Beta 9095: Shattered Hand Warhounds
We wondered what Ghostcrawler was talking about last week when he told us:
“You did get the Hellfire Citadel dogs.”
Well now we know!
Ceron (a.k.a. Gatling of Stormrage) sent us word this morning that as of build 9095, you can now tame the Shattered Hand Warhounds in Hellfire Ramparts.
Ceron writes:
I ventured in the non-heroic version of the instance at 78. With a trash pet I cleared about 3 packs before I got to the 1st patrol with 2 Shattered Hand Warhounds and the Bonechewer Ravener.
I killed 1 Warhound and the Ravener, trapped the other Warhound and then dismissed my pet and began taming.
They are of course under the Wolf family and attain the same abilities.
Ceron sent the picture you see above, as well as another shot with the warhound in Bestial Wrath. Isn’t that a darling puppy?
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First post? Dis is hot, that is all.
I posted on the Beta forums asking for the bears in ZA to be tameable too. 0:)
Hey, if they’re going to do mount-like beasts then they should add that one too! :>
The ZA bears made untameable because they were mounts, now we get a mount wolf. Logic, meet window, window this is logic, I’m sure you two will be the best of friends.
Pet that looks like a mount? Hmm. Not long before hunters get to tame creatures to use as mounts or is that just wishful thinking on my part? :) I can dream.
Nice news though. I’ll be sticking with my white worg wolf though, but variety is always welcome.
now, THIS is a roleplaying pet. someone with black war wolf, and this has the same name for both, the story says this wolf is his pet. excellent
He is gorgeous! I can imagine a lot of hunters adding this puppy to their stable slots. Much glory to the horde hunters who can pick up a Black War Wolf mount to go along with this guy. ;)
This is the second mount we’ve been able to tame though. The purplebelly spiky raptor was a mount as well.
As a side note, what lvl is the War hound? I might wanna grab one on my Beta.
I assume this isn’t present in the non-beta servers? :(
While adding the war hounds as a tamable pet is neat, I don’t think ZA bears should be tamable…or rather, I wouldn’t tame one if they were. I like my sleek black wolf from BEM just fine, too, and don’t intend to drop him.
Well, the aqua and purple Frostsabers use the mount model, so this is nothing new as far as taming “mounts” goes. But yeah, the Amani bears should become tamable again. And give us some of the other beasts like Zhevras, Stags, and Kodos.
i don’t like the sadle..
Personally I won’t be taming one, but more variety is always good :)
Now if only we could have the Azerothian Silithid wasps…
@Darknez
Not yet, but it will be soon.
Hmm only thing I don’t like is the Horde symbol on the back. I mean yeah Worg = Flagship of the Horde, but as an alliance I probably won’t be getting this and I’ll be saving a slot for asaberworg.
However, that wolf is sexy and may just convince me otherwise mhm.. <3
First thought: This pet is right up Rayde’s alley. He has drawings of his hunter with this model of wolf as a pet :D
Question:
…Are these beta updates likely to be changed with each weekly maintenance to the servers on Tuesday?
I wish I had read the comments. I killed the first few pulls in Ramparts, dismissed my current wolf, and was really disappointed to find the HC dogs couldn’t be tamed. -_-
MINE
/bye [target=WASP]
Are these beta builds going to go live before the expansion, or no?
Wow, that’s a cool-looking wolf. Surprised they let use have a big “armored” pet. IF they ever did, I would be tempted, kinda, to MAYBE replace my beautful, albino eagle (last on my “5″ list) with an armored Amani Bear. Anyways off-topic question. In “Wrath of the Lich King”, what’s gonna be our “shot rotation” thing? Is it gonna be different? Is it gonna be the same auto-shot and Arcane Shot “rotation”? What?
I tamed one. They’re quite nice. I don’t know that I’ll drop my wasp in live for one… but they are nice.
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/Pepsi_Jedi/Nomount4.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/Pepsi_Jedi/Nomount2.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/Pepsi_Jedi/Nomount1.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/Pepsi_Jedi/Nomoung3.jpg
Here’s a few pics
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/Pepsi_Jedi/Nomount4.jpg
http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o314/Pepsi_Jedi/Nomount2.jpg
Omg this thing is a beauty i can’t decide now devilsaur or this new wolf wow is this only gonna be tameable after expansion comes out or is it now just wondering and about my pet issue which should i tame as my main pet
Nice! ^^
Tried taming the BT ones on Thursday, but untameable. Maybe this changes. :D
Oh and on a related note, did AQ40 last night and can confirm that the Silithids (Vekniss Warrior, Vekniss Guardian and Vekniss Borer) are tameable. Unfortunately, some Richard Cranium killed the only one I got a chance at taming… :(
People asking for tamable mounts? At least this way you can simulate it. Us orcs, and those exalted with Orgrimmar, can get a mount that looks like this pet, and it can look like when you dismount, your mount continues to fight alongside you. Sort of like those mounted fel orcs along the Path of Glory in Hellfire Penninsula.
Im not objecting to having mount pets in the game, but i think the main plus about these guys is that they are armoured, nevermind that they look like mounts. What would be great is if we were allowed to customize our pets appearence by adding difference armour parts, e.g. the collar,face plate, ankle guards etc. Different armour can really add personality to those bland pets that no one uses. By allowing us this there wouldnt be such a demand for new pet styles because we would be allowed to create them ourselfs. We are already allowed to customize our pets statistically with the new talent trees(thank you blizzard)but there has always been that desire to have that unique look to your pet. But thats just my opinion and god knows that aint much.
@Trackk:
That might not be completely out of the question… There’s already a new option to customize your character somewhat (Barbershop) and customizable dances are on the way..
Who knows? If we bug Blizz enough, maybe they’ll give in :D
Very Awesome!
And anyone know if this build applies to the live realms as well?
I like it, the model is like a cross between a saberworg/worg/wolf.
It’s just the saddle that kind of messes it up.
I was wondering when those would become tameable. That’s good to know that they are now in WotLK
*Disgruntled Noise* Well, any new models are good models; but as always Hydras Pls
Pets that are possible mounts in the future…… maybe? hehe i like
It would only be cool on a horde hunter who has that mount.
Meh, why cant we get new Spirit Beasts is it to much to ask?
Anyway the doggy look pretty nice.
this is great! yet another good pet on the todo list for most pet fanatics. wolfs really arent my favorite pet, but since day one i thought it would be cool to have a pet that looks like your mount, lets hope blizz doesnt pull an amani bear.
I think the pet customization would be a great idea. We could maybe have armor pieces as mob drops and we go by a forge to have a blacksmith make it into full armor. Or even, to make it less complicated, it’ll be like normal armor, but for pets only (hunter pets and lock pets even) and u just right click and it soulbinds to them. Not only armor, but maybe even bows or something.. Hey, after they took our bear cub away, Blizz DID say that if we really did like cute pets, they’d maybe consider it! My worm demands a bow!
I agree with the armor idea. If a maxed out Monstrous Bite Devilsaur wasn’t scary enough, imagine one is plate with glowing eyes and a spiked collar!
I also agree with the Armor thing, especially since pets have a talent called Spiked Collar. Why not have a collar show up on your pet when you added that to them :P doesn’t seem like too much to ask for.
As for the mount here, it is a bit disgruntling that it’s more leaning towards a Horde Player (And I know I’m getting one on Drak! *hugs her Black War Wolf*) but heck I’d see alliance taming this bugger just to play the HAHAHAHAHAHA! I tamed something from your side AHAHAHAHAHA!
I strongly Agree with the armor sets for pets, not even for stats but looks:) But on another note, I don’t understand the big fuss about Spirit Beasts… All Bliz did was take a cat, make it’s face glow, give it an arcane move and everyone loved it. In my perspective, I think Bliz is gunna make One rare Exotic for tenacity and cunning too, they just either havent released it yet or nobody’s found them.
OMG! I have that mount! His name is Rontu. ^__^ I am NOT weird for naming my mounts!
If they allow us to keep this pet, guess who’s taming the Warhound?
—-> Tashi <—–
I am going to tame one.
And get a black war wolf.
Uber.
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@Kikaku; That would also be a nice way for hunters to make their pets more survivable in BGs, pet armor with resilience and resistances. And with special effects for the pet, like cooldowns reduced or damage increase to special attacks.
This is a bit late, but I too name my mounts, Tashi. xD It’s not weird! (Or if it is, I’m weird too.)
I still want to “dress up” my pets. No, not in fluffy sweaters; I want to stick armor on them so they have a bit of protection against their prey. I mean, I don’t want to restrict their freedom, but look at the warzones we send our pets into…they deserve more.
Erk, sorry on the double, but I could see people freaking out about the idea of putting extra armor on pets. It wouldn’t even have to have stats or anything; I just want them protected VISUALLY, if nothing else.
If I were a Horde hunter, I’d definitely get one of those. I already pretend my Big Blizzard Bear is just my bear, with goggles and a saddle, but having a perfect match like this is awesome for the Horde.
Hes soooooo cute and hot
Yeah…. Spent 30 minutes in ramps ( lvl 65 gorilla kept killing them) then I finally got one alone, put out the trap and started summoning. Suddenly! “This pet is untameable, so I try again and again and again. Then I do beat lore, “Untamable” gonna change anytime soon?
IM GONNA HAVE A PERFECT MATCH WOOT never thought of that :/
Can anyone confirm #44 – is this considered an exotic? Seems odd taking a worg and slapping some armor on him makes him an exotic that MM/SV can’t tame.
Lôkhan: The ‘exotic’ in that snippet refers to the Elder Ashenvale Bear, not the warhounds. The warhounds are plain old non-exotic wolves.
BRK, said the same thing . . . so, with my Black War Wolf mount and my Worg Pup I am doing the happy dance in my work swivel chair. Thanks Mania.
WooT! i love these as soon as i saw they were going to be tameable i went and did the pvp for one :D
Warhound is now tamable on PTR. PTR is currently running patch v3.0.3. I have also confirmed that the warhound is not “exotic.” I did tame him with 51/10/0 build as I am a BM hunter. Once back in Ogrimmar I unlearned my talents. I was sucessfully able to resummon with a classic 0/0/0 build. :)
I look forward to 3.0.3 releasing so I can tame this little guy for real.
Took a look at the pictures and the saddle isnt that visible… anyway i realy think Armoured Pets could be an exotic tenacity family.
Bah. We still need basilisks.
So can I safely assume these will be tameable when the realms come up again today (release day of 3.0.3)?
Ack! I completely forgot to add these! Yeah, they should be tamable when the servers come up with 3.0.3.
Okay, these are up on Petopia now.
can we tame these now ? or after WotLK
You can tame these now! :>
I am a level 61 night elf hunter on the jaedenar server, and i have recently tamed the shattered hand warhound. i also own shy-rotam, frost saber pride watcher, and a springpaw lynx which all get a second look but i have to say that zalera, my warhound, is by far my most popular pet, i absolutely love him!
that wolf is a cool pet and it is tametable thats fine
but hit the pet hard and is he big when he dont have bestial wraph?
ok thanks
elfhunter
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