tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post1103790879518289827..comments2023-09-11T05:48:21.914-06:00Comments on Aspect of the Hare: Pike's World of WarCraft Blog: A Tale of Two TrollsPikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00249690585703986146noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-3332578208995711922008-08-29T17:03:00.000-06:002008-08-29T17:03:00.000-06:00Pike,I know. /hugPike,<BR/>I know. /hugMirshalakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223199207262646414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-32493282455945115112008-08-29T08:01:00.000-06:002008-08-29T08:01:00.000-06:00Thanks for the tips Mirsh. As I hope you know I h...Thanks for the tips Mirsh. As I hope you know I have a lot of respect for Survival and did not mean to imply that you care less for your pet; I suppose what I meant to imply was I am really into the "making my pet stronger" thing, and find it difficult to do anything else! I certainly appreciate you guys.Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249690585703986146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-11046688392339958932008-08-29T07:56:00.000-06:002008-08-29T07:56:00.000-06:00oops...Deterrence in that last post meant Disengag...oops...Deterrence in that last post meant Disengage. ;-)Mirshalakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223199207262646414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-70119505512175385202008-08-29T07:50:00.000-06:002008-08-29T07:50:00.000-06:00Hey Pike,A couple things. In levelling terms, Sur...Hey Pike,<BR/>A couple things. In levelling terms, Surv doesn't really take off until level 21 with the current tree, because that's when you're able to get Clever Traps. Before then, it's basically 16 or so levels of kiting practice. ;-)<BR/><BR/>On my alts I've always got Hawk Eye and Savage Strikes as my first five points. Hawk Eye because a) you've got more time to run if you need to, b) you've got more grace when kiting, and c) you can often kill mobs before they reach you without needing to send the pet at all.<BR/><BR/>Savage Strikes because, before you get Deterrence at least, and more properly Feign Death, as Surv, at times melee is going to happen. You don't want it to happen more than the absolute minimum, but you want the boost that that talent will give you when it does.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, with the boar nerf as you know, I can't recommend them any more as levelling pets. Since you'll be doing it Horde side, I'd suggest getting one of the low level Swoops from Mulgore for Screech, which still gives us a reasonable amount of aoe threat, which we need.<BR/><BR/>Also, please don't think that the pet isn't important to Survival. It still is; we just use it in perhaps a somewhat different way. With Beast Mastery, you and the pet are both DPS. With Survival, you're the DPS, and the pet is much more your tank.<BR/><BR/>When I'm soloing, what that ends up meaning is that even with Mend Pet up, sometimes I will actually have to draw aggro onto myself briefly and away from the pet, in order to prevent it from dying.<BR/><BR/>My relationship with my pets is just as symbiotic as with Beast Mastery; the main difference is that rather than thinking of the pet as extra damage, I primarily think of it as being a few thousand extra hit points. It's more a shield, rather than another weapon.Mirshalakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04223199207262646414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-67675602787806564502008-08-29T04:35:00.000-06:002008-08-29T04:35:00.000-06:00Many thanks to Stargate SG-1, whose resident cat w...Many thanks to Stargate SG-1, whose resident cat was named Schrodinger and who provided an explanation of why. I would not have otherwise gotten the joke :DBeowulfahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08401458930362134682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-60917972543118292332008-08-29T00:22:00.000-06:002008-08-29T00:22:00.000-06:00@ boozshaAgreed, and I was almost tempted to rerol...@ boozsha<BR/>Agreed, and I was almost tempted to reroll my hunter as a male... but, the troll wimminz hips won out.<BR/><BR/>Trolls for the freaking win :DCosmoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02149436261024871756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-73110294562141187212008-08-28T19:47:00.000-06:002008-08-28T19:47:00.000-06:00Male trolls have by far the best graphic for shoot...Male trolls have by far the best graphic for shooting a bow. <BR/><BR/>Ghostlands is one of the best leveling zones to 20.Boozshahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00093577401245615049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-7381467742993375682008-08-28T19:22:00.000-06:002008-08-28T19:22:00.000-06:00But how will you put the kitty in a box?But how will you put the kitty in a box?Rilgon Arcsinhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00172353575147267080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-66797005174575801342008-08-28T15:11:00.000-06:002008-08-28T15:11:00.000-06:00Trolls are my favorite race. If I had known I'd ta...Trolls are my favorite race. If I had known I'd take her all the way to 70, I'd have made my main a troll hunter instead of a blood elf. <BR/><BR/>My other favorite are draenei, but I always lose interest once I get them off of Bloodmyst Isle. :-/KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03575029243819038810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-52639111390892552032008-08-28T14:46:00.000-06:002008-08-28T14:46:00.000-06:00I have a troll hunter who is stalled out at 37, th...I have a troll hunter who is stalled out at 37, though I did log in long enough to go buy her a raptor when they changed the levels for riding skill. She's shelved at the moment, probably when I finish leveling my blood elf hunter to 70 I'll go back and get my troll up there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-34881758698842831112008-08-28T13:45:00.000-06:002008-08-28T13:45:00.000-06:00@ LS - true enough, although the troll warrior's n...@ LS - true enough, although the troll warrior's name was Lunakuti.<BR/><BR/>A name which I still sort of like...Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249690585703986146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-83885565434482864642008-08-28T13:24:00.000-06:002008-08-28T13:24:00.000-06:00As an interesting point of fact: Lunapike was--in ...As an interesting point of fact: Lunapike was--in fact--a troll warrior, on the Wildhammer server. Pike decided she didn't like warriors (as she would soon come to decide about ALL non hunter classes) and rerolled the character as a Tauren hunter. When the guild that her and I were on Wildhammer to hang out with fell apart, she transferred servers, while I decided that I really didn't like rogues all that much and simply left my character alone.<BR/><BR/>Hope that was amusing for those of you stalking my girlfriend with fanboyish luster.LShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495083228566425216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-37433792182602325432008-08-28T11:37:00.000-06:002008-08-28T11:37:00.000-06:00You would need a live cat too won't you? So at any...You would need a live cat too won't you? So at any given point, your stable has a live cat and (dead) ghost cat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-1604910796348444912008-08-28T10:57:00.000-06:002008-08-28T10:57:00.000-06:00Ghostlands is a really fun area to be doing quests...Ghostlands is a really fun area to be doing quests in, and it looks really fantastic in a creepy, scary kind of way.<BR/><BR/>Having already taken two unfinished Horde hunters through that region, I decided to give The Barrens a go for my third...<BR/><BR/>Yeah it doesn't look as good but I still enjoyed the Newness. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-75022442162245216832008-08-28T10:19:00.000-06:002008-08-28T10:19:00.000-06:00If the name was available on my realm, I'd have ro...If the name was available on my realm, I'd have rolled a hunter named watson, and name my pet crick.krizzlybearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09131923949935079418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-33887491063597311392008-08-28T10:01:00.000-06:002008-08-28T10:01:00.000-06:00Excellent taste, Ganieda <3Excellent taste, Ganieda <3Pikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249690585703986146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1497957720007651405.post-42501893995898428282008-08-28T09:56:00.000-06:002008-08-28T09:56:00.000-06:00Ganieda here, Argent Dawn server.Just had to menti...Ganieda here, Argent Dawn server.<BR/>Just had to mention... my Ghost Saber is named Schrodinger. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com