Comments on: Patch 3.1 Overview

By: Mania

Mania — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:11:31 +0000

Crimson: I am guessing that you hadn’t pulled your pets out of stables for quite a while! :>

This was a change in Patch 3.0, the patch that went along with the Wrath expansion. Pets now stay within five levels of the hunter. This is true both when you tame a new pet (it levels up to be five levels below you if it wasn’t already) and when you pull a pet out of the stable.

By: Crimson

Crimson — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:30:32 +0000

Hi, Im a level 73 hunter, with one main combat lvl 73 cat, another lvl 65 cat, and a lvl 42 cat in stables.

So I pulled the stables ones out for the talent points, and suddenly they are both level 68?

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 19:25:49 +0000

Mania:
Thanks for answering, I never knew about being able to Call for a stabled pet without talking to the stable master:Guess I might’ve missed that while scrolling down the patch 3.1 changes.

The only video I’ve seen of someone actually switching between Talents was on youtube and sadly the guy was in Ebon Hold, unless someone finds out, we’re just going to have to guess.

Though I must say switching Talents in a battleground would be highly useful, a group of Alliance/Horde spots you and your Exotic pet, that pet will instantly spoil out what Talent you are in this case, BM. They send a Pally to deal with the pet while the others assist him/her. Pet dies twice with Heart of the Phoneix on CD or you decide to shut the auto for it off. If you are able to get out of combat and heal/drink up and switch the pets up with that Call, switching to Surv and taking revenge would be really great don’t you think?

By: Mania

Mania — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:58:13 +0000

Johnny: Switching specs as a hunter will unsummon your pet and you will have to recall it. If your pet was exotic and you are no longer a Beast Master, then you won’t be able to — which can indeed be a problem.

Now if you are level 80 you can use the new Call Stabled Pet skill to open your stable remotely and choose a new pet. If you are not level 80, however, you’ll need to hit a stable master to get a new pet.

Incidentally, I’m not 100% certain that you can switch specs in a Battleground. I know you can’t in an Arena — does anyone remember of you can in a BG?

By: Johnny

Johnny — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:02:11 +0000

There is one issue with Dual Specs for hunters, and that is for Bm’s oh mighty Exotic pets (lol) If I switch over to Surv from BM, will my pet go back to the stables and I’m out in the BG petless? Or will Bliz make exotic pets usable for every class? Like say Taming a Devilsaur would need to be BM, once its tamed you could use it in battle regerdless of the spec.

By: Ryai

Ryai — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 20:02:41 +0000

Oh and a belated post/responce to what Lerk said about Warp.

‘these abilitys should be remade… like the Warp-Stalker ability Warp is just bad… it’s like a bad charge ffs.. ‘

Warp causes the Warp stalker to gain a chance to dodge THREE attacks. Warp is NOT like Charge. Warp instantly teleports the pet behind the target, giving it a chance to dodge three attacks; that is AWSOME for a tank!

Nethershock is also a damn good ability! It silences casters! And if you are BM and add it in with Intimidate that’s a possiblility of 5 seconds of being unatackable by a target if it’s targeted you!

So no- Warp, Nethershock are fine. Warp is flat out a damn good tanking talent for solo mobs- and even multiple mobs if you wanna push it. Nethershock is hands down a good utility talent.

By: Ryai

Ryai — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 19:07:04 +0000

Sorry Mania, I saw the post and had to respond :/ yes I know Obvious Troll is Obvious- but he’s not just calling those, without the pet stupid, he’s calling people who have the pet and want others a chance to get it too, that also.

And I did mean Sourpuss, it wasn’t a word covering up anything else, cause he’s just being a sour grape over the whole ordeal- I mean if he even had the pets [I doubt he does] he, or she, would remember how hard it was to tame them, and that even if they were tameable again, not everyone would have them.

By: Mania

Mania — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:50:01 +0000

Hmm .. I’m going to leave ’sourpuss’ stand. But Ryai and Palla — it would probably be more productive to let this drop.

By: Ryai

Ryai — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:45:19 +0000

@Lerk; so am I a [name] for wanting them tameable again? Even tho I have gasp, the wasp and the Hydralisk? I’m not just talking about them, I’m talking about the wolves, Gezz and others.

And HOW would it be seen everywhere Lerk? Did you even READ WHAT people had to do, to tame the GW? They had to do everything in their power to get Tame Beast’s channeled time to under what was it, ten seconds? So how could EVERYONE have a spirit wolf then?

It’d be like Gezz, it took a long ass time to grind the mats, turn them in, summon Gezz and even be lucky enough to tame her solo! On most they needed bubbled paladins or paladins chain stunning or they just got lucky!

So how would EVERYONE have them!?

I’m sorry sir but you’re just a sourpuss.

By: Palladiamors

Palladiamors — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 18:37:35 +0000

Lerk obviously doesn’t remember the Broken Tooth days…..not that it matter’s. Yes, there would be a spike when people would get some of the rarer animals. But it wouldn’t be as bad as it used to be, and in the end, most of the people would go back to the min/max pets, and the uniqes would still be unique. Whats wrong with wanting the option for a flavor pet in the meantime though, hm? It certainly doesn’t make you retarded or anything.