Cats named "Dog" (Rage thread!)

[Kalliope]

see this doesn't bother me at all....its the morons that clearly don't have a clue like bringing a bear or a cat into a raid...get a bloody wolf already you have 5 pet slots!!!

That's something else that annoys me -- non-hunters trying to tell me what pets to bring where.

Yes, bringing a tenacity pet to a dungeon isn't the smartest idea, unless it's just temporary, like if Call Stabled Pet is on cooldown, or if you *need* the aoe, like with the iron dwarf swarm event in the Halls of Stone (Daggoth and Scorponok rock that event!). However, not everyone likes wolves. This whole "wolf or nothing" attitude in raids is frankly really annoying. The assumption that I make is that if a Hunter isn't bringing a wolf, they're bringing their favourite pet, one that they've played with for quite a while and know how to use effectively in instances. I'd rather see a hunter who knows what he/she is doing with a vulture, for example, over some noob with a wolf anyday!

Amen.

And thank goodness Cataclysm is going to empower us with more options. Even if we bring tenacity pets, we're almost always still bringing some sort of buff/debuff to the table. So almost every pet is justified in some manner regardless.

[cowmuflage]

I have bad feeling that in cata its going to be "exotics or gfto" >.< cos of there extra shit lol

[Kalliope]

Non-exotic pets bring a lot of the same buffs, though. In a raid, chances are, your basic buffs (ie. the extra ones exotic pets can bring) are going to be covered.

[cowmuflage]

Thats good i don't want to see "exotics or gtfo" that would be dumb

[Cerah]

Thats good i don't want to see "exotics or gtfo" that would be dumb

Agreed. That wouldn't be fair to MM/SV, and personally, I hate any "<insert pet here> or gtfo" attitudes. I mean, really. I never see anyone bitching out Warlocks for what demon they choose to summon, or Frost mages for not being Arcane. Hunters, especially BMs, really get bitched at in live right now (from my experience), and frankly, I'm sick of it. It's my account, my character, and I'll play they way I want to!

/my two cents

[Torleth]

I don't like pets named things that aren't names like Ikillyou or something thats my one peeve

I also never rename named pets, such as Gondria Ashtail etc.

[Raydex-of-the-dawn]

see this doesn't bother me at all....its the morons that clearly don't have a clue like bringing a bear or a cat into a raid...get a bloody wolf already you have 5 pet slots!!!

That's something else that annoys me -- non-hunters trying to tell me what pets to bring where.

Yes, bringing a tenacity pet to a dungeon isn't the smartest idea, unless it's just temporary, like if Call Stabled Pet is on cooldown, or if you *need* the aoe, like with the iron dwarf swarm event in the Halls of Stone (Daggoth and Scorponok rock that event!). However, not everyone likes wolves. This whole "wolf or nothing" attitude in raids is frankly really annoying. The assumption that I make is that if a Hunter isn't bringing a wolf, they're bringing their favourite pet, one that they've played with for quite a while and know how to use effectively in instances. I'd rather see a hunter who knows what he/she is doing with a vulture, for example, over some noob with a wolf anyday!

Amen.

And thank goodness Cataclysm is going to empower us with more options. Even if we bring tenacity pets, we're almost always still bringing some sort of buff/debuff to the table. So almost every pet is justified in some manner regardless.

I agree. Though I do raid with a wolf, I raided with him when it was "cat or GTFO", and it's because...he's my Para. The wolf I spent hours camping. <3