Couple questions about these things...
I'm a 350 LW and I'm ready to make my first riding crop. If I'm reading the tooltip correctly on Animal Handler (does not stack with any other effect...), I assume that the Riding Crop bonus just overwrites the mount increase I get from the 2 points I spent here.
Now I know Animal Handler also gives a +hit(i think) to the pet, but....
Does the Riding Crop make the Animal Handler Talent useless, or does the buff to the pet's +hit still make it worth the points? How important does this hunter community value these two points if mount speed is not a factor?
Also - anyone have a nifty little macro to swap the riding crop in/out when they mount/dismount. I'm a macro moron (feel free to use the optional word 'macro').
Thanks!
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You get animal handler purely and only for the +hit, the riding speed is a nice bonus.
I dont even use my riding crop btw, that 2% really isnt worth it.
I dont even use my riding crop btw, that 2% really isnt worth it.
Previous poster answered the hit aspect of your question I'll answer the macro aspect.
/equip Riding Crop
/cast Reins of the Onyx Netherwing Drake
if you want to do a macro, that's the one. I personally don't have a riding crop on my hunter, I didn't feel the extra 2% speed was worth spending the money on the primal mights. So as long as I stay BM, I'm not gonna need a crop.
On a side note, my mount macro actually looks like this:
/use [outdoors,nomounted,flyable] Reins of the Onyx Netherwing Drake; [outdoors,nomounted] Great White Kodo
/dismount [mounted]
That macro uses a flying mount if you can fly (ie. outlands), ground mount if you cannot (ie. azeroth), and if you're mounted, it dismounts you. I use that macro in combination with a mod called ClosetGnome which can switch to a crop automatically every time I become mounted, though as I said, I don't use a crop on my BM hunter.
/equip Riding Crop
/cast Reins of the Onyx Netherwing Drake
if you want to do a macro, that's the one. I personally don't have a riding crop on my hunter, I didn't feel the extra 2% speed was worth spending the money on the primal mights. So as long as I stay BM, I'm not gonna need a crop.
On a side note, my mount macro actually looks like this:
/use [outdoors,nomounted,flyable] Reins of the Onyx Netherwing Drake; [outdoors,nomounted] Great White Kodo
/dismount [mounted]
That macro uses a flying mount if you can fly (ie. outlands), ground mount if you cannot (ie. azeroth), and if you're mounted, it dismounts you. I use that macro in combination with a mod called ClosetGnome which can switch to a crop automatically every time I become mounted, though as I said, I don't use a crop on my BM hunter.
Titan Bar (addon) will automatically equip and unequip any riding bonus item. It works pretty well with my carrot on a stick.
It has screwed up a couple of times and not unmounted the trinket. Haven't had any problems with the latest update.
It has screwed up a couple of times and not unmounted the trinket. Haven't had any problems with the latest update.
Outfitter/Closet Gnome FTW!
And Titan sucks tauren balls
And Titan sucks tauren balls
Fubar is 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better than Titanbar.
And what the hell are you doing in my forum MF?
And what the hell are you doing in my forum MF?
Closet Gnome plugs into Fubar.
Aethien wrote:
Fubar is 1000000000000000000000000000000000000000000x better than Titanbar.
And what the hell are you doing in my forum MF?
And what the hell are you doing in my forum MF?
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/agree with Outfitter.
I use Outfitter and I love it...very easy to use. It automatically equips the crop when mounted and un-equips when I dismount. Also great for swapping in and out of fishing gear instantly. If you carry around multiple sets of gear (like healing/dps or PvP/PvE or whatever you want to swap), Outfitter just makes life so much easier...one click and you're done.
I use Outfitter and I love it...very easy to use. It automatically equips the crop when mounted and un-equips when I dismount. Also great for swapping in and out of fishing gear instantly. If you carry around multiple sets of gear (like healing/dps or PvP/PvE or whatever you want to swap), Outfitter just makes life so much easier...one click and you're done.
I forget what I used to use, because it's been so long since I've used my riding crap....er That was a real typo, lol. I don't even see the 2% difference- not even when I'm traveling with other people that have the crop (rarely)... However, it is a pretty big increase over people who do not have a riding crop.
If you are BM, animal handler is a really great skill for increasing your pet's DPS. It's the only way to increase your pet's hit rating, and just like with our own hit rating, an additional 1% hit is just like a flat 1% increase in your DPS. So basically for 2 points, you increase your pet's DPS by 4%
If you are BM, animal handler is a really great skill for increasing your pet's DPS. It's the only way to increase your pet's hit rating, and just like with our own hit rating, an additional 1% hit is just like a flat 1% increase in your DPS. So basically for 2 points, you increase your pet's DPS by 4%
it doesn't matter anyways, next smaller fixer patch riding crops will be like an enchant, attatched to your mount :) permanent 10% ftw
Dimion wrote:
it doesn't matter anyways, next smaller fixer patch riding crops will be like an enchant, attatched to your mount :) permanent 10% ftw
I have skybreaker whip, can I enchant multiple mounts with it or will it get eaten after 1 application?
That's a good question. Will the riding crops (and the carrots on a stick, which will be easily craftable) have a set amount of charges, or will we have to buy a new one every time we get a new mount? Hell, I know people who collect exotic mounts and have a macro to randomize what they mount up on. If we have to buy a new crop every time we get a new mount, that would seriously suck.
Dimion wrote:
it doesn't matter anyways, next smaller fixer patch riding crops will be like an enchant, attatched to your mount :) permanent 10% ftw
They're still testing it on the PTR, I personally hope they change their mind on it. I have multiple flying epic mounts I switch in and out of to keep me from getting bored, and that would mean I'd need to buy a ton of riding crops.
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