Comments on: Undocumented PTR Hunter patch changes

By: Pike

Pike — Tue, 13 Jan 2009 15:08:51 +0000

“she has always loved arcane shot and now she has a reason to use that mana!”

Mana cost of Arcane Shot will be the exact same as Steady Shot, even more reason… cause you won’t be using much mana at all =P

By: Vixenytli & Chuck

Vixenytli & Chuck — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 07:46:28 +0000

I didn’t know that about the Devilsaur- I never tamed one myself. the Only scaly pet i really like is Chuck. (though I once broke down and got a red crab I names “Sebastion.” ) I can certainly see how that would be a problem. I actually dislike the size of the BM pets- I have a Chimera (named Bellerophon) but as pretty as his is it annoys me that just standing there (not even big-red) his wings go through me. Just more evidence that while Blizz really did try to give us some good variety, they had so much fun they ran out their budget before they had time to fix it.

I hope they do get it right this time, and I have seen what you mentioned about the 10% better for BM pets but since I couldn’t remember the source I didn’t want to mention it. Good to know I’m not imagining things. Blizz has also said that they will “probably” be making Loque more available- I think that sucks. Maybe more spirit beasts, sure, but that skin and that name should stay unique and difficult to get. Maybe a slighty different one and it could be “offspring of Har’koa” or something. (damn would that be an adorable Mini-pet. /want )

TY for the comments- We love comments!

By: Ziv

Ziv — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 02:07:18 +0000

The fact that they keep adjusting Spirit Strike, Rake, and Scorpid poison is further acknowledgment that’s those three are completely borked in the game right now. Maybe they’ll get it right this time, and I surely hope that they make the Spirit Beast and it’s Spirit Strike a viable raiding pet. It’s a unique skin and I know Blizzard has said that it’s mostly there for looks, but it is an exotic pet and they’ve even said that it should be approximately 10% more DPS than a non-exotic.

There’s one other thing that is borked, the Devilsaur and Monstrous Bite. Well it’s not exactly Monstrous Bite itself, but rather what happens when Monstrous Bite occurs. What happens is that the Devilsaur grows in size, and when that happens his hit box grows and it has to keep taking a step back every time it grows. What that means is that he could be quite far away from the target. Typically this isn’t a huge problem, but ever try raiding Naxx with one and using it on Heigan the Unclean? The fact that he’s so far away from Heigan means that it is almost always within the affect of the poison splash while other pets are not.

Well, I won’t go into more about this, but as a BM hunter I’m as passionate about my pets as I am about the class.