Comments on: Armchair Designer: Blizzard Wants Hunter Pet Feedback

By: Mania’s Arcania » 90+ New Looks – And Counting

Mania’s Arcania » 90+ New Looks – And Counting — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 22:55:02 +0000

[...] back in May when Blizzard asked us for feedback on what types of beasts we’d like to see as hunter pets? And we told them. We gave them 116 [...]

By: Gammaraze

Gammaraze — Fri, 28 May 2010 13:27:49 +0000

sorry, i have been away for quite a while. in fact i havent played wow since february’s server issues. and because i dont have an ACTIVE wow account, i am unable to post on the blizzard forums and unable to give them feedback that could potentially bring me back as a client/customer, awfully rude of them, dont you think??

anyways, i have ALWAYS since i started 4 1/2 years ago, wanted to tame a squirrel… that would be great, highly doubtful though.
Thunderlizards, clefthoofs and kodos are essential rhinos to begin with, why did they even add rhinos? but combine all of them and make them tamable. Diemetradons and basilisks are essentially pimped out crocs, just combine and make tameable. Hippogryphs, gryphons and wyverns could be made into a family of pets; like a non-exotic chimaera.

Spirit beasts SHOULD be changed to be exotic versions of the animals they resemble, not their own class… why does a ghostly bear and lightning wolf act like a cat?? looks like a bear and goes “meow… where’s my bowl of milk? :(”

Hydras would be my favorite, they already allowed one to be tamed.

By: Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 May 2010 07:39:43 +0000

Absolutely identical, by your own words. It wouldn’t matter what pet I had, they’d all do precisely the same thing. The epitome of a generic DoT.

Boring, a distinct disincentive to tame a range of pets or even play a Hunter.

By: Bruce

Bruce — Fri, 21 May 2010 23:33:21 +0000

Hey, I wanted to look at your spec in the armory, and it said must be level 10, but you are listed as 80, so, I looked up the name Mania, and cannot find an Orc hunter at 80 at all. Just being nosy, checking your spec. :/

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Episode 88 – Twisted Newsday « Twisted Nether Blogcast — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:49:03 +0000

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By: Epacsten

Epacsten — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:13:03 +0000

You’re overlooking the different ways that the pet specials work, various utility and situational advantages, as well as the personal reasons a hunter would have for wanting or not wanting any particular pet, or even just a different skin of the same family.

Pets would never be identical unless you removed all that which makes them unique. Restricting talent options and having nerfed damage on special abilities does not help make them unique.

By: Ketari

Ketari — Sun, 16 May 2010 21:49:32 +0000

Nimizar – Wolves are the only nail especially standing out, as things stand. But as I’ve said, this is why I favour utility over damage for pet specials.

By: Mania

Mania — Sun, 16 May 2010 16:07:20 +0000

No, you won’t find Mania on the armory these days. A friend needed my help, so I transferred servers — and had to rename Mania as well. But she begged me not to make a big deal of it, so I haven’t.

To answer the unspoken question, though: I am always BM, and usually as badly spec’d as you might imagine.

By: Bluespruce

Bluespruce — Sat, 15 May 2010 21:18:10 +0000

By: Nimizar

Nimizar — Sat, 15 May 2010 04:23:05 +0000

As per Mania's request, I moved the normalisation discussion to the forums.