Judging from the current Breaking News on the WoW login screen, we were right about Patch 3.0 hitting on Tuesday, October 14th.
As I type this, the downtime for Patch 3.0 starts in just over 25 hours. I can’t wait! But I’m going to have to — and longer than that, even, because they are estimating the downtime at 12 hours(!). But we will wait patiently, and our patience will be rewarded … with pets!
While you wait, make sure you put in some suggestions for Feed-O-Matic random phrases.
(And thanks to Algörithm for the tip about the login screen.)
[edit] And don’t forget to log out somewhere safe before the patch! Our talents are getting reset, and logging into the middle of combat with no talents is always a bummer.
Many people are saying, “OMG! I”M GONNA GET A DEVILSAUR (or core hound, or silithid, or whatever)!!” But really, I’m primarily interested in the new leveling scheme. I currently have one pet that’s my level and one more that’s 17 levels below me. The only pet I’m going for when the patch comes (for now, at least) is a red Durotar crab. Since it auto-levels, I won’t have to worry about leveling it. I’ve always wanted a crab… ^__^
I am considering a silithid, however. We’ll just see. ;D
So, my pets would be:
1) Thrombus the bat
2) The SM Hyena with no name :(
3) The crab :)
And we get five stable slots, correct? I guess the other two are going to be empty for the time being.
Quick question: Will we be able to tame EVERY new pet except the WotLK ones? Just Curious. :D
Good luck fellow hunters!
~Tashi
*psyched about worms*
Rhinos are out, those are restricted to Northrend, same with Spirit beasties.
so fricking excited about the new patch..im only a 25 at the moment so i know its stupid of me to get all excited but damn its so cool. the thought of me having a devilsaure makes me want to die out of anticipation.This is my final line up.
my plan for pets since we get 5 slots in the stables (so thats like 6 pets) is
1.Scion of Quetz’lun (76-77 Elite, Zul’Drak)
2.Vargul Blighthound (74-75, Zul’Drak)
3.Razorfang Ravager (61, Hellfire Peninsula)
4.Spawn of Uvuros (69, Shadowmoon Valley)
5.Ironhide Devilsaur (54-56 Elite, Un’Goro Crater)
6.Tundra Crawler (70, Borean Tundra)
May i remind you this is when im lvl 80. so i still have a LONG LONG way to go.
Rikaku: Wait, whats this about a polar bear mount? I’m missing something here :)
(And hurray for Devilsaur, its time to over-feed my raptor so he grows up big and strong!)
iflingpooatu: I was under the impression that it was four slots, so you’d have a total of 5 pets. Did I miss something?
So with all these pet changes, do I understand correctly that we now have to micro manage our pets focus? And to do this correctly, we should have macros to turn off pet skills? Or is this something I don’t have to worry about till the xpac? I’d love to know, if anyone out there can clue me in. :)
Gelannerai, five it is. Four slots, on active.
Glacia, its not as bad as you might think. There are certain skills that you might want to turn off of auto cast and use yourself, but generally you can afford to just go full on. Just remember, pets have everything now, growl and cower both as well as a focus dump and a family skill, so make sure you turn off cower when your soloing.
Palla and Glacia,
I find it better to turn off certain pet skills like Web on Spiders and use it when needed manually instead of using it all the time (or this was before they changed the cooldown)
Some skills you just want to turn off and use when needed.
Yup yup, meanwhile certain skills like stampede and thunderstomp will never autocast on single targets, forcing you to use them yourself in those situations. In a PvP standpoint, it all depends on the situation, really. With the new system of spell pushback, its good to hang back on interupts until they start casting something big and battle changing… namely heals. Slowing skills it all depends, though I often find myself using it right before I disengage, that way I don’t have to spend a GCD wing clipping.
AHMAHGAD I CAIN’T WAIT!!!!! FIREFLY HERE I COME!!!!
Whoo…New pets here I come. I am really excited about my new pets and their abilties, what im worried about IS Hunters are more Mush than ever Plus for all us pet Lovers out there has you seen how quick pets are killed now :*( /QQcry *sobs*
The only acceptable Transformers-themed name for a Devilsaur is Grimlock. XD
Well, went to Zangarmarsh and found Blacksting. wanted one of the black and white wasps, but they are not tamable, so i will have to settle for Blacksting. As soon as I found him, I logged out and started playing with my alt hunter. This leaves me two more spots… probably for Zarakh (again) and I want Trachela. So, that will fill out my stable slots. So… in Sargeras Realm, I have dibs on Blacksting. lol
neeed new tallstriderkin need new tallstrider skin ill die if they dont put one
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The gap in happiness for PvP hunters feels huge. At least they are trying to fix us though. Hang in there guys. Tonight we are at rock bottom. Things can only get better within 12 hours.
I guess there’s no convincing some people when they’re set in their ways. It seems someone here has it all figured out and MM is THE PvP spec and nothing is going to change his mind about it because he killed one hunter that didn’t seem to know what he was doing.
Hey, however you want to play is fine. I just can’t tolerate when people get it in their heads that their way is the ONLY way. This patch is Blizzard’s attempt to get away from cookie-cutter specs and gear. But I suppose it will take time to beat that concept into the heads of some people. They’ll get it after a while.
i have a question:
If i where to tame a current caster pet(NetherSkate im aiming at), will its stats turn normal in 3.0?
Aguywithpizzas: Yup!
thanks mania ^_^ you’ve been a big help
forgot to ask this too:
If i where to tame a level 6(pygmy crab) today would it be changed for tomorrow?
Aguywithpizzas: Yup!
*grin*
awsome,going to tame me my pets the now ^^
gluck to everyone else
Just a note, if any of you were using the public test relm for this patch your download time will be seconds, not hours as anticipated ^^
My computer usually takes AGES but sinse I had my PTR for this patch it was literally about 23 seconds.
Have fun hunting ^.-
woot!
:) it’s like christmas morning!!!!
good luck to everyone on getting their new pets.
Personally I’ll be getting Nuramoc the second the game comes up :P and if, hopefully, maybe, please god please Qirot.