So I have had this idea in my head a few days, and even though there's no real way of making a suggestion to Blizzard (or getting it approved and implemented), what do you guys think? Shouldn't skinners have a tracking ability for dead bodies that are skinnable? Obviously couldn't track live things, or dead humanoids or any corpse that couldn't be skinned. But essentially, when activated, they would be able to track any skinnable corpse. Good idea? Pointless? Previously suggested/dead horse?
Anyway, just thought I'd throw this one out there.
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It wouldn't say it's a bad idea, but I don't know that it's a great one either. When I had the Skinning skill on my Hunter, I'd skin whatever I killed immediately after I looted it (to prevent ninja skinners, even though I don't think it was ever really an issue). I'd never get so far ahead of myself that I'd lose sight of the corpses I made that were waiting to be looted/skinned.
The only benefit I could see would be maybe for those situation where someone without the skinning skill was leaving a trail of looted but obviously unskinned corpses in their wake. Generally speaking, however, it seems that unless someone is questing or skinning, they're not grinding beasts anyways. I just don't see a ton of use for an ability that lets you track skinnable corpses.
The only benefit I could see would be maybe for those situation where someone without the skinning skill was leaving a trail of looted but obviously unskinned corpses in their wake. Generally speaking, however, it seems that unless someone is questing or skinning, they're not grinding beasts anyways. I just don't see a ton of use for an ability that lets you track skinnable corpses.
Well yea, you make good points. Following someone's trail of dead beasts was mainly the only use I saw for it. Every now and then I will deliberately follow someone for a while when I see them leaving skinnable corpses. Only if they're obviously not intending to skin of course. I don't ninjaskin on anyone, except horde sometimes. Hell, they ninja mining nodes from me often enough, figure I can return the favor.
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Well yea, you make good points. Following someone's trail of dead beasts was mainly the only use I saw for it. Every now and then I will deliberately follow someone for a while when I see them leaving skinnable corpses. Only if they're obviously not intending to skin of course. I don't ninjaskin on anyone, except horde sometimes. Hell, they ninja mining nodes from me often enough, figure I can return the favor.
It would be a useless tracking skill. If you're following someone and skinning their mobs you don't need it. If you're skinning your own mobs you don't need it. If want to find someone leaving skinnable mobs behind it'd be limited because corpses don't last forever. The corpse would most likely time out and disappear making the skill basically pointless.
I wouldn't say it's a bad idea just not one that's really useful. I'd rather track other things.
Especially when many people often take Mining + Skinning, Track Skinning will become useless as Track Minerals will always be on. Not very practical.
Double post. My bad
Edited, Sep 17th 2007 4:08am by Hatoa
Edited, Sep 17th 2007 4:08am by Hatoa
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Hehe, good one Dilbrt. :)
it's not a bad idea but it's not necessary either.
you can visually see dead animal corpses nearby. just run over to it. chances are when you arrive to that corpse, you see the next one, if there is one.
the tracking ability of other skills is used because of random spawns around the zone. tracking for dead corpses only works when someone is killing, which is not a random event. it is an event that may never happen, if someone isn't around to kill the animals. if you kill it, and you're tracking, then the little dot shows up on the mini-map, right where you are.
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