A Tale of Two Skolls - with screenshots
A Tale of Two Skolls - with screenshots
So this morning, I decided I needed some screenshots of me with Goggie, my Skoll Spirit Beast, at the site where I tamed him several months ago. I have screenshots of all my other Spirit Beasts right after taming, but I caught Goggie late at night and forgot to snap pictures.
So I fly over to his spawn site, and lo and behold, guess who's hanging out? There's Skoll, peacefully padding around the area. No other players in sight. It was too good an opportunity to pass up, so I took pictures of wild Skoll and tame Goggie together!
I wait around for about 15 minutes, taking screenshots and enjoying the moment. I keep hoping another hunter will show up and tame this beautiful boy. I don't want to kill him... I would be heartbroken if someone killed a Spirit Beast I was camping, and I figure it's bad karma. On the other hand, I figure that if I don't kill him, chances are good that another random player will eventually show up and do it, since clearly there are no hunters waiting for him nearby. So I'm hemming and hawing, what to do, what to do...
When an Orc hunter with a tame Arcturis spawns in beside me! Woohoo! I tell him, "Please tell me you want to tame that. " And he says yes, of course!
But alas, his Call Stabled Pet is on cooldown, and of course he doesn't want to abandon Arcturis. So we wait. I have Track Humanoids up, and I spot an Alliance player headed right for us, the yellow dot on my map stopping right overhead. I panic. I don't want this Skoll to get stolen/killed! I attack, just to tag the mob, hoping the yellow dot will lose interest. It works. I Feign Death, put Goggie on passive, and watch while Skoll munches Goggie to death and finally resets to full health and neutral status.
The Orc is very grateful. His Call Stabled Pet cooldown finishes, and he gets the tame!
A happy ending! I got some amazing screenshots, this Skoll has a new home, and the Orc hunter is having a great day.
Be kind to others, it makes the world a better place for everyone.
So I fly over to his spawn site, and lo and behold, guess who's hanging out? There's Skoll, peacefully padding around the area. No other players in sight. It was too good an opportunity to pass up, so I took pictures of wild Skoll and tame Goggie together!
I wait around for about 15 minutes, taking screenshots and enjoying the moment. I keep hoping another hunter will show up and tame this beautiful boy. I don't want to kill him... I would be heartbroken if someone killed a Spirit Beast I was camping, and I figure it's bad karma. On the other hand, I figure that if I don't kill him, chances are good that another random player will eventually show up and do it, since clearly there are no hunters waiting for him nearby. So I'm hemming and hawing, what to do, what to do...
When an Orc hunter with a tame Arcturis spawns in beside me! Woohoo! I tell him, "Please tell me you want to tame that. " And he says yes, of course!
But alas, his Call Stabled Pet is on cooldown, and of course he doesn't want to abandon Arcturis. So we wait. I have Track Humanoids up, and I spot an Alliance player headed right for us, the yellow dot on my map stopping right overhead. I panic. I don't want this Skoll to get stolen/killed! I attack, just to tag the mob, hoping the yellow dot will lose interest. It works. I Feign Death, put Goggie on passive, and watch while Skoll munches Goggie to death and finally resets to full health and neutral status.
The Orc is very grateful. His Call Stabled Pet cooldown finishes, and he gets the tame!
A happy ending! I got some amazing screenshots, this Skoll has a new home, and the Orc hunter is having a great day.
Be kind to others, it makes the world a better place for everyone.
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Re: A Tale of Two Skolls - with screenshots
Cool story, really...
And probably the orc will always remember you.
And probably the orc will always remember you.
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Re: A Tale of Two Skolls - with screenshots
Applause for you! Hunters gotta stick together, moreso Hunters of the same Faction. XD Good job helping that Orc out!
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Re: A Tale of Two Skolls - with screenshots
I can totally relate! I stumbled across Loque'Nahak last week and actually called out in /general first to see if another hunter wanted him before I tamed him. I had never been part of the spirit beast race, and I know people camp that sucker for months, so I didn't want to steal him from a hard-at-work hunter.
But nobody called it, so I got him Even so, if I spotted any of the spirit beasts on my non-hunter classes, I think I'd still guard him and yell for hunters, just to be nice. Camping is not fun, but it is nice to help out.
So good job to you, you are a good hunter
~VelkynKarma
But nobody called it, so I got him Even so, if I spotted any of the spirit beasts on my non-hunter classes, I think I'd still guard him and yell for hunters, just to be nice. Camping is not fun, but it is nice to help out.
So good job to you, you are a good hunter
~VelkynKarma
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