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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 ››
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WoD Alpha: Tanaan Jungle and Shadowmoon Valley screenshots

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I've been playing a lot of alpha lately. Between the server instability, the crashes, and the constant bug report submissions it's taken me quite a while to finish most of the quests in Shadowmoon Valley.  Then there's all the new pets to tame, killing rares, working on the Garrison... I have some more hunter-specific stuff in … Continue Reading ››
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Pet of the Week: Echidnian Hydra

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These lumbering beasts wander the shallows of the Nightmarsh in Shadowmoon Valley. Hydras are one of the 3 new hunter pet families being added in Warlords of Draenor, the others being Rylaks and Riverbeasts, which I'll feature shortly. Hydras bring the Keen Senses (mastery) buff. There's a little bit of a bug … Continue Reading ››
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WoD Alpha build 18443: Hunter tier 17 armor revealed, new set bonuses

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The vast majority of hunter changes in this build are tooltip changes for clearer wording, or to merge two abilities into one to reduce spellbook clutter. Piercing Shots is still listed in this build even though it's supposedly getting removed, but I would wager that it's just an oversight. The Enhanced Piercing Shots perk for … Continue Reading ››
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Shadowmoon Valley gallery

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Shadowmoon Valley was open briefly on the alpha realms today. I got maybe 20 minutes of actual gameplay amongst the constant disconnections, but I was screenshotting constantly because it's an amazing looking zone. In terms of visuals, Frostfire Ridge isn't in the same league, if you ask me. These shots were only taken from a … Continue Reading ››
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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 ››
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WoD Alpha: Quick first impressions of the 3 hunter specs

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I've spent some time with all 3 specs recently. Ran the dungeon at least twice with each, and did a little bit of testing (what little I could without a damage meter). Yesterday, I shared some more general impressions of the alpha as a whole.  Today, I'm keeping it short and to the point.  … Continue Reading ››
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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 ››
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I’m in!

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I've safely landed in Draenor! Lots of huntery alpha coverage will be coming soon. I didn't get things setup until very late tonight, but I did do a few quests and tamed my first two new pets (a savager ravager and one of the new boars) before I had to force myself to go … Continue Reading ››
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Latest alpha patch notes clean up the Hunter spellbook [Updated]

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Updated: If you read this post earlier, there were some more hunter changes added to the notes. Updates are in red. Blizzard just updated the alpha patch notes with a handful of hunter changes and an explanation of their philosophy on adding the new secondary stat attunements which were discovered in the previous build. [bluequote … Continue Reading ››