Tag Archives: Pets

Opinion

What’s wrong with the Beast Mastery fantasy in Legion [Updated]

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Alright, I know some of you don't give a crap about class fantasy. That's fine, but this post probably doesn't concern you. This post concerns the Hunters like me who camp rare pets for days on end and agonize over the naming of their pets. I'm not going to be talking about mechanics or numbers here, … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets, Opinion

What new pets do you want to see?

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I've written posts in the same vein as this before (like this Scattered Shots) and I try my best not to sound like a spoiled, entitled hunter. The reality is, we have a crapton of pets to choose from. There's not much reason to beg for more, but hey, Muffinus asked! The same designer responsible … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Hunter Pets

New hunter pets in Shadowmoon Valley

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Shadowmoon Valley had a wider variety of tameable pets than Frostfire Ridge did (a lot of the ones in Frostfire weren't yet flagged as tameable on the alpha). Some of the ones in Shadowmoon still can't be tamed, but that'll be fixed in time. Is your stable full? You might want to make room for some … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Warlords of Draenor: New exotic pet abilities

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I recently spent some time outside Draenor to get my hands on a few exotic pets to test their new abilities. Today we'll be looking at the new Quilen, Rhino, Devilsaur, and Core Hound abilities. Exotic pets in Warlords can have up to 3 special abilities or buffs. For example the Core Hound has a … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News

WoD Alpha Huntering: Day 1

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I've been in betas before, but never in something as early as a F&F alpha. I'm used to betas basically being finished products, minus some balancing or minor issues. This is a lot different from what I'm used to. A good deal of my time is filling in bug reports or crash reports it seems, … Continue Reading ››
Hunter News, Hunter Pets

Savager Ravagers

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Sorry. I couldn't resist. Blizzard teased this new mount on twitter yesterday. Remove that little saddle, and you have yourself the new Warlords of Draenor Ravager pets. Darkbrew was also Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Pet(s) of the Week: Wolves that bark, growl, and howl

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That there is my Oil-stained Wolf named Void. They are no longer tameable with their oily coat intact -- I thought I would get that out of the way first (sorry about that 😛 ). Aside from looking really cool, this wolf has a neat little feature of barking/growling when he is clicked. It turns out … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Pet of the Week: Sparkwing

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The spiked wind serpents only had a couple colors available prior to Mists of Pandaria even though there were other unused colors in the game files for years. Blizzard remedied this by scattering a bunch of new rares in 5.1 and 5.2 to get some of those colors in the wild. Sparkwing, pictured above, … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Pet of the Week: Sunwing

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Sunwing is a level 51 rare Dragonhawk found in the Burning Steppes. It's the only tameable Dragonhawk to use the black skin and is definitely my favorite. It's fairly new to the game, just being added in patch 5.1. The Dragonhawk's special ability is Fire Breath (magic vulnerability) and it looks … Continue Reading ››
Hunter Pets

Pet of the Week: Gurubashi Riding Raptor

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Raptors are one of the many pets getting ability and buff changes in Warlords of Draenor. Currently, the Raptor special ability is Tear Armor (Weakened Armor debuff), but in Warlords this will be changed to Strength of the Pack (5% crit buff) because that particular debuff is being removed (across … Continue Reading ››