I have, against all odds, agreed to crunch as part of my current contract. Yup, crunch time — working so many hours so close together that you can’t possibly do a good job. Just like a real game developer!

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Much to my chagrin (because I was caught napping), Patch 3.2.2 made its way onto the live realms today. We’ve been talking about the hunter changes on the 3.2.2 PTR for a bit, and now we can see the changes in action.

From the Patch 3.2.2 patch notes:

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Today is Pirate’s Day in World of Warcraft.

This is a very simple holiday with relatively little content. If you log in today, make sure to talk to the Gnome Commoners you’ll find all over. They’ll turn you into a pirate for an hour. Then head to Booty Bay and talk to Dread Captain Demeza (on the roof over where the Elder stood). She’ll turn you into a pirate for 12 hours and give you an Achievement.

As I said, a simple holiday. But check out what else you can find on the roof with the pirates: Nyuni, a green parrot hunter pet.

Unfortunately Nyuni is a friendly NPC and not even tagged as a beast, but she is clearly a hunter pet. So perhaps Blizzard will consider allowing us to tame something like this beauty soon!

I’m beginning to feel like I should just direct you guys to read MMO Champion and leave it at that. The only real news happening is the PTR notes and what Ghostcrawler has been saying about us on the forums, and I haven’t been playing other than my Argent Tournament dailies, so I don’t have many personal experiences to add.

But then I realize that the value of this blog isn’t news — it’s discussion. So I’ll round up the hunter and pet stuff, and add my insignificant comments, and then toss it over to you and you can add the real value.

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Allow me to introduce my newest character.

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