Hello, I have a level 41 BM hunter that I really enjoy and I had some questions about getting the most out of her. I will summarize them at the bottom of the post. Here is my armory if it helps any.
www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Uldaman&n=Dianaroma
I am kind of a fresh 40 and I am having difficulty upgrading her to full mail gear of the monkey. It is happening, just slowly.
This is what I need help with. I have two level 40 pets right now and I am trying to decide which of the two to use the most often as I have no intention of running back to a major city every half level and switching pets just to level them both up along with me. One is a wolf, a Coyote Packleader named Alpha to be precise, that I have had and trained since level 11. The other is a recent acquirement of Goreclaw, a very nice looking Raptor I am fond of that I have since renamed Horatius. Both have the highest levels of skills they can learn at this time. Alpha has Furious Howl 3 and Dash 2 while I have trained Horatius in Dash 2, both use Bite and Growl if it matters.
I play mostly solo PvE and I prefer to use my pets as kind of a tank, I have Alpha trained mostly in Armor while Horatius is training in Stamina as my offensive pet. I will occasionally pull off of the pet but that is happening less often now. Horatius is only at level 4 Loyalty wise while Alpha is of course at level 6. However I noticed when leveling Horatius up a bit that he already edges out Alpha in damage done. I do not pull mobs off of Horatius any more than with Alpha, possibly a little less and once that Loyalty level goes all the way up he will be doing more damage than he already does now and that will make it even harder to pull mobs off of him. I did notice Horatius does not seem to be able to take as much of a pounding as Alpha, but he is giving better than he gets.
Even though I think Diana looks better with Alpha following her around, I am trying to figure out which of the two I should be using from here on out as the main pet. I also need to know if I should respec Alpha to be more middle of the road, give him both equal amounts of Great Stamina and Natural Armor like I used to or specialize in just one of them.
Summary of questions
1. Do I continue to use Alpha as my main pet or switch over to Horatius? Why?
2. If I use Alpha should I keep his training focused on Natural Armor or go back to an even mix of Natural Armor and Great Stamina or even just switch focus on Great Stamina? Why?
3. Which of the two do you recommend for fast leveling and overall effectiveness in combat?
4. What pet did you chose? How did you build him/her? Why?
5. If you can offer any further assistance or advice beyond just the questions it would be appreciated.
Thank you.