Tonight
I dealt with some disheartening things, so it's time for another break from rares and hunting rares. I have a very nice stable, and many rares to be proud of. I do not need to nearly kill myself over this.
Mean people
I've only dealt with mean hunter "griefers" once, when I watched a DK and a Druid kill Karkin, the molten crab in front of me and two other hunters. It's an unfortunate thing because hunters cannot tame unless they have aggro, basically the complete attention of the pet they wish to tame. So it's really easy to mess the tame up if you distract them in any form. I guess taming aggro is very minimum. You can basically take advantage real fast.
I attempted to capture two rares that I really had been wanting to add to my collection tonight. And both ended in tragedy.
Bantha'los
What a terrible place for a rare to appear. Bantha'los, the spirit owl, spawns RIGHT in the Sanctuary of Marlone, a basic quest hub for the Molten Front. I've seen him a few times, but finally got a strategy together thanks to a blog I read.
When I logged on, I was able to grab his attention and try out my strategy. However, my frost trap did not work and I was subjected to an unfortunate Harsh Moonlight spam. As I sped back, hoping to get back into position for attempt two, I noticed a ton of people vying for Bantha'los's attention. The main culprit was not a hunter, who I would've been okay with taking the tame, but a mage, who used Slow Fall to survive the fall. He then proceeded to kill the owl in front of 7 other hunters. Sad!
Solix
Feeling discouraged, I headed out to check out another rare spawn, Solix. And of course, he was there!
He has to be kited while his energy bar becomes depleted. As it finally hits around 30 energy, you can then tame him.
I attempted to kite him, with frost trap and Concussive shot, but i didn't get enough space between him the first go so I died. Hey man , these "taming challenges" require some strategy. I headed back and then saw a night elf hunter standing there. He just stood there. And stood there. I emoted him, telling him to go, because rightfully, it was his turn. I thought maybe being a polite person might pay off. Boy was a wrong. He shook his head at me, then pointed at me to go. So I dropped my trap and began a more successful kiting. Just as I round the bend, watching his energy bar inch closer and closer, I realized that I had lost aggro to the other hunter, who had then begun to tame him. He basically let me do the brunt work and then attempted to steal the tame. I was mad! I remembered Distracting Shot had lost it's power, so I tried grabbing aggro back with an Arcane Shot. Just as Solix turned to me, and I began my tame, a DK came out of nowhere and killed him.
I quietly looted my Crystallized Tear, and walked out of the cave crushed.
Basically
I'm done with this. I was looking up threads about Rare Pet "Griefers" (I quote because I couldn't tell you if this is really griefing or not. Apparently though, it's pretty bad for many hunters), and boy were there a lot. People are really having a hardtime with these. Is this normal? I never experienced WotLK rare hunters during it's peak but I can imagine it was just as tough. It's horribly disheartening. I never had any problems with the other Cataclysm rares, but many of those rares weren't in central daily quest areas. Maybe Sambas, but I've seen him around a lot, and had a fairly easy (although long) time getting him.
So for now, and I mean really now, I'm done with this. I can't handle the stress, the disheartening. It's actually making me hate the game and I feel like quitting as we speak. (Yes I am a drama queen)
I currently have an open spot in my Stable, so I might go find something else to add there, or just leave it open. But for now, and my sanity, I need to stop. There is more to life then collecting digital pets right? Right!
Although, speaking of rare pets
I'm currently working on a Stable page for my blog, with pictures and some descriptions on why I keep these beauties in my Stable. I hope you like it (when it's up.)
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Otacon Report: SKARR
OMG!
So excited. Out of all the new pets from 4.2 THIS WAS THE ONE!
A simple, logged on in a camping spot for Skarr, and there it was. A tiny red dot on my screen. Rushed over, excitedly. He sat there, so cute, just staring at me.
Similar to Karkin
Tame, Silent Shot the Fire Explosion, Tame.
Win!
A great tame before I have to rush off to work :)
I want to tame more, but my Stable is full. I'm not sure what I'll do. I got one more slot, so either the blue or orange lava spider, and the spirit owl.
So excited. Out of all the new pets from 4.2 THIS WAS THE ONE!
A simple, logged on in a camping spot for Skarr, and there it was. A tiny red dot on my screen. Rushed over, excitedly. He sat there, so cute, just staring at me.
Similar to Karkin
Tame, Silent Shot the Fire Explosion, Tame.
Win!
A great tame before I have to rush off to work :)
Otacon Report: Karkin
Metal crab o doom
I'm not sure what hunter taming etiquette is. I'm definitely not up for causing more problems in a situation, but to be honest, I felt this guy had plenty of time.
The story
I was doing Molten Front dailies on Covington, when I saw him. Karkin, the metal crab. He was just chilling on a rock, waiting for someone to tame him. An undead hunter, who had begun climbing through the stones when I did, to begin two dailies in the Molten Front, tried taming him. I watched, but then realized Karkin's fireball attack is an AOE and backed off. I went about doing my dailies, getting thermostat readings and saving flight formed druids. I came back down and Karkin was still there. I took a deep breathe and forced myself to walk away, turning in my quests and returning to the front of Malfurion's Breach.
I tried resisting, but curiosity overcame the best of me, and I switched to Otacon. He was resting in a large cave, where Solix spawns, the orange lava spider I kind of want. I moved out and worked my way through The Furnace to Fireplume Peaks. There he was, STILL there; so was the undead hunter, but he wasn't moving. I poked him, but got no response. Conflicted, I decided to just go with it, and tried taming him. Well, it didn't work the first time. The undead hunter ended up dead because he was just chilling next to me, and was aoe'd fireball'd to death. I survived by Feigning Death, and took a moment to look up some strats from wowhead.
A simple, Tame, Silent Shot the lava aoe thing, Tame again worked like a charm. (The first time I autoshot, then Silent Shot, then Deterrence, then Tame, but it didn't work for some reason.)
I like his look in person then the screenshots I had seen previously. He also does these amusing animations, pointing in either direction and wiggling his lower jaw. It's too bad that he is a tenacity pet. I was hoping I could use him in PvP or PvE, but his special ability, Pinch, has a fairly long CD, and obviously, his damage wouldn't be that high compared to my Chimera or Ferocity pets. Still, an awesome addition to my collection. I still hope to eventually snag Skarr and Solix, but it seems like instead I'll have to settle for second best. XD
Hunter Etiquette?
The undead hunter who had been "trying" to get the Karkin, didn't say anything to me. He just mounted and hopped away. I was confused at what he was doing. Obviously he was trying to tame him at one point, but I was gone for a good 5-10 minutes before I wandered over on my hunter and looked to see what was going on. Not only that, but I wasn't the only hunter around. There was also a Night Elf hunter who seemed to just be watching the shenanigans.
I'm a pretty polite person. I watched Karkin get killed by an Alliance duo one night, but made it clear to the other hunters watching that I wasn't after it, I just wanted to see how to tame it (which was true). Another time, I even gave advice to a hunter trying to tame Bantha'los, but he just gave me very clipped responses or ignored me, and I watched him fail to capture him multiple times. I wonder if he ever did catch him.
I would whisper someone if I saw a rare I already had to try and get another hunter the tame. It's just nice.
So was it right of me to grab Karkin from the undead hunter? Honestly, he had his shot. I did not interrupt his tame and he even had a good amount of time before I meandered over on my hunter. I died twice getting over there.
But I might just be incredibly ignorant.
So what do you think?
I'm not sure what hunter taming etiquette is. I'm definitely not up for causing more problems in a situation, but to be honest, I felt this guy had plenty of time.
The story
I was doing Molten Front dailies on Covington, when I saw him. Karkin, the metal crab. He was just chilling on a rock, waiting for someone to tame him. An undead hunter, who had begun climbing through the stones when I did, to begin two dailies in the Molten Front, tried taming him. I watched, but then realized Karkin's fireball attack is an AOE and backed off. I went about doing my dailies, getting thermostat readings and saving flight formed druids. I came back down and Karkin was still there. I took a deep breathe and forced myself to walk away, turning in my quests and returning to the front of Malfurion's Breach.
I tried resisting, but curiosity overcame the best of me, and I switched to Otacon. He was resting in a large cave, where Solix spawns, the orange lava spider I kind of want. I moved out and worked my way through The Furnace to Fireplume Peaks. There he was, STILL there; so was the undead hunter, but he wasn't moving. I poked him, but got no response. Conflicted, I decided to just go with it, and tried taming him. Well, it didn't work the first time. The undead hunter ended up dead because he was just chilling next to me, and was aoe'd fireball'd to death. I survived by Feigning Death, and took a moment to look up some strats from wowhead.
A simple, Tame, Silent Shot the lava aoe thing, Tame again worked like a charm. (The first time I autoshot, then Silent Shot, then Deterrence, then Tame, but it didn't work for some reason.)
Hunter Etiquette?
The undead hunter who had been "trying" to get the Karkin, didn't say anything to me. He just mounted and hopped away. I was confused at what he was doing. Obviously he was trying to tame him at one point, but I was gone for a good 5-10 minutes before I wandered over on my hunter and looked to see what was going on. Not only that, but I wasn't the only hunter around. There was also a Night Elf hunter who seemed to just be watching the shenanigans.
I'm a pretty polite person. I watched Karkin get killed by an Alliance duo one night, but made it clear to the other hunters watching that I wasn't after it, I just wanted to see how to tame it (which was true). Another time, I even gave advice to a hunter trying to tame Bantha'los, but he just gave me very clipped responses or ignored me, and I watched him fail to capture him multiple times. I wonder if he ever did catch him.
I would whisper someone if I saw a rare I already had to try and get another hunter the tame. It's just nice.
So was it right of me to grab Karkin from the undead hunter? Honestly, he had his shot. I did not interrupt his tame and he even had a good amount of time before I meandered over on my hunter. I died twice getting over there.
But I might just be incredibly ignorant.
So what do you think?
Saturday, July 9, 2011
Otacon Report: For Keep's Mom!
Kirix
A quick pet report. With 4.2 came tons of new rare pets to try and tame. Unfortunately, EVERY hunter and his friend are trying to get them. Eventually it became somewhat of a problem for me. I had several dreams that I caught Skarr and I knew right then I had to refocus what I was playing for. This was becoming too stressful!
So since then, I've been checking once in a while, but not camping, and focusing on other things (like getting my pally to 85).
Last night, while doing my regular check, I came across Kirix, a green lava spider. The tactics for him involve a debuff that stuns you, knocks you back and poisons you horrendously. After a couple strategy tries and subsequent deaths, I discovered the best tactic is to:
1. Have Aspect of the Wild on.
2. As soon as you get tossed into the air Disengage.
3. Pop a Potion of Haste then Deterrence.
4. Tame him!
Success! And just as I finished, an Ally hunter, who I saw with Solix, the orange lava spider I was originally camping, rounded the corner. Ha! In your face :D
Yeah. I'm PvP'ing
Keep's Mom is a reference to two old buddies who PvP'd together back in the day. One of them was named Keep, the other was a hunter whose pet was named Keepsmom.
My guildies recently decided PvP was fun and want me to join. They're talking about 5's, which I hear are bad, but who knows. For now, we've been running Random BGs.
I've always hated PvP. I can take pressure, but being killed at other's expense is no fun. To be honest, I can't handle giving other people, namely Alliance, the satisfaction of killing me.
But to be honest, wanting to raid again has been on the back of my mind, not so much because I want loots and stuff, but I guess I miss that kind of social activity. Namely, I miss my guild.
Well, PvP seems to be the best way to achieve this without ACTUALLY have to raid.
So I sucked it up, had my BF make me a few pieces, read up as much as I could find that was nearly updated, and went in there. On my hunter. No healing, just pew pew pew.
Hunters are op.
Omg, this is fun. IDK. I die a lot, and get my ass handed to me quite a bit. But I'm having a blast. I'm doing well to. With the spec I chose and the pet I picked up, I'm doing well, gaining quite a bit of killing blows, and able to hold my own. Now, skill level of the other players I've faced might just be low, but HEY, I'm gonna enjoy how I do ok! OK!
I chose Beast Master spec after reading about PvP from huntsmanlodge.com. Garwulf, the writer over there, has some great tips and indepth explanations. I'm always weary of trying BM in PvE simply because my pet tends to eat it, basically making BM less effective. But it seems like in PvP people tend to ignore your pet and focus on you, thus allowing my beast and I to reign havoc on the field. Kind of.
Bestial Wrath is a great cooldown, not that long, but allowing me to burn through an enemy's HP with high focus regen and a big red, scary chimera. Yep. Chimera. Thanks to Garwulf, I choose a Chimera as my pet and I do not regret it. It's been an awesome experience.
My Chimera has a slow that lasts 5 seconds, on a 10 second cooldown, or something ridiculous like that, allowing for a decent up time. He has a range attack and an aoe.
Some things never change though
Random BGs are still full of morons, elitist jerks and elitist jerk morons. I don't understand how yelling at each other and calling each other names will make us win the BG faster, but I guess that's how it is.
Overall though, I think the biggest change has been choosing hunter as my choice. It's fun being able to blow stuff up. I'm still tweaking things, like remembering to use Deterrence and Disengage and my traps. I love that I can be difficult to kill, dropping a Frost trap, then Concussive Shot in the face, Disengage! and melee are far behind me. Fun stuff. :)
I rack up the Killing Blows with my Kill Shot.
A quick pet report. With 4.2 came tons of new rare pets to try and tame. Unfortunately, EVERY hunter and his friend are trying to get them. Eventually it became somewhat of a problem for me. I had several dreams that I caught Skarr and I knew right then I had to refocus what I was playing for. This was becoming too stressful!
So since then, I've been checking once in a while, but not camping, and focusing on other things (like getting my pally to 85).
Last night, while doing my regular check, I came across Kirix, a green lava spider. The tactics for him involve a debuff that stuns you, knocks you back and poisons you horrendously. After a couple strategy tries and subsequent deaths, I discovered the best tactic is to:
1. Have Aspect of the Wild on.
2. As soon as you get tossed into the air Disengage.
3. Pop a Potion of Haste then Deterrence.
4. Tame him!
Success! And just as I finished, an Ally hunter, who I saw with Solix, the orange lava spider I was originally camping, rounded the corner. Ha! In your face :D
Keep's Mom is a reference to two old buddies who PvP'd together back in the day. One of them was named Keep, the other was a hunter whose pet was named Keepsmom.
My guildies recently decided PvP was fun and want me to join. They're talking about 5's, which I hear are bad, but who knows. For now, we've been running Random BGs.
I've always hated PvP. I can take pressure, but being killed at other's expense is no fun. To be honest, I can't handle giving other people, namely Alliance, the satisfaction of killing me.
But to be honest, wanting to raid again has been on the back of my mind, not so much because I want loots and stuff, but I guess I miss that kind of social activity. Namely, I miss my guild.
Well, PvP seems to be the best way to achieve this without ACTUALLY have to raid.
So I sucked it up, had my BF make me a few pieces, read up as much as I could find that was nearly updated, and went in there. On my hunter. No healing, just pew pew pew.
Hunters are op.
Omg, this is fun. IDK. I die a lot, and get my ass handed to me quite a bit. But I'm having a blast. I'm doing well to. With the spec I chose and the pet I picked up, I'm doing well, gaining quite a bit of killing blows, and able to hold my own. Now, skill level of the other players I've faced might just be low, but HEY, I'm gonna enjoy how I do ok! OK!
I chose Beast Master spec after reading about PvP from huntsmanlodge.com. Garwulf, the writer over there, has some great tips and indepth explanations. I'm always weary of trying BM in PvE simply because my pet tends to eat it, basically making BM less effective. But it seems like in PvP people tend to ignore your pet and focus on you, thus allowing my beast and I to reign havoc on the field. Kind of.
Bestial Wrath is a great cooldown, not that long, but allowing me to burn through an enemy's HP with high focus regen and a big red, scary chimera. Yep. Chimera. Thanks to Garwulf, I choose a Chimera as my pet and I do not regret it. It's been an awesome experience.
My Chimera has a slow that lasts 5 seconds, on a 10 second cooldown, or something ridiculous like that, allowing for a decent up time. He has a range attack and an aoe.
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| yes his name is forkeepsmom :) |
Random BGs are still full of morons, elitist jerks and elitist jerk morons. I don't understand how yelling at each other and calling each other names will make us win the BG faster, but I guess that's how it is.
Overall though, I think the biggest change has been choosing hunter as my choice. It's fun being able to blow stuff up. I'm still tweaking things, like remembering to use Deterrence and Disengage and my traps. I love that I can be difficult to kill, dropping a Frost trap, then Concussive Shot in the face, Disengage! and melee are far behind me. Fun stuff. :)
I rack up the Killing Blows with my Kill Shot.
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| mwahaha i can pretend i'm awesome |
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