And yes I do <3 you. <3<3
I’m confused, what previous comment?
Pics:
http://i34.tinypic.com/fxxxk6.jpg
http://i35.tinypic.com/vzy909.jpg
http://i38.tinypic.com/29381vr.jpg
spawn locations:
http://i35.tinypic.com/14oewl.jpg
meh guess her filter ate my post with the pics. :-(
Post on the blizz forums? D: Also, there was an ally hunter at the first known spot, and I went to go check the second known spot.. and when I came back there were a couple of dead mobs and he was gone… somewhat unsettling…
Done Misty!
Ty ty… I’m getting kinda pissed at ol’ Loque’nahak… I may just give up til next patch.. :( He seems to like everyone but me :(
i hear ya Misty.my frustration level is in overdrive atm.
Sorry, Ceron — I would have rescued your comment earlier but I’ve been napping.
Heh, Misty, I whispered you that I suspected he had at least one other spawn point yesterday… but you were AFK :(
In any case, since most hunters still don’t know, I’ll continue to camp the southwest spot as a decoy if you want to switch to the pillar.
Misty,
I have spotted you there several times. I am the dwarf named Piter. Good luck getting your cat. I just want to see the damn thing in game.
Pitar, thats because I never leave :(
Agravaine, I read my afk messages :o
It was Poned I think who gave me the actual skyreach pillar info though, I think. WHOEVER THAT IS ON HERE :o
Also, going to pick up my new kitten on Thursday :3
I got this to put on his collar:
http://celebratethewind.com/DSC09673.JPG
:| Hopefully it works.
Any chance someone could post a screenshot of the green devilsaur? I’d like to see how the coloring looks, because I might go for that one if it looks better then the black skin. :D
poopoopad: I’m not a big fan of that site. But I checked the Sapphire Hive Wasp this evening and it is still the same deep blue it was before.
@Misty: Maybe a quick prayer to St. Francis (or St. Eustachius) will help protect the little fella. ^^
(if you believe in that, that is)
Anyway, I’m getting really curious about this green devilsaur… hearing things, but yet to see a screenie…
http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/9607/wowscrnshot092308221856cf5.jpg
Green Devilsaur screenshot by Leondrie, taken from the forums.
Nice. ^^
Looks good, but a bit too flashy for my taste.
Ooooooh 0.0 That skin actually looks pretty good, I’m very tempted to tame that one now, it will also probably be a lot rarer then the black skin.
I like it :) It reminds me of my favorite raptor skin, those little featherless green ones.
Compys? (Procompsognathus)
The little green bouncy ones from Jurassic Park?
I like them ^^
Dear Bleezard,
My Ghost Wolfie is getting lonely in the stables. Living kitty just doesn’t understand him. Please add more spirit animals. Wolfie would like to be friends with the spirit bear in Moonglade that the Droods keep for themselves.
K Luv Ya By By,
Starry-eyed Hunter
That green devilsaur makes me so happy. =D
WOW i’m sooooo going to get that it is so cool i hope they are good though….
Murmur came back up around 7pm EST… so I will be checking in after midnight.
First off, im sure i was not the only one stunned to see that this was a exotic beast, such a prospect was on no ones minds… to offer my opinions and what not… Its called a spirit beast…so there is a chance that they arnt all kitties, however they very well could be…(though i hope theres other models)also, just because the name says spirit, it doesnt mean its a ghost or a wraith of any kind, it could simply be referring to its extremely exotic, and no doubt somewhat divine appearance… so although id love different creatures for it, i wouldnt get my hopes up.
Guys, guys, look! Blizzard likes hunters again!
I’m really excited about this expansion, with BC I felt like my hunter and I were on completely different levels, he was a ghostbuster and i wanted him to be a woodsman. Judging by the new (less alien) pet skins and the picture of this dwarf in his armor, it is looking good for WotLK. I was utterly shocked to see what BC had taken hunters to, from the natural leather-wearing scout he began as to the armored, gun-wielding, toxic gas oozing abomination that he became. This dwarf, however, seems to be clad in leathery yet scaled tree bark or something else that favors his wild nature. With the addition of this spirit beast, i am very satisfied with the idea of hunters being in communication with the spirits of nature and their ability to tame creatures once thought to be untameable. This is great news for me, and I don’t know if I will be able to keep myself composed until November 13th.
I agree, for all of you hunters who still have the legendery Ghost wolf, I’m guessing that Bliz would make a diffrent skin then that, you guys make me so Jealous to, since when I first started WoW I saw the Ghost wolf in front of TB, to bad I was still to low back then before it was untamable and was taken off :( but these pets might still give me the pet skin I’ve always wanted.
I don’t have the beta but I may have found something that might be another spirit beast. It is low lvl though. In Razerfen Kraul, the boss Aggem Thorncurse summons a spirit boar. Don’t know if it’s tameable, but may be another spirit beast if it is. Needs testing on beta.
Hi,
about spirit beasts. Last week i went to mount hyjal.
I was with guild doing kaz’rogal i think. and when we pulled back to thrall, some spirit wolves are summoned. I used beast lore just because i was curious and that said tameable. they are lvl 72 elite.
Could anyone test if they are indeed tameable on the test realm??
greetings
Yc
so ive been camping him for a good 6 hours so far, 6 hours from last server restart any how.
and i was curious if any one had pathing information on him or if he does indeed walk around.
ive been camping the two known spawnpoints and have yet to see head nor tail.
lots of opposing faction huntards to gank tho =P
there arent any other now known spawn points are there?
ty
So that makes 3 ferocity and only 2 each of the tenacity and cunning exotics.
Guess we can expect 2 more exotics then.
Got one –
Completely on accident (sorry guys)
He is OK I honestly like my gorilla better.
The moonfire spam is broken,
i rely hope the cat spirit beast is one of a kind the be great :)
@Jakalth
Spirit boars, cannot be tamed. Ghost piggy would been cool tho :P
lol i just want a giraffe as a pet :( sigh my dwarf just wants a step ladder
well it wont be much rare when u see millions of other hunters with it…lol
so there is a website for it too i see…. no matter what i am keeping my Rak Shiri
it owns this shit beast lol
at about 845pm central i found and successfully tamed this beauty, i AM a theorycrafter and will be running tests in the following days and weeks as i get closer to 80 (halfway to 78 atm) and can compare single target and group dps to that of wolves and devilsaurs
hunt
Huntærd – November 16th, 2008 @ 10:05 pm EST
at about 845pm central i found and successfully tamed this beauty, i AM a theorycrafter and will be running tests in the following days and weeks as i get closer to 80 (halfway to 78 atm) and can compare single target and group dps to that of wolves and devilsaurs
Where did u find him was he prowling or just right in the open?
he was at the lesser known spawn point to the east near skyreach pillar, on the west side of it, near some big crystals
he doesnt use prowl and is non hostile
So this is my second day out camping for her, still no luck. Does anyone know the respawn time on her? I’ve heard things from, 4 hours 30 mins, 6 hours, and 48 hours… or do we know if it’s random? another thing is i’ve been hearing that she’s been reported a lot more than other spawns next to the Skyreach pillar, and a few times next to the monkeys in the southeast. Havn’t heard anyone find her southwest of nesingwary except for this post so far, so can anyone add any additional information about the pet? Ty
Can u use track beasts to track him on ure minimap?
just tamed it 48 hours into my camp. i almost got screwed over. first a pali kept pulling him off me everytime i tried to tame. and then a rogue killed me twice when the tame was at 90%. then my internet dc’d… AND THEN i tamed him. there were like 5 ppl around 20 ppl whispering me 5 hunters trying to buy him!! i pay’d the ppl like i said and OMFG is this pet so worth it. it makes up for all the trouble in looks!! GL!!
So tonight was my 4th night out looking for Loque’nahak.. Still no luck. But I somehow come accross King Krush I think his name is? The Green devilsaur. So I’m thinking I have to tame this thing, go up to it, set a freezing trap, it’s immune. So at this point I’m like shit, not sure if I can make it until he kills me, until he feared and i thought i was screwed for sure. So a resto druid comes along, offering to help, spamming heals on me as i try to tame, and at the same time i’m having to keep aggro. About 5 minutes of failure, a ret pally comes along, attacks the devilsaur until i ask her to stop, she does. another warrior and a pally come, both offering to help in anyway we can. not sure how we were gona do this, i thought someone else could have aggro, while i tame the pet, but that didn’t work. so about 20 minutes passed, and we drew up the idea to stunlock, and i had to keep aggro,(in the initial trys the druid kept pulling aggro from me because he was spamming heals). So we eventually got him with all of our stuns, was pretty intese i gotta say =P
grats on getting him, but can u track him with track beasts?
Okay, I have been searching for this pet with no luck so far. A few questions I would love to be answered are as follows:
i] Is it a beast, trackable with Track Beasts? (I assume it is).
ii] Where have you found it, and at what time?
iii] If you have been searching for this pet for a long time and have still not yet found it, where have you been mainly searching for it?
Hoping I can get some good reviews, thankyas :}
Bonsoir,
Et oui une petite française sur les forums anglais ça ne doit pas être courant mais je dois vous remercier car cette discussion m’a aidé a trouver cet magnifique pet qu’est Loque’nahak.
En effet j’ai réussi a le trouver hier soir en passant par hasard sur un des lieux de pop. Je vous laisse imaginer ma joie. Je l’ai trouvé au nord du Bassin de Sholazar, à coté de l’aigle blanc. Je l’ai nommée Hiyøri et elle fait tout mon bonheur.
I hope you will understand frensh ^^
I would like to say that this pet exists, even if I thought of the opposite at the beginning.
Good luck to those who haven’t found it yet.
Kisses
Have Fun on Wow.
Zøé
http://img388.imageshack.us/my.php?image=wowscrnshot112408193437zw8.jpg
I’ve actually stopped looking for the pet, because of all the bad reviews that it has about it’s horrible dps and how spirit strike is bugged with the BM talent point. But when I searched, I’ve mainly looked around these spots
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v167/Mistimus/spiritbeastspawnmap.jpg
I’ve been told that Loque’nahak has a lot more spawn points then just these, so if i were you, hop on your flying mount and spam the macro everywhere around basin, he’s been seen in the far east as well
anyone know the coords for this spirit beast?
Spirit bear please…
Just tamed Loque’nahak the other night at the northern most spawn point just chillin there alone.
Any other hunters out there with both Loque and King Krush tamed?=P
If you ask me, they should have any and all types of mobs Spirit Beasts. To explain, I mean a Cat Spirit Beast (Already here), a Devilsaur Spirit Beast (THAT’D BE SWEET!), Dragonhawk, and so on. Only thing, they should all be rare elites, and get their special move and Spirit Strike. Like a Raptor pet with Spirit Strike and Savage Rend.
…But I wanna hit 76 and tame this bad cat! =D
I just got my Loque’nahak at 5:14am!
I had the feeling of giving up this baby a week ago, but out of the blue moon I kinda felt like giving it another shot. I thought i might as well just stay at one spot and hope it’ll come than flying around. I camped at the gorilla spawn spot at 3am logged off and came back on at 4am… nothing has spawned so i thought oh well i’ll give it another shot at 5am… and i was 14 minutes late since i was watching a movie. I got on at 5:14am and BAM! it was right infront of me i didn’t even know what I was doing at all! I took a deep breath and slowly drop my trap hoping no others were around and after a few seconds TADA! ^^
P.S. I guess it’s my lucky day or somehow my 6th sense were accurate? :P
Loq tamed on the Tanaris server at 2:35 am on 2/14/2009!
I was honestly about to quit it for the night and switch to my mining ‘toon, but I said “well I’m close enough to a few of the spawn points, and it’s only been 5 minutes after the 1/2 hour… I’ll check a couple more.” Spam my Loq targeting macro, and what do you know… there he pops into my target window at 50, 80. 1) Spaz. 2) Try to land my non-epic flying mount. 3) finally manage to land my mount. 4) slam my Arcane Shot button… tag first, details later. 5) frost trap down. Snagged! 6) dismiss my disposa-pet owl. 7) find the damn “tame” button I put on my toolbar for this. 8) relax, let him hit me, and let that tame timer tick along inevitably toward…
well, you know.
I have always been a Hunter first, and always been a pet-oriented Hunter. In retrospect, Loq is the animal that I have always a Hunter FOR. Now I’m off to go fight for the forces of awesome!
Thanks so much for the resource and information — I leaned heavily on the info that I got here to search for & ultimately find Loq. It’s a combo of luck and persistence – stick w it, it will pop.
Yours,
Mandado
78 Hunter, Tanaris
Well, after two months trying…I logged in again one morning to find a hunter beat me to it and even showed me Loque in action…great I thought!
The next morning, i logged in and flew around to the northern area of SB with my 18 month old bashing the keyboard to help…you know..and we found her! After 2 months and me casually looking, we eventually found her….so Daughter had to be put down as I tamed her….simple, freeze trap, tame…job done……daughter screaming because she wanted to button bash! Was it worth the screaming daughter….probably not but damn, i finally got my Spirit beast on the eve of patch 3.1…do i want two now?? I think I will give the other one a miss!
As the poster above, thank you all for your resources and locations….I am gonna miss SB especially as I managed to get 200 Heavy Borean from the non skinners :D
Papacriz
80 Hunter, Scarlet Crusade.
how do you get the beast
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