Comments on: Community Round-Up: Forgotten Title

By: Selesti

Selesti — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 03:46:22 +0000

Something on the hunter Q&A mentioned that, as many hunter probably know all too well, cunning pets have gotten tossed aside. Ideally, they were intended as optimal PVP pets, but for various reasons here and there, almost none of the families see any use (although I’ve started seeing a TON of spiders…too my dismay.) Ghostcrawler himself said he’d like it if hunters gave them more feedback on the cunning pets-how much damage they do, how useful their abilities are, etc.-so that they could potentially help these overlooked pets find a nitch in the hearts of hunters. I wish I had the patience to actually test some of these pets out myself. Maybe one day if I’m bored enough I could do some research with cunning pets…even my much hated nemesis…the spider.

By: Dweezill

Dweezill — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:28:27 +0000

Sorry for the double post, but tmy second hunter is level 74 now, not level 80. Don;t kow where that came from. my silithid is also level 74. Was a loooong day at work.

By: Dweezill

Dweezill — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:26:37 +0000

I persoanlly have been really into the cunning pets as of late. On my level 80 (main) toon, I use a sporebat, and do pretty good dps. I am leveling another hunter (on the same server) that is now 80, and his main pet is a silithis. the silithid hold aggro better than my oozeworm. Not to mention he do0es awesome dps. he was doing nearly 3000 point crits at 60. he is not 74, but I haven’t been paying much attention to how large his wolverine bit is hitting for. I’ll hage to keep an eye on that and keep everybody posted. Speaking of which, am I the only person who is concerned that hunter pets becoming hit capped may make wolverine bite wothless in PvE? It would be ncie to see that go off a few times against Emalon. I just hope it still funtions if I decide to take my silithid on a raid. Anyway, once I gte back on,i’ll try to see why kind of damage my favorite (cunning) pet i doing. And I would liek any feedback on your thought about wolverine bite and how it will funtion in PvE. Thanks

By: ihlos

ihlos — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 15:34:08 +0000

Yeah i know i just like cunning pets too, and I wish I had the time and stuff to write about them but i dont think i could handle another site, and Id need another hunter for more stable room! Maybe when the next expansion comes out ill roll another hunter up and make an “all things cunning blog”

By: Cryptography

Cryptography — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:23:49 +0000

Thanks for the plug again Mania. One of these days I’ll get my revised pet reviews done too!

Regarding pet choice, I’d say that lots of the visitors to petopia are the “freaky” sort who look for more than just the raw best DPS. Several people noted that it was mostly northrend pets in the level 80 sample, possibly representing the “lazy” choice for level 80 hunters, being the nearest available pet of a family. Much rarer were examples just that little bit odd.

By: Wain

Wain — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 07:50:26 +0000

Yes, there are BC ones. There’s “Tamable Warp Stalker” etc. They’re hard to find on Wowhead, as that site hides them from search (as it seems to do to most retired pets), but they’re obvious by search on Thottbot.

Zardoz has already posted his report on skin popularity:
http://armorydatamining.appspot.com/hpets?p=80HunterPetSkins

I guess my hunter is nearly the only one who got a wolf because it barks. For me that was the clincher. Ah well :)

By: Mania

Mania — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:14:49 +0000

Whoops! I guess I should get this stuff posted faster, eh? Sorry about that. :>

On “Tamable Wolf” .. that seems to ring a very distant bell. Are any of the TBC families or later represented?

By: Wain

Wain — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 01:09:01 +0000

Thanks for the plug, Mania, but I’ve sent all the data to Zardoz now :) He found a few cases I missed and I filled in the data.

The only weird thing is he found actual instances on the armory of hunters with pet ids that correspond to the generic “Tamable Wolf”, “Tamable Cat”, etc.

These aren’t in game beasts and neither of us knows what they’re doing on actual players. Unless it’s some sort of placeholder when real data are missing. Does anyone know?
For example, see:
http://www.wowhead.com/?npc=26016

By: Mania

Mania — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:17:18 +0000

That definitely wasn’t meant as a criticism, ihlos! Your site does very well by Tenacity pets, and we are all very glad that it exists. :> I just wish we had another you to advocate for Cunning pets.

By: ihlos

ihlos — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 00:03:28 +0000

I love my bird of prey, but my tenacity pets is what the site is all about. I do feel bad that they are so lonely. The stats arent kind to them either!