Covering those pet (de)-buffs?

[Tilo]

Wondering with all the new additions of pet buffs & de-buffs that have been introduced into Pre-Cataclysm patch 4.0.1 & launch of Cataclysm if you're going to accommodate them all or assume some will always be covered to free some slots for some of the pretty pets i.e. fiery turtle, scorpion, blue demon dog, etc.?

[Kalliope]

There's a whole thread about this here.

[Malazee]

Eh, I picked up one each of all the different buffs/debuffs/abilities that had a ferocity or cunning pet, and then one of each exotic. 'Cause in reality, non-exotic tenacity pets will not likely see the inside of raids no matter how useful their buffs are.

So I'm not supporting EVERY buff/debuff that we can do, but I do have most of them, and in the end it leaves me some stable room to pick up duplicate pets for the unique skins that I like.

[Acherontia]

I've grabbed a Core Hound, and I've got a Spirit Beast and will always have wolves. Anything else--well, we'll see. I'm tempted to keep a hyena around for the "mangle," despite them being **** ugly now (imo of course).

[Tilo]

Kalliope, I'm not asking for a list of buffs & debuffs silly, already have that hehe.

I am asking who are choosing to cover them all i.e. get the 4+ pets & who won't choose to cover them all i.e. get a few that might be needed because there's new pretty models out in Cataclysm.

It's in the cataclysm area because shale spider's not out yet, & the mention of the 'pretty' models that certain folks are working hard on finding for us.

[Kalliope]

Ahh, sorry, misread. Definitely does deserve its own thread.

I personally grabbed pets who covered buffs/debuffs I wasn't already going to cover with pets I had planned to tame/retame in the first place, which amounted to about four pets, all told. I was glad for the excuse to pick up my Arachne as a shale spider, but would likely have done it anyway. Kallisto (hyena) was a retame from the pre-3.0 PTR (just in a new color). The only pets I tamed specifically for a raid buff who I would NEVER have considered taming otherwise were Cassandra (ravager) and Psyche (raptor). I might have come around to tame Cassandra on my own, since I *loved* having a "pet ravager" on that daily quest in Hellfire, which is why she's the green she is. Psyche was a true find. I had tried the black raptor before on baby Kalli and not felt a click, but Psyche as a pink/purple raptor did.

The only buff I would always expect to be covered in a raid is the bear/carrion bird demo roar/screech. I already have Ursa, though, so if there's ever offtanking that needs to be done, he's the bear for the job.