Another Pet QuestionFollow

All pet speeds were normalised to 2.0 a while back. Making the basics of each pet and/or species the same actually makes for more diverse pets though. Back when certain pets had faster attack speeds and such, almost every hunter at a level high enough to train that beast would use it as their pet.

With the set up now, people choose different pets for their own reasons and train them how they prefer. Players can use talents in the Beast Mastery talent tree to increase pet damage and attack speeds, if they choose. There is, in fact, pet diversity out there because of the normalising changes. Strangely enough.


Edited, Dec 19th 2007 1:55pm by Smallsword

I still hear Hunter say "OMG Blizz ruined the game when they nurfed the pets!". And it still annoys the fUckin' crap out of me. And every time, I have to sit down and explain how this opened up for more than just two or three pets for those who like diversity. Before this normalization, we were stuck with Broken Tooth for cat pets. That was it, really, if we wanted to stay competitive.

At least now I can tame something of a certain family and know that I can keep that skin, because any other of the same family would have the same skills/attack speed/attack power.

Ain’t it the truth!

I agree that normalization was overall a good thing. I’m just highly annoyed at Blizzard for not finishing the job. It’s like Blizzard started construction on a new strip mall. They finished a few of the shops, but many of the shops are still missing their roofs and the construction equipment has been sitting idle for over a year, rusting in the rain.

I constantly see posts, mainly on the OBoards, complaining about how Blizzard doesn’t care about class X, Y or Z. But in my opinion this is one example where I would agree it’s true. Blizzard has done a lot of good things for our class. But they just don’t seem to care about our pets. I understand having to prioritize, but when something is left half finished for this long its no longer a mater of prioritizing, it’s a case of abandonment.

All I want, is for each pet family, to have one or two abilities that are limited to only it and maybe one other family.

Also, give those sporebats *something* other than growl and cower!