Carrion Birds--The New Raiding Pet?

Unread post by **Acherontia** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:00 am

I haven't done a whole lot of testing yet, mostly because I haven't gotten addons transferred over to the PTR, nor checked out the proper new rotations for BM post-changes.

But I noticed something interesting--that Carrion Birds still appear to do quite a high amount of damage with their family special. Well, I say 'still,' but I mean 'now.' My bird at 77 is critting with its Screech for around 1k, and I'm currently in PvP gear/spec. Can anyone try one of these guys in a proper PTR raid setting, maybe swap it with a Devilsaur or something partway through, see if it does higher dps? I've always loved Trachela and would love to see this be the case.

(Edit: I mean a raid setting where all buffs are provided, so that any other buff--crit, agi etc from other pets, is null)

Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:07 am

My belief is that carrion birds haven't had their proper skill yet - they're the only pet left with their original, damaging skill. My money is on them getting the same skill effect as bears (enemy damage decrease like demoralising shout) which will make them extremely good pets without putting them ahead on the damage meters.

Unread post by **Acherontia** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:13 am

Quite possible they've been overlooked yeah; it'd be odd if they were the only ones, though. Maybe it'll get changed down the road, who knows... I'm going to see if I can get recount working anyway, just to compare.

Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:32 am

Toss a chimera in the experiment, too, please?

YouTube Edition · Unread post by **Kalliope** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:46 pm

Raydex-of-the-dawn wrote:Toss a chimera in the experiment, too, please?

I second this. Especially since their new ability got BUFFED. (wth???)

Unread post by **cowmuflage** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:35 pm

I would not mind this those birds do need more love lol

Unread post by **Doth777** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:45 pm

Speaking of birds, I found a new Owl in Winterspring. It's the same skin as an dark brown owl in a TBC instance, but I dont believe it's found anywhere else. It's a quest mob named Hell-Hoot, here's a couple screens:

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Unread post by **Teigan** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 5:34 pm

Doth777 wrote:Speaking of birds, I found a new Owl in Winterspring. It's the same skin as an dark brown owl in a TBC instance, but I dont believe it's found anywhere else. It's a quest mob named Hell-Hoot, here's a couple screens:

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There is a way to get the brown ones outside Sethek Halls. There is a summonable mob in Skettis in Terokar that summons owls that are tameable. However they tame as Carrion Birds! And are kinda tricky to tame...

https://hummingbird.me/users/Toramelle · Unread post by **Victorelle** » Mon Sep 27, 2010 7:15 pm

Acherontia wrote:I haven't done a whole lot of testing yet, mostly because I haven't gotten addons transferred over to the PTR, nor checked out the proper new rotations for BM post-changes.

BOO!!!
you dont need addons for testing! they might not even come out till the date the expantion comes out! also you dont need a rotation just kill things everyone is broken in damage anyway im critting for 35k killshots on my lvl 82 hunter

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