tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post6110654239708343230..comments2024-03-18T02:52:51.478-04:00Comments on The Grumpy Elf: The Hunter BondTheGrumpyElfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-60206534131672586452013-02-25T07:08:28.085-05:002013-02-25T07:08:28.085-05:00Well, in life, is someone shoot you and you don...Well, in life, is someone shoot you and you don't die I would say you have all rights to be really pissed off. :P<br /><br />I like to think of MM as the archer spec. You are more an archer that just likes animals. It is there, but as a pet only. Survival, well, that just never felt right as a spec for a hunter. I really do think it should be a melee spec like it were originally intended to be, a tank one even, that would be nice.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-22378405065357688382013-02-23T17:53:15.989-05:002013-02-23T17:53:15.989-05:00oh yes, Wow started for me Dec 2004. I played a h...oh yes, Wow started for me Dec 2004. I played a hunter as my first toon. And I still have her though she is only lvl 80. I remember getting my first pet that I kept - Ghost Saber. Still have her. And going thru the game catching other animals to learn their skills then releasing and once I had GS teaching them to her. Never had any other. <br />Even now, I still make it a point for each hunter to have Ghost Saber. <br /><br />I, too, remember the ammo and food. And I was always a beast master, thru the sunny times and the deep dark times. I figured, since I was depending on my pet, I best be able to take care of my pet - screw the dps, I might have gave up. <br /><br />Even today, I consider any hunter who is not Beast Master not to be a hunter's hunter. But thats ok if one wants to be MM or SV, I just can never be.<br /><br />I did not depend on priests or any other healers to heal, I did it. Whether by bandages or food, I always had them on me. <br /><br />The pet coming to within 5 levels was good. But the removal of feeding to keep the pet happy made me feel like I couldn't be trusted to take care of my pet. <br /><br />And ammo being removed - well, it made life easy and actually took away one of the reasons to be an engineer. But it would be nice if we could have multi-shot arrows (ammo) or hollow points (razor broad heads) for extra knock down. <br /><br />In life, a .22 can kill or incapacitate a human, in the game, the large caliber rifles or bows, just simply wounds someone and merely pisses them off. :D<br /><br />Good post GE - brought back memories.-abhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14899567485973250660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-77492134824991701002013-02-22T15:21:27.812-05:002013-02-22T15:21:27.812-05:00That is a good story to explain her sudden absence...That is a good story to explain her sudden absence in a role play way and extremely fitting for a hunter without a doubt.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-50468511437150196382013-02-22T14:36:11.946-05:002013-02-22T14:36:11.946-05:00My wife and I began playing in 2008 - Me: a big du...My wife and I began playing in 2008 - Me: a big dumb human warrior (only because human hunters were not allowed) and her: an elegant night elf huntress. We were a couple in game as well and she only ever had ONE pet. She collected a few for fun but never fought with anything other than her first tame and swore she never would. Sadly her enjoyment of wow became a dangerous addiction and she had to give up the game forever during Wrath and when prompted for a reason by her multitude of friends I have always told them the same thing: the call of nature was too strong for her. She abandoned civilization forever with her beloved cat. And I know it souds strange but I HAVE to think that way. I miss her by my side and Like to believe she is out there somewhere in the forests of Ashenvale doing what she loved most: hunting with her one and only pet at her side.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-45369613340148765132013-02-22T13:24:30.919-05:002013-02-22T13:24:30.919-05:00I remember two changes I was the most excited for ...I remember two changes I was the most excited for when they came. Ammo stacking to 1000 ( I could swear I remember them only stacking to 100 but a friend tells me I am wrong ) and pets being within 5 levels of you when you tamed them. Those were awesome. Now they are both obsolete.<br /><br />I honestly do not miss ammo in any way shape or form, but I would like to see a new version of ammo added but it be like a rogues poison, a utility thing only, not for DPS.TheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-75502030814422271112013-02-22T13:05:24.487-05:002013-02-22T13:05:24.487-05:00I never got the slime when you could get him. I a...I never got the slime when you could get him. I am so upset with that. Would have loved to have it.<br /><br />People can get connected to looks as well as actions. I know a few hunters that are like that. They have what they like and match it with what they are wearing. Works so much more with transmog these days.<br /><br />I've also seen a new breed of hunter that always has a battle pet that matches their pet. I've done that myself too. Like running around with my sporebat and tiny sporebat. Just to make rogues bleed from their anus of course. :DTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-8343287062068391802013-02-22T13:05:18.283-05:002013-02-22T13:05:18.283-05:00Blizzard really has changed the Hunter class over ...Blizzard really has changed the Hunter class over the years. Some for the good...some not so much.<br /><br />Here are some of my thoughts on the subject:<br /><br />http://jstmel.blogspot.com/2013/02/what-it-was-to-be-hunter.htmlJstmelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14423675330687776883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-27611073025982090952013-02-22T12:23:44.118-05:002013-02-22T12:23:44.118-05:00Then again, some of us play our warlocks as the em...Then again, some of us play our warlocks as the emo loners that they are who aren't even worthy of demon company...<br /><br />http://www.wowhead.com/spell=108503<br /><br />My hunter does date back to having to tame pets to get their abilities and all I recall it being was a pain in the ass requiring way too much external research to figure out. While there may be a bit less of a bond between hunter and pet these days, especially for new hunters, I suspect most identify with a particular pet due to some circumstance (rare skin, enjoyable or time-consuming tame, etc) and that tends to be the way I am. At least, those who don't run group content with giant worms just to piss of the melee dps gnomes, dwarves or goblins who can't figure out where they're standing in relation to a boss.<br /><br />I tend to run my hunter with my original pain-in-the-ass tame pet:<br />http://www.wowhead.com/npc=3619<br /><br />Got that one at-level back in the day.<br /><br />I occasionally alternate him with the white lion from Barrens (which, as Alliance, required some effort to find a friendly hordie to help out with) and the ghost wolf from WPL, that one I just think is cool even without the sword in the eye... I preferred the one without it.<br /><br />My tank pet of choice is, of course:<br />http://www.wowhead.com/npc=29034<br /><br />Aside from the original cat, those all came along later in the game for me after all of the convinience features came in so my bonds with them have nothing to do with training, feeding, etc. I just like them for various reasons.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-43759585466227187432013-02-22T10:52:58.625-05:002013-02-22T10:52:58.625-05:00I oft times find myself upset when I need to chang...I oft times find myself upset when I need to change my pet for a group. I'll do it because it is needed, but I want to play with my pet. lolTheGrumpyElfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07621615711198405365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9015737272343810105.post-53297507604187395122013-02-22T09:52:29.675-05:002013-02-22T09:52:29.675-05:00I'm a bit more the alt-type of player switchin...I'm a bit more the alt-type of player switching between classes or specs every major patch (or every second as of now).<br />But I can still find myself in your descriptions: Whenever I'm on tour I have a pet on me. Normally any (always changing) small pet, called battle pet nowadays. But on my Hunter I'm not only using none of the battle pets, but I'm using the same pet for any kind of content I approach. Only exceptions are much needed buffs for raid groups, but still only hesitant.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com