Does anyone use a bear?

[Jonmcslain]

I tamed Old Old Grizzlegut a few weeks ago and leveled it up to 85 but now it just sits in the stable pretty much. I can see a value for this thing in a raid for its roar but I'm always pretty much using a dps pet. Does anyone actually have this in their raid pets?

I know the spawn timer on this pet is pretty long so that makes me a bit hesitant of letting it go.

If you use one of these pets let me know why and perhaps I'll end up keeping it.

Thanks for the input!

[Konor]

I have never and probably will never use my bear in raids or dungeons. He just doesn't really bring anything. However, Tandoori (Diseased Black Bear) is going to get leveled to 85 in the next few days for soloing WOTLK dungeons. He is an amazing tank with decent stamina and defenses. I also have a Gorilla for this but I've had my bear since I was a baby Hunter and I am quite attached to him.

[Araela]

If you have the room in your stables, keep him. I don't use a bear for raiding (unless you count Arcturis when BM was good, but even then I only used him in VOA and I raided with Old Cliff Jumper as MM) just because he is a tenacity pet. Tanks get mad if you try to take their aggro.

I say keep him because you are hesitant to let him go- you like your pet, there's nothing wrong with that!

[Sasrei]

I actually dont have a bear no more on Sas, and somehow.. I usually end up raiding with a wolf still or when I want, a cat but it depends really. Ive never used anything but a dps pet for raids. But if you have room and you like him, keep him, if your just keeping him because he has a long spawn timer and thats it, let him go and find some pet you click well with.

[Moore]

I've been tempted to roll a human hunter named Han and tame a brown bear and name him Chewy and stand outside SW cathedral telling all the priests and paladins "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side" and then occasionally have Chewy roar.

[Mozag]

I've been tempted to roll a human hunter named Han and tame a brown bear and name him Chewy and stand outside SW cathedral telling all the priests and paladins "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side" and then occasionally have Chewy roar.

[Razzy]

I've been tempted to roll a human hunter named Han and tame a brown bear and name him Chewy and stand outside SW cathedral telling all the priests and paladins "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side" and then occasionally have Chewy roar.

/dead from laughter

[Cialbi]

Well, seeing as all tanking classes can apply teh same AoE deubff as a pet bear (or carrion bird, for that matter), bears are not worthwhile bringing to raids.

That said, bears are excellent pet tanks for soloing & questing. Demo Roar quickly grabs aggro for your pet, and also provides steady damage mitigation for both you and your bear. Very much worth using as a soloing pet, giving turtles and beetles a run for their money.

[Kalliope]

I've been tempted to roll a human hunter named Han and tame a brown bear and name him Chewy and stand outside SW cathedral telling all the priests and paladins "Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side" and then occasionally have Chewy roar.

Do this and take screenshots please.

As for me, I may have other tenacity pets, but I still run around with Ursa for PvE soloing. Yes, even in Tol Barad. Even on a PvP server. Even though this means that I am often stuck PvPing with a bear, which isn't terribly effective as compared to my croc. Bears are still very solid tanks for PvE soloing. He never bats an eye at Problim, for example.

[Anyia]

I second Kalli's opinion. My bear Hatred is always on call, even in raids. In fact, especially in raids in case we have a near-kill and lose the tank(s). Favorite raid pets for me otherwise are Loque and Hubris (corehound).

[Samarachan]

Don't nor I think i will use a bear, simply because none of them look tempting enough to tame...I'm more of a looks person, and so far all the bear skins are kinda meh. Sorry if this isn't on topic just needed to let it out.



Unless they add the unused blue skin...>_>

[Cialbi]

I'm convinced that the unused blue skin was just developed to serve as a template from which Arcturis was created.
That said, I would really like to see this bear model get put into use:

[Gimlion]

I doubt that skin/model will ever be put in, as it was created by mapping the Baby Polar bear skin onto a regular bear skeleton.

[Cialbi]

Ah, I was wondering where that came from.