Freaking noobs telling me what pet I should use...Follow

Really pisses me off. I have Humar, I've had him since level 23 or whatever, and I've done just fine with that pet all the way to 68. He looks cool, he does lot of DPS, procs frenzy and ferocious inspiration a lot, and I just happen to like cats.

Some freaking noobtard starts telling me I'm an idiot because I should go get an owl because they are the highest DPS pet in the game and can have 12k armor. Like it makes a difference with pet normalization, it really comes down to appearances. Owls annoy me, their hoots and wing flapping annoy me and I don't really dig the appearance. Last I checked, even if you tame an elite, they still become normalized in stats. Owls are a high DPS, low armor pet, so I really don't know what this tard was on about.

I'm fairly certain that a Cat DPS would easily match that of an owl anyway. Even if it doesn't the difference would probably be so minimal that you wouldn't notice. A BM hunter can pretty much get by with any pet, scorpids, owl, bat, cat, dog, who really cares what pet you're using as long as you know how to play the class it all comes down to playstyle and what appearance you like.



Edited, May 21st 2007 4:13pm by Taurrus

well if your pets doing only 40% of your damage then that +/- 2% makes crap all difference.
Go with what you like and if anyone tells you different /ignore

I'll stick with my boar. Anyone tries to tell me 'get X pet' I say 'you should get a -STFU- pet' =P J/k. But for real I'm keeping my boar. I had a cat since STV and w/o charge I walk a very fine line on my DPS allowance.

I changed back to boar at the blasted lands (think that's where I picked the lil fella at), and with charge, growl, etc he thanks like a champ.

I will say at the outlands with all my +attack stuff, my +agi stuff, and + striking stuff. My lil pet has a harder time keeping the hate, but it's nothing a concus shot, back up move don't cure.

I agree with you, I really don't like flying pets, they're kindda annoying. Cats are cool, and have cool animations, same with boars.

I plan on getting a Owl for for kicks and stashing him in my stable, same with one of those funky outlands scorpian looking things. Warp stalker? or w/e it's called

Just tell them to 1)roll a hunter themselfs and use w/e pet they want; 2) tell them to pay your monthly billing from Blizzard, then they can tell you what to use; Or 3)tell them to worry about their own toons.

I like owls. But mine has less armor than my Wolf. SO, while it's probably possible to get an owl over 12k armor, it's also possible to get a wolf over 12k.

Basically the guy has no idea what he's talking about. Cats actually have a higher DPS than owls, the only thing an owl has more of (Naturally, without spec, gear and buffs) is HP.

Although as I said, I like owls, but for the very reason others seem to hate em. The screeching doesn't bother me, I'm further back than the melee and I have music on, and I like their fight animations, and for all the wing flapping getting in the way. Whenever that happens, I just remind myself about how annoying it must be to the guy I PvP against next.

But, in reality my reason for preferring owls is just an opinion. Your cat is fine. This guy just seems like an idiot, sending him to Petopia should shut him up.

The stats dont mean much. Scorpid poison will deal insane ammounts of damage once you get 5 stacks on. Sort of how a lock will out-damage people on boss fights, but overall they wont do much b/c on trash they barely get 1-2 ticks.

Look in my sig, on the scorpids pwn link, the math's in there (a ways down).

There are a few minor fallacies in your math, though, such as assuming 2000 RAP (btw, is there anything official that tells people RAP affects it?) and expending 105 Focus during a period of 100 Focus regen. This is on top of having 5 poisons already stacked on the target.

A scorpid's theoretical DPS may be quite high, but I feel as though it's a safe bet that their actual effective DPS is notably lower.

If you like cats and still have the lvl range to get it I recommend the Ghost Saber. =D (Plz dont take that as a you must get) It just looks killer. and to top it off. with prowl on even when you can see it due to low lvl or close range to pet. Its still a pain in the Arze to see. =D The pet looks like the white spotted snow leppard by Ironforge in prowl. Only truely unique look I have seen, with the exception of the purple and cyan cat. =D Im getting that purple one 2.

I bet that player wouldn’t think much of Cashara’s pink tallstrider. But she’s had Sweetpea from level 11 to level 65 and I can honestly say I’ve enjoyed my pink tallstrider more than any other pet any of my hunters have ever had. When he plays a hunter he’s more than welcome to tame an owl. But I’ll never get rid of my big, pink bird of death.

Hitash, the family class means nothing. I've used a bat for my tank pet, that's an offensive pet. I've used a scorpid for DPS, that's a defensive pet. I've also used a wind serpent for both, etc etc. What really matters is the skills.

And, you get 7.5% of your RAP added to the overall total, no matter how many stacks are on it. So with 1000 RAP, you get 75+(44*stacks). So even with 1 stack on, you still get decent damage. The coeffecient for LB isn't nearly that high (I think it's somewhere around 1-3%).

Edited, May 22nd 2007 8:02am by skribs

Well, whoever said bear to tank and boar to DPS is an idiot. If you get a boar, you shouldn't get it as a specialized DPS pet. I mean, yeah their DPS is good...but there's loads better as far as DPS goes.
And bears lag behind past level 30. After that, no dash means more down-time.

I'm not saying boars and bears are bad, but for elitist specializations like that, they are.

Windserpent with the "Go for the Throat" talent is actually THE highest possible DPS pet.
But boars are just plain sexy =D

I just dunno, I feel like a Scorpid is a pretty sucktastic pet...only 3 abilities? I mean common! I feel like im missing out vs other pets that get 4. The sting is cool, but why not give scorpids the ability to learn bite too. Also, this is just my personal preference, but I can't stand pets that don't have an intercept ability. If it can't learn dash/charge/swoop/warp I'm not interested. I like an intercept ability because the pet can reach a mob just as I blast it with aimed shot opener...

I just tamed me 2 new pets in the OL, a Black worg (lvl 65 from nagarand) looks pretty cool, I'll use that one for groups. Thank god they learn dash and furious howl compensates for that a lot of lost dps. I also got me a warp stalker. Warp is mayo cool ability! Blink, pet beside you munching your azz! What is the verdict on Warp stalkers?

Edited, May 22nd 2007 12:50pm by Taurrus

I don’t know where they fall in the grand scheme of things stat and/or DPS wise, that means almost nothing to me for any of my pets, but I will have a green warp stalker one day. Cashara is going to be my hunter to tame one, as soon as I go back to the alliance side, as they have a similar diet to her pink tallstrider. And I already have a name for him; Gleep. Taming the closest beast we have to a dragon is a moral imperative. *grins*