Rotseh, a hunter from EU-Proudmoore, and Solaia, proprietor of the fine German pet site Solaia’s Wildtierkunde, both wrote in some time ago to let me know that the stat modifiers for the Cunning tree were changed at some point, probably in the patch before last.
It’s Tuesday and we’ve got a small hurricane (or at least a tropical storm) due later today, so this seems like a great time to clean out some more of the interesting links I’ve been accumulating.
After a short absence (that merely made our hearts grow fonder), Blizzard poster Ghostcrawler has once again popped up on the WotLK Beta Hunter forum. This time she had some information to share about the pet abilities Charge and Growl.
I’m a bit behind on this news, I know — it’s bad when WoW Insider beats me to pet naming news! — but last week Faeldray of Petoholics Anonymous announced the moment that hunters have been waiting for: the release of the exceedingly cool Pet-o-licious Namerator.
Over in the new forums, shibumi started a topic asking for suggestions on hunter macros. This is a subject that I get a decent amount of e-mail about; in particular, I’m often asked about the best Wind Serpent/Lightning Breath macro. But unfortunately for the hunters who write to me, I know very little about macros. I sometimes use a targeting macro to help me find certain named rare beasts, but that’s about it.
Today we have a request from a Draenei named Roqshiana who is not only a hunter but also a pirate!
Roqshiana writes:
Usually I don’t have any trouble finding the perfect name for my pets, but I haven’t been able to find one that will stick with my new windserpent.
The secret project that I’ve alluded to over the past few days is finally finished and ready for users! Or at least ready for users … I don’t think anything I do is ever actually finished. *sigh* Perfectionism + laziness at its worst. At any rate … here it is.
What is it? Forums! Or as I call it, a companion community for the readers of Petopia and Mania’s Arcania. That’s companion as in ‘alongside of’ and also companion as in ‘pet’. Yup — it’s a hunter pet-centric forum community.
(For best results, read title in early-’80s accent.)
King Dred is the second boss in the Wrath instance of Drak’Tharon Keep. He’s a hulking huge red devilsaur with a secret identity — as a hunter pet! Yup — King Dred can be tamed.
Sethik, a young Blood Elf hunter from Moon Guard, wrote in looking for some assistance finding a name for his beautiful white lion.
Sethik writes:
Here is a bit of a summary of my kitty’s behavior, how we ‘met’, and my past. I’ll try to be as brief as possible. Please, no silly names, and I’d rather not have names based on characters from books/shows/movies, etc. I’m on a Role Playing realm!
Hunter skills and talents isn’t really my beat, but there seems to be a lot going on this week in that area. Koraa has been posting like silly in the WotLK Beta Hunter forum and there’s a new set of talent changes up on WorldOfWarcraft.com. Drotara has a nice round-up of many of the changes.
[Edit] And MMO Champion has a very long list of the changes up today.
(Incidentally, my apologies for being a bit of an absent host this week. My exploding database is fixed but I’m still neck-deep in secret project, and I’m trying to get Petopia updated as well.)
