What pets for leveling?..
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BlueSteel the boar (guess which one that is.. is starting to do better at holding things now that he and Stongfang are both 35, he's certainly doing better than the cats. Getting BlueSteel was a real challenge. Going into RFK at lvl 32 solo was rough, especially with a trash pet that was 5 levels lower, but managed to go in, drop down in the ravine, and fought and tamed a few boars before I decided on his skin. Then I tried to do the stupid tuber quest, and the gopher promptly got us killed by running down the ravine into a pack of 6 or more boars.
So now, still thinking about collecting cats, but, want to try something else for the last slot for now.
What's another good pet for that level range? I'm thinking maybe a carrion bird, but only if I can go get the raven from Grizzly Hills. That should be a challenge..
Any other ideas on something useful and different for that level? (If the Silithids weren't exotic, I'd go get the one from Thousand Needles, but that won't work...)
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Anyway! Carrion birds are always fun, I've got a hunter about that level with a tallstrider and one with a moth, both of which work pretty well. I'd suggest a bear due to their swiping skills, if you wanted to go that route, but since you've got a boar I dunno.
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But I'm still looking for input to see if I'm missing anything...
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Yeah, those ones.. The lvl 7 ones... just need to manage to get there.. I should be able to do it.silverstenopad wrote:The ravens from howling Fjord, you mean? Unless they're in grizzly hills too... hrm...
And thanks for mentioning bears. I went back and looked I realized I had missed something. Bears at 32 to 17 to 23 damage on a 5 sec cooldown, while Boars do 23 to 29 on a 10 sec cooldown. I had missed that the bears were on a 5-sec cooldown. So that puts bears well above boars, just gotta find a skin I like to experiment with. Crocs might be interesting too, but not sure how often they strike during their 45 sec special.
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Sure, some make leveling easier than others (bears with swipe tank groups and can be healed without getting the attention) but all in all...
Tame what you like and have fun playing!
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Fun is certainly part of it..Karathyriel wrote:Actually, the choice of pet is more like what you like than what you need.
Sure, some make leveling easier than others (bears with swipe tank groups and can be healed without getting the attention) but all in all...
Tame what you like and have fun playing!
Part of why I was asking was pre-32ish I was having more issues pulling the dang mob off me, that seems to have cleared up some since the pet has caught up and has a few more points in talents now..
The other thing is for instances.. I did my first random, and the tank was terribad. Got RFD, and the tank didn't know where to go, I was a good hunter and turned aggro off, but the pet still instantly pulled aggro on on mob, while I generally pulled aggro on another, while the third mob went to the healer. sigh.. It got bad enough by the third pull that I turned on growl and just had the boar start picking stuff up. At that point the tank and healer and one dps left, without saying a word. Guess they knew each other. I was going to tell the healer just heal my pet and I'd pet tank it. I was watching recount and my boar was doing 3x the threat of the warrior.
So getting a bear for that might not be a bad idea..
But I still like the idea of going to get one of those ravens, just to say that I did it.. Where does the boat to howling fiord leave from? I would rather do that than run from Crystalsong.. that would be a lot of corpse-running, lol
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I think bears are an excellent choice.
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My brother has a hunter, all I remember is that he leveled 70-80 with a wolf...
I would recommend a Tenacity pet. I really like Scorpids, and boars, so maybe one of those
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Will give the raven a run for a bit, and see how it does. If the connection isn't there, bear is next to try...
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So pick what you want and take advantage of the fact that leveling is time totally free of expectations, of raid needs and so on. The leveling period is the time to really play with different pets and enjoy the diversity that's out there. Don't constrain yourself!
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What level are you again????
I thought you couldn't tame a beast whose level is higher then yours???????
I used a boar forever. I tried bears but just didn't click to much with them. But really just have a pet you're happy and mesh with. But why not keep trying different ones.
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